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2020 Democrats weigh how to recapture voters in Midwest
WASHINGTON (AP) — The clearest path for Democrats to return to the White House runs straight through the upper Midwest, fueling debate over who is best positioned to recapture the region’s working-class voters who broke…
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University investments fare well in 2018, but worries linger
Harvard University remained the wealthiest school in the nation with an endowment valued at more than $38 billion, while the University of Texas system took the No. 2 spot with just under $31 billion.
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Asia shares gain on uptick in China factory survey, Fed talk
Stocks powered higher Wednesday after the Federal Reserve signaled it could hold off on interest rate increases in the coming months, citing muted inflation.
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Dems see future in Abrams as she prepares to rebut Trump
In picking the Georgian who narrowly lost her bid to be the nation’s first African-American woman governor, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is reflecting the party’s hope to win future elections with appeals to women and people of color.
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Former Trump worker to attend State of the Union speech
WASHINGTON (AP) — An immigrant in the U.S. illegally who worked at the Trump Organization has been invited to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address. A spokeswoman for New Jersey Democratic congresswoman Bonnie…
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Peace with the Taliban? Trump warned of Afghan pullout risks
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump administration claims of progress in talks with the Taliban have sparked fears even among the president’s allies that his impatience with the war in Afghanistan will lead him to withdraw troops…
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Pompeo says team heading to Asia for 2nd Trump-Kim summit
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he is sending a team “someplace in Asia” to set up a second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un by…
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US secretly shipped plutonium from South Carolina to Nevada
RENO, Nev. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Energy revealed on Wednesday that it secretly shipped weapons-grade plutonium from South Carolina to a nuclear security site in Nevada months ago despite the state’s protests. The…
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Ohio Democrat Brown begins tour ahead of 2020 decision
BRUNSWICK, Ohio (AP) — Sen. Sherrod Brown on Wednesday kicked off his tour of states that cast pivotal early votes in the 2020 presidential primary by accusing Republican President Donald Trump of “phony populism” that…
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The Latest: Nevada looking at legal options for plutonium
RENO, Nev. (AP) — The Latest on a federal court battle over the shipment of plutonium from South Carolina to Nevada (all times local): 5:20 p.m. Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak says the state is exploring…
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Rand Paul awarded more than $580K after neighbor’s attack
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul was awarded more than $580,000 in damages and medical expenses on Wednesday in his lawsuit against the neighbor who tackled him and broke several of his ribs in a dispute over…
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Prosecutor: New charges possible in Russia probe leak case
NEW YORK (AP) — New charges and arrests are possible in the prosecution of a U.S. Treasury Department employee accused of giving a journalist confidential banking reports related to special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe,…
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Schumer wields leverage and a flip phone against Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House plan for peeling off Democrats to support President Donald Trump’s demands for billions in border wall money ran into a particularly stubborn obstacle: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s flip…
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US: Mueller evidence used in disinformation campaign
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors say confidential material from the Russia investigation was altered and released online as part of a disinformation campaign to discredit special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe, according to a court filing…
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Trump Organization to use E-Verify for worker status checks
The Trump Organization, responding to claims that some of its workers were in the U.S. illegally, said on Wednesday that it will use the E-Verify electronic system at all of its properties to check employees’ documentation.
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