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USDA Announces $1 Billion Debt Relief for 36,000 Farmers
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The federal government announced Tuesday a program that will provide $1.3 billion in debt relief for about 36,000 farmers who have fallen behind on loan payments or face forecl...
Syndicated Author Oct 20, 2022

LA Councilman de Leon Says He will Not Resign Amid Uproar
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Embattled Los Angeles Councilman Kevin de Leon said Wednesday he will not resign amid an uproar over a leaked tape that revealed him participating in a meeting in which Latino offic...
Syndicated Author Oct 20, 2022

US Awards $2.8B in Grants for EV Batteries in 12 States
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration on Wednesday awarded $2.8 billion in grants to boost domestic manufacturing of batteries for electric vehicles in 12 states. A total of 20 companies will rec...
Syndicated Author Oct 20, 2022

Facing Tough Midterms, Biden Releasing Oil from US Reserve
WASHINGTON (AP) - High gasoline prices are the problem that President Joe Biden keeps trying to fix - and roughly a year's worth of extraordinary efforts have done little to significantly lower costs....
Syndicated Author Oct 20, 2022

Ryan, Vance at Odds on Abortion, Jan 6 in Ohio Senate Debate
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Democratic U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan and Republican JD Vance deflected accusations of being political lapdogs to their parties Monday, as they met in a heated second debate for Ohio's o...
Syndicated Author Oct 18, 2022

GOP Hopefuls Turn to Pence to Broaden Appeal Before Election
NEW YORK (AP) - In Donald Trump's assessment, Mike Pence "committed political suicide" on Jan. 6, 2021.By refusing to go along with the then-president's unconstitutional push to overturn the...
Syndicated Author Oct 17, 2022

Social Security Benefits to Jump by 8.7% Next Year
WASHINGTON (AP) - Millions of Social Security recipients will get an 8.7% boost in their benefits in 2023.That's a historic increase and welcome news for American retirees and others - but it's temper...
Syndicated Author Oct 13, 2022

Three Navy Officers Reprimanded in Death of SEAL Trainee
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Navy's Special Warfare Command has reprimanded three officers in connection with the February death of a SEAL candidate who collapsed and died of acute pneumonia just h...
Syndicated Author Oct 12, 2022

To Hold House, Democrats Eye GOP-Held Districts Won by Biden
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - While preparing to march in a Saturday morning parade through this fast-growing city's westside, Democratic congressional candidate Hillary Scholten warned her sta...
Syndicated Author Oct 12, 2022

Texas Court Rejects Death Row Inmate’s Race Bias Claim
WASHINGTON (AP) - A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal from a Black Texas death row inmate who argued he didn't get a fair trial because jurors who convicted him objected to interraci...
Syndicated Author Oct 11, 2022
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