Pompeo to visit Ukraine as Senate weighs impeachment trial
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Ukraine this week, making his first trip to the country at the heart of President Donald Trump'...
GOP senator ‘disturbed’ by McConnell impeachment remark
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a Republican from Alaska, said she was disturbed to hear Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell say ther...
Trial set for Iowa woman charged in hit-and-run, hate crime
DES MOINES, Iowa — A trial has been scheduled for an Iowa woman accused of hate crimes in the Des Moines area, including intentionally running over a ...
Trump lashes out as impeachment trial stuck in limbo
PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump lashed out Tuesday as his Senate impeachment trial remains at an impasse, with Republican and Democratic lea...
McConnell not ruling out witnesses in impeachment trial
PALM BEACH, Fla. — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday that he was not ruling out calling witnesses in President Donald Trump's impeach...
Roberts will tap his inner umpire in impeachment trial
WASHINGTON — America's last prolonged look at Chief Justice John Roberts came 14 years ago, when he told senators during his Supreme Court confirmatio...
Saudis sentence 5 people to death for Khashoggi’s killing
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — A court in Saudi Arabia sentenced five people to death Monday for the killing of Washington Post columnist and royal family cri...
White House predicts Pelosi to `yield’ on impeachment delay
WASHINGTON — The White House tried to make the case Sunday that Speaker Nancy Pelosi has put herself in an untenable position by stalling House-passed...
Trump heads to Florida while impeachment trial still cloudy
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump was heading south to sunny Florida on Friday after his historic impeachment, while plans for his speedy trial back...
Impeachment trial plans in disarray as Congress heads home
WASHINGTON — Congress has headed home for the holidays leaving plans and a possible timeline for President Donald Trump's impeachment trial in disarra...
Parkland school shooting trial delayed until at least summer
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The trial of Parkland school shooting defendant Nikolas Cruz was delayed Thursday until at least next summer, when he will fac...
California bar: Avenatti stole from client using ‘deceit’
LOS ANGELES — Attorney Michael Avenatti should be prevented from practicing law for pocketing a client's settlement and covering his tracks through “d...
Giuliani associate got $1 million from indicted Ukrainian
NEW YORK — A business associate of Rudy Giuliani received a $1 million payment in September from an indicted Ukrainian oligarch who is a fugitive from...
Elon Musk cleared of defamation in ‘pedo guy’ tweet trial
LOS ANGELES — Elon Musk defeated defamation allegations Friday from a British cave explorer who claimed he was branded a pedophile when the Tesla CEO ...
Weinstein accused of misusing ankle monitor; $5M bail sought
NEW YORK — Harvey Weinstein violated his bail conditions by mishandling his electronic ankle monitor, which left his whereabouts unrecorded for hours ...
Trial set for man charged with threatening Muslim candidate
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — A federal trial is scheduled to begin Thursday for a North Carolina man charged with anonymously threatening to lynch a Muslim-Ameri...
Algeria: 2 ex-ministers face groundbreaking corruption trial
ALGIERS, Algeria — Two former Algerian prime ministers went on trial Wednesday on corruption charges, in the most high-profile act of transparency and...
Sticky impeachment trial questions: How long? Who testifies?
WASHINGTON — What will the impeachment trial look like?
Judge denies challenge to Indiana religious objection limits
INDIANAPOLIS — An Indiana judge has canceled a trial challenging limits on the state’s religious objections law, finding conservative groups failed to...
Assad: IS members in Syrian Kurds jails to stand local trial
DAMASCUS, Syria — Syrian President Bashar Assad said in remarks published Wednesday that members of the Islamic State group held in the country will s...
Trump denigrates US diplomats, pushes conspiracy theories
WASHINGTON — Offering his own take on five long days of public hearings, President Donald Trump brushed off the impeachment inquiry as “total nonsense...
Man found guilty of murdering British tourist in New Zealand
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A New Zealand jury on Friday found a man guilty of murder in the death of 22-year-old British backpacker Grace Millane.
Arizona border activist acquitted of harboring immigrants
TUCSON, Ariz. — An activist was quickly acquitted Wednesday on charges he illegally harbored two Central American immigrants at a southern Arizona cam...
Border activist says he’d never hide migrants from US agents
TUCSON, Ariz. — An Arizona border activist testified Tuesday that neutrality guides his humanitarian work with migrants in the desert, denying that he...
Jury rules for half of 21 plaintiffs in used body parts suit
PHOENIX — The owner of a now-closed body donation facility was found civilly liable Tuesday for mishandling remains in about half of 21 cases filed by...
Tactical edge will shift to GOP in Senate impeachment trial
WASHINGTON — It’s been easy for majority Democrats to keep Republicans from shifting the focus of the House impeachment hearings. Yet GOP leverage to ...
Pope taps fellow Jesuit as Vatican’s finance minister
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Thursday appointed a fellow Jesuit to be the Vatican’s finance minister, filling a crucial position left vacant for mor...
US government says Roger Stone ‘undermined’ Russia inquiry
WASHINGTON — Republican political operative Roger Stone undermined the effectiveness of the congressional investigation into Russian interference in t...
US-British diplomatic clash in store over Caribbean killing?
HARTFORD, Conn. — Officials in Anguilla are preparing a warrant for the arrest of a Connecticut man who refused to return to the Caribbean island to f...