Labor union unveils $150M campaign to help defeat Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the nation’s largest labor unions is unveiling plans to invest $150 million in a nationwide cam...
Campaign to open Trump community centers to woo black voters
WASHINGTON (AP) — Flush with cash, President Donald Trump’s campaign is stepping up its outreach to black Americans as i...
AP Exclusive: Pro-Trump effort raises over $60M in January
WASHINGTON — Pro-Trump groups raised more than $60 million in January and have more than $200 million on hand for this year's general election, shatte...
Buttigieg lands black South Carolina lawmaker’s endorsement
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Democratic presidential contender Pete Buttigieg is picking up his first endorsement among South Carolina’s black lawmakers as attent...
AP VoteCast: Young, liberal voters key to Sanders’ NH win
WASHINGTON — Bernie Sanders won the young, the liberal and the disaffected in New Hampshire. Their votes were enough to deliver him a victory in Tuesd...
Ireland faces wrangling as Sinn Fein aims to form government
LONDON — Final results in Ireland’s general election show three parties in a virtual tie for seats, signalling weeks of tense negotiations ahead to fo...
Clinton jabs again at Sanders, says he didn’t unite party
Hillary Clinton is not done talking about Bernie Sanders.
2020 Watch: Will impeachment change the primary?
DES MOINES, Iowa — Presidential politics move fast. What we're watching heading into a new week on the 2020 campaign:
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:
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...
GOP Rep. Duncan Hunter resigns after corruption conviction
SAN DIEGO — Republican U.S. Rep. Duncan D. Hunter submitted his resignation Tuesday, one month after pleading guilty to a corruption charge, leaving v...
2020 Watch: Messy primary finally meets election year
ATLANTA — The presidential politics calendar turned to 2020 nearly a year ago. This week, the actual date catches up. What we’re watching as the prese...
Tiny Dixville Notch may have to forfeit midnight voting
CONCORD, N.H. — A tiny, isolated community near the Canadian border known for casting ballots just after the stroke of midnight in presidential electi...
South Dakota ballot will include medical marijuana measure
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — South Dakota voters will decide on a measure to allow medicinal marijuana after a petition to put the issue on the November ballot...
UK services industry sees little joy in post-Brexit world
LONDON — Prime Minister Boris Johnson's decisive victory in last week's general election provided little comfort to Britain's once world-beating finan...
Supporters of embattled Thai opposition party hold big rally
BANGKOK — Several thousand supporters of a popular opposition party in Thailand that is under threat of dissolution rallied Saturday in the nation's c...
2020 Watch: Why Biden is blitzing Iowa and more questions
NEW YORK — Presidential politics move fast. What we're watching heading into a new week on the 2020 campaign:
Labour’s Corbyn struggles to contain anti-Semitism charge
LONDON — Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn struggled Tuesday to defuse harsh criticism about anti-Semitism leveled at both himself and the party by Br...
Bloomberg spending $15M-$20M to register half million voters
WASHINGTON — As he moves toward a presidential announcement, New York billionaire Michael Bloomberg is rolling out plans to spend an estimated $15 mil...
Be careful out there: UK police warn candidates about safety
LONDON — British police are unveiling new tactics to protect politicians amid the country’s fraught, even hostile political atmosphere, issuing safety...
EU takes legal action against UK over commissioner dispute
BRUSSELS — The European Union is piling pressure on Britain and has launched legal action against the departing member of the 28-country bloc over its...
Poll brings Spain no respite from political uncertainty
MADRID — A general election called to end political deadlock in Spain has only deepened uncertainty about the future of the European Union's fifth-lar...
Tech companies rush to fight misinformation ahead of UK vote
LONDON — Facebook is opening up a war room to quickly respond to election hoaxes. Twitter is banning political ads. Google plans to crack down on bogu...
Spain repeats election as Catalan crisis boosts far right
MADRID — Spain is holding its fourth general election in as many years — and the second this year — amid voter distrust and a renewed Catalan independ...
Bank of England warns over global economic hit to UK
LONDON — The growth outlook for the British economy has deteriorated largely as a result of a gloomier global backdrop, the Bank of England said Thurs...
Hundreds of Brexit Party candidates will run in UK election
LONDON — Nigel Farage unveiled hundreds of Brexit Party candidates for Britain's general election on Monday, and warned the governing Conservatives th...
AP-NORC poll: Interest in campaign is growing, as is anxiety
WASHINGTON — A year out from the 2020 general election, there already is significant interest in the presidential campaign. But a poll from The Associ...
UK’s Johnson seeks Dec 12 election to break Brexit impasse
LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has finally abandoned his promise of an October Brexit and pinned his hopes on a December election.
AP Explains: A look at Franco and why he is being exhumed
MADRID — The body of dictator Gen. Francisco Franco is being exhumed Thursday from the grandiose mausoleum at the Valley of the Fallen before being tr...
Leader of South Africa’s leading opposition party resigns
JOHANNESBURG — The first black leader of South Africa's largest opposition party resigned Wednesday in a blow to efforts to shed the liberal party's i...