Holding court in Davos, Trump distracted by impeachment
DAVOS, Switzerland — President Donald Trump held court in the snow-capped Alps for two days, showcasing the American economy to world leaders and glob...
Trump suggests he may be open to entitlement cuts in future
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump appeared to suggest in a television interview Wednesday that he’s willing to consider entitlement cuts in the futu...
DC claims inaugural committee spending enriched Trump family
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s inaugural committee spent more than $1 million to book a ballroom at the Trump International Hotel in the nation's capital...
Guaidó seeks EU sanctions for Venezuela, meeting with Trump
BRUSSELS — Venezuela’s opposition leader said Wednesday that he wants the European Union to broaden sanctions against members of the Venezuelan govern...
Bloomberg, Buttigieg work to connect with nation’s mayors
WASHINGTON — Two miles from President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial in the Capitol, Michael Bloomberg and Pete Buttigieg are looking to draw a dist...
The Latest: WTO chief says debate over trade rules will last
DAVOS, Switzerland — The Latest on the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland (all times local):
US-French tax truce a respite in tense relations with EU
DAVOS, Switzerland — France will delay its tax on big tech firms like Google and Facebook in exchange for the United States's promise to hold off reta...
AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s false account of Ukraine episode
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump gave a false account Wednesday of some of the circumstances that got him impeached.
Crime required for impeachment? Not so, say legal experts
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's defense hinges largely on arguments made in the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson more than 150 year...
Supreme Court seems favorable to religious education funding
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court's conservative majority appeared ready Wednesday to reinvigorate a Montana scholarship program that could make it easie...
Trump says he’s open to witnesses as trial rules are set
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate plunged into President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial with Republicans abruptly abandoning plans to cram opening argume...
Awake? Senators struggle to stay focused on impeachment
WASHINGTON — Adam Schiff was still speaking — about witnesses, documents, future presidents and the impeachment of President Donald Trump. He'd said i...
Dispute over rules erupts on impeachment’s first full day
WASHINGTON — A rancorous dispute over rules marked the first full day of President Donald Trump's impeachment trial.
Bloomberg calls for Trump’s removal in new impeachment ad
NEW YORK — Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg launched a new impeachment-focused television ad Tuesday urging the Senate to remove Pr...
AP FACT CHECK: Trump defense misrepresents Mueller findings
WASHINGTON — In opening arguments of the impeachment trial, President Donald Trump's defense misrepresented the findings of a special counsel's report...
Far from Senate, Biden largely avoids impeachment politics
AMES, Iowa — As the Senate begins President Donald Trump's impeachment trial on Capitol Hill, Democrat Joe Biden is 1,000 miles away in Iowa, trying t...
AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s Davos remarks rife with distortion
WASHINGTON — On a rarefied world stage in the Swiss Alps, President Donald Trump cited accomplishments on clean air that aren't real, a level of econo...
Mexico begins flying, busing migrants back to Honduras
CIUDAD HIDALGO, Mexico — Hundreds of Central American migrants who waded across a river into Mexico in hopes of eventually reaching the U.S. were sent...
Supreme Court case looms large for rivals in abortion debate
Anti-abortion activists gather this week in Washington for their annual March for Life, eager to cheer on a continuing wave of federal and state abort...
Backatcha: Thunberg returns Trump’s climate jibe
DAVOS, Switzerland — Greta Thunberg isn't easily intimidated.
The Latest: Trump calls new EU chief ‘very tough negotiator’
DAVOS, Switzerland — The Latest on the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland (all times local):
Senate impeachment timetable at a glance
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell plans to seek a speedy impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. In a Senate resolution released Monday even...
McConnell proposes swift impeachment trial with long days
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday proposed a condensed, two-day calendar for each side to give opening statements in Presi...
Migrants scuffle with Mexican troops along border river
CIUDAD HIDALGO, Mexico — Hundreds of Central American migrants waded across the Suchiate River into southern Mexico on Monday in a new test of U.S. Pr...
Martin Luther King Jr. Day: Faith, politics mix on holiday
ATLANTA — Against the backdrop of a presidential election year, Monday's Martin Luther King Jr. holiday found leaders still wrestling over how to best...
2020 Democratic contenders link arms in MLK Jr. Day march
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Democratic presidential candidates hit pause on their recent feuds Monday as they walked shoulder to shoulder through the streets of ...
Davos bolsters security as protesters march toward venue
DAVOS, Switzerland — Hundreds of disgruntled protesters against the elite World Economic Forum are marching through the Alpine snows toward its annual...
2020 Watch: Will impeachment change the primary?
DES MOINES, Iowa — Presidential politics move fast. What we're watching heading into a new week on the 2020 campaign:
Robert De Niro gets political as he accepts SAG Awards honor
LOS ANGELES — Robert De Niro received the Screen Actors Guild lifetime achievement award Sunday to praise for his illustrious career and thunderous ap...