By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Medicare said Tuesday it will immediately expand coverage for telemedicine nationwide to help seniors with health problems stay home to avoid the coronavirus. The new option will allow millions of older people to take care of ongoing medical problems as well as[Read More…]
Politics
Is Idaho turning a little blue? Primary might provide clues
By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho last year was the nation’s fastest-growing state, with close to 37,000 new residents boosting its population to nearly 1.8 million. In the past decade, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, the deeply conservative state has seen a population jump of[Read More…]
Warren ends 2020 presidential bid, not endorsing anyone yet
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Elizabeth Warren, who electrified progressives with her “plan for everything” and strong message of economic populism, dropped out of the Democratic presidential race on Thursday, days after the onetime front-runner failed to win a single Super Tuesday state, not even her own.[Read More…]
Buttigieg aides say path beyond March 3 possible but tricky
By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg is bracing his supporters for a difficult stretch, with the sobering assertion that front-runner Bernie Sanders will likely emerge from next week’s Super Tuesday contests well ahead in the race for delegates. The disclosure, made in[Read More…]
Sanders’ rise fuels Dems’ angst over keeping House control
By ALAN FRAM & LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Bernie Sanders’ ascendancy as Democrats’ leading presidential hopeful fueled growing unease as lawmakers openly expressed anxiety that the self-proclaimed democratic socialist could cost them House control and questions abounded over what party leaders should do. House Speaker Nancy[Read More…]
Democrats unload on Bernie Sanders in likely debate preview
By STEVE PEOPLES, MEG KINNARD & BILL BARROW Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Democratic rivals to Bernie Sanders are preparing to try to knock him off his front-runner perch in a debate Tuesday night before a critical South Carolina primary that could dramatically reshape the race. With mounting fear[Read More…]
Amid ‘Anonymous’ fallout, NSC adviser reassigned
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Victoria Coates, a top official on the National Security Council, is being reassigned amid fallout over the identity of the author of the inside-the-White House tell-all book by “Anonymous.” Coates, who serves as national security adviser for the Middle East and North[Read More…]
Buttigieg’s rocky record on race gets a closer look
By MICHELLE R. SMITH Associated Press Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg is facing a more intense spotlight on his past leadership on issues of race and policing as he tries to translate his strong showing in Iowa and New Hampshire into support in more diverse states. Buttigieg, who spent eight[Read More…]
Trump unleashes impeachment fury in acquittal ‘celebration’
By JILL COLVIN, JONATHAN LEMIRE & ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Exulting in his impeachment acquittal, a defiant President Donald Trump took a scorched-earth victory lap Thursday, unleashing his fury against those who tried to remove him from office and pointing ahead to his reelection campaign. Triumphantly waving[Read More…]
Trump administration to open free-trade talks with Kenya
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, TOM ODULA & CARA ANNA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration announced Thursday that it intends to open free-trade talks with Kenya in pursuit of what would be the first trade agreement between the United States and a nation in sub-Saharan Africa. The announcement followed[Read More…]