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|By BARBARA ORTUTAY
Facebook has deleted a post by President Donald Trump for the first time, saying it violated its policy against spreading misinformation about the coronavirus.
Updated: Aug. 1, 2020 at 3:34 PM EDT
|By KEVIN FREKING and ZEKE MILLER
President Donald Trump said he will take action as soon as Saturday to ban Chinese-owned video app TikTok from the United States.
Updated: Jul. 24, 2020 at 7:45 PM EDT
|By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent
Negotiations over a new COVID-19 rescue bill were in flux Friday after the White House floated cutting an unemployment benefits boost to as little as $100 and President Donald Trump turned to a new priority, adding money to build a new FBI headquarters.
Updated: Jul. 11, 2020 at 6:58 PM EDT
President Donald Trump wore a mask during a visit to a military hospital on Saturday, the first time the president has been seen in public with the type of facial covering recommended by health officials as a precaution against spreading or becoming infected by the novel coronavirus.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2020 at 10:33 PM EDT
|By WSAZ News Staff
The eight top vote-getters will advance to the general election this November.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2020 at 7:09 PM EDT
|By AAMER MADHANI and LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press
In Republican circles -- with the notable exception of the man who leads the party -- the debate about masks is over: It’s time to put one on.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2020 at 1:30 PM EDT
The program is credited by government officials for saving millions of jobs, with more than 4.8 million small business owners tapping into the funds, for more than $519 billion in loans.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2020 at 9:58 AM EDT
A full week of waiting is finally over, after an unusual primary in Kentucky.
Updated: Jun. 26, 2020 at 8:09 PM EDT
|By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer
CEO Mark Zuckerberg had previously refused to take action against Trump posts suggesting that mail-in ballots will lead to voter fraud.
Updated: Jun. 23, 2020 at 10:29 PM EDT
|By WSAZ News Staff
With just more than 50 percent of the vote in, Amy McGrath, the establishment favorite, and Charles Booker, the late-charging underdog, were running close in the results.
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Updated: Jun. 23, 2020 at 9:34 PM EDT
|By The Associated Press
U.S. Rep. Andy Barr wins GOP nomination for the 6th District nearly a week after his wife’s unexpected death.
Updated: Jun. 23, 2020 at 7:14 PM EDT
|By The Associated Press
Trump has already accumulated the requisite number of delegates to clinch the Republican presidential nomination.
Updated: Jun. 17, 2020 at 3:17 PM EDT
|By Jacqueline Policastro
President Donald Trump spoke one-on-one with Gray Television's Washington Bureau Chief Jacqueline Policastro Wednesday at the White House.
Updated: Jun. 11, 2020 at 9:04 PM EDT
|By Ted Fioraliso
Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel made the announcement Thursday night.
Updated: Jun. 10, 2020 at 12:05 AM EDT
|By WSAZ News Staff
Swearengin edged out former West Virginia State Senator Richard Ojeda and attorney Richie Robb.
Updated: Jun. 9, 2020 at 11:41 PM EDT
|By The Associated Press, WSAZ News Staff
Salango, a Kanawha County Commissioner, will face off this November against incumbent Gov. Jim Justice who won his party’s nomination Tuesday.
Updated: Jun. 9, 2020 at 10:52 PM EDT
|By WSAZ News Staff, Associated Press
The West Virginia Senate president who was dogged by teacher protests at the statehouse has lost to an educator in his Republican primary reelection bid.
Updated: Jun. 9, 2020 at 10:15 PM EDT
|By WSAZ News Staff
Mandt will square off in the November general election against Democratic incumbent Sean Hornbuckle who won his party's nomination Tuesday night.
Updated: Jun. 9, 2020 at 10:02 PM EDT
|By WSAZ News Staff
Republican Incumbent Alexander Mooney has defeated opponent Matthew Hahn to secure the party's nomination.
Updated: Jun. 9, 2020 at 9:58 PM EDT
|By WSAZ News Staff
Sean Hornbuckle, who is from Cabell County, already represents House District 16.
Updated: Jun. 9, 2020 at 9:17 PM EDT
|By WSAZ News Staff, Associated Press
Republican incumbent Carol Miller defeated opponent Russell Siegel to secure the party's nomination.
Updated: Jun. 9, 2020 at 8:46 PM EDT
|By The Associated Press, WSAZ News Staff
Justice, who won his first term as West Virginia governor as a Democrat in 2016, was running against six other GOP challengers.
Updated: Jun. 9, 2020 at 8:40 PM EDT
|By WSAZ News Staff
In the race for West Virginia’s U.S. Senate seat, incumbent Shelley Moore Capito has secured the Republican nomination.
Updated: Jun. 4, 2020 at 3:48 PM EDT
|By Jacqueline Policastro and Allison Maass
In an exclusive interview, Gray Television Washington Bureau Chief Jacqueline Policastro speaks one-on-one with Ronna McDaniel, chair of the Republican National Committee. Policastro also speaks one-on-one with Tom Perez, chair of the Democratic National Committee.
Updated: Jun. 3, 2020 at 12:20 AM EDT
|By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press
The challengers argued that King's loss of clout, even more than the continuous string of provocative and racially-charged statements over his career, was reason enough for turning on him.
