Saturday, November 16, 2024

Vulnerable Democrats push for local priorities in budget

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — U.S. Rep. Cindy Axne of Iowa was slow to get behind a $1 trillion infrastructure bill after the Senate passed it last month. It wasn't the price tag that tripped up the Democrat from a swing House district. It was that none of the money …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Vulnerable Democrats push for local priorities in budget

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — U.S. Rep. Cindy Axne of Iowa was slow to get behind a $1 trillion infrastructure bill after the Senate passed it last month. It wasn't the price tag that tripped up the Democrat from a swing House district. It was that none of the money …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Vulnerable Democrats push for local priorities in budget

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — U.S. Rep. Cindy Axne of Iowa was slow to get behind a $1 trillion infrastructure bill after the Senate passed it last month. It wasn't the price tag that tripped up the Democrat from a swing House district. It was that none of the money …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Tea party 2.0? Conservatives get organized in school battles

MEQUON, Wis. (AP) — A loose network of conservative groups with ties to major Republican donors and party-aligned think tanks is quietly lending firepower to local activists engaged in
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Tea party 2.0? Conservatives get organized in school battles

MEQUON, Wis. (AP) — A loose network of conservative groups with ties to major Republican donors and party-aligned think tanks is quietly lending firepower to local activists engaged in
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Tea party 2.0? Conservatives get organized in school battles

MEQUON, Wis. (AP) — A loose network of conservative groups with ties to major Republican donors and party-aligned think tanks is quietly lending firepower to local activists engaged in
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Tea party 2.0? Conservatives get organized in school battles

MEQUON, Wis. (AP) — A loose network of conservative groups with ties to major Republican donors and party-aligned think tanks is quietly lending firepower to local activists engaged in
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Richard Trumka, longtime president of AFL-CIO, dies at 72

WASHINGTON (AP) — Richard Trumka, the powerful president of the AFL-CIO who rose from the coal mines of Pennsylvania to preside over one of the largest labor organizations in the world, died Thursday. He was 72.
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Richard Trumka, longtime president of AFL-CIO, dies at 72

WASHINGTON (AP) — Richard Trumka, the powerful president of the AFL-CIO who rose from the coal mines of Pennsylvania to preside over one of the largest labor organizations in the world, died Thursday. He was 72.
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Richard Trumka, longtime president of AFL-CIO, dies at 72

WASHINGTON (AP) — Richard Trumka, the powerful president of the AFL-CIO who rose from the coal mines of Pennsylvania to preside over one of the largest labor organizations in the world, died Thursday. He was 72.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Richard Trumka, longtime president of AFL-CIO, dies at 72

WASHINGTON (AP) — Richard Trumka, the powerful president of the AFL-CIO who rose from the coal mines of Pennsylvania to preside over one of the largest labor organizations in the world, died Thursday. He was 72.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Longtime AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka dies at age 72

WASHINGTON (AP) — Richard Trumka, the powerful president of the AFL-CIO who rose from the coal mines of Pennsylvania to preside over one of the largest labor organizations in the world, died Thursday. He was 72.
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Trump's kingmaker status faces test in Ohio special election

GROVE CITY, Ohio (AP) — As soon as it became clear last week that a Texas congressional candidate backed by Donald Trump would be
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Trump's kingmaker status faces test in Ohio special election

GROVE CITY, Ohio (AP) — As soon as it became clear last week that a Texas congressional candidate backed by Donald Trump would be
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Trump's kingmaker status faces test in Ohio special election

GROVE CITY, Ohio (AP) — As soon as it became clear last week that a Texas congressional candidate backed by Donald Trump would be
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Trump's kingmaker status faces test in Ohio special election

GROVE CITY, Ohio (AP) — As soon as it became clear last week that a Texas congressional candidate backed by Donald Trump would be
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Eyeing another run, Grassley shows Iowans he's keeping up

SIOUX CENTER, Iowa (AP) — In dress shirts and pants, Chuck Grassley and Tom Cotton dropped to their knees on stage at a recent Iowa Republican Party fundraiser and began pumping out pushups. The 87-year-old Iowa senator's were slow and deliberate while his Arkansas colleague's were crisp and level, befitting …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Eyeing another run, Grassley shows Iowans he's keeping up

