Politics News

December 15, 2019

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner wins reelection in runoff

Houston’s incumbent mayor won a second term on Saturday night, holding off a millionaire trial lawyer whose previous support ...

December 15, 2019

California utility scrambles to renegotiate wildfire deal

California Gov. Gavin Newsom's opposition to Pacific Gas & Electric's restructuring plan just a week after it struck a $13.

December 15, 2019

Mexico objects over US bill on ratifying trade pact

Just days after a landmark agreement on a trade pact to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement, Mexico objected ...

December 15, 2019

Banker, New York City savior Felix Rohatyn dies at 91

Felix Rohatyn, the financier and government adviser who was credited with helping to save New York City from ruin during the ...

December 15, 2019

Trump impeachment vote underscores a harshly partisan era

This coming week’s virtually certain House impeachment of President Donald Trump will underscore how Democrats and ...

December 14, 2019

Democratic hopefuls pledge more money for schools, teachers

Democratic presidential candidates pledged to boost funding for public schools, increase teacher salaries and reduce college ...

December 14, 2019

Former Gary, Indiana, Mayor Richard Hatcher dead at 86

Former Gary Mayor Richard Hatcher, who became one of the first black mayors of a big U.S. city when he was elected in 1967, ...

December 14, 2019

Saudi gunman tweeted against US before naval base shooting

The Saudi gunman who killed three people at the Pensacola naval base had apparently gone on Twitter shortly before the ...

December 14, 2019

FBI recovers van it says may be linked to Jersey City attack

Federal authorities have recovered a van that may be connected to the Jersey City shootings that killed four people and are ...

December 14, 2019

South Dakota upholds death sentence in 2000 torture killing

The South Dakota Supreme Court upheld the sentence of the state's only death row inmate, an Alaska man who pleaded guilty to ...

December 14, 2019

AP FACT CHECK: Trump's impeachment rage, Bloomberg on coal

As near-certain impeachment closes in on him, President Donald Trump raged at his accusers, the Democrats. In the process, ...

December 14, 2019

With O'Rourke not running for Senate, many don't know who is

It's finally official: Beto O'Rourke isn't running for Senate in Texas. The problem for Democrats is most voters don't know ...

December 14, 2019

Shooting shows New Jersey's gun laws aren't stopping imports

Officials from states with strong gun restrictions have called for stricter firearm control in places with weaker laws to ...

December 14, 2019

AP Exclusive: China tightens up on info after Xinjiang leaks

The Xinjiang regional government in China’s far west is deleting data, destroying documents, tightening controls on ...

December 14, 2019

California governor rejects $13.5 billion PG&E settlement

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has rejected a $13.5 billion settlement that Pacific Gas & Electric struck just last week with ...

December 14, 2019

'Wild week' as Washington works amid impeachment

President Donald Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi don’t see eye-to-eye on much these days, but in the throes of ...

December 14, 2019

Justices to take up dispute over subpoenas for Trump records

The Supreme Court said Friday it will hear President Donald Trump's pleas to keep his tax, bank and financial records ...

December 14, 2019

Impeachment charges head to House; Trump cries anew: 'Hoax'

Democrats propelled President Donald Trump’s impeachment toward a historic vote by the full U.S. House as the Judiciary ...

December 14, 2019

Johnson claims Brexit mandate with new conservative majority

Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledged Friday to heal Britain's divisions over Brexit after his gamble on early elections ...

December 14, 2019

Wisconsin governor: No tax credits for new Foxconn plant

Gov. Tony Evers' top aide warned Foxconn Technology Group last month that a scaled-down factory in Wisconsin won't qualify ...