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Biden's agenda at stake, battle for Senate pushes to January

WASHINGTON - Control of the Senate won't be decided until January runoffs in Georgia after neither party Wednesday locked down a majority, launching a mammoth battle to shape President-elect Joe Biden...

Nov 11, 2020

Biden's plea for co-operation confronts a polarized Congress

WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden feels at home on Capitol Hill, but the place sure has changed since he left. The clubby atmosphere that Biden knew so well during his 36-year Senate career is go...

Nov 11, 2020

Republican Dan Sullivan re-elected in Alaska Senate race

JUNEAU, Alaska - Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan has won re-election in Alaska, defeating independent Al Gross in a race that attracted outside attention with control of the Senate at stake. The rac...

Nov 11, 2020

UN agency: Iran uranium stockpile still violates atomic deal

VIENNA - Iran continues to increase its stockpile of low-enriched uranium far beyond the limits set in a landmark nuclear deal with world powers and to enrich it to a greater purity than permitted, th...

Nov 11, 2020

Georgia audit to trigger hand recount of presidential vote

ATLANTA - Georgia's secretary of state on Wednesday announced an audit of presidential election results that he said will trigger a full hand recount. Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said at a n...

Nov 11, 2020

Cadillacs probed for suspension failure that led to crashes

DETROIT - The U.S. government's road safety agency is investigating complaints that the rear suspensions on some older Cadillac SUVs can fail, causing drivers to lose control and possibly crash. The p...

Nov 11, 2020

Lagarde: Recovery could be stop-and-go despite vaccine news

FRANKFURT - European Central Bank head Christine Lagarde warned Wednesday that the economy could face a "bumpy," "stop-start" recovery despite good news about vaccine development. The top central bank...

Nov 11, 2020

TikTok asks court to intervene as Trump order looms

The popular video-sharing app TikTok, its future in limbo since President Donald Trump tried to shut it down earlier this fall, is asking a federal court to intervene. TikTok's Chinese owner, ByteDanc...

Nov 11, 2020

Dispute over access prompts AP to drop CMA Awards coverage

NEW YORK - The Associated Press has pulled out of its planned coverage of Wednesday's Country Music Association Awards show due to restrictions that have been placed on still photographers and screen ...

Nov 11, 2020

Officials: 3 wounded in blast at non-Muslim Saudi cemetery

PARIS - Three people were wounded Wednesday when an improvised explosive device targeted a ceremony of French, American, British, Italian and Greek officials commemorating the end of World War I at a ...

Nov 11, 2020