SIOUX CENTER, Iowa (AP) — In dress shirts and pants, Chuck Grassley and Tom Cotton dropped to their knees on stage at a recent Iowa Republican Party fundraiser and began pumping out pushups. The 87-year-old Iowa senator's were slow and deliberate while his Arkansas colleague's were crisp and level, befitting …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Eyeing another run, Grassley shows Iowans he's keeping up

SIOUX CENTER, Iowa (AP) — In dress shirts and pants, Chuck Grassley and Tom Cotton dropped to their knees on stage at a recent Iowa Republican Party fundraiser and began pumping out pushups. The 87-year-old Iowa senator's were slow and deliberate while his Arkansas colleague's were crisp and level, befitting …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Eyeing another run, Grassley shows Iowans he's keeping up

SIOUX CENTER, Iowa (AP) — In dress shirts and pants, Chuck Grassley and Tom Cotton dropped to their knees on stage at a recent Iowa Republican Party fundraiser and began pumping out pushups. The 87-year-old Iowa senator's were slow and deliberate while his Arkansas colleague's were crisp and level, befitting …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Galesburg, an American crossroad, tunes out feuding Congress

GALESBURG, Ill. (AP) — Pickup trucks and cars rumble north across East Main Street's railroad tracks into Galesburg, Illinois, past the red-brick Lindstrom's appliances building that has occupied the same corner for more than 100 years.
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Galesburg, an American crossroad, tunes out feuding Congress

GALESBURG, Ill. (AP) — Pickup trucks and cars rumble north across East Main Street's railroad tracks into Galesburg, Illinois, past the red-brick Lindstrom's appliances building that has occupied the same corner for more than 100 years.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Galesburg, an American crossroad, tunes out feuding Congress

GALESBURG, Ill. (AP) — Pickup trucks and cars rumble north across East Main Street's railroad tracks into Galesburg, Illinois, past the red-brick Lindstrom's appliances building that has occupied the same corner for more than 100 years.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Galesburg, an American crossroad, tunes out feuding Congress

GALESBURG, Ill. (AP) — Pickup trucks and cars rumble north across East Main Street's railroad tracks into Galesburg, Illinois, past the red-brick Lindstrom's appliances building that has occupied the same corner for more than 100 years.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

'It definitely feels early': GOP's long race to 2024 begins

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — In the past week alone, Nikki Haley regaled activists in Iowa, Mike Pence courted donors in California and Donald Trump
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'It definitely feels early': GOP's long race to 2024 begins

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — In the past week alone, Nikki Haley regaled activists in Iowa, Mike Pence courted donors in California and Donald Trump
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'It definitely feels early': GOP's long race to 2024 begins

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — In the past week alone, Nikki Haley regaled activists in Iowa, Mike Pence courted donors in California and Donald Trump
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

'It definitely feels early': GOP's long race to 2024 begins

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — In the past week alone, Nikki Haley regaled activists in Iowa, Mike Pence courted donors in California and Donald Trump returned to the rally stage, teasing a third campaign for the White House.
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GOP ramps up misleading attack on Democrats' policing policy

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — When Minnesota Republican Tyler Kistner announced his candidacy for the U.S. House in April, he asked voters to ponder two questions: “What America will we leave for our children?" and "Will they be taught to hate their police?”
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GOP ramps up misleading attack on Democrats' policing policy

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — When Minnesota Republican Tyler Kistner announced his candidacy for the U.S. House in April, he asked voters to ponder two questions: “What America will we leave for our children?" and "Will they be taught to hate their police?”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

GOP ramps up misleading attack on Democrats' policing policy

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — When Minnesota Republican Tyler Kistner announced his candidacy for the U.S. House in April, he asked voters to ponder two questions: “What America will we leave for our children?" and "Will they be taught to hate their police?”
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Iowa flap raises fears of politicized local election offices

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — It had been eight years since a Republican candidate even stepped forward to challenge Democrat Roxanna Moritz as the top elections official in Scott County, Iowa.
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Iowa flap raises fears of politicized local election offices

