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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) - A former employee of the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas, has won a $125,000 settlement after her boss was convicted of grabbing her by the shirt and pushing her into a wall. The Kansas City Star reports that…

Shawna Jensen’s moment of reckoning came in March, as she sat in her suburban Fort Worth, Texas, living room next to her fireplace. Her laptop was open to a Zoom happy hour with five girlfriends. “Hey guys, I gotta tell you something,” she said. The…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency chief Andrew Wheeler on Monday ridiculed California Gov. Gavin Newsom's plan to ban the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035, saying the proposal raises "significant questions of legality." Last week,…

Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden is going on offense ahead of the first presidential debate to expand the electoral map, extending his paid media presence and deploying top surrogates in red states such as Iowa, Nebraska and Georgia. Mr. Biden…

Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Kamala D. Harris said Monday that she will "definitely" be involved in the upcoming confirmation hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump's pick for the Supreme Court. "I am definitely going to be involved…

More than 1,500 graduates of U.S. District Court Judge Amy Coney Barrett's alma mater posted a letter Monday opposing her Supreme Court nomination, citing her "anti-choice" and "hate group" associations. The 1,514 alumni on the letter appearing on the Facebook…

Texas' largest county has been approving voter registrations even when people say they're not citizens, according to a lawsuit announced Monday that found some of those people managed to cast ballots, too. The Public Interest Legal Foundation says it uncovered…

Cleveland will be the center of public attention on Tuesday night when President Trump and Democratic nominee Joseph R. Biden arrive to duke it out for 90 minutes before a tiny audience in a big empty hall. Ordinarily, a presidential debate is cause for some…

WASHINGTON (AP) - Revelations that President Donald Trump is personally liable for more than $400 million in debt are casting a shadow over his presidency that ethics experts say raises national security concerns he could be manipulated to sway U.S. policy by…

MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. — Joseph R. Biden is expected to walk into a buzzsaw Tuesday when he climbs onto the stage for the first time to debate President Trump, and the way the Democratic presidential nominee responds could shape the contours of the race for…

The Democratic Party's identity politics has paid off with the new generation of Asian voters, who have abandoned the conservative ideals of their parents and grandparents in favor of labeling themselves "people of color" and turning to liberalism. The older…

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A conservative lawmaker took his frustration over Ohio's coronavirus public health orders to a new level Monday by demanding that criminal charges be filed against fellow Republican Gov. Mike DeWine. Rep. John Becker, a Republican from…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A conservative lawmaker took his frustration over Ohio’s coronavirus public health orders to a new level Monday by demanding that criminal charges be filed against fellow Republican Gov. Mike DeWine. Rep. John Becker, a Republican from…

PORTLAND, Ore. — Criticism of the law enforcement response to a protest in Portland, Oregon, late Saturday into early Sunday prompted Gov. Kate Brown to ask authorities to review "any alleged incidents" involving their officers. The governor said in a series…

Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman's office said Monday that it has received "no information" on possible illegal ballot-harvesting after Project Veritas released video on an alleged cash-for-ballots scheme to benefit Rep. Ilhan Omar and other Democrats.…

JACKSON, Miss. — A letter circulating on social media claiming to be from the office of Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves and abolishing the statewide mask mandate is fake, Mississippi Emergency Management Agency officials said Sunday. "The letter is a FAKE," the…

States will receive 6.5 million rapid coronavirus tests this week, President Trump said Monday, dubbing the move a "game changer" that will allow governors to protect first responders and reopen schools as his administration dispatches 150 million tests it…

Andrew Weissmann, a senior Robert Mueller prosecutor, tried to keep the Russia collusion probe going by promoting a tip that there was a Trump-related "meeting on a yacht near Greece," according to FBI agent William J. Barnett. Mr. Barnett provided the…

ATLANTA (AP) - A federal judge ruled on Monday that every polling place in Georgia must have at least one updated paper backup list of eligible voters to help keep long lines from forming on Election Day if electronic pollbooks used to check in voters…

PHOENIX (AP) - A judge in Arizona has ruled that an Iraqi immigrant arrested on charges of participating in the 2006 killings of two police officers in Iraq will remain jailed until his extradition case concludes. U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael Morrissey…