Arrests of Oregon standoff leaders leaves 1 person dead
By KEITH RIDLER Federal and state law officers arrested the leaders of an armed group occupying a national wildlife refuge, during a traffic stop along a highway in Oregon’s frozen…
State governments
Democratic mayor to challenge GOP’s Rand Paul in Senate race
Lexington Mayor Jim Gray filed to run for Rand Paul’s U.S. Senate seat on Tuesday, giving Paul a viable challenger and complicating his bid for re-election as he lags in…
Trump campaigns with Sarah Palin endorsement, but no Palin
By JILL COLVIN Donald Trump brandished the endorsement of conservative Republican firebrand Sarah Palin at an Iowa rally Wednesday in the increasingly intense 2016 GOP presidential sweepstakes. “We had a…
Republican debate sure to highlight party’s fractured field
By JULIE PACE A smaller cast of Republican presidential candidates returns to the main debate stage Thursday night, one of the last high-profile opportunities for the White House hopefuls to…
Ranchers’ cause, not tactics, gains support in GOP circles
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Republicans have widely condemned the armed standoff by a group of ranchers to reclaim federal land in eastern Oregon, but their goal of taking back some of…
Large storm brings twisters, floods, now snow and ice
By DAVID WARREN and REESE DUNKLIN Residents surveyed the destruction from deadly tornadoes in North Texas as the same storm system brought winter woes to the Midwest on Monday, amplifying…
Trump picked stock fraud felon as senior adviser
By JEFF HORWITZ Donald Trump tapped a man to be a senior business adviser to his real-estate empire even after the man’s past involvement in a major Mafia-linked stock fraud…
Interior Department curbs future Arctic offshore drilling
By DAN JOLING The Interior Department announced Friday it is canceling future lease sales and will not extend current leases in Arctic waters off Alaska’s northern coast, a decision that…