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — It had been eight years since a Republican candidate even stepped forward to challenge Democrat Roxanna Moritz as the top elections official in Scott County, Iowa.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Iowa flap raises fears of politicized local election offices

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — It had been eight years since a Republican candidate even stepped forward to challenge Democrat Roxanna Moritz as the top elections official in Scott County, Iowa.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Iowa flap raises fears of politicized local election offices

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — It had been eight years since a Republican candidate even stepped forward to challenge Democrat Roxanna Moritz as the top elections official in Scott County, Iowa.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Red meat politics: GOP turns culture war into a food fight

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Conservatives last week gobbled up
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'I'm still exhaling': Swing-state voters on Biden's 100 days

ELM GROVE, Wis. (AP) — Standing on the sidelines of her son's soccer practice in this
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'I'm still exhaling': Swing-state voters on Biden's 100 days

ELM GROVE, Wis. (AP) — Standing on the sidelines of her son's soccer practice in this
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

'I'm still exhaling': Swing-state voters on Biden's 100 days

ELM GROVE, Wis. (AP) — Standing on the sidelines of her son's soccer practice in this
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

'I'm still exhaling': Swing-state voters on Biden's 100 days

ELM GROVE, Wis. (AP) — Standing on the sidelines of her son's soccer practice in this
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Sen. Johnson may offer insight into GOP's 2022 positioning

MADISON, Wis. (AP) —
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Sen. Johnson may offer insight into GOP's 2022 positioning

MADISON, Wis. (AP) —
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Sen. Johnson may offer insight into GOP's 2022 positioning

MADISON, Wis. (AP) —
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Sen. Johnson may offer insight into GOP's 2022 positioning

MADISON, Wis. (AP) —
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As Biden improves with vets, Afghanistan plan a plus to some

ELM GROVE, Wis. (AP) — Patrick Proctor Brown says the war in Afghanistan was lost within a year of its start. The suburban Milwaukee lawyer, who was an infantry captain in Iraq, said the trillions of dollars spent and the thousands of lives lost, including a lieutenant he trained with, …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

As Biden improves with vets, Afghanistan plan a plus to some

ELM GROVE, Wis. (AP) — Patrick Proctor Brown says the war in Afghanistan was lost within a year of its start. The suburban Milwaukee lawyer, who was an infantry captain in Iraq, said the trillions of dollars spent and the thousands of lives lost, including a lieutenant he trained with, …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

As Biden improves with vets, Afghanistan plan a plus to some

ELM GROVE, Wis. (AP) — Patrick Proctor Brown says the war in Afghanistan was lost within a year of its start. The suburban Milwaukee lawyer, who was an infantry captain in Iraq, said the trillions of dollars spent and the thousands of lives lost, including a lieutenant he trained with, …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

As Biden improves with vets, Afghanistan plan a plus to some

ELM GROVE, Wis. (AP) — Patrick Proctor Brown says the war in Afghanistan was lost within a year of its start. The suburban Milwaukee lawyer, who was an infantry captain in Iraq, said the trillions of dollars spent and the thousands of lives lost, including a lieutenant he trained with, …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

New to DC, Buttigieg looks to build bridges with Biden plan

WASHINGTON (AP) —
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New to DC, Buttigieg looks to build bridges with Biden plan

WASHINGTON (AP) —
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New to DC, Buttigieg looks to build bridges with Biden plan

WASHINGTON (AP) —
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New to DC, Buttigieg looks to build bridges with Biden plan

WASHINGTON (AP) —
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GOP 2024 contenders enter Iowa, wary of Trump's long shadow

URBANDALE, Iowa (AP) — Ambitious Republicans are starting to make moves in Iowa, long a proving ground for future presidents. Their first step is finding out whether activists there have gotten over the last one.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

GOP 2024 contenders enter Iowa, wary of Trump's long shadow

URBANDALE, Iowa (AP) — Ambitious Republicans are starting to make moves in Iowa, long a proving ground for future presidents. Their first step is finding out whether activists there have gotten over the last one.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

GOP 2024 contenders enter Iowa, wary of Trump's long shadow

URBANDALE, Iowa (AP) — Ambitious Republicans are starting to make moves in Iowa, long a proving ground for future presidents. Their first step is finding out whether activists there have gotten over the last one.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

