Saturday, November 16, 2024

From 9/11's ashes, a new world took shape. It did not last.

In the ghastly rubble of ground zero's fallen towers 20 years ago, Hour Zero arrived, a chance to start anew.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

From 9/11's ashes, a new world took shape. It did not last.

In the ghastly rubble of ground zero's fallen towers 20 years ago, Hour Zero arrived, a chance to start anew.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

From 9/11's ashes, a new world took shape. It did not last.

In the ghastly rubble of ground zero's fallen towers 20 years ago, Hour Zero arrived, a chance to start anew.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

From 9/11's ashes, a new world took shape. It did not last.

In the ghastly rubble of ground zero's fallen towers 20 years ago, Hour Zero arrived, a chance to start anew.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

From 9/11's ashes, a new world took shape. It did not last.

In the ghastly rubble of ground zero's fallen towers 20 years ago, Hour Zero arrived, a chance to start anew.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Over 24 hours in Kabul, brutality, trauma, moments of grace

Bone-tired like everyone else in Kabul, Taliban fighters spent the last moments of the 20-year Afghanistan war watching the night skies for the flares that would signal the United States was gone. From afar, U.S. generals watched video screens with the same anticipation.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Over 24 hours in Kabul, brutality, trauma, moments of grace

Bone-tired like everyone else in Kabul, Taliban fighters spent the last moments of the 20-year Afghanistan war watching the night skies for the flares that would signal the United States was gone. From afar, U.S. generals watched video screens with the same anticipation.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Over 24 hours in Kabul, brutality, trauma, moments of grace

Bone-tired like everyone else in Kabul, Taliban fighters spent the last moments of the 20-year Afghanistan war watching the night skies for the flares that would signal the United States was gone. From afar, U.S. generals watched video screens with the same anticipation.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Over 24 hours in Kabul, brutality, trauma, moments of grace

Bone-tired like everyone else in Kabul, Taliban fighters spent the last moments of the 20-year Afghanistan war watching the night skies for the flares that would signal the United States was gone. From afar, U.S. generals watched video screens with the same anticipation.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Biden’s shaky claim of US readiness in Afghan

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden made dubious assertions that the U.S. was well-prepared for the sudden collapse of Afghanistan’s government during the U.S. drawdown and glossed over his broken promise to keep U.S. troops there until the last Americans are out.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Biden skirts broken promise on Afghan exit

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday glossed over his broken promise to keep U.S. troops in Afghanistan until the last Americans are out and offered the faint assurance — even with the last U.S. planes gone — that it's never too late for U.S. citizens to leave.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Biden’s shaky claim of US readiness in Afghan

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden made dubious assertions that the U.S. was well-prepared for the sudden collapse of Afghanistan’s government during the U.S. drawdown and glossed over his broken promise to keep U.S. troops there until the last Americans are out.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Biden skirts broken promise on Afghan exit

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday glossed over his broken promise to keep U.S. troops in Afghanistan until the last Americans are out and offered the faint assurance — even with the last U.S. planes gone — that it's never too late for U.S. citizens to leave.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Biden’s shaky claim of US readiness in Afghan

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden made dubious assertions that the U.S. was well-prepared for the sudden collapse of Afghanistan’s government during the U.S. drawdown and glossed over his broken promise to keep U.S. troops there until the last Americans are out.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Biden skirts broken promise on Afghan exit

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday glossed over his broken promise to keep U.S. troops in Afghanistan until the last Americans are out and offered the faint assurance — even with the last U.S. planes gone — that it's never too late for U.S. citizens to leave.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Biden skirts broken promise on Afghan exit

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden glossed over his broken promise to keep U.S. troops in Afghanistan until the last Americans are out and offered the faint assurance — even with the last U.S. planes gone — that it's never too late for U.S. citizens to leave.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Biden in the 'loneliest job,' a presidency driven by crisis

WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s called the loneliest job in the world for a reason.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Biden in the 'loneliest job,' a presidency driven by crisis

WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s called the loneliest job in the world for a reason.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Biden in the 'loneliest job,' a presidency driven by crisis

WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s called the loneliest job in the world for a reason.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Biden in the 'loneliest job,' a presidency driven by crisis

WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s called the loneliest job in the world for a reason.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Biden skirts US failures in Afghan mayhem

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden ignored his own administration's failures when he tried to explain why desperate civilians in Afghanistan's capital
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Biden skirts US failures in Afghan mayhem

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden ignored his own administration's failures Monday when he tried to explain why desperate civilians in Afghanistan's capital
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Biden skirts US failures in Afghan mayhem

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden ignored his own administration's failures Monday when he tried to explain why desperate civilians in Afghanistan's capital
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Biden skirts US failures in Afghan mayhem

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden ignored his own administration's failures Monday when he tried to explain why desperate civilians in Afghanistan's capital
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump is relentless in election fabrications

PHOENIX (AP) — In mid-May, partisan investigators hired by Arizona state lawmakers
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump is relentless in election fabrications

PHOENIX (AP) — In mid-May, partisan investigators hired by Arizona state lawmakers
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump is relentless in election fabrications

PHOENIX (AP) — In mid-May, partisan investigators hired by Arizona state lawmakers
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump is relentless in election fabrications

