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Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear defended his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and offered a spirited assessment of the state’s future after a series of tragedies

WASHINGTON — The collapse of the planned nomination of Chad Meredith to become a federal judge in eastern Kentucky likely means the court will remain in its current form for months as the White House looks to steer clear of further political headaches with the midterm elections approaching.

The law has been abused to prosecute citizens for reasons other than spying. But there are better examples than Trump to highlight problems.

This is the first time in U.S. history a former president has been investigated for possibly violating the 1917 law. But it's not the first time the Espionage Act has been under scrutiny, experts say.

‘The espionage act was abused from the beginning to jail dissenters of WWI. It is long past time to repeal this egregious affront to the 1st Amendment,’ Paul tweets

"It is long past time to repeal this egregious affront to the 1st Amendment."

WASHINGTON — As political reaction reached a boil over the FBI’s search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, Mitch McConnell was standing in Eastern Kentucky attending to the aftermath of calamitous flooding there.

"Trump talking about ‘planted’ evidence means he knows there is something damning they found," ex-prosecutor says

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says he'll be relentless in pushing for federal assistance in flood-ravaged eastern parts of the state