US tried to take out another Iranian leader, but failed
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military tried, but failed, to take out another senior Iranian commander on the same day that an American airstrike killed the R...
US announces new sanctions on Iran after missile strikes
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Friday announced a new wave of sanctions on Iran following this week's missile strikes by the Islamic Republi...
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...
Steyer wants climate change refugees to enter US legally
WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential candidate Tom Steyer on Friday unveiled an immigration proposal seeking to make immigrants fleeing the effects of...
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...
Steyer is 6th candidate to qualify for next week’s debate
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Billionaire Tom Steyer qualified Thursday for next week's Democratic presidential debate, putting him on stage in Iowa alongside ...
House approves measure to restrain Trump’s actions on Iran
WASHINGTON — R eigniting a debate over who has the power to declare war, the Democratic-controlled House on Thursday approved a resolution asserting t...
Iranians shot down airliner, Western leaders declare
WASHINGTON — It is “highly likely” that Iran shot down the civilian Ukrainian jetliner that crashed near Tehran late Tuesday, killing all 176 people o...
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...
Trump turns to those he has scorned for help on Iran
WASHINGTON — As tensions fester with Iran, President Donald Trump finds himself turning to the very people and entities he’s spent three years dismiss...
US courts rule for border walls both public and private
WASHINGTON — Crews could start building a private border wall in South Texas within the coming days following a federal judge's ruling Thursday that l...
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...
Trudeau: Evidence shows Iranian missile downed Ukraine plane
TORONTO — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday evidence indicates an Iranian missile downed a Ukrainian jetliner late Tuesday and that...
Facebook again refuses to ban political ads, even false ones
SAN FRANCISCO — Despite escalating pressure ahead of the 2020 presidential election, Facebook reaffirmed its freewheeling policy on political ads Thur...
Buttigieg nets first black congressional backer
WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg has netted an endorsement from Rep. Anthony Brown of Maryland, the first black member of...
Pence says Trump to ask European allies to scrap Iran deal
WASHINGTON — Following the U.S. drone strike that killed a top Iranian general, President Donald Trump will ask allies to scrap the Iran nuclear deal,...
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...
Democrats, and some in GOP, seek more info on Iran decision
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration made its case on Capitol Hill for killing a powerful Iranian general, but Democrats — and a handful of Republica...
Analysis: Trump seeks election-year out after Iran strikes
NEW YORK — President Donald Trump said Iran was “standing down” from possible conflict with the U.S. But Trump himself was just as eager for an out.
How tensions with Iran could reshape Democratic primary
WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential candidates have spent the past year in a largely polite debate over domestic issues such as whether private healt...
In surprising request, Trump asks NATO to do more in Mideast
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he would ask NATO to step up its involvement in the Middle East, an unexpected request from a ...
Trump to attend annual economic forum in Davos, Switzerland
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump plans to attend a global economic forum in Switzerland this month, making up for an appearance he canceled during ...
FBI asks Apple for phone data from Saudi shooting suspect
WASHINGTON — The FBI asked Apple this week to help extract data from iPhones that belonged to the Saudi aviation student who investigators say fatally...
Trump vows new sanctions on already heavily sanctioned Iran
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Wednesday his administration will immediately impose new economic sanctions on Iran in response to Iranian mi...
AP FACT CHECK: Trump minimizes IS risk, distorts Iran payout
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump wrongly dismissed the continuing threat of the Islamic State group and spread a false tale of the U.S. paying out ...
Poll: World skeptical Trump will do right in global affairs
WASHINGTON — The world is still skeptical that after nearly three years in office President Donald Trump will do the right thing on foreign affairs, a...
Fears of Sanders win growing among Democratic establishment
DES MOINES, Iowa — Increasingly alarmed that Bernie Sanders could become their party's presidential nominee, establishment-minded Democrats are warnin...