The Latest: Turkey’s president aims to resettle war refugees
WASHINGTON — The Latest on President Donald Trump’s meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (all times local):
AP FACT CHECK: GOP presses empty Ukraine meddling theory
WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans pressed the discredited theory that Ukraine meddled in the 2016 U.S. election in defending President Donald Tru...
US budget deficit surges to $134.5 billion in October
WASHINGTON — The federal government, which ended the 2019 budget year with its largest deficit in seven years, began the new budget year with a defici...
Officer: I quit Proud Boys over fears of ‘far-left’ attacks
A Connecticut police officer accused a civil rights organization’s leader of trying to “silence conservative voices” by raising concerns about his mem...
Sour grapes: Trade war puts cork in US wine sales to China
LIVERMORE, Calif. — Caught in the crossfire of President Donald Trump’s trade war with China, U.S. vineyards are struggling to sell Syrah in Shanghai ...
Fed’s Powell sees steady growth, signals pause in rate cuts
WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell expects the U.S. economy to continue growing at a solid pace, though it still faces risks from slo...
‘Sad day’ or ‘scam’? What to watch at impeachment hearing
WASHINGTON — A "solemn day" or a "showtrial"?
Global stocks sink after Trump threatens more China tariffs
BEIJING — Global stocks sank Wednesday after President Donald Trump threatened more tariff hikes on Chinese imports if talks aimed at ending a trade w...
Asian stocks sink after Trump threatens more China tariffs
BEIJING — Asian stocks sank Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened more tariff hikes on Chinese imports if talks aimed at ending a tra...
‘Sad day’ or a ‘scam’? What to watch at impeachment hearing
WASHINGTON — House Democrats are giving President Donald Trump a reality show for the ages as they take their case public for his impeachment.
Pact reached to avert government shutdown through Dec. 20
WASHINGTON — A top House lawmaker announced Tuesday that Congress will pass a governmentwide temporary spending bill to keep the government running th...
Battle-tested attorneys to face off in impeachment inquiry
WASHINGTON — The public impeachment inquiry hearings set to begin Wednesday will pit a Democratic attorney who built his reputation as a federal mob a...
Border wall opponents in court trying to stop construction
SAN DIEGO — A federal appeals court heard arguments Tuesday on a bid to halt military funding for construction of President Donald Trump's border wall...
US-British diplomatic clash in store over Caribbean killing?
HARTFORD, Conn. — Officials in Anguilla are preparing a warrant for the arrest of a Connecticut man who refused to return to the Caribbean island to f...
Trump appeals court nominee in jeopardy following GOP revolt
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's nominee for a federal appeals court is in jeopardy following a conservative revolt from two Republican senators ...
Senate Democrats assail Trump’s $16B bailout for farmers
MINNEAPOLIS — President Donald Trump's $16 billion bailout package for farmers hurt by the trade war with China unfairly benefits the South at the exp...
Man: Slashing ‘Baby Trump’ was matter of good versus evil
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — An Alabama man charged with criminal mischief in the slashing of a towering "Baby Trump" balloon has defended his actions, saying i...
After boost from Perry, supporters got huge Ukraine gas deal
KYIV, Ukraine — Two political supporters of U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry secured a potentially lucrative oil and gas exploration deal from the Ukr...
Then and now: How Trump impeachment hearing is different
WASHINGTON — The public impeachment inquiry hearings this week usher in a rare and momentous occasion in American history as Congress debates whether ...
Meet the witnesses: Diplomats start off impeachment hearings
WASHINGTON — Diplomats and career government officials, they're little known outside professional circles, but they're about to become household names...
National security officials objected to stopping Ukraine aid
WASHINGTON — The view among the national security officials was unanimous: Military aid to Ukraine should not be stopped. But the White House's acting...
UN reports increasing violations of Iran nuclear deal
VIENNA — Uranium particles of man-made origin have been discovered at a site in Iran not declared to the United Nations, the U.N. atomic watchdog agen...
After boost from Perry, backers got huge gas deal in Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine — Two political supporters of U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry secured a potentially lucrative oil and gas exploration deal from the Ukr...
Fox legal analyst Napolitano emerges as Trump critic
NEW YORK — More than two decades into his career as a commentator at Fox News Channel, Andrew Napolitano reached a milestone of sorts when he was call...
As ruling nears, immigrant fights for anti-deportation act
NEW YORK — A Mexican immigrant fighting President Donald Trump's attempt to end a program shielding young immigrants from deportation says he is nervo...
What’s coming in impeachment: The inquiry goes public
WASHINGTON — For only the fourth time in U.S. history, the House of Representatives has started a presidential impeachment inquiry. House committees a...
The Latest: Corbyn: Brexit Party move is a “Trump alliance”
LONDON — The Latest on Britain's national election on Dec. 12 and its impending departure from the European Union (all times local):
Iran underground lab helps produce more low-enriched uranium
TEHRAN, Iran — The head of Iran's nuclear program told The Associated Press on Monday that the country is now producing more low-enriched uranium dail...
AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s flawed ‘read the transcript’ defense
WASHINGTON — It's been his drumbeating demand: "Read the transcript!"