WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats have nominated Nancy Pelosi to be speaker once again, this time as the leader who guides them as Democrat Joe Biden becomes president. But the California congresswoman also is seeming to suggest that these would be her final two years in the leadership post. She’s already the first woman to…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson says she won’t run for another term next year. Krewson said Wednesday that she made the decision after celebrating her 68th birthday last weekend. Krewson says she wasn’t influenced by racial justice advocates’ calls for her to resign. She came under fire in June after she…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has announced new COVID-19 restrictions that will cap crowds in retail stores and temporarily close museums and casinos. The first-term Democrat said Tuesday that he hopes the limits will help curb soaring coronavirus cases in the state. Starting Friday, retail stores must lower capacity to 25% from…
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden has been forced to seek extraordinary workarounds to prepare for the exploding public health threat and evolving national security challenges he will inherit in just nine weeks. Blocked from the official intelligence briefing traditionally afforded to incoming presidents, Biden gathered virtually on Tuesday with a collection of intelligence,…