Mystery $844B pot in Trump budget signals Medicaid cuts
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s budget contains an $844 billion mystery pot for his still undefined health care plan, signaling steep cuts to Me...
German politics upended as Merkel’s heir apparent quits
BERLIN — Chancellor Angela Merkel's heir apparent shook up German politics Monday by declaring she would step down as the governing party's leader and...
How crucial is New Hampshire win? It depends on whom you ask
RINDGE, N.H. — Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders are taking strikingly different approaches in the final hours before New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation p...
White supremacist pleads guilty in Las Vegas bomb plot case
LAS VEGAS — A self-described white supremacist pleaded guilty Monday in Las Vegas to collecting materials and planning to bomb a synagogue or office o...
Trump budget targets loan program that could help Lordstown
DETROIT — The Trump administration’s budget proposal scraps a loan program that could help an upstart electric vehicle company’s plans to reuse the no...
Melania Trump asks governors’ spouses to tackle cyberassault
WASHINGTON — Melania Trump on Monday cited the influence of “Achy Breaky Heart” singer Billy Ray Cyrus as she asked spouses of the nation's governors ...
Turkey says it has retaliated after deadly Syrian shelling
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey said it retaliated Monday after "intense" shelling by Syrian forces killed five of its soldiers and wounded five others in Syr...
Oscars viewership plunges to record low
NEW YORK — ABC's telecast of the Academy Awards hit an all-time low in the ratings, with 23.6 million people tuning in to see “Parasite” named best pi...
‘Never happened’: Model denies trapping Weinstein accuser
NEW YORK — In the strongest defense testimony yet, a Mexican model and actress denied a Harvey Weinstein accuser’s claim that she stood by and did not...
AP Explains: Why isn’t there a winner of Iowa’s Dem caucuses
On the eve of the New Hampshire primary, how can it be there is still no winner of last week's Iowa caucuses?
Amazon wants to question Trump over losing $10B contract bid
Amazon wants President Donald Trump to submit to questioning over the tech company's losing bid for a $10 billion military contract.
A bridge too far? UK looks at linking Scotland, N Ireland
LONDON — The British government said Monday it is seriously studying the feasibility of a bridge between Scotland and Northern Ireland, an audacious i...
Voter registration error risks deportation for immigrants
CHICAGO — The day Margarita Del Pilar Fitzpatrick applied for an Illinois driver's license upended her life. When a clerk offered to register her to v...
UN warns of ‘major shock’ as Africa locust outbreak spreads
JOHANNESBURG — Uganda scrambled to respond to the arrival of the biggest locust outbreak that parts of East Africa have seen in decades, while the Uni...
Trump calls for slashing funding for toxic Superfund cleanup
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump called Monday for slashing funding for the Superfund hazardous waste program, even as the backlog of clean-ups has...
Barr: Justice has process to take Ukraine info from Giuliani
WASHINGTON — Attorney General William Barr said Monday the Justice Department is taking information that President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy...
More businesses reopen in China, but many people stay home
BEIJING — More offices and stores in Beijing and other parts of China finally reopened Monday after the Lunar New Year break was extended to discourag...
In the heart of Mexico’s violence, disillusion grows
URUAPAN, MEXICO — Alejandra Uvilla fled her home city of Apatzingan because of overwhelming violence, moving 65 miles (105 km) north to bustling, moun...
Thai soldier’s deadly rampage reveals security lapses
NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Thailand — It's still unclear how a Thai soldier managed to steal heavy weapons from an army base which he then used to kill 29 peo...
Ghosn seeks documents in Amsterdam wrongful dismissal case
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Lawyers representing fugitive former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn in a wrongful dismissal case went to court in Amsterdam on ...
Irish election produces an earthquake as Sinn Fein tops poll
DUBLIN — Ireland’s political parties were scrambling to adjust to a new reality Monday after an earth-shaking election that saw the left-wing national...
AP Was There: Nelson Mandela released from jail 30 years ago
JOHANNESBURG — EDITOR'S NOTE: To mark the 30th anniversary of Nelson Mandela's release from prison, a key event in ending South Africa's brutal aparth...
Drugs fail to slow decline in inherited Alzheimer’s disease
Two experimental drugs failed to prevent or slow mental decline in a study of people who are virtually destined to develop Alzheimer's disease at a re...
Pope to visit Malta on May 31 in first foreign trip of 2020
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis will visit the Mediterranean island nation of Malta on May 31, the Vatican said Monday, confirming the Pope's first foreig...
2020 Watch: On eve of New Hampshire, is Mayor Pete for real?
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Presidential politics move fast. What we're watching heading into a new week on the 2020 campaign:
Backstage at the Oscars: Dazed winners and sweet reunions
LOS ANGELES — A whole other show happens just a few feet to the right of the main Oscars stage in the wings where presenters gather, ecstatic winners ...
UK calls virus “serious” health threat; will detain people
LONDON — Britain has declared the new coronavirus that emerged from China a "serious and imminent threat to public health'' and announced new measures...
Big wins for ‘Parasite’ give Oscar night an emotional high
Called up to the stage again and again, Bong Joon Ho kept saying he was ready for a drink — “bloody ready.”
Thai city copes with sorrowful fallout from mass shooting
NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Thailand — Authorities in northeastern Thailand began releasing bodies to relatives Monday after security forces cornered and kille...
Fire sale: An Iran plant makes the US flags protesters burn
KHOMEIN, Iran — Near the hometown of the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, workers at a small Iranian factory diligently add all 50 stars and 13 red-a...