Politics News

September 25, 2020

Judge says 2020 census must continue for another month

A federal judge has stopped the 2020 census from finishing at month's end and suspended a year-end deadline for delivering ...

September 25, 2020

Former congressman Ron Paul hospitalized, says he's OK

Former GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul posted a picture of himself in a hospital Friday but said he was OK after video ...

September 25, 2020

Family demands release of evidence in Breonna Taylor's case

Breonna Taylor’s family demanded Friday that Kentucky authorities release all body camera footage, police files and the ...

September 25, 2020

Largest California wildfire threatens marijuana growing area

California’s largest wildfire is threatening a marijuana growing enclave, and authorities said many of the locals have ...

September 25, 2020

Teen charged in Kenosha shootings fights extradition

The 17-year-old charged in the shooting deaths of two protesters in Wisconsin is fighting his extradition from Illinois, but ...

September 25, 2020

The Latest: Barber: Justice for Taylor should lead to voting

The Latest on a grand jury's decision not to indict police officers on criminal charges directly related to Breonna Taylor's ...

September 25, 2020

Court revives House's challenge of Trump wall funding

A federal appeals court on Friday revived a House challenge of President Donald Trump’s use of Defense Department money to ...

September 25, 2020

Trump hits battleground states courting key voters

President Donald Trump tried on Friday to chip away at his Democratic rival's support among Hispanic voters in Florida, who ...

September 25, 2020

Appeals court hears fight over Trump tax returns — again

A federal appeals court tested the waters on a potential compromise, but didn't immediately rule Friday after arguments in ...

September 25, 2020

Mexico wants to pay US water debt, stay out of US election

Mexico’s president called on politicians and angry farmers in northern Mexico Friday to allow the country to pay its water ...

September 25, 2020

Election 2020 Today: Trump sows voting doubt; Biden lays low

Here’s what’s happening Friday in Election 2020, 39 days until Election Day: HOW TO VOTE: AP’s state-by-state interactive has ...

September 25, 2020

White House again criticizes FBI director for voting remarks

FBI Director Christopher Wray was the target of White House criticism for the second time in a week Friday as Chief of Staff ...

September 25, 2020

Trump camp hopes Mideast pacts translate to Jewish support

Jewish American voters have leaned Democratic for decades, but Republicans are hoping the recent steps toward normalized ...

September 25, 2020

1 hurt, car crashed in fights at Los Angeles protest

One person was hurt when a vehicle ran into a small crowd of people protesting police brutality in Los Angeles Thursday ...

September 25, 2020

Biden's Scranton vs. Park Ave. appeal targets working class

Joe Biden stood on the floor of a Wisconsin aluminum plant this week, shed the trappings of his decades in national politics ...

September 25, 2020

The Latest: Louisville protest ends after a night of tension

The Latest on a grand jury's decision not to indict police officers on criminal charges directly related to Breonna Taylor's ...

September 25, 2020

Records: Mail delivery lags behind targets as election nears

The slice of Michigan that covers Detroit, its suburbs and towns dependent on the auto industry is coveted political terrain ...

September 25, 2020

Progressives pledge to keep pushing Biden to expand court

Since Joe Biden ran away with the Democratic presidential nomination in March, leading progressives have accepted him — ...

September 25, 2020

Pence, Ivanka visit salon damaged by Minneapolis unrest

Vice President Mike Pence and Ivanka Trump made an unannounced stop Thursday at a hair salon left in rubble by the violence ...

September 25, 2020

Police: Violence at Portland protest escalates to firebombs

Protesters in Portland hurled several firebombs at officers in Oregon’s largest city during a demonstration over a Kentucky ...