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Trump end run around Congress raises questions on his claims
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s end run around Congress on coronavirus relief is raising questions about whether it would give Americans the economic lifeline he claims and appears certain to face legal challenges. Democrats called it a pre-election ploy that would burden...
Daines, Bullock square off over virus in first Senate debate
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Candidates clashed over the coronavirus response during Montana’s first U.S. Senate debate, as Republican incumbent Sen. Steve Daines faced his Democratic opponent, Gov. Steve Bullock, in a competitive race that Democrats hope to win in their quest to regain control of the...
Postal Service emerges as flash point heading into election
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mail piling up. Constant attacks from the president. Cuts to overtime as record numbers of ballots are expected to pass through post offices this fall. The success of the 2020 presidential election could hinge on a most unlikely government agency: the U.S. Postal Service. Current signs...
Trump allows some unemployment pay, defers payroll tax
BEDMINSTER, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Saturday bypassed the nation's lawmakers as he claimed the authority to defer payroll taxes and replace an expired unemployment benefit with a lower amount after negotiations with Congress on a new coronavirus rescue package collapsed. Trump's orders...
Daines, Bullock square off over virus in first Senate debate
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Candidates clashed over the coronavirus response during Montana’s first U.S. Senate debate, as Republican incumbent Sen. Steve Daines faced his Democratic opponent, Gov. Steve Bullock, in a competitive race that Democrats hope to win in their quest to regain control of the...
AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s false push on preexisting conditions
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is teasing the possibility of executive action to require health insurance companies to cover preexisting medical conditions, something that he says “has never been done before.” It’s been done before. People with such medical problems have...
Joe Arpaio defeated in what’s likely his last political race
PHOENIX (AP) — This political campaign was likely the last for Joe Arpaio, the former six-term sheriff of metro Phoenix known for leading immigration crackdowns and building a political career around the harsh treatment of jail inmates. The 88-year-old lawman narrowly lost a race to win back his old job,...
From Wi-Fi access to helping students learn: Man aids locals
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — If you notice people driving to certain public parks and not getting out of their cars, there’s a simple explanation: Emanuel “Boo” Milton came up with another idea to help people. Milton, a 25-year-old event planner and public speaker, has spent a lot of his...
Charles Evers to be remembered during memorial service
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Saturday memorial service for civil rights leader Charles Evers is expected to draw hundreds in Mississippi. Evers, the older brother of slain civil rights activist Medgar Evers, died of natural causes in July, Rankin County Coroner David Ruth told The Associated Press. He was 97....
Kansas poised to elect its first openly transgender lawmaker
BELLE PLAINE, Kan. (AP) — A retired music teacher would become the first openly transgender member of the deeply conservative Kansas Legislature if she's elected from a Democratic-leaning district she's expected to win. Stephanie Byers, of Wichita, would join the ranks of other transgender people who have...
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