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Delaney, longest-running Democratic candidate, ends 2020 bid

By ASHRAF KHALIL and HUNTER WOODALL | January 31, 2020

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — John Delaney, the longest-running Democratic candidate in the 2020 presidential race, is ending his campaign after pouring millions of his own money into an effort that failed to resonate with voters.The announcement, made Friday...

Tricky trade-offs for states in Trump’s new Medicaid offer

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | January 30, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration Thursday offered states more control over Medicaid spending for some of their poorest residents, but first governors must accept a limit on how much the feds kick in.That's a potentially tricky deal for states...

Program with anti-gay schools loses Wells Fargo support

January 30, 2020

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Wells Fargo has pulled support and another bank says it will stop donating millions of dollars to Florida's private school voucher program after reports that some schools in the program discriminate against LGBTQ students.Wells...

‘How good I feel’: Sanders setting high expectations in Iowa

By WILL WEISSERT | January 29, 2020

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Most presidential candidates try to manage expectations in the final stretch of a campaign knowing a surprise win is always better than an expected one. Not Bernie Sanders.Ever the insurgent, Sanders is spending his final days...

Sanders’ Social Security ‘adjustments’ undercut Biden attack

By BRIAN SLODYSKO and BILL BARROW | January 29, 2020

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — As a congressman in the 1990s, Bernie Sanders expressed an openness to making “adjustments" to the tax and benefit structure of Social Security. He also praised an overhaul of the social safety net program signed into law by...

Harvard professor charged with hiding China ties, payments

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER | January 28, 2020

BOSTON (AP) — A Harvard University professor was charged Tuesday with lying about his ties to a Chinese-run recruitment program and concealing payments he received from the Chinese government for research.Charles Lieber, chair of the department of chemistry...

Supreme Court allows enforcement of new green card rule

By MARK SHERMAN | January 27, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to put in place new rules that could jeopardize permanent resident status for immigrants who use food stamps, Medicaid and housing vouchers.Under the new policy, immigration...

Illinois to continue voter registration program after error

By SOPHIA TAREEN | January 27, 2020

CHICAGO (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Monday that there are no plans to suspend Illinois' automatic voter registration program as election officials work to contain the fallout from more than 500 people being mistakenly registered.A "programming error”...

Elizabeth Warren seeks a spark in the final sprint to Iowa

By STEVE PEOPLES, SARA BURNETT, and WILL WEISSERT | January 27, 2020

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Elizabeth Warren is fighting to regain momentum in the turbulent tussle for the Democratic presidential nomination amid lingering questions about her consistency and ability to defeat President Donald Trump.Warren was considered...