PHOENIX (AP) — In mid-May, partisan investigators hired by Arizona state lawmakers
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Biden goes too far in assurances on vaccines

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden offered an absolute guarantee Wednesday that people who get their COVID-19 vaccines are completely protected from infection, sickness and death from the coronavirus. The reality is not that cut and dried.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Biden goes too far in assurances on vaccines

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden offered an absolute guarantee Wednesday that people who get their COVID-19 vaccines are completely protected from infection, sickness and death from the coronavirus. The reality is not that cut and dried.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Biden goes too far in assurances on vaccines

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden offered an absolute guarantee Wednesday that people who get their COVID-19 vaccines are completely protected from infection, sickness and death from the coronavirus. The reality is not that cut and dried.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Biden goes too far in assurances on vaccines

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden offered an absolute guarantee Wednesday that people who get their COVID-19 vaccines are completely protected from infection, sickness and death from the coronavirus. The reality is not that cut and dried.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Biden is too categorical on COVID vaccines

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden offered an uncategorical guarantee Wednesday that people who get their COVID-19 vaccines are completely protected from infection, sickness and death from the coronavirus. The reality is not that cut and dried.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

In Trump's Jan. 6 recast, attackers become martyrs, heroes

WASHINGTON (AP) — A cocktail of propaganda, conspiracy theory and disinformation — of the kind intoxicating to the masses in the darkest turns of history — is fueling delusion over the agonies of Jan. 6.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

In Trump's Jan. 6 recast, attackers become martyrs, heroes

WASHINGTON (AP) — A cocktail of propaganda, conspiracy theory and disinformation — of the kind intoxicating to the masses in the darkest turns of history — is fueling delusion over the agonies of Jan. 6.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

In Trump's Jan. 6 recast, attackers become martyrs, heroes

WASHINGTON (AP) — A cocktail of propaganda, conspiracy theory and disinformation — of the kind intoxicating to the masses in the darkest turns of history — is fueling delusion over the agonies of Jan. 6.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

In Trump's Jan. 6 recast, attackers become martyrs, heroes

WASHINGTON (AP) — A cocktail of propaganda, conspiracy theory and disinformation — of the kind intoxicating to the masses in the darkest turns of history — is fueling delusion over the agonies of Jan. 6.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump stokes Jan. 6 conspiracy theories

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is falsely describing
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump stokes Jan. 6 conspiracy theories

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is falsely describing
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump stokes Jan. 6 conspiracy theories

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is falsely describing
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Putin's twisted tale on rival; Biden GOP jab

WASHINGTON (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin faulted his imprisoned political rival for leaving Russia without legal permission, omitting the vital detail that the departure was, literally, an unconscious decision: Alexei Navalny was in a coma.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Putin's twisted tale on rival; Biden GOP jab

WASHINGTON (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin faulted his imprisoned political rival for leaving Russia without legal permission, omitting the vital detail that the departure was, literally, an unconscious decision: Alexei Navalny was in a coma.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Putin's twisted tale on rival; Biden GOP jab

WASHINGTON (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin faulted his imprisoned political rival for leaving Russia without legal permission, omitting the vital detail that the departure was, literally, an unconscious decision: Alexei Navalny was in a coma.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Putin's twisted tale on rival; Biden GOP jab

WASHINGTON (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin faulted his imprisoned political rival for leaving Russia without legal permission, omitting the vital detail that the departure was, literally, an unconscious decision: Alexei Navalny was in a coma.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

'There is stuff': Enduring mysteries trail US report on UFOs

WASHINGTON (AP) — The blob, captured on distant, fuzzy video by Navy pilots, seems to skitter just above the ocean waves at improbable speed, with no discernible means of propulsion or lift. “Oh my gosh, man,” one aviator says to another as they laugh at the oddity. “What ... is …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

'There is stuff': Enduring mysteries trail US report on UFOs

WASHINGTON (AP) — The blob, captured on distant, fuzzy video by Navy pilots, seems to skitter just above the ocean waves at improbable speed, with no discernible means of propulsion or lift. “Oh my gosh, man,” one aviator says to another as they laugh at the oddity. “What ... is …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

'There is stuff': Enduring mysteries trail US report on UFOs

WASHINGTON (AP) — The blob, captured on distant, fuzzy video by Navy pilots, seems to skitter just above the ocean waves at improbable speed, with no discernible means of propulsion or lift. “Oh my gosh, man,” one aviator says to another as they laugh at the oddity. “What ... is …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

'There is stuff': Enduring mysteries trail US report on UFOs

WASHINGTON (AP) — The blob, captured on distant, fuzzy video by Navy pilots, seems to skitter just above the ocean waves at improbable speed, with no discernible means of propulsion or lift. “Oh my gosh, man,” one aviator says to another as they laugh at the oddity. “What ... is …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Biden honors war dead at Arlington, implores nation to heal

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — President Joe Biden honored America’s war dead at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day by laying a wreath at the hallowed burial ground and extolling the sacrifices of the fallen for the pursuit of democracy, “the soul of America.”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Biden honors war dead at Arlington, implores nation to heal

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — President Joe Biden honored America’s war dead at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day by laying a wreath at the hallowed burial ground and extolling the sacrifices of the fallen for the pursuit of democracy, “the soul of America.”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Biden honors war dead at Arlington, implores nation to heal

