LOS ANGELES (AP) – Former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer announced Monday he is entering the race for California governor, the first major Republican to…
New Mexico legislators seek policing, cannabis reforms
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – The New Mexico state Senate is wading into ambitious reform proposals designed to rein in the use of deadly force…
Governor in state address: Texas on ‘comeback’ from pandemic
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday night said Texas is on a comeback from a pandemic that’s killed more than 35,000…
Mitch McConnell: Marjorie Taylor Greene ‘a cancer for the Republican Party’
WASHINGTON — Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell denounced newly elected Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Monday, calling the far-right Georgia Republican’s embrace of conspiracy theories…
Joe Biden, Republican senators talk coronavirus relief as Democrats eye reconciliation
President Biden met with GOP lawmakers on coronavirus relief at the White House Monday — a nod to the Democrat’s oft-repeated calls for bipartisanship, even…
Senate GOP centrists outline relief plan, request Biden meeting
Ten Senate Republicans on Sunday offered President Biden a COVID-19 relief deal to rival the White House’s $1.9 trillion package, testing the new president’s pledge…
Mexican soldiers rescue toddler abandoned in Rio Grande
MEXICO CITY (AP) – Mexican soldiers and immigration agents rescued a 2-year-old girl from Chile after she apparently fell into the Rio Grande and the…
Inside the Beltway: Donald Trump quietly ‘getting stronger’
The countdown is on for the Senate impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, set to make its debut — media ready — in one…
David Schoen, Bruce Castor to lead Trump impeachment defense
Former President Donald Trump announced Sunday night that he’s hired a new team of lawyers to represent him in his Senate impeachment trial, scheduled to start in…
Federal prosecutors recommend probation for illegal gun buys
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) – Federal prosecutors are recommending that a Delaware woman who pleaded guilty to illegally buying three guns for her drug-dealing boyfriend not…