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Bill Richardson, former N.M. governor and U.N. ambassador who worked to free detained Americans, dies

WASHINGTON – Bill Richardson, a two-term Democratic governor of New Mexico and an American ambassador to the United Nations who also worked for years to secure the release of Americans detai...

DATE: Sep 2, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Trump revokes Obama policy using race in school admissions

WASHINGTON – The Trump administration is rescinding Obama-era guidance that encouraged schools to take a student’s race into account to promote diversity in admissions. The shift ...

DATE: Jul 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Education

Russians charged with meddling in 2016 presidential race

WASHINGTON – In an extraordinary indictment, the U.S. special counsel accused 13 Russians on Friday of an elaborate plot to disrupt the 2016 presidential election, charging them with running...

DATE: Feb 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Flynn may be moving to cooperate with Mueller’s Russia probe

WASHINGTON – In a move that could signal cooperation with the government, lawyers for former national security adviser Michael Flynn have told President Donald Trump’s lawyers that they are ...

DATE: Nov 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

New Russia probe details likely to dominate Sessions hearing

WASHINGTON – Attorney General Jeff Sessions returns to Capitol Hill this week amid growing evidence of contacts between Russians and associates of President Donald Trump, bracing for an onsl...

DATE: Nov 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Judge not ready to remove ex-Trump aides from house arrest

WASHINGTON – A federal judge said Monday that she was inclined to remove from house arrest two former aides to President Donald Trump’s campaign now facing criminal charges but would not do ...

DATE: Nov 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump says Clinton team funding for Russia info ‘a disgrace’

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump and fellow Republicans latched onto revelations tying Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign to a dossier of allegations about his ties to Russia. The pr...

DATE: Oct 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Clinton camp helped fund Trump dossier research

WASHINGTON – Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee helped fund political research into President Donald Trump that ultimately produced a dossier of al...

DATE: Oct 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump says Comey knew he was going to exonerate Clinton

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Wednesday to revive his long-standing complaint about the FBI’s handling of the Hillary Clinton email server investigation, alleging th...

DATE: Oct 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Wray installed as FBI director

WASHINGTON – Chris Wray was formally installed as the new FBI director on Thursday in a ceremony notable for the absence of the man who appointed him: President Donald Trump. The ...

DATE: Sep 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Lawyer: Kushner used personal email for some White House messages

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, used his personal email account on dozens of occasions to communicate with colleagues in the White House, his lawyer said Sun...

DATE: Sep 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Shooter went to GOP baseball practice with list of names

WASHINGTON – The man who shot House Majority Whip Steve Scalise and others at a congressional baseball practice this week had with him a piece of paper with doodles and the names of three la...

DATE: Jun 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World