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — President Joe Biden honored America’s war dead at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day by laying a wreath at the hallowed burial ground and extolling the sacrifices of the fallen for the pursuit of democracy, “the soul of America.”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Biden honors war dead at Arlington, implores nation to heal

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — President Joe Biden honored America’s war dead at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day by laying a wreath at the hallowed burial ground and extolling the sacrifices of the fallen for the pursuit of democracy, “the soul of America.”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Biden commemorates war dead at Arlington National Cemetery

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — President Joe Biden honored America’s war dead at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day by laying a wreath at the hallowed burial ground and extolling the sacrifices of the fallen for the pursuit of democracy.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Biden commemorates fallen veterans at Arlington Cemetery

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — President Joe Biden honored America’s war dead at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day by laying a wreath at the hallowed burial ground.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Biden is off on his vaccine claims

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden misstated the record Thursday when he asserted that half of his country has been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus and when he suggested that the U.S. leads the world in protecting its population with the shots.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Biden is off on his vaccine claims

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden misstated the record Thursday when he asserted that half of his country has been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus and when he suggested that the U.S. leads the world in protecting its population with the shots.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Biden is off on his vaccine claims

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden misstated the record Thursday when he asserted that half of his country has been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus and when he suggested that the U.S. leads the world in protecting its population with the shots.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Biden is off on his vaccine claims

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden misstated the record Thursday when he asserted that half of his country has been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus and when he suggested that the U.S. leads the world in protecting its population with the shots.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Hyperbole from Biden, GOP on state of economy

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and House Republicans alike are revising history when asserting that the new administration set records in U.S. job creation — either the best ever or among the worst, depending on the vantage point. The truth is in between.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Hyperbole from Biden, GOP on state of economy

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and House Republicans alike are revising history when asserting that the new administration set records in U.S. job creation — either the best ever or among the worst, depending on the vantage point. The truth is in between.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Hyperbole from Biden, GOP on state of economy

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and House Republicans alike are revising history when asserting that the new administration set records in U.S. job creation — either the best ever or among the worst, depending on the vantage point. The truth is in between.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Hyperbole from Biden, GOP on state of economy

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and House Republicans alike are revising history when asserting that the new administration set records in U.S. job creation — either the best ever or among the worst, depending on the vantage point. The truth is in between.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Trump's 'Big Lie' imperils Republicans who don't embrace it

WASHINGTON (AP) — Allegiance to a lie has become
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Biden overstates how many Americans immunized

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday vastly overstated the number of Americans who've been vaccinated against COVID-19. And when addressing the racial gap in vaccinations, he claimed progress that is not apparent in the statistics.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Biden overstates how many Americans immunized

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday vastly overstated the number of Americans who've been vaccinated against COVID-19. And when addressing the racial gap in vaccinations, he claimed progress that is not apparent in the statistics.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Biden overstates how many Americans immunized

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday vastly overstated the number of Americans who've been vaccinated against COVID-19. And when addressing the racial gap in vaccinations, he claimed progress that is not apparent in the statistics.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

More action, less talk, distinguish Biden's 100-day sprint

WASHINGTON (AP) — The card tucked in President Joe Biden’s right jacket pocket must weigh a ton. You can see the weight of it on his face when he digs it out, squints and ever-so-slowly reads aloud the latest tally of COVID-19 dead.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

More action, less talk, distinguish Biden's 100-day sprint

WASHINGTON (AP) — The card tucked in President Joe Biden’s right jacket pocket must weigh a ton. You can see the weight of it on his face when he digs it out, squints and ever-so-slowly reads aloud the latest tally of COVID-19 dead.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

More action, less talk, distinguish Biden's 100-day sprint

WASHINGTON (AP) — The card tucked in President Joe Biden’s right jacket pocket must weigh a ton. You can see the weight of it on his face when he digs it out, squints and ever-so-slowly reads aloud the latest tally of COVID-19 dead.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

More action, less talk, distinguish Biden's 100-day sprint

WASHINGTON (AP) — The card tucked in President Joe Biden’s right jacket pocket must weigh a ton. You can see the weight of it on his face when he digs it out, squints and ever-so-slowly reads aloud the latest tally of COVID-19 dead.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Biden hails record job growth, skips caveats

WASHINGTON (AP) — Taking a page from his predecessor's boastful ways, President Joe Biden is claiming credit for two months of record job creation as employers bring back many workers sidelined by the pandemic. Though his numbers are right, it's a misleading portrait.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Biden hails record job growth, skips caveats

WASHINGTON (AP) — Taking a page from his predecessor's boastful ways, President Joe Biden is claiming credit for two months of record job creation as employers bring back many workers sidelined by the pandemic. Though his numbers are right, it's a misleading portrait.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Biden hails record job growth, skips caveats

WASHINGTON (AP) — Taking a page from his predecessor's boastful ways, President Joe Biden is claiming credit for two months of record job creation as employers bring back many workers sidelined by the pandemic. Though his numbers are right, it's a misleading portrait.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Biden hails record job growth, skips caveats

WASHINGTON (AP) — Taking a page from his predecessor's boastful ways, President Joe Biden is claiming credit for two months of record job creation as employers bring back many workers sidelined by the pandemic. Though his numbers are right, it's a misleading portrait.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Biden readies for 1st news conference, White House tradition

