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Iowa and New Hampshire would no longer go first; more diverse battleground states would move up

An FBI special agent spent a fourth day on the witness stand, defending assertions that fees paid to the Council member’s wife were really bribes in disguise.

Defense attorneys challenge an FBI agent’s interpretation of invoices the Council member’s wife submitted for what the feds believe was cover for a bribe.

The Coast Guards war on winter is folly. Shippers and steelmakers can afford to wait for spring.

Five years ago brothers Patrick and Peter Egan announced an $18 million plan to create 76 apartments, offices and a new restaurant at a major gateway in Lancaster city’s northeast.

The federal trial of the council member and three co-defendants got underway with competing interpretations of nearly $67,000 in alleged bribes.

The federal government opened its bribery trial against Philadelphia City Councilman Kenyatta Johnson and his wife Dawn Chavous by accusing the pair of selling Johnson’s office for personal gain.

Opening statements in the trial of Johnson and three co-defendants begin Thursday.

Prosecutors say the Democrat received thousands of dollars for helping a nonprofit developer hang onto valuable real estate in his legislative district.

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