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Trump, moving to show strength, aims for Monday release
Oct 05, 2020 by Rick Watts
By JILL COLVIN, STEVE PEOPLES and ZEKE MILLER BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — President Donald Trump was hoping for a Monday discharge from the military hospital where he is being treated for COVID-19, a day after…
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Trump and first lady test positive for coronavirus
Oct 02, 2020 by Rick Watts
By JILL COLVIN and ZEKE MILLER WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said early Friday that he and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for the coronavirus, a stunning announcement that plunges the country…
Biden, Trump press contrasts in Midwest after debate chaos
Sep 30, 2020 by Rick Watts
By STEVE PEOPLES, WILL WEISSERT and KEVIN FREKING CLEVELAND (AP) — Fresh off their chaotic debate-stage clash, President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden targeted voters across the Midwest on Wednesday, hitting hard at their…
Trump’s tax revelation could tarnish image that fueled rise
Sep 28, 2020 by Rick Watts
By JILL COLVIN WASHINGTON (AP) — The bombshell revelations that President Donald Trump paid just $750 in federal income taxes the year he ran for office and paid no income taxes at all in many…
In despair, protesters take to streets for Breonna Taylor
Sep 25, 2020 by Rick Watts
By CLAIRE GALOFARO, DYLAN LOVAN and ANGIE WANG LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Some of them raised their fists and called out “Black lives matter!” Others tended to the letters, flowers and signs grouped together in…
Ruth Ginsburg’s flag-draped casket arrives at Supreme Court
Sep 23, 2020 by Rick Watts
By MARK SHERMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of people are expected to pay their respects at the Supreme Court to the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the women’s rights champion, leader of the court’s liberal…
‘Unfathomable’: US death toll from coronavirus hits 200,000
Sep 22, 2020 by Rick Watts
By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP - The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus topped 200,000 Tuesday, a figure unimaginable eight months ago when the scourge first reached the world’s richest nation with its state-of-the-art laboratories,…
2020 Watch: Is this suddenly a new election?
Sep 21, 2020 by Rick Watts
By STEVE PEOPLES NEW YORK (AP) — Presidential politics move fast. What we’re watching heading into a new week on the 2020 campaign: Days to general election: 43 Days to first debate: 8 ___ THE…
AP Exclusive: Census layoffs ordered despite judge’s ruling
Sep 18, 2020 by Rick Watts
By MIKE SCHNEIDER AP - ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Two weeks after a federal judge prohibited the U.S. Census Bureau from winding down the 2020 census, a manager in Illinois instructed employees to get started with…
Infection rates soar in college towns as students return
Sep 17, 2020 by Rick Watts
By CASEY SMITH, IRENA HWANG and COLLIN BINKLEY MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — Just two weeks after students started returning to Ball State University last month, the surrounding county had become Indiana’s coronavirus epicenter. Out of…
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