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February 17, 2019

Assad: Only the state can protect groups in northern Syria

Only the Syrian state can protect groups in northern Syria and the army will "liberate every inch of Syria" from foreign ...

February 17, 2019

The Latest: Qatari minister warns of remaining IS threat

The Latest on the Munich Security Conference (all times local): 2:55 p.m. Qatar's foreign minister is cautioning that the ...

February 17, 2019

State Department: Nauert out as pick for UN ambassador

Heather Nauert, picked by President Donald Trump to be the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations but never officially ...

February 17, 2019

Transgender bathroom ban may end, but transcript irks teen

For nearly four years, Gavin Grimm has been suing his former school district after it banned him from using the boys ...

February 17, 2019

Return to sender: High court to hear undeliverable mail case

Mitch Hungerpiller thought he had a first-class solution for mail that gets returned as undeliverable, a common problem for ...

February 17, 2019

Early-voting states are focus for Democrats in 2020 contest

Democratic presidential candidates are courting voters in states with influential early roles in the 2020 primary as the busy ...

February 17, 2019

Mother who helped free son from Venezuelan jail praised

The family and friends of a Utah woman who spent nearly two years pushing to get her son freed from a Venezuelan jail was ...

February 17, 2019

US military planes land near Venezuela border with aid

The U.S. military airlifted tons of humanitarian aid to a Colombian town on the Venezuelan border Saturday as part of an ...

February 17, 2019

Alaska governor offers use of troops along US-Mexico border

Alaska is about 3,000 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border, but the state's new Republican governor is offering President ...

February 17, 2019

Dem presidential candidates introducing themselves to voters

Five Democratic senators vying for their party's nomination to challenge President Donald Trump in 2020 fanned out across the ...

February 17, 2019

The Latest: Gillibrand accuses Trump of dividing people

The Latest on the Democratic presidential candidates (all times local): 6:15 p.m. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, in her second day ...

February 16, 2019

The Latest: Acting defense chief unsure on border money

The Latest on President Donald Trump's decision to declare a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border to get financing ...

February 16, 2019

Reform, once avoided, now embraced in Chicago mayor's race

Reform is not a concept usually embraced by Chicago politicians known for their patronage, but after corruption charges were ...

February 16, 2019

Hezbollah leader blasts Trump over fight against IS

The leader of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group is blasting President Donald Trump ahead of his expected declaration of ...

February 16, 2019

Judge: Mississippi suit to cover all who lost voting rights

A federal judge says a handful of former Mississippi convicts who are suing to have their voting rights restored can ...

February 16, 2019

Hearing into unresolved US House race could find winner

Evidence collected over months and being unveiled Monday could reveal whether the nation's last undecided congressional ...

February 16, 2019

AP Interview: Karzai worries Pakistan talks risk peace pact

Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Saturday that previously unscheduled peace talks between the Taliban and the United ...

February 16, 2019

Judge bars immigration policing criteria for 2 grants

A federal judge on Friday permanently blocked the Trump administration from imposing conditions that police departments ...

February 16, 2019

2020 Dems hit early voting states; Weld explores GOP bid

Several Democratic presidential candidates are spending the long holiday weekend on the campaign trail, while a Republican ...