WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate leaders and moderate Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin struck a deal late Friday over emergency jobless benefits, breaking …
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Friday endorsed South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster's bid for a second full term in 2022…
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The New York Legislature has passed a bill to limit Gov. Andrew Cuomo's emergency powers at a time when he's facing sexual…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California on Friday lifted some coronavirus restrictions on outdoor sports and entertainment venues, clearing the w…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans have one goal for President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package: to erode public support for the r…
NEW YORK (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration insisted Friday that a quest for scientific accuracy, not political concerns, prompted memb…
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — One year after the pandemic hit Pennsylvania, Gov. Tom Wolf on Friday acknowledged the severe toll that COVID-19 has ta…
A federal judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit filed by three Democratic state attorneys general that had sought to force the federal governmen…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Californians will be able to attend Major League Baseball games, theme parks, concerts and other outdoor venues with…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Friday that despite the strong job gains last month, Congress still needs to “go big” b…
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Educators in Montana will begin receiving COVID-19 vaccines next week through a federal partnership with pharmacies, loca…
NEW YORK (AP) — New York will loosen restrictions on private gatherings and clear the way for some public performances that have been banned f…
It was Andrew Cuomo’s Emmy-winning performance: daily televised coronavirus briefings in which the New York governor projected competence and …
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — While the Wyoming National Guard was sending more than 100 troops to Washington, D.C., to help with security around Pres…
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Nevada Supreme Court has held a public hearing on a petition that would create a commission to study how complex water ca…
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Gov. Kate Brown said Friday she will issue an executive order mandating that all K-12 public schools provide univ…
More than 28 million Americans fully vaccinated against the coronavirus will have to keep waiting for guidance from federal health officials f…
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio's elections chief said Friday that he has amended his massive list of campaign finance violations against suspects …
Donald Trump last year publicly worried that the explosion in voting by mail during the pandemic would increase turnout so much that “you'd ne…
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Supreme Court said Friday that it would hear arguments in a lawsuit by a group of legislators challengin…
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Lawmakers in the Idaho House have passed legislation that would require parents to opt in two weeks in advance before thei…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina never had a comprehensive statewide mask mandate, but there were some specific ones in effect for governm…
BESSEMER, Alabama (AP) — Some Democratic members of Congress and national union leaders on Friday sought to rustle up support for unionizing a…
WASHINGTON (AP) — No news conference. No Oval Office address. No primetime speech to a joint session of Congress.
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona has finally obtained a lethal injection drug and is ready to resume executions after the difficulty of finding such dru…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s public schools can tap into $6.6 billion in a plan Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law Friday to try to p…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A man being restrained by Fresno police officers and sheriff's deputies cried out "I can’t breathe!” in the moments …