Updated: May. 15, 2020 at 4:26 PM EDT
|By By Jacqueline Policastro, Ted Fioraliso and Timothy Knapp
The Department of Agriculture is buying up to $3 billion in produce, dairy and meat from wholesalers and distributors across the country. They are calling it the Farmers to Families Food Box program.
Updated: May. 2, 2020 at 4:10 PM EDT
|By Ted Fioraliso
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R) are saying "no thanks" to COVID-19 rapid tests from the Trump administration.
Updated: Apr. 10, 2020 at 9:05 AM EDT
|By Kyle Midura
How the coronavirus is transforming our interactions, online and in-person, now and potentially forever.
Updated: Feb. 22, 2020 at 7:43 PM EST
|By Chad Hedrick
NBC News called the race shortly after 7:30 Saturday evening.
Updated: Feb. 6, 2020 at 4:40 PM EST
|By Kyle Midura
Sen. Mitch McConnell sits down with Washington Correspondent Kyle Midura to discuss impeachment, the State of the Union, and what's to come this year in Washington.
Updated: Feb. 4, 2020 at 1:12 PM EST
|By Ted Fioraliso
The Gray Television Washington News Bureau caught up with Tony Rankins at the White House to hear more about his story and how he feels about being invited to Washington.
Updated: Feb. 2, 2020 at 2:40 PM EST
|By Peter Zampa and Natalie Grim
One Iowa man hopes to bring change to his mobile home park by leading from the front on caucus day.
Updated: Jan. 31, 2020 at 11:58 AM EST
|By Kyle Midura
Disconnected rural communities may get new tools from Washington to build high-speed cell and broadband coverage.
Updated: Jan. 22, 2020 at 12:33 PM EST
|By Gray DC Staff
Opening arguments in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump begin at 1 p.m. on Wednesday.
Updated: Jan. 17, 2020 at 4:09 PM EST
|By Jillian Angeline and Tim Knapp
We take a look back at the critical moments before his famous "I Have A Dream" speech.
Updated: Jan. 8, 2020 at 3:48 PM EST
|By Kristin Kasper
President Donald Trump will host a "Keep America Great" rally on Thursday Jan. 9th at the Huntington Center in Toledo, OH.
Updated: Dec. 26, 2019 at 9:19 AM EST
|By Kyle Midura and Allison Maass
People with disabilities can be paid less than minimum wage, but the disability community is split on whether that helps or hurts them.
Updated: Dec. 7, 2019 at 10:40 PM EST
|By Jillian Angeline
The Parkersburg High School Chamber Choir members said it was an exciting, once-in-a-lifetime experience to perform in the East Room.
Updated: Dec. 4, 2019 at 6:11 PM EST
|By Jillian Angeline
The Act would allow families to get an advance of up to $5,000 from the child tax credit in the first year after a birth or adoption.
Updated: Nov. 27, 2019 at 8:49 AM EST
|By Kristin Kasper
Pass the turkey, hold the arguments. How do you survive talking politics at the dinner table? Experts weigh in.
Updated: Nov. 19, 2019 at 4:29 PM EST
|By Jillian Angeline
The Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai said the FCC will start asking the public about the addition of a mental health crisis hotline.
Updated: Nov. 15, 2019 at 2:07 PM EST
|By Jacqueline Policastro, Allison Maass, Tim Knapp
In 2018, 89 Democratic women were elected to the U.S. House. That’s compared to just 13 Republican women elected -- the lowest number of Republican women serving in the House since 1995.
Updated: Nov. 15, 2019 at 12:31 PM EST
|By Natalie Grim
Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) said the administration has "politicized" the military.
Updated: Nov. 8, 2019 at 9:24 AM EST
|By Jillian Angeline
The Trump Administration is proposing a plan to compensate donors for out-of-pocket costs.
Updated: Nov. 6, 2019 at 9:38 PM EST
|By Kyle Midura
Democrat Andy Beshear appears poised to become the next governor in the deep-red Bluegrass State.
Updated: Nov. 1, 2019 at 4:43 AM EDT
|By DEB RIECHMANN Associated Press
The House impeachment inquiry is zeroing in on two White House lawyers privy to a discussion about moving a memo recounting President Donald Trump's phone call with the leader of Ukraine into a highly restricted computer system normally reserved for documents about covert action.
Updated: Oct. 31, 2019 at 3:27 AM EDT
|By ALAN FRAM and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press
Democrats pushed a package of ground rules for their impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump through a sharply divided House Thursday, the chamber's first formal vote in a fight that could stretch into the 2020 election year.
Updated: Oct. 30, 2019 at 1:31 AM EDT
An appeals court has stopped the House of Representatives from getting grand jury secrets for the impeachment probe, at least for now.
Updated: Oct. 29, 2019 at 2:39 AM EDT
|By LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press
An Army officer at the National Security Council who twice raised concerns over the Trump administration’s push to have Ukraine investigate Democrats and Joe Biden, testified behind closed doors against White House orders Tuesday in the impeachment inquiry.