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FILE - El Paso Catholic Bishop Mark Seitz talks with Celsia Palma, 9, of Honduras, as they walk to the Paso Del Norte International Port of Entry, Thursday, June, 27, 2019, in Juarez, Mexico.

As US Catholic bishops meet, Trump looms over their work on abortion and immigration

FILE - El Paso Catholic Bishop Mark Seitz talks with Celsia Palma, 9, of Honduras, as they walk to the Paso Del Norte International Port of Entry, Thursday, June, 27, 2019, in Juarez, Mexico.

November 12, 2024, 8:03am Churches & Religion

As U.S. Catholic bishops gather for their annual fall meeting this week in Baltimore, the specter of President-elect Donald Trump’s resounding victory will hang over the proceedings. Read story

Biden funded new factories and infrastructure projects, but Trump might get to cut the ribbons

November 12, 2024, 7:46am Business

All that’s left is for President-elect Donald Trump to put his name on it — if he wants. Read story

Philippine defense secretary doesn’t expect Trump will demand payment for protection

November 12, 2024, 7:45am Business

Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro said Tuesday that he didn’t expect President-elect Donald Trump’s next administration would demand that the Philippines pay more for military protection because both allies faced the shared threat of China. Read story

FILE - A flare burns natural gas at an oil well in Watford City, N.D., Aug. 26, 2021.

Biden EPA to charge first-ever ‘methane fee’ for drilling waste by oil and gas companies

FILE - A flare burns natural gas at an oil well in Watford City, N.D., Aug. 26, 2021.

November 12, 2024, 7:29am Business

Oil and natural gas companies for the first time will have to pay a federal fee if they emit dangerous methane above certain levels under a rule being made final by the Biden administration. Read story

Kelly Ayotte Gov.-elect of New Hampshire

With Ayotte in N.H., record 13 women will be governors in 2025

Kelly Ayotte Gov.-elect of New Hampshire

November 12, 2024, 6:00am Politics

The election of Republican Kelly Ayotte as New Hampshire’s governor means 13 women will serve as a state’s chief executive next year, breaking the record of 12 set after the 2022 elections. Read story

Wind turbines are silhouetted against the setting sun at the Spearville Wind Farm, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024, near Spearville, Kan.

Trump set to target measures that do most to fight climate change

Wind turbines are silhouetted against the setting sun at the Spearville Wind Farm, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024, near Spearville, Kan.

November 12, 2024, 6:00am Politics

The election of Donald Trump as president for a second time and the Republican takeback of the U.S. Senate could undo many of the national climate policies that are most reducing planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions, according to climate solutions experts. Read story

Biden’s White House invitation to Trump continues a tradition Trump shunned in 2020

November 11, 2024, 3:34pm Politics

Before he comes back for good on Inauguration Day, Donald Trump will return to the White House briefly at the invitation of Democratic President Joe Biden, who had hoped to defeat his Republican predecessor a second time and reside there for four more years. Read story

State Sen. Patty Kuderer, D-Bellevue, left, holds a 15-point lead over Sen. Phil Fortunato, R-Auburn, in the Washington insurance commissioner race.

Kuderer wins Washington insurance commissioner race

State Sen. Patty Kuderer, D-Bellevue, left, holds a 15-point lead over Sen. Phil Fortunato, R-Auburn, in the Washington insurance commissioner race.

November 11, 2024, 2:52pm Election

State Sen. Patty Kuderer of Bellevue, a Democrat, is poised to be Washington’s next insurance commissioner, in charge of regulating the car, health and home insurance industries and advocating for consumers. Read story