Politics

Republicans are talking up the possibility of impeaching Biden. Is it what voters want to hear?

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) — Bill Mehlem recalls a time when his politics generally aligned with conservatives, enthusiastically backing Republicans such as John McCain during his 2008 presidential campaign.

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Trump's attack on 'filth and decay' in nation's capital just the latest in his personal feud with DC

WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington has never been a particularly friendly place for Donald Trump.

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An Ohio election that revolves around abortion rights is fueled by national groups and money

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Supporters of a ballot question in Ohio that would make it harder to change the state constitution and could determine the fate of abortion rights there say a yes vote will provide a “defense against out-of-state meddling.

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Biden heads west for a policy victory lap, drawing an implicit contrast with Trump

TUSAYAN, Ariz.

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Jeff Gunter, a dermatologist who was Trump's ambassador to Iceland, is running for Nevada Senate

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jeff Gunter, a dermatologist who was ambassador to Iceland during Donald Trump's administration, announced Monday he's running for U.S.

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Cost of Missouri abortion-rights petition challenged in court again

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Republican lawmakers and anti-abortion activists on Monday filed a court challenge against an initiative petition to legalize abortion. In the lawsuit, Rep. Hannah Kelly, Sen.

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Leader of Texas' largest county takes leave from job for treatment of clinical depression

HOUSTON (AP) — Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, a Democrat who has built a rising national profile as the leader of Texas' largest county, announced Monday that she was taking a temporary leave of absence for treatment of clinical depression.

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'Of course' Trump lost the 2020 election, DeSantis says after years of hedging

NEW YORK (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis said definitively that rival Donald Trump lost the 2020 election, an acknowledgment the Florida governor made after years of equivocating answers.

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Judge tosses Trump's defamation suit against writer who won sexual abuse lawsuit against him

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge tossed out former President Donald Trump's countersuit against the writer who won a sex abuse lawsuit against him, ruling Monday that Trump can’t claim she defamed him by continuing to say she was not only sexually abu

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Canadian Armed Forces to phase out old housing benefit over three years

OTTAWA — The Canadian Armed Forces has created a new program to gradually phase out its old housing benefit after hearing feedback from military members who were set to lose the payments.

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