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GOP Rep. Banks Jumps into Race for Open Indiana Senate Seat
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Republican Rep. Jim Banks, a combative defender of former President Donald Trump, announced on Tuesday that he is running for the U.S. Senate seat from Indiana being vacated b...
Syndicated Author Jan 17, 2023

US, Ukraine Top Military Chiefs Meet in Person for 1st Time
A MILITARY BASE IN SOUTHEASTERN POLAND (AP) - The top U.S. military officer, Army Gen. Mark Milley, traveled to a site near the Ukraine-Poland border on Tuesday and talked with his Ukrainian counterpa...
Syndicated Author Jan 17, 2023

Ex-GOP Candidate Arrested in Shooting at Lawmakers’ Homes
A failed Republican candidate who authorities said was angry over his defeat and made baseless claims the election last November was "rigged" against him was arrested in connection with a series of dr...
Syndicated Author Jan 17, 2023

Ga. Special Grand Jury Ends Probe of Trump, 2020 Election
ATLANTA (AP) - The special grand jury in Atlanta that has been investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and his allies committed any crimes while trying to overturn his 2020 el...
Syndicated Author Jan 09, 2023

McCarthy Fails Again in Bid for Speaker, GOP in Disarray
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans flailed through a second day of multiple balloting Wednesday, unable to elect Rep. Kevin McCarthy as House speaker or to come up with a new strategy to en...
Syndicated Author Jan 04, 2023

McCarthy Fails in Marathon Votes for Speaker, Not Giving Up
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican leader Kevin McCarthy failed in marathon voting Tuesday to become House speaker, a historic defeat with no clear way out as House Republicans dug in for a long, messy star...
Syndicated Author Jan 03, 2023

65,000 View Benedict XVI’s Body Lying in State at Vatican
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI 's body, his head resting on a pair of crimson pillows, lay in state in St. Peter's Basilica on Monday as tens of thousands queued to pay tribu...
Syndicated Author Jan 03, 2023

Trump Tax Audits Required by IRS Were Delayed, Panel Says
WASHINGTON (AP) - The IRS failed to pursue mandatory audits of Donald Trump on a timely basis during his presidency, a congressional panel found on Tuesday, raising questions about statement...
Syndicated Author Dec 21, 2022

Trump Referral: What Laws the Jan. 6 Panel Says were Broken
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House Jan. 6 committee on Monday urged the Justice Department to consider prosecuting Donald Trump for four different crimes - actions that touch not only the former president's ...
Syndicated Author Dec 20, 2022

Faith Leaders Prep for Border Changes Amid Tension, Hope
REYNOSA, Mexico (AP) - Two long lines of migrants waited for blessings from visiting Catholic priests celebrating Mass at the Casa del Migrante shelter in this border city, just across the bank of the...
Syndicated Author Dec 19, 2022
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