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National Democrats are jittery about Virginia governor’s race

LAS VEGAS – The Democratic National Committee gathered here over the past week with one worry on every activist’s mind: We’d better not lose the Virginia governor’s race. It’s a ...

DATE: Oct 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Democrats slam GOP budget on taxes, health care cuts

WASHINGTON – The Republican-led Senate rejected Democratic attempts to spare health programs for the poor and elderly from cuts, absorbing political hits as the price for advancing a $4 tril...

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

Former drug czar nominee Marino defends role in opioid law

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s former nominee to be the nation’s drug czar is defending his role in writing a law that critics say weakened the government’s authority to stop companie...

DATE: Oct 18, 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

Cochran’s illness shows risks to GOP leaders of aging Senate

WASHINGTON – Top Republicans coping with a razor-thin majority in the Senate as they try pushing a partisan agenda are running smack into another complication – the sheer age and health issu...

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

A short-term health deal by senators _ with Trump’s blessing

WASHINGTON – Republican and Democratic senators joined in announcing a plan Tuesday aimed at stabilizing America’s health insurance markets in the wake of President Donald Trump’s order to t...

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

Trump warns ‘I fight back’ after McCain hits foreign policy

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Tuesday warned Sen. John McCain that “I fight back” after McCain questioned “half-baked, spurious nationalism” in America’s foreign policy. ...

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

Trump, McConnell: No matter what people say, we’re friends

WASHINGTON – Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell reaffirmed their alliance of necessity Monday in a raucous Rose Garden news conference that also underscored their sharp differences. The garrul...

DATE: Oct 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Dianne Feinstein, oldest U.S. senator, will seek re-election

WASHINGTON – Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., officially declared her intention to seek re-election Monday, ending months of speculation about her future and probably avoiding what would hav...

DATE: Oct 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

State Rep. Barbara McLachlan sums up education efforts

Freshman legislator spoke to American Association of University Women

DATE: Oct 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Gubernatorial candidate Noel Ginsburg talks education, renewable energy

Democrat calls out competitors for unrealistic education promises

DATE: Oct 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

A senior Democrat says Pelosi should step down

WASHINGTON – A senior House Democrat said Thursday that it’s time for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and two top lieutenants to prepare to step down and make way for the next ...

DATE: Oct 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World