Judge orders Michael Cohen to be released from prison
NEW YORK, NY — A judge ordered the release from prison of President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer on Thursday, saying the government…
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Watchdog to review conduct of federal agents in Portland & D.C.
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Justice Department inspector general said Thursday that it will conduct a review of the conduct of federal agents who…
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AP poll finds very few Americans support full school reopening
BOSTON, Massachusetts — A new poll finds very few Americans think schools should return to normal operations this fall, even as President…
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U.S. orders China to close its consulate in Houston
HOUSTON, Texas — The United States ordered China to close its consulate in Houston, escalating tensions between the world’s largest economies as…
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DC mayor says she will order mandatory mask use outside home as coronavirus cases increase in nation’s capital
WASHINGTON (AP) – Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser says she’ll issue an executive order making face masks mandatory outside the…
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Abbott ducks question about adviser’s remark that Trump is ‘bored’ with pandemic
EL PASO, Texas — In an interview with ABC-7 on Tuesday evening, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott declined to directly address a remark by one of his advisers…
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‘Gets worse before it gets better,’ Trump says at 1st coronavirus briefing in months
WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump held his first press briefing focused on the coronavirus crisis in nearly three months…
Continue Reading Ohio House speaker, 4 others arrested in $60 million bribery investigation
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The powerful Republican speaker of the Ohio House and four other people were arrested Tuesday in a $60 million federal bribery…
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Kanye West won’t be on ballot in South Carolina after holding his 1st rally there
COLUMBIA, South Carolina — Kanye West will not make an appearance on the presidential ballot in South Carolina this year. The announcement comes…
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Trump seeks to bar immigrants in country illegally from reapportionment count
WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump is expected to sign a memorandum Tuesday that seeks to bar people in the U.S. illegally from being counted…
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U.S. accuses Chinese hackers of targeting virus vaccine research
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday accused two Chinese hackers of stealing hundreds of millions of dollars of trade secrets…
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Second stimulus check: White House, Congress negotiating it
WASHINGTON, DC — The desperate race to corral the coronavirus pandemic took on even greater urgency Monday as a burgeoning economic crisis collided…
Continue Reading Georgia Democrats have selected state Sen. Nikema Williams to replace the late Rep. John Lewis on the ballot in November
ATLANTA (AP) – Georgia Democrats have selected state Sen. Nikema Williams, chair of the state party, to replace Rep. John Lewis on the ballot…
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Trump won’t to commit to accepting election results if he loses
WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump is refusing to publicly commit to accepting the results of the upcoming White House election, recalling a…
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‘Everybody that has a baby gets a million dollars,’ Kanye West says at 1st campaign rally
CHARLESTON, South Carolina — Kanye West kicked off his first presidential campaign event in South Carolina on Sunday night, a day before…
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ABC News poll shows Biden leads Trump by 15 points nationally
WASHINGTON, DC — The new ABC News/Washington Post poll is the latest to show former Vice President Joe Biden on a roll. He leads…
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In rare move, Biden & DNC air presidential TV ads in El Paso, across Texas
EL PASO, Texas — Joe Biden’s campaign debuted its first general election television ad in El Paso on ABC-7 over the weekend, dipping its toes in…
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AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s alternate reality on Covid-19 threat
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump appears to be living in an alternate reality when it comes to the COVID-19 threat. Over the weekend, he…
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Fox’s Chris Wallace fact checks Trump
In a video clip released Friday by Fox News, “Fox News Sunday” host Chris Wallace previewed his interview with President Donald Trump, in…
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AP FACT CHECK: Trump bending facts on virus, Biden, economy
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump clung to the false notion that the coronavirus will just “disappear,” made incorrect claims about a…
Continue Reading Linkin Park sends cease and desist to Trump campaign for using their music
Another musician is telling the Trump campaign to stop using their music, this time the cease and desist is coming from the band Linkin Park. On…
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Las Cruces Congresswoman Torres Small holds money edge, hires new campaign manager
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Democratic U.S. Rep. Xochitl Torres Small is maintaining a money edge in a critical U.S. House race in southern New Mexico…
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Congressman John Lewis, civil rights icon, dies at 80
ATLANTA, Georgia — John Lewis, a lion of the civil rights movement whose bloody beating by Alabama state troopers in 1965 helped galvanize…
Continue Reading Tributes flow for civil rights icon John Lewis
RELATED STORY: Congressman John Lewis, civil rights icon, dies at 80 Martin Luther King III: “John Lewis was an American treasure” Martin Luther King…
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4 border agents fired over racist & violent secret Facebook group; Escobar says it’s not enough
LOS ANGELES, California — U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the parent agency of the Border Patrol, has fired four border agents and suspended…
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Analysis: Trump wants a 2016 repeat in a very different year
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the summer of 2016, Donald Trump was trailing in the polls. With time running out, he changed up his campaign leadership team,…
Continue Reading Analysis: Trump wants a 2016 repeat in a very different year
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the summer of 2016, Donald Trump was trailing in the polls. With time running out, he changed up his campaign leadership team,…
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Russia trying to steal virus vaccine research, say U.K., U.S. & Canada
LONDON, England — Britain, the United States and Canada say Russia is trying to steal information from Covid-19 vaccine researchers. The three…
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Joe Biden’s among numerous prominent Twitter accounts hacked in ransom attack
WASHINGTON, DC — The Twitter accounts of numerous well-known figures and companies have apparently been compromised by an unknown hacker asking…
Continue Reading Kanye West dropping out of 2020 presidential race
NEW YORK, NY — Kanye West’s run for the 2020 presidency is reportedly over just as quickly as it started. Less than two weeks after the July…
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