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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in New Hampshire's state primaries

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in New Hampshire's state primaries

WASHINGTON (AP) — New Hampshire is among the smallest states in the country, but its state primaries on Tuesday have enough intrigue to fill a much larger state.
AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Delaware's state primaries

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Delaware's state primaries

WASHINGTON (AP) — Delaware’s most prominent elected official, President Joe Biden , may have upended the presidential race in July when he dropped his bid for a second term, but it’s the impending departures of two other prominent Democratic officeho
Harris raised $361 million in August from nearly 3 million donors, campaign says

Harris raised $361 million in August from nearly 3 million donors, campaign says

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris raised well more than double what former President Donald Trump took in from donors in August, her campaign announced Friday, saying it raised $361 million from nearly 3 million donors in her first full
Biden to sign order to prioritize federal grants for projects with higher worker wages and benefits

Biden to sign order to prioritize federal grants for projects with higher worker wages and benefits

PITTSBURGH (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday plans to sign an executive order for federal grants that would prioritize projects with labor agreements, wage standards, and benefits such as access to child care and apprenticeship programs.
'Secret swing state strategy': Democrats push efforts for Americans abroad vote

'Secret swing state strategy': Democrats push efforts for Americans abroad vote

WASHINGTON — Running between classes on the McGill University campus in Montreal, Jacob Wesoky's thoughts drift between assignments and class schedules.
Carol Off wants her new book about divisive language to eventually become irrelevant

Carol Off wants her new book about divisive language to eventually become irrelevant

TORONTO — Carol Off hopes her latest book will become irrelevant as the years pass. She fears it will not.

A Capitol rioter hawked Jan. 6 merchandise from jail. The judge who sentenced him was disturbed

WASHINGTON (AP) — From jail, Shane Jenkins helped sell T-shirts, tote bags and other merchandise promoting the notion that he and other rioters who attacked the U.S. Capitol are political prisoners unjustly held in pretrial detention.

Juries aren't swayed by defenses in Capitol riot trials

WASHINGTON (AP) — A retired New York police officer told a jury that he was acting in self-defense when he tackled a police officer and grabbed his gas mask during the Jan. 6 riot.

11 strikes in 16 seconds: One Capitol rioter's violent attack on police with a hockey stick

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan said she hasn’t grown numb to the violent scenes of Jan. 6 that are routinely shown in her courtroom. “I’m horrified every single time,” she said before sentencing a U.S.

January 6 crimes did happen. Court cases, video and thousands of pages of evidence prove it

WASHINGTON (AP) — Inside Washington’s federal courthouse, there’s no denying the reality of Jan. 6, 2021 .