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US halts imports linked to Taiwan-based fishing vessel

By BEN FOX - Associated Press

Editorial Roundup: US

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Editorial Roundup: Idaho

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The Latest: Gross wins Alaska Democratic US Senate primary

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In this Aug. 5, 2020, file photo Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, left, is escorted to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office on Capitol Hill in Washington. The U.S. Postal Service has sent letters to 46 states and the District of Columbia, warning it cannot guarantee all ballots cast by mail for the November election will arrive in time to be counted, The Washington Post reported Friday, Aug. 14. DeJoy, a former supply-chain CEO and a major donor to President Donald Trump and other Republicans, has pushed cost-cutting measures to eliminate overtime pay and hold mail until the next day if postal distribution centers are running late. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Amid outcry, postmaster general to testify before House

By MATTHEW DALY and LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Amid outcry, postmaster general to testify before House

By MATTHEW DALY and LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

Minneapolis Health Commissioner Gretchen Musicant poses for a portrait while visiting a COVID-19 testing event at Incarnation-Sagrado Corazon Church, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020, in Minneapolis. As the coronavirus began to spread through Minneapolis this spring, Musicant tore up her budget to find money to combat the crisis. It was not until Aug. 5 — months after Congress approved coronavirus aid — that her department finally received $1.7 million, the equivalent of $4 per Minneapolis resident. (AP Photo/Craig Lassig)

Politics slows flow of US virus funds to local public health

By MICHELLE R. SMITH, LAUREN WEBER, HANNAH RECHT and LAURA UNGAR - Associated Press

Minneapolis Health Commissioner Gretchen Musicant poses for a portrait while visiting a COVID-19 testing event at Incarnation-Sagrado Corazon Church, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020, in Minneapolis. As the coronavirus began to spread through Minneapolis this spring, Musicant tore up her budget to find money to combat the crisis. It was not until Aug. 5 — months after Congress approved coronavirus aid — that her department finally received $1.7 million, the equivalent of $4 per Minneapolis resident. (AP Photo/Craig Lassig)

Politics slows flow of US virus funds to local public health

By MICHELLE R. SMITH, LAUREN WEBER and HANNAH RECHT and LAURA UNGAR - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2015, file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, right, hugs Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi at Facebook in Menlo Park, Calif. Members of India's governing party on Monday rejected allegations that Facebook had chosen to turn a blind eye to partisan hate speech on its platform to protect its growing business interests in India. As usage has spread across India, Facebook and its subsidiary WhatsApp have become fierce battlegrounds for India’s political parties, but spokesmen for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party denied a newspaper report that asserted Facebook officials chose not to take action against party members whose posts violated rules against hate speech. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

India ruling party denies preferential treatment by Facebook

By EMILY SCHMALL and SHEIKH SAALIQ - Associated Press

In this circa 1913 photo made available by the Library of Congress, demonstrators march in a women's suffrage parade near the U.S. Capitol in Washington. A horse-drawn cart pulls a sign that reads, &quot;We demand an amendment to the Constitution of the United States enfranchising the women of this country.&quot; (Harris &amp; Ewing/Library of Congress via AP)

How the AP covered ratification of the 19th Amendment

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South Dakota’s Noem rejects Trump’s unemployment plan

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Death of the legislative branch: Presidents now make laws

By Michael McKenna

In this Sept. 18, 2019, photo, President Donald Trump talks with reporters as he tours a section of the southern border wall, in Otay Mesa, Calif., as acting Homeland Secretary Kevin McAleenan listens. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

Trump illegally installed top DHS officials: Government watchdog

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this May 14, 2020, file photo, Rep. Joe Kennedy III, D-Mass., asks questions during a House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Mr. Kennedy received House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's endorsement on Aug. 20, 2020, in his primary challenge against Sen. Edward Markey. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP, File)

10 candidates vie to fill US Rep Kennedy’s seat in Congress

By STEVE LeBLANC - Associated Press

Half of Pentagon’s schools in US will do virtual learning

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, right, accompanied by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, left, speaks to reporters after meeting with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. and Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y. as they continue to negotiate a coronavirus relief package on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Aug. 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Coronavirus relief talks stall; White House, Democrats trade accusations

By Dave Boyer and Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

Editorial Roundup: US

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President Donald Trump prepares to sign four executive orders during a news conference at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020. Seizing the power of his podium and his pen, Trump on Saturday moved to bypass the nation's elected lawmakers as he claimed the authority to defer payroll taxes and extend an expired unemployment benefit after negotiations with Congress on a new coronavirus rescue package collapsed.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump’s unconstitutional executive orders: Only Congress can spend federal monies

By Andrew P. Napolitano

President Donald Trump listens as Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaks at a news conference in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, Aug. 10, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Steven Mnuchin calls on Democrats to return to talks for $1 trillion-plus relief bill

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, right, accompanied by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, left, speaks to reporters following a meeting with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. and Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y. as they continue to negotiate a coronavirus relief package on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Aug. 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Can Trump aide Meadows move from deal breaker to deal-maker?

By LISA MASCARO - Associated Press