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After investigating Jan. 6, House GOP sides with Trump and goes after Liz Cheney

Dec. 17, 2024 21:55 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Wrapping up their own investigation on the Jan. 6 2021 Capitol attack, House Republicans have concluded it's former GOP Rep. Liz Cheney who should be prosecuted for probing what happened when then-President Donald Trump sent his mob of supporters as Congress was certifying the...

Trump says he can't guarantee tariffs won't raise US prices and won't rule out revenge prosecutions

Dec. 08, 2024 18:20 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump said he can't guarantee that his promised tariffs on key U.S. foreign trade partners won't raise prices for American consumers and he suggested once more that some political rivals and federal officials who pursued legal cases against him should be imprisoned. ...

AP Race Call: Democrat Bennie Thompson wins reelection to U.S. House in Mississippi's 2nd Congressional District

Nov. 06, 2024 00:20 AM EST

Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Mississippi on Tuesday. Thompson defeated Republican Ron Eller, a military veteran and physician assistant. Thompson served as Bolton mayor and Hinds County supervisor before he won a 1993 special election to represent western...

Democrat Bennie Thompson wins reelection to U.S. House in Mississippi's 2nd Congressional District

Nov. 05, 2024 23:59 PM EST
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Bennie Thompson wins reelection to U.S. House in Mississippi's 2nd Congressional District.

Democrat Ty Pinkins is outspent as he tries to unseat Republican Sen. Roger Wicker in Mississippi

Oct. 31, 2024 17:32 PM EDT

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Democrat Ty Pinkins has jogged along highways and past cotton fields to try to draw attention to his effort to unseat Mississippi's senior Republican U.S. senator, Roger Wicker. Pinkins acknowledges it's a tough campaign. Republican-dominated Mississippi...