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Biden, once viewed warily by some abortion rights advocates, receives NARAL endorsement

WASHINGTON _ Joe Biden on Monday received the endorsement of NARAL Pro-Choice America, a progressive advocacy group that supports abortion rights, the latest indication of how the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee is consolidating support from a community of activists who once viewed his candidacy skeptically.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jul 27, 2020

Coronavirus and mail-in voting will mean an accelerated 2020 election

WASHINGTON _ The political calendar says Joe Biden and Donald Trump have, as of Sunday, exactly 100 days left to convince Americans they're the right man to be president.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jul 24, 2020

Inside the Biden campaign: No Trump-like drama, but simmering friction below the surface

WASHINGTON _ It was January and Joe Biden's top aides saw the urgent need to make a change as they were hurtling toward bruising defeats in Iowa and New Hampshire.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jul 23, 2020

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House, Senate pass bills to study the number of cancers striking military pilots

WASHINGTON _ The Department of Defense would be required to identify how many of its current or former aviators have been diagnosed with cancer in bills passed by the House and Senate this week, a study long sought by military pilots who have questioned why there are so many serious…

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jul 23, 2020

Senate passes veto-proof Defense bill that will remove Confederate names from Army bases

WASHINGTON _ The U.S. Senate Thursday passed with a veto-proof majority a Defense spending bill that includes a provision to remove the names of Confederate officers from 10 military bases.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jul 23, 2020

'It has terrified me': Liberal group pushes ahead with door-knocking despite staff's coronavirus cases

WASHINGTON _ Eight employees with the Progressive Turnout Project, which has been knocking on doors to turn out voters in the 2020 election in a dozen states since June, have tested positive for COVID-19, a top official with the Democratic-aligned group said, a development that has frightened some of the…

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jul 23, 2020

Pompeo whistleblower complaint reveals ongoing inquiry over 'questionable activities'

WASHINGTON _ A whistleblower complaint from a State Department employee about Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's conduct, made public for the first time through a lawsuit and obtained by McClatchy, reveals that eyewitnesses made repeated attempts to inform executive leadership and legal advisers about his "questionable activities."

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jul 19, 2020

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Rep. Steve Watkins, support eroding in face of felony voter fraud charges, quits House committees

WASHINGTON _ Kansas Republican Rep. Steve Watkins announced Friday he will voluntarily step down from his committee assignments in the U.S. House in the face of felony charges filed against him this week.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jul 17, 2020

Biden is winning. Now Democrats want to prevent swing voters from defecting back to Trump

WASHINGTON _ Amid a still-surging coronavirus pandemic and faltering economy, President Donald Trump is rapidly losing ground in the 2020 campaign as a significant slice of his former supporters have switched their allegiance to Joe Biden.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jul 17, 2020

Democrats used Obamacare to win California battlegrounds. Will it work again in 2020?

WASHINGTON _ Democrats trounced Republicans in the battle districts of California in 2018, largely by focusing on health care and the GOP efforts to dismantle Obamacare.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jul 16, 2020

Sen. Josh Hawley asks DOJ to investigate St. Louis prosecutor in case with gun-toting couple

WASHINGTON _ Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley asked the Department of Justice on Thursday to open an investigation into St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner's prosecution of the St. Louis couple that brandished guns at protesters last month.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jul 16, 2020

New coronavirus treatments are expected this fall. But how powerful will they be?

WASHINGTON _ The Trump administration is hoping that a sophisticated new drug treatment to prevent people from getting severely ill from COVID-19 will be available to the public by this fall.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jul 15, 2020

White House has 'zero concerns' Trump contracted coronavirus from Oklahoma governor

WASHINGTON _The White House said Wednesday that it has "zero concerns" that Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt _ who announced he had tested positive for the coronavirus _ interacted with President Donald Trump at a June campaign rally.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jul 15, 2020

Court document alleges Kansas Rep. Watkins lied to detective in vote fraud case

TOPEKA, Kan. _ Prosecutors allege Kansas Congressman Steve Watkins lied to a Shawnee County Sheriff's detective on Feb. 10, according to court documents that reveal fresh details about the illegal voting case against him.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jul 15, 2020

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McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jul 14, 2020

Kansas Congressman Steve Watkins charged with 3 felonies in illegal voting case

WASHINGTON _ Kansas Rep. Steve Watkins was charged Tuesday with three felonies and a misdemeanor related to an investigation into whether he illegally voted in a 2019 municipal election.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jul 14, 2020

Alleged Epstein madam Ghislaine Maxwell, called 'predator' and 'monster,' is denied bail

Jeffrey Epstein's alleged madam won't be waiting out her trial date in a luxury New York hotel suite.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jul 14, 2020

Kansas GOP Congressman Steve Watkins charged in illegal voting case

WASHINGTON _ Kansas Rep. Steve Watkins was charged Tuesday with three felonies and a misdemeanor related to an investigation into whether he illegally voted in a 2019 municipal election.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jul 13, 2020

Chatham wins auction to buy McClatchy, will seek final approval from bankruptcy court

Chatham Asset Management, the New Jersey hedge fund that is McClatchy Co.'s largest creditor, has won an auction to buy the bankrupt local news company.

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McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jul 9, 2020

She once called herself California's 'top cop.' Where is Kamala Harris on police reform now?

WASHINGTON _ For years, Kamala Harris proudly boasted she was California's "top cop."

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jul 9, 2020

Floyd protests teach scientists a lesson: COVID-19 'superspreads' more indoors than out

WASHINGTON _ A month after mass demonstrations against racial injustice filled city streets across America, epidemiologists and a McClatchy analysis of COVID-19 case data suggest the protests did not lead to dramatic increases in transmission, providing further insight into what does _ and doesn't _ lead the coronavirus to spread.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jul 8, 2020

Alden confirms interest in McClatchy, challenges Chatham's bid hours before auction

The hedge fund Alden Capital Group challenged portions of a competitor's bid for McClatchy Co. in court filings late Wednesday, a move that confirmed its rumored interest in buying the company and threatened to further delay the auction that will decide the local news company's future.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jul 7, 2020

Amid outcry, some police agencies banned chokeholds. But critics say more reforms needed

WASHINGTON _ Demonstrators protesting the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor at the hands of police officers have held various positions _ some have called for reforms of policing methods, some want police budgets slashed and some want law enforcement agencies reconfigured into public safety departments with a very…

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jul 7, 2020

New book quotes Mike Pence's press secretary: 'Why do we need to have Little Havana?'

WASHINGTON _ A top aide to Vice President Mike Pence and former spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security questioned the need for immigrant-heavy neighborhoods _ singling out Miami's Little Havana _ according to a book released on Tuesday about the Trump administration's family separation policy.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jul 6, 2020

'Trump is frightening them': President's reelection message risks alienating voters, strategists say

WASHINGTON _ His back up against a wall, President Donald Trump has made a concerted effort in recent weeks to regain a coalition of white voters who can help him win the 2020 presidential election with a message finely calibrated to play on racial anxieties.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jul 6, 2020

Lindsey Graham, facing tough reelection, breaks with Trump

WASHINGTON _ Sen. Lindsey Graham has publicly opposed President Donald Trump five times in the past few weeks, an unusual torrent of dissent from one of the president's top allies in Washington just months before the South Carolina Republican faces a tough reelection challenge.

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