GOP 2024 contenders enter Iowa, wary of Trump's long shadow

URBANDALE, Iowa (AP) — Ambitious Republicans are starting to make moves in Iowa, long a proving ground for future presidents. Their first step is finding out whether activists there have gotten over the last one.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

GOP 2024 contenders enter Iowa, wary of Trump's long shadow

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Ambitious Republicans are starting to make moves in Iowa, long a proving ground for future presidents. Their first step is finding out whether activists there have gotten over the last one.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Democrats finding support for Biden in small-city America

MANKATO, Minnesota (AP) — Mary McGaw grew up in a Republican home on the rural prairie of south central Minnesota. But as she moved from her tiny town of Amboy to the nearest city of
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Democrats finding support for Biden in small-city America

MANKATO, Minnesota (AP) — Mary McGaw grew up in a Republican home on the rural prairie of south central Minnesota. But as she moved from her tiny town of Amboy to the nearest city of
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Democrats finding support for Biden in small-city America

MANKATO, Minnesota (AP) — Mary McGaw grew up in a Republican home on the rural prairie of south central Minnesota. But as she moved from her tiny town of Amboy to the nearest city of
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Democrats find support for Biden in small-city America

MANKATO, Minnesota (AP) — Mary McGaw grew up in a Republican home on the rural prairie of south central Minnesota. But as she moved from her tiny town of Amboy to the nearest city of Mankato to study nursing, her politics migrated too.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Democrats find support for Biden in small-city America

MANKATO, Minnesota (AP) — Mary McGaw grew up in a Republican home on the rural prairie of south central Minnesota. But as she moved from her tiny town of Amboy to the nearest city of Mankato to study nursing, her politics migrated too.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

GOP takes aim at Biden's health care pick on abortion rights

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s
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GOP takes aim at Biden's health care pick on abortion rights

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s
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Biden health pick taking heat for support of abortion rights

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s
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Once the mainstream model, Michigan GOP embraces right wing

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Josh Venable, a longtime Michigan GOP operative and chief of staff to former U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, can trace the arc of the state's Republican Party clearly.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Once the mainstream model, Michigan GOP embraces right wing

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Josh Venable, a longtime Michigan GOP operative and chief of staff to former U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, can trace the arc of the state's Republican Party clearly.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Once the mainstream model, Michigan GOP embraces right wing

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Josh Venable, a longtime Michigan GOP operative and chief of staff to former U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, can trace the arc of the state's Republican Party clearly.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Once the mainstream model, Michigan GOP embraces right wing

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Josh Venable, a longtime Michigan GOP operative and chief of staff to former U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, can trace the arc of the state's Republican Party clearly.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Once the mainstream model, Michigan GOP embraces right wing

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Josh Venable, a longtime Michigan GOP operative and chief of staff to former U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, can trace the arc of the state's Republican Party clearly.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Nebraska Sen. Sasse bets political future on opposing Trump

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — When
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Nebraska Sen. Sasse bets political future on opposing Trump

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — When
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Nebraska Sen. Sasse bets political future on opposing Trump

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — When
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AP-NORC poll: Few in US say democracy is working very well

WASHINGTON (AP) — Only a fragment of Americans believe democracy is thriving in the U.S., even as broad majorities agree that representative government is one of the country's bedrock principles, according to a new poll from
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AP-NORC poll: Few in US say democracy is working very well

WASHINGTON (AP) — Only a fragment of Americans believe democracy is thriving in the U.S., even as broad majorities agree that representative government is one of the country's bedrock principles, according to a new poll from
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

AP-NORC poll: Few in US say democracy is working very well

WASHINGTON (AP) — Only a fragment of Americans believe democracy is thriving in the U.S., even as broad majorities agree that representative government is one of the country's bedrock principles, according to a new poll from
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

In Iowa, a GOP stalwart becomes a casualty in party war

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The flood of calls, texts and emails came swiftly and most with the same message. Dave Millage sat by the fireplace in his living room in a quiet Bettendorf neighborhood as he read them.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

In fight over GOP, state parties stand as firewall for Trump

Donald Trump has mused about forming a third party. But it's unclear why he needs one.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

