California congresswoman Karen Bass has emerged as a leading contender to be Democrats' vice presidential candidate.
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A $1 billion bailout for Ohio's two nuclear plants that's now entangled in a state bribery scandal had little support when the idea came up three years ago. It was all but dead until the spring of last year, when the new leader of the Ohio House stepped up with a last-ditch attempt to give the plants a financial lifeline.
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A federal judge from New Jersey is publicly speaking out about a shooting at her New Jersey home last month in which authorities say a disgruntled lawyer killed her son and seriously wounded her husband.
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Slow, grinding negotiations on a huge COVID-19 relief bill are set to resume, but the path forward promises to be challenging. Both the Trump administration negotiating team and top Capitol Hill Democrats reported progress over the weekend even as they highlighted their differences.
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Isaias near hurricane strength as it crawls toward Carolinas
Isaias was forecast to become a hurricane Monday as it neared landfall in the Carolinas after bands of heavy rain from the tropical storm lashed Florida's east coast.
