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Trump’s tax revelation could tarnish image that fueled rise

Published Tuesday, September 29, 2020

The bombshell revelations that President Donald Trump paid just $750 in federal income taxes the year he ran for office and also paid no income taxes at all in many others threaten to undercut a pillar of his appeal among blue-collar voters.

US to ship millions of tests in push to reopen K-12 schools

Published Tuesday, September 29, 2020

President Donald Trump planned to announce that the federal government will begin distributing millions of rapid coronavirus tests to states this week for students in kindergarten through 12th grade.

Virus cases rise in US heartland, home to anti-mask feelings

Published Saturday, September 26, 2020

It began with devastation in the New York City area, followed by a summertime crisis in the Sun Belt. Now the coronavirus outbreak is heating up fast in smaller cities in the heartland, often in conservative corners of America where anti-mask sentiment runs high.

Ginsburg makes history at Capitol amid replacement turmoil

Published Saturday, September 26, 2020

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lay in state Friday at the U.S. Capitol as the first woman ever so honored.

Republicans sue Texas governor over expanded early voting

Published Thursday, September 24, 2020

Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, who has refused calls to expand mail-in voting during the coronavirus pandemic, was sued by prominent members of his own party regarding the extension of early voting by a week.

US experts vow ‘no cutting corners’ as vaccine tests expand

Published Thursday, September 24, 2020

A huge international study of a COVID-19 vaccine that aims to work with just one dose is getting underway as top U.S. health officials sought to assure a skeptical Congress and public that they can trust any shots the government ultimately approves

DPS Investigating Fatal Crash in Jones County

Published Thursday, September 24, 2020

The Texas Department of Public Safety is investigating a fatal accident in Jones County.

Arrest in case of ricin letters sent to White House, Texas

Published Tuesday, September 22, 2020

A woman suspected of sending an envelope containing the poison ricin, which was addressed to the White House, has been arrested at the New York-Canada border. She is also suspected of sending similar poisoned envelopes to law enforcement agencies in Texas, officials said Monday.

Trump to make court pick by Saturday, Ginsburg services set

Published Tuesday, September 22, 2020

President Donald Trump said on Monday that he expects to announce his pick for the Supreme Court on Friday or Saturday, after funeral services for Ruth Bader Ginsburg and just days before the first presidential election debate.

US judge blocks Postal Service changes that slowed mail

Published Saturday, September 19, 2020

A U.S. judge blocked controversial US Postal Service changes that have slowed mail nationwide, calling them “a politically motivated attack on the efficiency of the Postal Service” before the November election.