Trump speaks at swank GOP fundraiser, his DC hotel profits
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump took the stage in the ballroom of his luxury hotel in Washington on Saturday night, just days before an impeachmen...
Sanders, Bloomberg test different paths to a California win
LOS ANGELES — One is spending millions of dollars flooding the airwaves from Los Angeles to Sacramento, highlighting his tenure as mayor of the nation...
Party-switching NJ congressman draws Trump praise, Dems’ ire
WASHINGTON — A party-switching congressman drew praise Tuesday from President Donald Trump and condemnation from Democrats, underscoring how his polit...
Trump conservative critics launch PAC to fight reelection
NEW YORK — A small group of President Donald Trump's fiercest conservative critics, including the husband of the president's own chief adviser, is lau...
Democratic leaders push to end labor dispute and save debate
Democratic officials are pushing for an end to a labor dispute that threatens the party's sixth presidential primary debate, scheduled for Thursday on...
AP Exclusive: Birmingham mayor backing Biden for president
The mayor of Alabama’s largest city is endorsing Joe Biden for the 2020 Democratic Party presidential nomination just weeks after the vice president m...
2020 Watch: Can Warren change the narrative?
NEW YORK — Presidential politics move fast. What we're watching heading into a new week on the 2020 campaign:
Turbulence shakes Democrats going into final debate of 2019
CLINTON, Iowa — Seven Democratic presidential candidates will stand on stage this week in Los Angeles, a pool of survivors who have withstood almost a...
Iowa Democrats worry ‘Medicare for All’ hurts key industry
DES MOINES, Iowa — Kim Motl doesn’t work in the health insurance industry. But her friends and neighbors do. So when she saw Sen. Elizabeth Warren rec...
‘Wild week’ as Washington works amid impeachment
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi don’t see eye-to-eye on much these days, but in the throes of impeachment, they’re ...
Swarovski crystals, $900 cabernet and a Buttigieg fundraiser
WASHINGTON — The Hall Rutherford wine caves in the hills of California's Napa Valley boast a chandelier with 1,500 Swarovski crystals, an onyx banquet...
Democrats threaten to boycott next debate over labor dispute
WASHINGTON — All seven Democratic presidential candidates who qualified for next week's debate threatened on Friday to skip the event if an ongoing la...
Trump calls impeachment vote ‘an embarrassment’ to nation
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump declared Friday's House committee vote to impeach him ”an embarrassment to our country" and refused to back away f...
After UK election, Trump sees ‘harbinger’ of things to come
WASHINGTON — After a tumultuous tenure in office, a controversial candidate expanded his grip on power, surpassing a weak opponent and drawing support...
Biden calls Sanders’ pitch to leverage Israel aid ‘bizarre’
OELWEIN, Iowa — Joe Biden said Saturday that it is “bizarre” for Bernie Sanders to propose withholding U.S. military aid from Israel if the government...
AP FACT CHECK: Trump and the people he forgets he knew
WASHINGTON — When certain associates and acquaintances of President Donald Trump get into hot water, he forgets he ever knew them. Various figures fro...
No malarkey: Biden courts Iowans, balances national campaign
STORM LAKE, Iowa — Minutes after Joe Biden met Cathy Buxengard, he commandeered her cellphone to talk with her 99-year-old mother about her service as...
Klobuchar gaining traction in Iowa with Midwest sensibility
INDIANOLA, Iowa — Quick with a joke and unsparing in her mockery of President Donald Trump, Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar and her Midwest sensibility s...
Buttigieg calls on McKinsey to release list of his clients
WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg is calling on his former employer McKinsey & Co. to release a list of the clients he...
Bloomberg: His news reporters need to accept restrictions
NEW YORK — Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg says employees at his news organization need to accept restrictions with their paycheck...
Warren, Buttigieg scrap puts Democratic divide on display
WASHINGTON — Elizabeth Warren spent weeks absorbing attacks from more moderate rivals looking to stop her steady summer rise in the polls. Now, as the...
Economic adviser: China wants to keep negotiating with Trump
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's economic adviser said Friday that he doesn't think China is slow-walking trade talks with the United States to s...
‘We’re going to be everywhere:’ Inside Bloomberg’s 2020 plan
AURORA, Colo. — For any other candidate, a crowd of just 38 voters at a high-profile policy announcement might be cause for panic. But Michael Bloombe...
Doctor’s report says Elizabeth Warren ‘in excellent health’
WASHINGTON — Elizabeth Warren “is in excellent health,” according to a doctor's report released by the Massachusetts senator on Friday, becoming the f...
Biden scrap with voter risks overshadowing critique of Trump
NEW HAMPTON, Iowa — Joe Biden sought to capitalize on President Donald Trump's icy reception from world leaders by portraying himself on Thursday as s...
Democrats say Trump impeachment charges must come swiftly
WASHINGTON — House Democrats moved aggressively to draw up formal articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Thursday, with Speaker Nan...
Bloomberg gun plan: Permits, assault weapon ban, age limits
AURORA, Colo. — Democratic presidential contender Michael Bloomberg unveiled a gun control policy on Thursday just steps from the site of one of Color...
Booker’s critical test? Languishing campaign plots a rebound
NEWARK, N.J. — The news of Kamala Harris' sudden departure from the presidential race came during an all-staff conference call led from Cory Booker's ...
Klobuchar returns to Iowa with plan for a changing economy
CHICAGO — Democratic presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar on Thursday rolled out a plan to help Americans succeed in a changing economy, as she return...
Campaigns swarm Harris donors after she exits the 2020 race
WASHINGTON — Kamala Harris’ exit from the Democratic presidential primary has set off a stampede among her former rivals, who are moving fast to impro...