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Kamala Harris raised $1 billion-plus in defeat. She’s still sending persistent appeals to donors

Kamala Harris raised $1 billion-plus in defeat. She’s still sending persistent appeals to donors

By BILL BARROW and JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party’s prodigious fundraising operation raised more than $1 billion in her loss to Donald Trump, but the vice president is still…

Trump names Karoline Leavitt as youngest ever White House press secretary

Trump names Karoline Leavitt as youngest ever White House press secretary

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has named his campaign press secretary Karoline Leavitt to serve as his White House press secretary. The 27-year-old Leavitt would be the youngest White House press…

Trump Pentagon pick had been flagged by fellow service member as possible ‘Insider Threat’

Trump Pentagon pick had been flagged by fellow service member as possible ‘Insider Threat’

By TARA COPP, MICHELLE R. SMITH and JASON DEAREN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Pete Hegseth, the Army National Guard veteran and Fox News host nominated by Donald Trump to lead the Department of Defense, was…

Stock market today: Wall Street tumbles as the “Trump bump” fades and vaccine makers sink

Stock market today: Wall Street tumbles as the “Trump bump” fades and vaccine makers sink

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks tumbled Friday as the “Trump bump” that Wall Street got from last week’s presidential election, along with a cut to interest rates by the Federal Reserve, kept fading. The…

Trial begins for the man accused of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley

Trial begins for the man accused of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — A Venezuelan man “went hunting for females on the University of Georgia’s campus” earlier this year and ended up killing nursing student Laken Riley after a struggle, a…

China’s president unveils a megaport in Peru, but locals say they’re being left out

China’s president unveils a megaport in Peru, but locals say they’re being left out

By ISABEL DEBRE and FRANKLIN BRICEÑO Associated Press CHANCAY, Peru (AP) — On the edge of Peru’s coastal desert, a remote fishing town where a third of all residents have no running water is being…