In Iowa, a GOP stalwart becomes a casualty in party war

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The flood of calls, texts and emails came swiftly and most with the same message. Dave Millage sat by the fireplace in his living room in a quiet Bettendorf neighborhood as he read them.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

In fight over GOP, state parties stand as firewall for Trump

Donald Trump has mused about forming a third party. But it's unclear why he needs one.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

In Iowa, a GOP stalwart becomes a casualty in party war

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The flood of calls, texts and emails came swiftly and most with the same message. Dave Millage sat by the fireplace in his living room in a quiet Bettendorf neighborhood as he read them.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

In fight over GOP, state parties stand as firewall for Trump

Donald Trump has mused about forming a third party. But it's unclear why he needs one.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

In fight over GOP, state parties stand as firewall for Trump

Donald Trump has mused about forming a third party. But it's unclear why he needs one.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

In fight over GOP, state parties stand as firewall for Trump

Donald Trump has mused about forming a third party. But it's not clear why he needs one.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

GOP Ohio Sen. Portman not seeking reelection, cites gridlock

CINCINNATI (AP) — Ohio Sen. Rob Portman said Monday that he won’t seek reelection to a third term in 2022, expressing dismay with the deep partisanship and dysfunction in American politics.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

GOP Ohio Sen. Portman not seeking reelection, cites gridlock

CINCINNATI (AP) — Ohio Sen. Rob Portman said Monday that he won’t seek reelection to a third term in 2022, expressing dismay with the deep partisanship and dysfunction in American politics.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

GOP Ohio Sen. Portman not seeking reelection, cites gridlock

CINCINNATI (AP) — Ohio Sen. Rob Portman said Monday that he won’t seek reelection to a third term in 2022, expressing dismay with the deep partisanship and dysfunction in American politics.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Early warning signs emerge for GOP after US Capitol riots

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Since last week’s deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, about 225 Republicans logged in to the election office in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to change their party registration. Ethan Demme was one of them.
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Early warning signs emerge for GOP after US Capitol riots

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — In the 36 hours after last week’s deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, 112 Republicans reached out to the election office in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to change their party registration. Ethan Demme was one of them.
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Republicans recoil from Missouri Sen. Hawley after siege

O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A Republican colleague rebuked him on the Senate floor. A home-state newspaper editorial board declared he has “blood on his hands.” But for Josh Hawley, the Missouri senator who staged an Electoral College challenge that became the focus of a violent siege of the U.S. Capitol, …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

'Great damage': Republicans recoil from Missouri Sen. Hawley

O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A Republican colleague rebuked him on the Senate floor. A home-state newspaper editorial board declared he has "blood on his hands.” But for Josh Hawley, the Missouri senator who staged an Electoral College challenge that became the focus of a violent siege of the U.S. Capitol, …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

'Great damage': Republicans recoil from Missouri Sen. Hawley

O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A Republican colleague rebuked him on the Senate floor. A home-state newspaper editorial board declared he has "blood on his hands.” But for Josh Hawley, the Missouri senator who staged an Electoral College challenge that became the focus of a violent siege of the Capitol, the …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Biden taps Buttigieg for transportation, Granholm for energy

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden nominated his former rival Pete Buttigieg as secretary of transportation on Tuesday and intends to choose former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm as his energy secretary.
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Biden taps Buttigieg for transportation, Granholm for energy

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden nominated his former rival Pete Buttigieg as secretary of transportation on Tuesday and intends to choose former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm as his energy secretary.
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AP sources: Biden to add Buttigieg, Granholm to Cabinet

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden is expected to pick his former rival Pete Buttigieg as secretary of transportation and former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm as energy secretary, according to four people familiar with the plans.
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AP sources: Biden set to add Buttigieg, Granholm to Cabinet

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden is expected to pick his former rival Pete Buttigieg as secretary of transportation and former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm as energy secretary, according to four people familiar with the plans.
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AP sources: Biden to pick Buttigieg as transportation chief

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden is expected to pick his former rival Pete Buttigieg as secretary of transportation, according to three people familiar with the plans.
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Under attack from Trump, institutions bend but don't break