WASHINGTON (AP) — He'd led allied armies in the defeat of Nazi Germany only to find himself, a decade later, a tad intimidated before the cameras in an echoey room of the Old Executive Office Building, ready to make history again.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Biden readies for 1st news conference, White House tradition

WASHINGTON (AP) — He'd led allied armies in the defeat of Nazi Germany only to find himself, a decade later, a tad intimidated before the cameras in an echoey room of the Old Executive Office Building, ready to make history again.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Biden readies for 1st news conference, White House tradition

WASHINGTON (AP) — He'd led allied armies in the defeat of Nazi Germany only to find himself, a decade later, a tad intimidated before the cameras in an echoey room of the Old Executive Office Building, ready to make history again.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

The 'disturbing influence' of presidential news conferences

WASHINGTON (AP) — He'd led allied armies in the defeat of Nazi Germany only to find himself, a decade later, a tad intimidated before the cameras in an echoey room of the Old Executive Office Building, ready to make history again.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

The 'disturbing influence' of presidential news conferences

WASHINGTON (AP) — He'd led allied armies in the defeat of Nazi Germany only to find himself, a decade later, a tad intimidated before the cameras in an echoey room of the Old Executive Office Building, ready to make history again.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Warp-speed spending and other surreal stats of COVID times

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. effort in World War II was off the charts. Battles spread over three continents and four years, 16 million served in uniform and the government shoved levers of the economy full force into defeating Nazi Germany and imperial Japan.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Warp-speed spending and other surreal stats of COVID times

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. effort in World War II was off the charts. Battles spread over three continents and four years, 16 million served in uniform and the government shoved levers of the economy full force into defeating Nazi Germany and imperial Japan.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Warp-speed spending and other surreal stats of COVID times

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. effort in World War II was off the charts. Battles spread over three continents and four years, 16 million served in uniform and the government shoved levers of the economy full force into defeating Nazi Germany and imperial Japan.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Biden admin wrong on vaccine pace, elderly

WASHINGTON (AP) — For an administration that prides itself on talking straight about the pandemic, the self-congratulation Wednesday went too far.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Biden admin wrong on vaccine pace, elderly

WASHINGTON (AP) — For an administration that prides itself on talking straight about the pandemic, the self-congratulation Wednesday went too far.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Biden admin wrong on vaccine pace, elderly

WASHINGTON (AP) — For an administration that prides itself on talking straight about the pandemic, the self-congratulation Wednesday went too far.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump clings to his core election falsehoods

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump clung to his core election falsehoods in his first post-presidential speech, wrongly blamed wind power for the catastrophic power failures in Texas and revived a variety of the baseless claims that saturated his time in office, on immigration, the economy and more.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump clings to his core election falsehoods

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump clung to his core election falsehoods in his first post-presidential speech, wrongly blamed wind power for the catastrophic power failures in Texas and revived a variety of the baseless claims that saturated his time in office, on immigration, the economy and more.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump clings to his core election falsehoods

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump clung to his core election falsehoods in his first post-presidential speech, wrongly blamed wind power for the catastrophic power failures in Texas and revived a variety of the baseless claims that saturated his time in office, on immigration, the economy and more.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Biden's 1st month was about erasing the mark of 'former guy'

WASHINGTON (AP) — When Joe Biden walked into the Oval Office for the first time as president a month ago, his pens were ready. Already.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Biden and his shifting goalposts on schools

WASHINGTON (AP) — How do you define success when it comes to reopening schools in the pandemic? President Joe Biden and his aides are having difficulty settling on an answer to that question.
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AP FACT CHECK: Biden and his shifting goalposts on schools

WASHINGTON (AP) — How do you define success when it comes to reopening schools in the pandemic? President Joe Biden and his aides are having difficulty settling on an answer to that question.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Biden and his shifting goalposts on schools

WASHINGTON (AP) — How do you define success when it comes to reopening schools in the pandemic? President Joe Biden and his aides are having difficulty settling on an answer to that question.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

2 impeachment trials, 2 escape hatches for Donald Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's first impeachment trial centered on a phone call Americans never heard with the leader of a country very far away. The trial went on for two weeks of he-said-she-said. There was a mountain of evidence to pore over but not one drop of blood to …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

2 impeachment trials, 2 escape hatches for Donald Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's first impeachment trial centered on a phone call Americans never heard with the leader of a country very far away. The trial went on for two weeks of he-said-she-said. There was a mountain of evidence to pore over but not one drop of blood to …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

2 impeachment trials, 2 escape hatches for Donald Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's first impeachment trial centered on a phone call Americans never heard with the leader of a country very far away. The trial went on for two weeks of he-said-she-said. There was a mountain of evidence to pore over but not one drop of blood to …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump's team glosses over his Jan. 6 tirade

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's legal team thoroughly distorted his remarks from the rally that prefaced the storming of the Capitol last month, seizing on the one instance when Trump spoke of peaceful protest in his “fight like hell” tirade of anger and grievance.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

2 impeachment trials, 2 escape hatches for Donald Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's first impeachment trial centered on a phone call Americans never heard with the leader of a country very far away. The trial went on for two weeks of he-said-she-said. There was a mountain of evidence to pore over but not one drop of blood to …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump's team glosses over his Jan. 6 tirade

