In The States
WASHINGTON — Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., a well-respected establishment Republican who rose to chair the powerful House Energy and... Read More
WASHINGTON — Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., a well-respected establishment Republican who rose to chair the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee in a career spanning two decades, announced Thursday that she will not seek reelection this year. The stunning... Read More
CHARLESTON, S.C. — With just 16 days to go before the South Carolina Republican primary, the two candidates are taking... Read More
CHARLESTON, S.C. — With just 16 days to go before the South Carolina Republican primary, the two candidates are taking markedly different approaches to campaigning in the state. As of Thursday morning, former President Donald Trump, who held a 26... Read More
GREEN RIVER, Utah (AP) — A plan to extract lithium — the lustrous, white metal used in electric vehicle batteries... Read More
GREEN RIVER, Utah (AP) — A plan to extract lithium — the lustrous, white metal used in electric vehicle batteries — in southeast Utah is adding to an anxiety familiar in the arid American West: how the project could affect... Read More
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York state’s chief financial services regulator has unveiled new “market conduct” rules to govern pharmacy benefit... Read More
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York state’s chief financial services regulator has unveiled new “market conduct” rules to govern pharmacy benefit managers that she says will both strengthen consumer protections and tamp down on anti-competitive conduct. In doing so, she also... Read More
CARSON CITY, Nev. — Swamped in Tuesday’s technically meaningless Republican primary in Nevada, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley continued... Read More
CARSON CITY, Nev. — Swamped in Tuesday’s technically meaningless Republican primary in Nevada, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley continued to press on toward a Super Tuesday showdown with former President Donald Trump, rolling out a sizable campaign team in... Read More
LOS ANGELES (AP) — One of the wettest storms in Southern California history unleashed nearly 400 mudslides in the Los Angeles area... Read More
LOS ANGELES (AP) — One of the wettest storms in Southern California history unleashed nearly 400 mudslides in the Los Angeles area after dumping more than half of the city's seasonal rainfall in just two days, and officials warned Tuesday that the... Read More
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The presidential primary campaign heads west to Nevada this week, where dueling caucuses and primaries are creating... Read More
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The presidential primary campaign heads west to Nevada this week, where dueling caucuses and primaries are creating confusion among voters but little uncertainty about the expected results. Nikki Haley will run in Tuesday’s Republican primary, which won’t count... Read More
GREENVILLE, S.C. — An unprecedented surge in new residents and the dramatic growth of South Carolina’s manufacturing sector are creating... Read More
GREENVILLE, S.C. — An unprecedented surge in new residents and the dramatic growth of South Carolina’s manufacturing sector are creating an urgent need for new energy generation resources, the region’s largest utility has told state regulators. “We’re already projecting eight... Read More
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A crowded primary contest to fill the U.S. Senate seat once held by the late Democratic... Read More
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A crowded primary contest to fill the U.S. Senate seat once held by the late Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein is showing again that money matters in notoriously expensive California while testing whether the state’s long-squabbling Republicans can unite... Read More
CHARLESTON, S.C. – President Joe Biden cruised to an overwhelming victory in the South Carolina primary Saturday, garnering 96.22% of... Read More
CHARLESTON, S.C. – President Joe Biden cruised to an overwhelming victory in the South Carolina primary Saturday, garnering 96.22% of the vote statewide in the first-in-the-South contest. Only 4.09% of the state’s 3.2 million registered voters participated in the election... Read More
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Democrats across the state of South Carolina will vote in a first-in-the-South primary on Saturday in which... Read More
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Democrats across the state of South Carolina will vote in a first-in-the-South primary on Saturday in which the outcome is a foregone conclusion. President Joe Biden is expected to win handily. The only question is how many... Read More
FORT LAWN, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina state Sen. Mike Fanning likes to talk to people. He will talk about... Read More
FORT LAWN, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina state Sen. Mike Fanning likes to talk to people. He will talk about anything, but if the Democrat from Great Falls is able to steer the conversation, he's not likely to say much... Read More
WASHINGTON — The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is seeking public comment on its draft environmental analysis for the Beacon... Read More
WASHINGTON — The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is seeking public comment on its draft environmental analysis for the Beacon Wind offshore wind power project located near Massachusetts. On Friday, Feb. 2, the bureau will publish a notice in the... Read More
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — On the first day of Missouri's new legislative session, Senate President Pro Tem Caleb Rowden... Read More
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — On the first day of Missouri's new legislative session, Senate President Pro Tem Caleb Rowden tried to cajole colleagues into congeniality with a rhetorical question: “Will we focus on principled progress or political pandemonium?” Progress... Read More
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois’ election board on Tuesday kept former President Donald Trump on the state’s primary ballot, a week... Read More