WASHINGTON (AP) — For weeks, President Donald Trump has put America's democratic institutions under unprecedented strain as he fights to hold power despite losing his bid for reelection. But the institutions so far are holding firm.
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Under attack from Trump, institutions bend but don't break

WASHINGTON (AP) — For weeks, President Donald Trump has put America's democratic institutions under unprecedented strain as he fights to hold power despite losing his bid for reelection. But the institutions so far are holding firm.
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Tom Vilsack faces new challenges as he returns to old job

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has spent years, if not decades, telling his fellow Democrats they needed to do more to aid rural communities and reach out to them. But he has often lamented that no one listened.
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Tom Vilsack faces new challenges as he returns to old job

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has spent years, if not decades, telling his fellow Democrats they needed to do more to aid rural communities and reach out to them. But he has often lamented that no one listened.
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Worst place, worst time: Trump faces virus spike in Midwest

OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — Gabe Loiacono is the kind of voter President Donald Trump needs. He lives in a pivotal county of a swing state that is among a handful that will decide the presidency.
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'A new movement': Trump's false claims take hold in states

HOUSTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s campaign to subvert the will of voters and reverse his reelection loss to Democrat Joe Biden is taking hold among state and local Republicans even as it marches toward imminent failure — a demonstration of Trump’s power to bend the GOP to his will …
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'A new movement': Trump's false claims take hold in states

HOUSTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s campaign to subvert the will of voters and reverse his reelection loss to Democrat Joe Biden is taking hold among state and local Republicans even as it marches toward imminent failure — a demonstration of Trump’s power to bend the GOP to his will …
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Biden eyes defeated candidates for key administration roles

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — In politics, there can sometimes be an upside to losing.
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Biden's win hides a dire warning for Democrats in rural U.S.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Democrats once dominated Koochiching County in the blue-collar Iron Range of northern Minnesota. But in this month's presidential election, President Donald Trump won it with 60% of the vote.
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How Democrats came up short in bid to expand House majority

MONROE, Iowa (AP) — This swath of southeast Iowa isn't supposed to be a nailbiter for Democrats.
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How Democrats came up short in bid to expand House majority

MONROE, Iowa (AP) — This swath of southeast Iowa isn't supposed to be a nailbiter for Democrats.
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Biden shores up fragile 'blue wall' in industrial north

Joe Biden shored up the Democrats' “blue wall,” — more sturdily in Michigan, more tenuously in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — to rebuild the party's path back to the White House.
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Road to 270: Biden has options, Trump walks narrow path

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden each has a path to the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House. Biden's is appreciably wider.
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Road to 270: Biden has options, Trump walks narrow path

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden each has a path to the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House. Biden's is appreciably wider.
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Biden Iowa trip shows Dem confidence as Trump plays defense

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — When Joe Biden was last in Iowa,
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Biden returns to Iowa; Trump plays defense in Mich., Wis.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — When Joe Biden was last in Iowa,
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Biden returns to Iowa; Trump plays defense in Mich., Wis.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — When Joe Biden was last in Iowa, his campaign was on the verge of collapse and he was soundly trounced in the caucuses by a former Indiana mayor nearly 40 years his junior. He returns Friday as the Democratic nominee, believing he's just days away …
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Worst place, worst time: Trump faces virus spike in Midwest

OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — Gabe Loiacono is the kind of voter President Donald Trump can ill afford to lose. He lives in a pivotal county of a swing state that is among a handful that will decide the presidency.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Worst place, worst time: Trump faces virus spike in Midwest

OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — Gabe Loiacono is the kind of voter President Donald Trump can ill afford to lose. He lives in a pivotal county of a swing state that is among a handful that will decide the presidency.
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Biden's lessons learned: spending time, money in Midwest

Joe Biden has visited Wisconsin just twice as the 2020 Democratic presidential nominee. That's still two more times than Hillary Clinton did in 2016.
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Tied to Trump fate, Ernst walks tightrope in dead heat Iowa

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Joni Ernst burst onto national politics in 2014 as a gun-toting, hog-castrating, motorcycle-riding candidate who was going to shake up Washington.
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Tied to Trump fate, Ernst walks tightrope in dead heat Iowa

