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A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced a resolution Thursday to support renaming the new NATO headquarters in Brussels for the late senator John McCain (R-Ariz.), in recognition of his "long and ironclad support" for the alliance.

Lawmakers in both chambers of Congress introduced a resolution Thursday to support the effort to name NATO's new headquarters after Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who died late last month after a yearlong battle with brain cancer.

As if newspapers didn't already have it rough enough, they got caught in the middle of President Donald Trump's trade war. Higher tariffs on Canadian newsprint manufacturers took effect in January. On Aug. 2, the U.S. Department of Commerce reviewed and greenlighted the tariffs, though at a lower level (16.88 percent, down from 22) and on just one Canadian company, Catalyst. Members of Congress urged the International Trade Commission to overturn the tariff, and in an Aug.

Hundreds of aspiring farmers headed to the Monterey County Fair Saturday morning to auction livestock and later enjoy festivities during the week-long event.

More than 200 students participated, including high school students from seven different Future Farmers of America organizations as well as students of all ages from approximately 15 4-H groups.

U.S. Rep. Jimmy Panetta and Monterey County Sheriff Steve Bernal assisted in the fair's Junior Livestock Auction that featured more than 110 pigs, 49 lamb, 25 goats and 21 steers.

Managing student loans just got worse for students who attended now-defunct Heald College in Salinas. On July 31, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos proposed a $12.7 billion rollback in debt relief for defrauded students.

Monterey >> Tribute was paid to another American serviceman in Monterey when U.S. Army Technician Fifth Grade Corporal David Schultz was posthumously awarded 10 service medals on the steps of Monterey City Hall by Congressman Jimmy Panetta, D-Carmel Valley, on Tuesday afternoon.

The fact the ceremony happened just days after the death of Sen. John McCain, another decorated veteran, was not lost on Panetta.

Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20), along with more than 170 House Democrats sent a letter to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos calling on the Department of Education to issue formal guidance prohibiting the use of federal education funding to buy guns for teachers and school staff.

Since FCC abandoned net neutrality, Democrats say FTC must probe Verizon.