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois’ election board on Tuesday kept former President Donald Trump on the state’s primary ballot, a week before the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on whether the Republican’s role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol disqualifies him... Read More
CONWAY, S.C. (AP) — For South Carolina's conservatives, deciding whether Nikki Haley ’s record warrants a promotion to the Oval Office seems... Read More
CONWAY, S.C. (AP) — For South Carolina's conservatives, deciding whether Nikki Haley ’s record warrants a promotion to the Oval Office seems less about her experience and abilities and more about the man standing in her way: Donald Trump. “Ms. Haley did some... Read More
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois' election board on Tuesday is scheduled to consider whether to keep Donald Trump on the state’s... Read More
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois' election board on Tuesday is scheduled to consider whether to keep Donald Trump on the state’s primary ballot after a recommendation that he be removed over the Constitution's insurrection provision. The meeting of the Illinois State Board of... Read More
DES MOINES, Iowa — The Republican Party of Iowa has announced the official allocation of its 40 delegates based on... Read More
DES MOINES, Iowa — The Republican Party of Iowa has announced the official allocation of its 40 delegates based on the results of its Jan. 15 caucuses. Former President Donald Trump, who won in 98 of Iowa’s 99 counties, has... Read More
COLUMBIA, S.C. — President Joe Biden returned to South Carolina on Saturday to celebrate the elevation of the state as... Read More
COLUMBIA, S.C. — President Joe Biden returned to South Carolina on Saturday to celebrate the elevation of the state as the Democrats' first sanctioned primary and acknowledge the importance of the state’s Black voters. That voting block was critical to... Read More
NORTH CHARLESTON S.C. — Barely 24 hours after infuriating former President Donald Trump by declaring she wouldn’t drop out of... Read More
NORTH CHARLESTON S.C. — Barely 24 hours after infuriating former President Donald Trump by declaring she wouldn’t drop out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination, former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley continued to goad the former president as the... Read More
WASHINGTON — Independent presidential candidate Dr. Cornel West has secured ballot access in Oregon for the November 2024 presidential election,... Read More
WASHINGTON — Independent presidential candidate Dr. Cornel West has secured ballot access in Oregon for the November 2024 presidential election, and will appear as the candidate for the state’s Progressive Party. In a written statement, the party said the new... Read More
CONCORD, N.H. — Voter turnout for the 2024 New Hampshire presidential primary on Tuesday exceeded the secretary of state’s expectations... Read More
CONCORD, N.H. — Voter turnout for the 2024 New Hampshire presidential primary on Tuesday exceeded the secretary of state’s expectations despite the fact many complained beforehand that this year’s contest lacked the oomph of previous primary seasons. Numbers released Wednesday... Read More
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Disney this week requested a second delay in a state court case involving its legal battle with Gov.... Read More
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Disney this week requested a second delay in a state court case involving its legal battle with Gov. Ron DeSantis' appointees over who controls Walt Disney World's governing district, as the company accused them and the governor's office... Read More
ELY, Nev. (AP) — White attackers turned a lush, high desert oasis in eastern Nevada, with its bubbling springs and... Read More
ELY, Nev. (AP) — White attackers turned a lush, high desert oasis in eastern Nevada, with its bubbling springs and a rare stand of Rocky Mountain junipers, into killing fields. They massacred hundreds of Native people there in the 1800s... Read More
CONCORD, N.H. — He showed up with a large black boot on his head. Standing in the back at a... Read More
CONCORD, N.H. — He showed up with a large black boot on his head. Standing in the back at a Dean Phillips event, behind a bank of television cameras, he listened respectfully as the congressman-turned-presidential candidate made a pitch for... Read More
CONCORD, N.H.— New Hampshire voters went to the polls in droves on Tuesday and when all was said and done,... Read More
CONCORD, N.H.— New Hampshire voters went to the polls in droves on Tuesday and when all was said and done, at about 8 p.m., they’d handed significant victories to both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. The results,... Read More
CONCORD, N.H. — They told him not to run. How could you consider yourself a loyal Democrat, let alone a... Read More
CONCORD, N.H. — They told him not to run. How could you consider yourself a loyal Democrat, let alone a loyal member of the House leadership, if you’d dare primary the party’s incumbent president? But Dean Phillips, a moderate Democrat... Read More
WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed Border Patrol agents to resume cutting for now razor wire that... Read More
WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed Border Patrol agents to resume cutting for now razor wire that Texas installed along a stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border that is at the center of an escalating standoff between the Biden administration and... Read More
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will share the stage on Tuesday in Virginia as they campaign for abortion... Read More
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will share the stage on Tuesday in Virginia as they campaign for abortion rights, a top issue for Democrats in an election expected to feature a rematch with Donald Trump, the former Republican president.... Read More
DES MOINES, Iowa — The successive blizzards that swept over Iowa during the run up to the state’s recent caucuses... Read More
DES MOINES, Iowa — The successive blizzards that swept over Iowa during the run up to the state’s recent caucuses helped create a new wind power generation record in the state. That’s the word from Geoff Greenwood, spokesman for MidAmerican... Read More