Edwards wins reelection as Louisiana governor in 2020 race
Democratic Gov John Bel Edwards defeated Republican Eddie Rispone to win a second term, securing about 51 percent as turnout surged amid high national attention on Trump. Edwards touted bipartisanship and state issues while Rispone aligned with Trump and faced weak recognition.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
John Bel Edwards
Donald Trump
Edwards
Eddie Rispone
Trump
Kentucky
Virginia
Rispone
America
Jindal
Andrea Hartman
New Orleans
Donna Edwards
Matthew Hinton
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Associated Press
Iran leader labels protesters thugs amid gas price protests
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei backed the gasoline price hike, calling demonstrators who burnt property and clashed with police thugs. He warned of a crackdown as internet access was shut down across about two dozen cities. He blamed counterrevolutionaries and foreign enemies, naming the Mujahedeen-e Khalq, while supporting President Rouhani's decision on the price rise.
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Dubai
United Arab Emirates
Iran
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Tehran
Kermanshah
IRNA
Khamenei
Shah
Mujahedeen-e-Khalq
Hassan Rouhani
White House pushes bipartisan drug cost reform in Senate
The White House accelerates efforts to pass a bill curbing prescription drug costs amid the impeachment probe and 2020 campaign. President Trump seeks Republican support for a Senate plan that caps out of pocket costs and compels rebates from drugmakers if prices rise faster than inflation, with Medicare benefits expanded from savings.
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Washington
White House
Congress
Donald Trump
Joe Grogan
House
Nancy Pelosi
Pelosi
Trump
Senate
Grogan
Alliance For Health Policy
Gallup-West
United States
Bill Galston
Brookings Institution
Medicare
Chuck Grassley
lIona
Ron Wyden