Question time: What’s next in Trump’s impeachment trial
WASHINGTON — With opening arguments wrapped up in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, senators will now get a chance to ask questions. But the...
Pentagon: 50 troops suffered brain injuries in Iran strike
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon on Tuesday raised to 50 the number of U.S. service members who suffered traumatic brain injuries in Iran's missile strike ea...
GOP squirms as Bolton prepares to dish on Trump White House
WASHINGTON — For much of the last 20 years, John Bolton was a conservative poster child, a Republican hawk whose worldview helped shape the GOP establ...
Trial highlights: Trump defense urges end to impeachment
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s legal team on Tuesday concluded its three-day presentation as they started it — arguing that the Democrats’ case...
AP source: McConnell says he can’t yet block new witnesses
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told senators privately Tuesday he does not yet have the votes to block new witnesses in President...
AP FACT CHECK: Trump defense wrong about FBI investigation
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's defense team falsely claimed the Justice Department was already investigating him even before the 2016 election ...
Midwestern states consider banning bias based on hairstyles
TOPEKA, Kan. — Black female legislators in two predominantly white Midwestern states urged their Republican colleagues Tuesday to join a national push...
Unite Here labor union staying neutral in Democratic primary
LAS VEGAS — Unite Here, the parent of the large Nevada union representing hotel and casino workers, announced Tuesday that it is not planning to endor...
Trump peace plan delights Israelis, enrages Palestinians
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump unveiled his long-awaited Middle East plan Tuesday, winning immediate praise from a beaming Israeli Prime Minister...
Sanders’ Social Security ‘adjustments’ undercut Biden attack
DES MOINES, Iowa — As a congressman in the 1990s, Bernie Sanders expressed an openness to making “adjustments" to the tax and benefit structure of Soc...
Barr says there will be ‘zero tolerance’ on anti-Semitism
NEW YORK — Attorney General William Barr ordered federal prosecutors across the U.S. to step up their efforts to combat anti-Semitic hate crimes as he...
Budget deficit to break $1 trillion despite strong economy
WASHINGTON — An annual congressional report says the U.S. budget deficit is likely to burst through the symbolic $1 trillion barrier this year despite...
Iowans adjust to ‘weird’ final days of caucus campaign
DES MOINES, Iowa — In normal years, Iowa is the center of the political universe during the final stretch before its famed caucuses. Top candidates ru...
Trial highlights: Bolton takes center stage from afar
WASHINGTON — Former national security adviser John Bolton took center stage at President Donald Trump's impeachment trial even though he was nowhere n...
The Latest: Capitol fireplaces go cold for impeachment trial
WASHINGTON — The Latest on the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump (all times local):
Democrats’ competing impulses: Should they fight or unite?
FORT DODGE, Iowa — A Democratic presidential race that started as a struggle between the activist left and the moderates has become something far less...
Trump hosts Israeli leaders who call his peace plan historic
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump hosted Israel’s prime minister and his chief rival Monday at the White House on the eve of unveiling a long-awaite...
Woman behind ‘fired up’ Obama campaign chant backs Steyer
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina woman credited with popularizing a memorable slogan and chant that epitomized the 2008 presidential campaign of th...
Trump defense counsel Ken Starr says impeachment is ‘hell’
WASHINGTON — Impeachment, he said, “is hell.” A measure of "last resort.” A bad habit to be kicked.
News of Bolton book sends jolt through impeachment trial
WASHINGTON — A single paper copy in a nondescript envelope arrived at the White House on Dec. 30. Four weeks later, news of John Bolton’s book manuscr...
Supreme Court allows enforcement of new green card rule
WASHINGTON — A divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to put in place new rules that could jeopardize permanent resident sta...
GOP defends Trump as Bolton book adds pressure for witnesses
WASHINGTON — Pressure is increasing on senators to call John Bolton to testify at President Donald Trump's impeachment trial after the revelation that...
Why it Matters: Bolton revelations complicate Trump defense
WASHINGTON — Revelations from former national security adviser John Bolton’s upcoming book are adding some drama to the ongoing Senate impeachment tri...
Elizabeth Warren seeks a spark in the final sprint to Iowa
DES MOINES, Iowa — Elizabeth Warren is fighting to regain momentum in the turbulent tussle for the Democratic presidential nomination amid lingering q...
Bloomberg vows steadfast commitment to US aid for Israel
NEW YORK — Michael Bloomberg on Sunday made his case for the presidency to fellow Jewish Americans, vowing not to revisit U.S. aid to Israel -- an app...
Biden’s ‘consensus’ pitch faces biggest test in Iowa
MASON CITY, Iowa — On a snowy morning just days before Iowans make their choice in the Democratic presidential contest, Joe Biden invoked President Ro...
In divided America, some voters tuning out impeachment trial
HAMBURG, Pa. — For all the gravity of a presidential impeachment trial, Americans don’t seem to be giving it much weight.
Defense resumes in key impeachment week; Dems seek witnesses
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's impeachment trial enters a pivotal week as his defense team resumes its case and senators face a critical vote o...
3rd woman accuses Michigan lawmaker of sexual harassment
LANSING, Mich. — A third woman in two weeks has publicly come forward with sexual harassment allegations against a Michigan state legislator, accordin...