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Minneapolis shooting scrambles Second Amendment politics for Trump

Prominent Republicans and gun rights advocates helped elicit a White House turnabout this week after bristling over the administration's characterization of Alex Pretti, the second person killed this month by a federal officer in Minneapolis, as responsible for his own death because he ...

Capito makes stops in Jackson and Wood counties

PARKERSBURG — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito made stops Thursday in Jackson and Wood counties where she toured businesses and learned how some of the Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) awards she secured are being put to use. On her first stop, Capito, R-W.Va., visited Jackson ...

Justice says West Virginia needs to keep its ‘foot on the gas’

PARKERSBURG — After speaking to children Tuesday at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Parkersburg, U.S. Sen. Jim Justice fielded questions from the media about the importance of funding for programs like the club, the future of West Virginia and President Donald Trump’s goal of acquiring ...