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's legal team thoroughly distorted his remarks from the rally that prefaced the storming of the Capitol last month, seizing on the one instance when Trump spoke of peaceful protest in his “fight like hell” tirade of anger and grievance.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

2 impeachment trials, 2 escape hatches for Donald Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's first impeachment trial centered on a phone call Americans never heard with the leader of a country very far away. The trial went on for two weeks of he-said-she-said. There was a mountain of evidence to pore over but not one drop of blood to …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: The senator and Trump's misdialed phone call

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's Senate impeachment trial hit a snag when Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah objected to how Democrats characterized a phone call from the president when the Capitol insurrection was raging.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump's team glosses over his Jan. 6 tirade

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's legal team thoroughly distorted his remarks from the rally that prefaced the storming of the Capitol last month, seizing on the one instance when Trump spoke of peaceful protest in his “fight like hell” tirade of anger and grievance.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump's team glosses over his Jan. 6 tirade

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's legal team thoroughly distorted his remarks from the rally that prefaced the storming of the Capitol last month, seizing on the one instance when Trump spoke of peaceful protest in his “fight like hell” tirade of anger and grievance.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump team glosses over his Jan. 6 tirade

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's legal team thoroughly distorted his remarks from the rally that prefaced the storming of the Capitol last month, seizing on the one instance when Trump spoke of peaceful protest in his “fight like hell” tirade of anger and grievance.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: The senator and Trump's misdialed phone call

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's Senate impeachment trial hit a snag when Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah objected to how Democrats characterized a phone call from the president when the Capitol insurrection was raging.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: The senator and Trump's misdialed phone call

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's Senate impeachment trial hit a snag when Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah objected to how Democrats characterized a phone call from the president when the Capitol insurrection was raging.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump's lawyers and the Constitution

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for Donald Trump stretched beyond the facts when they argued there's an open-and-shut case that the Constitution bars impeaching former presidents. That question is not settled, though the weight of legal views contradicts the Trump team's assertions.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump's lawyers and the Constitution

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for Donald Trump stretched beyond the facts when they argued there's an open-and-shut case that the Constitution bars impeaching former presidents. That question is not settled, though the weight of legal views contradicts the Trump team's assertions.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump's lawyers and the Constitution

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for Donald Trump stretched beyond the facts when they argued there's an open-and-shut case that the Constitution bars impeaching former presidents. That question is not settled, though the weight of legal views contradicts the Trump team's assertions.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: House GOP chief unfamiliar with QAnon?

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy is claiming he's unfamiliar with an extremist conspiracy theory whose adherents joined the violent assault on Congress and hunted for his members as well as Democrats. He says he’s not even learned how to pronounce it.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: House GOP chief unfamiliar with QAnon?

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy is claiming he's unfamiliar with an extremist conspiracy theory whose adherents joined the violent assault on Congress and hunted for his members as well as Democrats. He says he’s not even learned how to pronounce it.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

In early going, Biden floods the zone with decrees

WASHINGTON (AP) — Modern American presidents have found that a good way to get off to a fast start in office is
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

In early going, Biden floods the zone with decrees

WASHINGTON (AP) — Modern American presidents have found that a good way to get off to a fast start in office is
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

In early going, Biden floods the zone with decrees

WASHINGTON (AP) — Modern American presidents have found that a good way to get off to a fast start in office is
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

In early going, Biden floods the zone with decrees

WASHINGTON (AP) — Modern American presidents have found that a good way to get off to a fast start in office is
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Biden inaugural: Abrupt pivot to civility in post-Trump era

WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington couldn’t turn the page quickly enough from Donald Trump to
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump's fiction in his goodbye to Washington

WASHINGTON (AP) — In his final remarks as president, Donald Trump tried to take credit for accomplishments of his predecessor and even those to come under President Joe Biden.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Biden inaugural: Abrupt pivot to civility in post-Trump era

WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington couldn’t turn the page quickly enough from Donald Trump to
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Biden inaugural: Abrupt pivot to civility in post-Trump era

WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington couldn’t turn the page quickly enough from Donald Trump to
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump's fiction in his goodbye to Washington

WASHINGTON (AP) — In his final remarks as president, Donald Trump tried to take credit for accomplishments of his predecessor and even those to come under President Joe Biden.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump's farewell falsehoods

On his way out, President Donald Trump claimed credit for things he didn't do and twisted his record on jobs, taxes, the pandemic and much more. Falsehoods suffused his farewell remarks to the country.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump's farewell falsehoods

On his way out, President Donald Trump claimed credit for things he didn't do and twisted his record on jobs, taxes, the pandemic and much more. Falsehoods suffused his farewell remarks to the country.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Deceptions in the time of the 'alternative facts' president

WASHINGTON (AP) — Truth caught up with Donald Trump after years of giving chase.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Deceptions in the time of the 'alternative facts' president

WASHINGTON (AP) — Truth caught up with Donald Trump after years of giving chase.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Deceptions in the time of the 'alternative facts' president

WASHINGTON (AP) — Truth caught up with Donald Trump after years of giving chase.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump's call to action distorted in debate

