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Bill to increase Idaho election finance transparency fails
Keith Ridler, Associated Press | Posted Feb 22nd - 10:45am
Legislation intended to make more public who is donating to candidates and political causes in Idaho has been put on hold after a diverse array of nonprofit groups complained it would force them to reveal their donors.
GOP senators to watch on Trump's emergency declaration
Laurie Kellman, Associated Press | Posted Feb 22nd - 10:39am
The fight over President Donald Trump's U.S.-Mexico border wall is heading to the GOP-controlled Senate, putting Republicans in the uncomfortable spot of deciding whether to back his declaration of a national emergency.
The Latest: California parents of 13 plead guilty to torture
The Associated Press | Posted Feb 22nd - 10:38am
The Latest on the case of a couple charged with the torture and abuse of most of their 13 children (all times local):
Virginia Republicans invite Fairfax's accusers to testify
Alan Suderman, Associated Press | Posted Feb 22nd - 10:34am
Virginia House Republicans have announced plans to hold a meeting where Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax and the two women who have accused him of sexual assault can testify.
California parents of 13 accused of shackling and starving their children plead guilty to torture and abuse
The Associated Press | Posted Feb 22nd - 10:34am
California parents of 13 accused of shackling and starving their children plead guilty to torture and abuse .
Virginia House Republicans invite Lt. Gov. Fairfax and women who accused him of sexual assault to testify at hearing
The Associated Press | Posted Feb 22nd - 10:19am
Virginia House Republicans invite Lt. Gov. Fairfax and women who accused him of sexual assault to testify at hearing.
Governor orders more DNA testing in 1983 California killings
The Associated Press | Posted Feb 22nd - 10:17am
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has ordered DNA testing on evidence that a death-row inmate says would prove his innocence in a 35-year-old murder case that has drawn national attention.
Mueller to file sentencing memo in Manafort conspiracy case
Chad Day and Eric Tucker, Associated Press | Posted Feb 22nd - 10:16am
Special counsel Robert Mueller is filing a sentencing memorandum in one of the two criminal cases against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort.
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House Dems introduce measure to revoke Trump border edict
Andrew Taylor, Associated Press | Posted Feb 22nd - 10:14am
House Democrats on Friday introduced a resolution to block the national emergency declaration that President Donald Trump issued to fund his long-sought wall along the U.S-Mexico border.
Hospital: 5 patients given overdoses may have been treatable
Kantele Franko, Associated Press | Posted Feb 22nd - 10:13am
The Ohio hospital system investigating a doctor accused of ordering painkiller overdoses for dozens of patients says five who died may have received excessive doses when there still was a chance to improve their conditions with treatment.
Border agents install razor wire at El Paso bridges
The Associated Press | Posted Feb 22nd - 10:06am
U.S. Customs and Border Protection says it's installing coils of razor wire at Texas ports of entry across from Juarez, Mexico, where large groups of migrants wait to seek asylum.
Tanker truck burns after crash on Salt Lake City interstate
The Associated Press | Posted Feb 22nd - 9:52am
Authorities say a tanker truck carrying about 8,000 gallons (30,283 liters) of fuel crashed on an interstate, erupting into flames near downtown Salt Lake City.
Florida bank massacre suspect enters not guilty plea
The Associated Press | Posted Feb 22nd - 9:51am
A man arrested in the fatal shootings of five women at a Florida bank last month has entered a plea of not guilty.
North Carolina town removes Confederate highway marker
The Associated Press | Posted Feb 22nd - 9:37am
Citing public safety concerns, a North Carolina town has removed its Jefferson Davis Highway memorial marker ahead of planned weekend protests.
Bowser is taking over Nintendo ... for real
Joshua Berlinger, CNN | Posted Feb 22nd - 9:29am
Nintendo has appointed Doug Bowser as the next head of its American operations — and the joke hasn't been lost on anyone.
Trump to let AG decide what to release from Mueller report
The Associated Press | Posted Feb 22nd - 9:21am
The White House says President Donald Trump will let his new attorney general decide whether to release the findings of the special counsel's Russia investigation to the public.
Toxic red tide appears to have faded from Florida's waters
The Associated Press | Posted Feb 22nd - 9:20am
Florida's coastal waters appear free from a devastating red tide bloom that began in October 2017.
Sex assault suspect extradited from Israel to Pennsylvania
The Associated Press | Posted Feb 22nd - 9:16am
An Israeli man who allegedly had been on the run for 15 years after being accused of raping a teenage girl in Pennsylvania has been extradited back to the United States.
White House looking into Acosta role in sex abuse plea deal
The Associated Press | Posted Feb 22nd - 9:14am
The White House says it's "looking into" Labor Secretary Alex Acosta's handling of a secret plea deal with a wealthy financier accused of sexually abusing dozens of underage girls