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Joni Ernst burst onto national politics in 2014 as a gun-toting, hog-castrating, motorcycle-riding candidate who was going to shake up Washington.
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Biden visit Monday caps push into Ohio, once a longshot

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Joe Biden is set to make a general election campaign visit Monday to Ohio, signaling the former vice president’s hopes of winning the state Democrats lost by a significant margin in the 2016 election.
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Biden visit Monday caps push into Ohio, once a longshot

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Joe Biden is set to make his first general election campaign visit Monday to Ohio, signaling the former vice president’s hopes of winning the state Democrats lost by a significant margin in the 2016 election.
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Whitmer plot could affect fight for battleground Michigan

Gretchen Whitmer knew she’d have the spotlight Thursday. And she decided not to waste it.
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Whitmer plot could affect fight for battleground Michigan

Gretchen Whitmer knew she’d have the spotlight Thursday. And she decided not to waste it.
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Poll: Few Americans support easing virus protections

A new survey finds Americans remain overwhelmingly in favor of stay-at-home orders and other efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus
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Inside the 3 days that remade the Democratic primary

WASHINGTON (AP) — At Mike Bloomberg’s midtown Manhattan campaign headquarters, a team of pollsters and analysts churned out multiple tranches of data each day on the state of the Democratic race. The sophisticated data operation was supposed to be the candidate’s not-so-secret weapon, giving Bloomberg an almost real-time look at …
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Inside the 3 days that remade the Democratic primary

WASHINGTON (AP) — At Mike Bloomberg’s midtown Manhattan campaign headquarters, a team of pollsters and analysts churned out multiple tranches of data each day on the state of the Democratic race. The sophisticated data operation was supposed to be the candidate’s not-so-secret weapon, giving Bloomberg an almost real-time look at …
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Sanders planning 'major speech' on democratic socialism

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Technical assistance

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Cracking the concrete ceiling

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Following a different path overseas

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Fundraising floodgates open

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Republican roundup

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Cruz in Iowa claims shutdown got people talking

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An (un)healthy divide?

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Democratic governors nervous about health plan

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NRA as powerful as ever

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'The race is tightening'

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Handful of states to decide election

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What next for Romney?

DES MOINES, Iowa - What's next for Mitt Romney? The Republican presidential nomination finally in hand, he will spend the next three months trying to undercut President Barack Obama on the economy while portraying himself as Mr. Fix It for a nation with stubbornly and painfully high unemployment.
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Warning signs for Obama on path to electoral votes

President Barack Obama faces new warning signs in a once-promising Southern state and typically Democratic-voting Midwestern states roughly five months before the election even as he benefits nationally from encouraging economic news.
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Time to remove doubts

Mitt Romney's urgent assignment now is to learn the lessons of a Republican primary season where missteps cost time and money while reinforcing doubts about his presidential candidacy.
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Long haul to nomination if Romney loses Michigan

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One wild ride so far

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Gingrich wins South Carolina primary

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Mitt's momentum

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Split decision

DES MOINES, Iowa - Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney waged a seesaw battle for supremacy in Iowa's Republican presidential caucuses late Tuesday night, a dramatic opening round for the campaign to pick a challenger to President Barack Obama.
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GOP campaign for Iowa caucus enters final week

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Gingrich assailed by rivals, fires back at Romney

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Republicans seek Iowa social conservatives' nod

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GOP outsider Ron Paul gaining traction in Iowa

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Perry: Turn to God for nation's answers

HOUSTON - Texas Gov. Rick Perry sent a strong message to the nation's evangelicals Saturday: he is a member of the important constituency for Republicans that he soon may call upon to help him secure the GOP presidential nomination.
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Iowa Gov: Perry 2012 run likely

DES MOINES, Iowa - Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad says he think it's very likely that Texas Gov. Rick Perry will jump into the Republican presidential race and reshape the campaign for Iowa's leadoff presidential caucuses.
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Iowa activists not sold on Trump caucus campaign

DES MOINES, Iowa - Donald Trump said he would embrace the rigors of campaigning in Iowa if he decides to run for president, but Iowa Republican leaders say they doubt the celebrity businessman really knows what it takes to compete in the state's presidential caucuses and wonder if he would …
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