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House impeachment debate on Wednesday heard a distorted account of President Donald Trump's remarks to his supporters a week ago when he exhorted them to “fight like hell" before they swarmed the Capitol.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump's call to action distorted in debate

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House impeachment debate on Wednesday heard a distorted account of President Donald Trump's remarks to his supporters a week ago when he exhorted them to “fight like hell" before they swarmed the Capitol.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Fury at the shaken Capitol over the attack, security, virus

WASHINGTON (AP) — This time the fury enveloping the U.S. Capitol comes not from an insurgent mob but from within.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Fury at the shaken Capitol over the attack, security, virus

WASHINGTON (AP) — This time the fury enveloping the Capitol comes not from an insurgent mob but from within.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

The unfolding of 'home-grown fascism' in Capitol assault

WASHINGTON (AP) — Under battle flags bearing Donald Trump's name,
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Capitol assault a more sinister attack than first appeared

WASHINGTON (AP) — Under battle flags bearing Donald Trump's name,
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Capitol assault a more sinister attack than first appeared

WASHINGTON (AP) — Under battle flags bearing Donald Trump's name,
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

The unfolding of 'home-grown fascism' in Capitol assault

WASHINGTON (AP) — Under battle flags bearing Donald Trump's name,
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

No surprise: Trump left many clues he wouldn't go quietly

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump left plenty of clues he'd try to burn the place down on his way out the door.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

No surprise: Trump left many clues he wouldn't go quietly

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump left plenty of clues he'd try to burn the place down on his way out the door.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

No surprise: Trump left many clues he wouldn't go quietly

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump left plenty of clues he'd try to burn the place down on his way out the door.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Chaos, violence, mockery as pro-Trump mob occupies Congress

WASHINGTON (AP) — “Where are they?” a Trump supporter demanded in a crowd of dozens roaming the halls of the Capitol, bearing Trump flags and pounding on doors.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Chaos, violence, mockery as pro-Trump mob occupies Congress

WASHINGTON (AP) — “Where are they?” a Trump supporter demanded in a crowd of dozens roaming the halls of the Capitol, bearing Trump flags and pounding on doors.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump's false claims, fuel on a day of chaos

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump pressed his hopeless case for overturning the election to a crowd of supporters Wednesday, fueling the grievances of a mob that then stormed the Capitol and disrupted the confirmation of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump's false claims on a day of reckoning

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump pressed his hopeless case for overturning the election results before a crowd of supporters Wednesday as Congress opened a joint session to count the electoral votes affirming President-elect Joe Biden's victory.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Despite Trump's venting and threats, Biden's win is sealed

WASHINGTON (AP) — There’s plenty of noise but no cause for confusion as President Donald Trump vents about
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Despite Trump's venting and threats, Biden's win is sealed

WASHINGTON (AP) — There’s plenty of noise but no cause for confusion as President Donald Trump vents about how the election turned out and vows to subvert it even still.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump floods rally with audacious falsehoods

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump floods rally with audacious falsehoods

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Trump's grievances feed menacing undertow after the election

WASHINGTON (AP) — The last throes of Donald Trump’s presidency have turned ugly — even dangerous.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Trump's grievances feed menacing undertow after the election

WASHINGTON (AP) — The last throes of Donald Trump’s presidency have turned ugly — even dangerous.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump's flailing effort resting on mendacity

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's flailing attempt to cling to office after voters decisively chose to oust him has taken the country into a dark and fictional place.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump conclusively lost, denies the evidence

WASHINGTON (AP) — In the face of conclusive evidence that he lost, President Donald Trump is claiming “I won.”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Americans pivot from red-hot Trump to Biden's seasoned cool

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a crystallizing moment at the last presidential debate, Donald Trump and Joe Biden fielded a question about people of color who live alongside chemical plants and oil refineries that seem to be making them sick.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Americans pivot from red-hot Trump to Biden's seasoned cool

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a crystallizing moment at the last presidential debate, Donald Trump and Joe Biden fielded a question about people of color who live alongside chemical plants and oil refineries that seem to be making them sick.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump's vote falsehoods, into day of defeat

WASHINGTON (AP) — The most direct attempt to undermine the integrity of the U.S. election with bad information came not from overseas sources or online liars but from a president standing behind the presidential seal at the White House and facing his defeat.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump presses vote falsehoods on wide front

WASHINGTON (AP) — The most direct attempt to undermine the integrity of the U.S. election with bad information came not from overseas sources or online liars but from a president standing behind the presidential seal at the White House and facing defeat.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump's errant assault on election integrity

WASHINGTON (AP) — The most direct attempt to undermine the integrity of the U.S. election with bad information came not from overseas sources or online liars but from a president standing behind the presidential seal at the White House and facing defeat.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump fabricates election corruption

WASHINGTON (AP) — Citing “horror stories,” President Donald Trump unleashed a torrent of fabricated accusations Thursday in an audacious attempt to undermine the legitimacy of the U.S. election.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump's errant final pitches on virus, energy

WASHINGTON (AP) — Making final arguments before Tuesday’s election, President Donald Trump asserted the U.S. was shaking off a coronavirus pandemic that is only getting worse, falsely claimed Democrat Joe Biden would lock down the country for years and baselessly alleged that the COVID-19 death count is being inflated by …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump's errant final pitches on virus, energy

