The Latest: Diplomat describes Trump ‘investigations’ call
WASHINGTON — The Latest on the deposition of State Department official David Holmes (all times local):
Diplomat says he overheard Trump call about ‘investigations’
WASHINGTON — A State Department official based in Ukraine told impeachment investigators Friday that he overheard a conversation between President Don...
Ex-ambassador’s testimony shines light on conservative media
NEW YORK — Former Ukrainian Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch’s impeachment testimony on Friday spotlighted the role of conservative media in her downfall ...
AP FACT CHECK: Trump twists ex-ambassador’s record
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump suggested Friday that a U.S. diplomat was responsible for Somalia’s descent into chaos decades ago, distorting her...
Conflicting White House accounts of 1st Trump-Zelenskiy call
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump released the rough transcript Friday of a congratulatory phone call he had with the incoming president of Ukraine,...
Fired Ukraine ambassador calls out ‘crisis’ in US diplomacy
WASHINGTON — The fired U.S. ambassador to Ukraine sounded an alarm Friday about the denigration of American diplomacy and the hollowing out of the Sta...
AP Explains: What’s wrong with hearsay evidence in Congress?
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — A leading Republican critique of the House impeachment inquiry is that Democrats are relying on “hearsay” evidence.
US commander: Partnership with Kurds against IS still strong
ERBIL, Iraq — A senior U.S. coalition commander said Friday the partnership with Syrian Kurdish forces remains strong and focused on fighting the Isla...
Trump contributes foreword to paperback of McConnell book
NEW YORK — The paperback edition of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s “The Long Game” includes a foreword from a well-placed fellow Republican:...
An ambassador fired: What to watch on Day 2 of impeachment
WASHINGTON — An ambassador, her firing and a pair of fixers.
Esper defends as fair Pentagon contract disputed by Amazon
SEOUL, South Korea — U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Friday he was certain that the awarding of a $10 billion cloud-computing contract to Micro...
The Latest: Trump says impeachment probe hard on his family
BOSSIER CITY, La. — The Latest on President Donald Trump at a rally in Louisiana (all times local):
Trump says impeachment probe has been ‘very hard’ on family
BOSSIER CITY, La. — President Donald Trump said Thursday that the impeachment probe has been “very hard” on his family, even as he tried flex his poli...
Beshear set for ‘next chapter’ as Bevin concedes in Kentucky
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Republican Gov. Matt Bevin conceded to Democratic archnemesis Andy Beshear on Thursday, putting an end to Kentucky’s bitterly fought ...
Trump wants Supreme Court to block subpoena for his taxes
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to block a subpoena for his tax returns, in a test of the president’s ability to defy ...
AP source: Second US official in Kyiv heard Trump call
WASHINGTON — A second U.S. Embassy staffer in Kyiv overheard a cellphone call between President Donald Trump and his ambassador to the European Union ...
Key dates in the Trump impeachment investigation
WASHINGTON — Key dates related to the Trump impeachment investigation:
Tactical edge will shift to GOP in Senate impeachment trial
WASHINGTON — It’s been easy for majority Democrats to keep Republicans from shifting the focus of the House impeachment hearings. Yet GOP leverage to ...
Turkey deports American IS suspect stuck at Greek border
ANKARA, Turkey — An American man suspected of being a member of the Islamic State group is being repatriated to the United States after spending three...
Asian markets mixed after Wall Street high
BEIJING — Asian stock markets were mixed Thursday amid doubts about the status of a U.S.-Chinese trade deal after the U.S. Federal Reserve’s chairman ...
The Latest: New evidence emerges in impeachment hearing
WASHINGTON — The Latest on the House impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump (all times local):
Timeline: The curious release of military aid to Ukraine
WASHINGTON — Military aid promised by the U.S. to Ukraine — and the strange circumstances under which it was held up and eventually released — is at t...
House mostly behaves during TV debut of impeachment hearings
WASHINGTON — Congress behaved itself as Americans and the world tuned in for the first time to the impeachment hearings against President Donald Trump...
Diplomats accuse Trump as impeachment hits Americans’ TVs
WASHINGTON — For the first time, the Democrats’ case for President Donald Trump’s impeachment streamed from Americans’ TVs Wednesday, including a new ...
‘Bits and pieces:’ Americans view impeachment on their terms
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Cattle rancher Jeffery Gatzke in South Dakota was listening in as he worked on his tractor in his workshop. The first public heari...
US and Turkey have friendly talks but differences persist
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says he and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan are “very good friends,” but their meeting Wednesday at the Whi...
‘Too busy’: Trump professes disinterest on impeachment
WASHINGTON — What hearings? What phone call?
Trump impeachment hearing spurs shadow spin war
WASHINGTON — The online spin began even before Wednesday’s impeachment hearing got underway.
US government says Roger Stone ‘undermined’ Russia inquiry
WASHINGTON — Republican political operative Roger Stone undermined the effectiveness of the congressional investigation into Russian interference in t...
Why Ukraine matters, and not only to Trump and his rivals
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine is playing a starring role in the historic U.S. impeachment hearings — and Ukrainians themselves wish the whole thing would ju...