NSC aide Vindman ready to speak out publicly on Trump
WASHINGTON — The decorated soldier and White House aide who saw it as his "sacred duty" to speak out against President Donald Trump’s Ukraine pressure...
Warren’s ‘Medicare for All’ plan reignites health care clash
WASHINGTON — Elizabeth Warren’s proposal to gradually move the country to a government-funded health care system has further inflamed the debate over ...
GAO: 60% of Superfund sites at higher risk in climate change
WASHINGTON — The worsening wildfires, floods and hurricanes of climate change threaten at least 60% of U.S. Superfund sites, and efforts to strengthen...
House lawyer says committee investigating whether Trump lied
WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives’ top lawyer told a federal appeals court Monday that the House is investigating whether President Donald Tru...
Trump summons Powell to discuss rates amid WH attacks on Fed
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump summoned Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to the White House on Monday to discuss the economy and interest r...
Bloomberg wins key SC endorsement ahead of possible 2020 bid
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Before he’s officially a presidential candidate, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is picking up a key endorsement in South Car...
Buttigieg touts military service, wary of overstating role
MASON CITY, Iowa — Pete Buttigieg strides past an oversized photograph of himself dressed in fatigues, the Afghan horizon behind him, as he enters a D...
2020 hopeful Harris focuses on black women in South Carolina
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Kamala Harris is framing an upcoming campaign swing through early voting South Carolina around the voting demographic most sought aft...
2020 Watch: Big tests loom for late entries and top tier
NEW YORK — Presidential politics move fast. What we're watching heading into a new week on the 2020 campaign:
AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s attack on diplomat, impeachment myths
WASHINGTON — Truth was lost in the first round of historic impeachment hearings as President Donald Trump launched a tweet attack on a senior U.S. dip...
What’s next: Impeachment hearings enter crucial stretch
WASHINGTON — The House impeachment hearings are entering a crucial second week as Democrats are set to hear from eight additional witnesses about Pres...
US draws fewer new foreign students for 3rd straight year
A new report finds that the number of foreign students coming to U.S. universities continued to decrease last year.
China urges US to “stop flexing muscles” in South China Sea
BANGKOK — China has urged the U.S. military to “stop flexing muscles” in the disputed South China Sea.
Reid: Iowa, NH not diverse enough to provide Dems’ guidance
LAS VEGAS — Iowa and New Hampshire get to weigh in first on the Democratic presidential contest next year, but the states are not ethnically diverse e...
Russia providing mood music for House impeachment drama
WASHINGTON — For all the talk about Ukraine in the House impeachment inquiry, there’s a character standing just off-stage with a dominant role in this...
Partisan divide seen in how local news should be propped up
NEW YORK — The nation’s partisan divide is evident when Americans are asked about what should be done to help the nation’s struggling local news indus...
Patrick refuses to disavow PAC money in Dem presidential bid
DES MOINES, Iowa — Democratic presidential candidate Deval Patrick says he will not discourage potential support from political committees raising hug...
Democrat Edwards wins reelection in conservative Louisiana
BATON ROUGE, La. — Deep in the heart of the conservative South, Louisiana’s voters reelected Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards to a second term, shocki...
AP Interview: Steyer’s fortune fuels underdog 2020 campaign
BLUFFTON, S.C. — Tom Steyer says it’s “not possible” to buy the Democratic presidential nomination.
Aide recounts actions tying Trump to delay in Ukraine funds
WASHINGTON — Gordon Sondland, President Donald Trump’s emissary to the European Union, had a message when he met with a top Ukrainian official.
Biden warns about Trump during campaign event in Vegas
LAS VEGAS — Former Vice President Joe Biden brought an alarmist warning to a diverse crowd of Democrats late Saturday in early-caucus Nevada during a ...
Democrats hold on to Louisiana governor’s seat despite Trump
BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has stunned Republicans again, narrowly winning a second term Saturday as the Deep South’s only Dem...
Testimony ties president closer to pressure on Ukraine
WASHINGTON — Gordon Sondland, President Donald Trump’s emissary to the European Union, had a message when he met with a top Ukrainian official.
Sanders stars with Biden, Warren absent at California forum
LONG BEACH, Calif. — Bernie Sanders was greeted with booming cheers at a gathering of California Democrats Saturday, underscoring his popularity with ...
The Latest: United Farm Workers backs Harris for nomination
LONG BEACH, Calif. — The Latest on the Democratic presidential candidates (all times local):
The Latest: Ex-aide says Trump persuaded to release money
WASHINGTON — The Latest on President Donald Trump and House impeachment investigation (all times local):
Warren pushes back on critics of her health care plan
WAVERLY, Iowa — Elizabeth Warren pushed back against critics of her newly-released plan to phase in implementation of a single-payer health care syste...
AP FACT CHECK: Impeachment hearings and that Trump tweet
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he was just exercising his right to free speech. Democrats said he was intimidating a witness.
Analysis: Deval Patrick revives debate over ‘electability’
Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick’s late entry into the presidential race offers Democrats a fresh — and perhaps last — chance to reassess who t...
AP sources: Jail guards at time of Epstein death reject deal
WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors offered a plea deal to two correctional officers responsible for guarding Jeffrey Epstein on the night of his death, ...