WASHINGTON (AP) — Making final arguments before Tuesday’s election, President Donald Trump asserted the U.S. was shaking off a coronavirus pandemic that is only getting worse, falsely claimed Democrat Joe Biden would lock down the country for years and baselessly alleged that the COVID-19 death count is being inflated by …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump baselessly cites fraud in virus toll

WASHINGTON (AP) — The actual crisis of the coronavirus pandemic and a manufactured crisis over voting fraud featured heavily in President Donald Trump’s misstatements during the 2020 campaign’s final week. Democrat Joe Biden went astray on trade as he assailed the president’s record on China.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump baselessly cites fraud in virus toll

WASHINGTON (AP) — The actual crisis of the coronavirus pandemic and a manufactured crisis over voting fraud featured heavily in President Donald Trump’s misstatements during the 2020 campaign’s final week. Democrat Joe Biden went astray on trade as he assailed the president’s record on China.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump's voting wrongs; Biden's trade miss

WASHINGTON (AP) — The actual crisis of the coronavirus pandemic and a manufactured crisis over voting fraud featured heavily in President Donald Trump’s misstatements during the 2020 campaign’s final week. Democrat Joe Biden went astray on trade as he assailed the president’s record on China.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump sees voting chaos that does not exist

WASHINGTON (AP) — Seeing chaos where others don't, President Donald Trump is falsely asserting that voting by mail is proving to be rife with problems across the country. For the most part, the surge in early votes
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump and his familiar falsehoods

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says Mexico is paying for the wall (it isn’t), health care choice for veterans came from him (it didn’t) and his tax cut stands as the biggest in American history (nowhere close).
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump and his familiar falsehoods

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says Mexico is paying for the wall (it isn’t), health care choice for veterans came from him (it didn’t) and his tax cut stands as the biggest in American history (nowhere close).
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump and his oh-so-familiar falsehoods

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says Mexico is paying for the wall (it isn’t), health care choice for veterans came from him (it didn’t) and his tax cut stands as the biggest in American history (nowhere close).
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump and Biden in their last clash on stage

WASHINGTON (AP) — A more measured President Donald Trump does not necessarily mean a more truthful one.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Falsehoods and fumbles in Trump-Biden debate

WASHINGTON (AP) — The facts took a hit right out of the gate Thursday night.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Falsehoods and fumbles in Trump-Biden debate

WASHINGTON (AP) — The facts took a hit right out of the gate Thursday night.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump's falsehoods on virus, taxes and Bidens

WASHINGTON (AP) — Back fully campaigning after
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump's falsehoods on virus, taxes and Bidens

WASHINGTON (AP) — Back fully campaigning after
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump's falsehoods on virus, taxes and Bidens

WASHINGTON (AP) — Back fully campaigning after
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump's falsehoods on virus, taxes and Bidens

WASHINGTON (AP) — Back fully campaigning after
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump sees what others do not in the pandemic

WASHINGTON (AP) — “I believe we’re rounding the corner." “We’re a winner on the excess mortality.” “We have the vaccines coming and we have the therapies coming.” “We have done an amazing job.”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump sees what others do not in the pandemic

WASHINGTON (AP) — “I believe we’re rounding the corner." “We’re a winner on the excess mortality.” “We have the vaccines coming and we have the therapies coming.” “We have done an amazing job.”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Rhetoric from Trump, Biden in the non-debate

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Rhetoric from Trump, Biden in the non-debate

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden faced inquisitive voters on separate stages in different cities Thursday night in a substitute for the debate that was meant to be.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump falsifies Biden stance on fracking

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is persisting with the myth that Democratic rival Joe Biden proposes to ban fracking. Biden doesn't.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump falsifies Biden stance on fracking

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is persisting with the myth that Democratic rival Joe Biden proposes to ban fracking. Biden doesn't.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump's shaky claims on virus, Dem misfires

WASHINGTON (AP) — Impatient to return to the campaign trail, President Donald Trump dubiously claimed he's fully recovered and immune from COVID-19, hailed a cure that isn't so and declared the coronavirus is “disappearing” even as cases spiked.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump's shaky claims on virus, Dem misfires

WASHINGTON (AP) — Impatient to return to the campaign trail, President Donald Trump dubiously claimed he's fully recovered and immune from COVID-19, hailed a cure that isn't so and declared the coronavirus is “disappearing” even as cases spiked.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Debate week's twisted tales on virus, climate

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sidelined but not silenced, President Donald Trump demonstrated anew this past week he can't be relied on to give a straight account of the disease that has afflicted millions, now including him. He heralded the arrival of a COVID-19 cure, which did not happen, and likened the …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Debate week's twisted tales on virus, climate

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sidelined but not silenced, President Donald Trump demonstrated anew this past week he can't be relied on to give a straight account of the disease that has afflicted millions, now including him. He heralded the arrival of a COVID-19 cure, which did not happen, and likened the …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump pitches drug unapproved for coronavirus

President Donald Trump is pitching a medicine for COVID-19 sufferers that science has not concluded is effective or safe for their use
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump's misfires on virus death rates, tests

WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing a grim reality of surging coronavirus cases, President Donald Trump is making premature assertions about relatively low death rates in the U.S. and revising history about how seriously he viewed the threat, including the need for ventilators.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Viral virus briefing: Where science meets all things Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) — For a few moments in the Rose Garden, the coronavirus pandemic is a bucking bronco with President Donald Trump on its back. His arm swings an invisible rope. He seems to be hanging on for dear life.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Viral virus briefing: Where science meets all things Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) — For a few moments in the Rose Garden, the coronavirus pandemic is a bucking bronco with President Donald Trump on its back. His arm swings an invisible rope. He seems to be hanging on for dear life.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump gets a reality check on coronavirus

WASHINGTON (AP) — For weeks, President Donald Trump carved out a trail of groundless assurances about the coronavirus pandemic as health officials, governors and local officials sounded alarm about what was coming — and already here. That sunlit trail now has hit a wall.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump a rosy outlier on science of the virus

WASHINGTON (AP) — Groundless assurances keep coming from President Donald Trump, a rosy outlier on the science of the coronavirus pandemic.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump says he always knew virus was pandemic

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is revising history as to how he described the dangers of the coronavirus as it swept across China and showed early signs in the U.S.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump's breathless takes on drugs for virus

WASHINGTON (AP) — “Could be a game changer.” “Very exciting.” “The way they acted with this kind of speed is an incredible thing.” “Very powerful.” “This could be a tremendous breakthrough. Tremendous breakthrough.” “We're going to be able to make that drug available almost immediately.” “There's tremendous promise.”
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Trump, Dems and politics of the pandemic

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans normally hear from President Donald Trump when he is opining on Twitter, riffing from a rally stage or otherwise improvising. This past week was different as he sat in the Oval Office with a script laid out for him to read on a matter grave enough …
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AP FACT CHECK: The Dems on pandemic, Social Security, more

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders sparred one-on-one Sunday in a Democratic debate held without a live audience in the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic. The growing crisis prompted some questionable statements from the presidential rivals, as did issues they argued about for months …
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AP FACT CHECK: Trump, American exceptionalism and the virus

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans normally hear from President Donald Trump when he is opining on Twitter, riffing from a rally stage or otherwise improvising. This past week was different as he sat in the Oval Office with a script laid out for him to read on a matter grave enough …
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AP FACT CHECK: Trump misrepresents Obama's actions on H1N1

WASHINGTON (AP) — One day, President Donald Trump boasted of “smooth” coronavirus testing across the country. The next day, he pronounced the testing system inadequate, and assailed the public-health bureaucracy, Barack Obama and Joe Biden for not fixing it before he became president.
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AP FACT CHECK: Trump is wrong about insurers and coronavirus

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump incorrectly stated in his address to the nation that the health insurance industry has agreed to waive patient co-payments for treatment of COVID-19. The industry has not made such a commitment.
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AP FACT CHECK: Trump's rosy take on govt's handling of virus

WASHINGTON (AP) — As the stock market convulses, airline schedules buckle and businesses worry their overseas supply lines will snap, President Donald Trump is looking on the sunny side of an economy clouded by the coronavirus.
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AP FACT CHECK: Trump's rosy take on govt's handling of virus

WASHINGTON (AP) — As the stock market convulses, airline schedules buckle and businesses worry their overseas supply lines will snap, President Donald Trump is looking on the sunny side of an economy clouded by the coronavirus.
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AP FACT CHECK: Trump's sunny side up take on coronavirus

WASHINGTON (AP) — As the stock market convulses, airline schedules buckle and businesses worry their overseas supply lines will snap, President Donald Trump is looking on the sunny side of an economy clouded by the coronavirus.
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AP FACT CHECK: Trump's sunny side up take on coronavirus

WASHINGTON (AP) — As the stock market convulses, airline schedules buckle and businesses worry their overseas supply lines will snap, President Donald Trump is looking on the sunny side of an economy clouded by the coronavirus.
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A disconnect between Trump and health officials on virus

WASHINGTON (AP) — Whom to believe on the coronavirus threat — the president saying one thing or the public health officials standing beside him and saying something a little different?
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A disconnect between Trump and health officials on virus

WASHINGTON (AP) — Whom to believe on the coronavirus threat — the president saying one thing or the public health officials standing beside him and saying something a little different?
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Hot races, big stakes on midterm election ballot

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Muted after Sept. 11, NSA critics energized

WASHINGTON - After 9/11, there were no shades of gray. There are plenty now.
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Pioneering reporter Helen Thomas aged into legend

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Paranoid? No, they're really watching you

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Obama's IOUs start coming due

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Mood of the nation

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Here was Chas Kaufmann's life before the Great Recession: $28,000 in restaurant tabs in a year, cruises, house parties with fireworks. His Mr. Gutter business was booming in the Pennsylvania Poconos.
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Fact check: Stumbles in presidential debate

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Be your own debate fact-checker tonight

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People divided on looming debt crisis

WASHINGTON - It might be time for another midnight ride by Paul Revere, this time warning "the creditors are coming."
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Gone fishing: Secret hunt for a sunken Soviet sub

WASHINGTON - In 1974, far out in the Pacific, a U.S. ship pretending to be a deep-sea mining vessel fished a sunken Soviet nuclear-armed submarine out of the ocean depths, took what it could of the wreck and made off to Hawaii with its purloined prize.
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