Hillary Clinton to 2020 Democratic voters: pick a winner
PASADENA, Calif. — Hillary Rodham Clinton has advice for Democratic voters faced with an unsettled field of presidential contenders: pick a winner.
Trump campaign tries robust outreach to expand his appeal
WASHINGTON — Selfies on a “Women for Trump” bus tour through Iowa. Volunteer training at a “Black Voices for Trump” organizing session in Philadelphia...
Expert: Georgia election server showed signs of tampering
BOSTON — A computer security expert says he found that a forensic image of the election server central to a legal battle over the integrity of Georgia...
FBI plans to notify states about local election breaches
WASHINGTON — The FBI, in a change of policy, is committing to inform state officials if local election systems have been breached, federal officials s...
CNN draws fire for debate question that ignores denial
NEW YORK — CNN is drawing fire from Bernie Sanders supporters for a debate moderator's question that appeared to dismiss his denial of a story that he...
US firm offers free cybersecurity help to federal campaigns
WASHINGTON — A major U.S. web infrastructure and security company will provide free support to federal election campaigns to help thwart any repeats o...
Warren makes debate case: Democratic woman can beat Trump
DES MOINES, Iowa — Elizabeth Warren made a forceful case for a female president and stood behind her accusation suggesting sexism by progressive rival...
Can a woman win the presidency? Clash exposes deeper issue
WASHINGTON — The smoldering political flareup between Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders has reignited a debate among Democratic primary voters over ...
High court skeptical of New Jersey ‘Bridgegate’ convictions
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court seemed broadly skeptical Tuesday of the convictions of two people involved in New Jersey's “Bridgegate” scandal where o...
Wisconsin appeals court puts voter rolls purge on hold
MADISON, Wis. — A Wisconsin appeals court on Tuesday put on hold an order to immediately remove up to 209,000 names from the state's voter registratio...
6 big questions ahead of final debate before start of voting
WASHINGTON — Tuesday marks the last time the leading Democratic presidential contenders will face a national audience on the debate stage before prima...
Booker not offering 2020 endorsement, taking a ‘breather’
WASHINGTON — Sen. Cory Booker says he's not making any immediate endorsement for president now that he's dropped out of the race for the Democratic no...
Dole endorses western Kansas congressman in US Senate race
TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas Senate candidate Roger Marshall won the endorsement Monday of political icon and 1996 Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole, ...
Democrats set to clash in final debate before Iowa caucuses
DES MOINES, Iowa — Democrats are preparing for what could be their most contentious debate yet as the leading candidates gather in Iowa on Tuesday loo...
2020 Democratic race is wide open in Iowa as caucuses near
DES MOINES, Iowa — Presidential candidates have swarmed Iowa’s rolling landscape for more than a year, making their pitch to potential supporters on c...
2020 Watch: Will the debate provide any clarity?
NEW YORK — Presidential politics move fast. What we're watching heading into a new week on the 2020 campaign:
Aboard Bloomberg bus: Droll wit, swag, Texas-size ambition
DALLAS — Mike Bloomberg isn't going to be the loudest campaigner in the Democratic primary contest, and he's not planning to spend time talking about ...
Redistricting power at stake in 2020 legislative elections
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The reins of political power in the U.S. for the next decade could be determined in this year's elections — not necessarily by w...
AP Explains: Taiwan’s election and its standoff with China
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwanese are casting their votes Saturday for the president and legislature of a self-governing island that acts like a sovereign na...
Lawmakers vote down Tunisia’s new government amid opposition
TUNIS, Tunisia — Tunisian lawmakers voted down the North African country's new government Friday, declaring no confidence in a Cabinet proposed by the...
White House considering dramatic expansion of travel ban
WASHINGTON — The White House is considering dramatically expanding its much-litigated travel ban to additional countries amid a renewed election-year ...
Will Puerto Ricans new to Florida swing state to Democrats?
DAVENPORT, Fla. — When Martha Santiago moved to Polk County, Florida, from Puerto Rico in 1979 to teach in one of the county's first bilingual schools...
AP Explains: Not all cyber threats equally worrisome
WASHINGTON — West Virginia reported unusual cyber activity targeting its election systems. The Texas governor said the state was encountering attempte...
Independents could decide California’s Democratic primary
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In the battle for the Democratic presidential nomination, no prize is bigger than California, which offers more delegates than an...
Trump boasts Iranian general’s death was ‘American justice’
TOLEDO, Ohio — President Donald Trump used his first campaign election rally of 2020 to argue that he served up “American justice" by ordering a drone...
Voting machine vendors get scrutiny at congressional hearing
Lawmakers expressed concern about foreign components in the nation’s election equipment, as the top executives of the three major voting manufacturers...
Dixville Notch finds enough people to retain claim to fame
CONCORD, N.H. — A tiny New Hampshire community whose tradition of being among the first to cast ballots for president in primaries and the general ele...
Booker: Impeachment trial could be ‘big blow’ to my campaign
WASHINGTON — Sen. Cory Booker said a looming impeachment trial and other pressing issues in Washington could deal a “big, big blow” to his Democratic ...
Democrats’ contempt for Trump fuels an online cash surge
WASHINGTON — Democrats' online fundraising behemoth ActBlue routed more than $1 billion in campaign contributions to the party's candidates and causes...
Taiwan leader gets election boost from unlikely place: China
TAIPEI, Taiwan — A year ago, Taiwan's leader was on the ropes. Then she got a boost from an unexpected corner: Chinese President Xi Jinping.