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September 22, 2018

Cruz, O'Rourke trade attacks during testy 1st Texas debate

Republican Ted Cruz and Democrat Beto O'Rourke repeatedly traded barbs during a testy first debate Friday night, underscoring ...

September 22, 2018

The Latest: Trump takes stage at Missouri campaign rally

The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times local): 6:45 p.m. President Donald Trump has taken the stage at a campaign ...

September 22, 2018

When will it end? Florence's floodwaters rising in Carolinas

With muddy river water still washing over entire communities on Friday, eight days after Hurricane Florence slammed into land ...

September 22, 2018

Trump delays Russia probe documents; allies voiced concerns

President Donald Trump on Friday delayed his own order to declassify and release documents from the FBI's Russia ...

September 22, 2018

Mother of suspected MS-13 victim remembered as 'warrior'

A mother hailed by President Donald Trump for channeling grief over her slain daughter into an anti-gang crusade was ...

September 22, 2018

Judges signal they'll revive Sarah Palin defamation lawsuit

A federal appeals panel seems poised to reinstate a defamation lawsuit Sarah Palin brought against The New York Times after ...

September 22, 2018

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to be deposed in census case

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross's intent and credibility are so central to how a citizenship question landed on the 2020 ...

September 22, 2018

Early voting begins as midterms season enters final phase

Much of the political world is consumed with a battle over a Supreme Court nominee, an expanding international trade war and ...

September 21, 2018

Obama turns focus on Pennsylvania, hopes to boost Democrats

Barack Obama turned his political attention Friday to Pennsylvania — a state Donald Trump won in 2016. The former president ...

September 21, 2018

First black female White House reporter gets Newseum statue

Journalist Alice Allison Dunnigan triumphed over sexism and racism to become the first black woman accredited to cover the ...

September 21, 2018

Evangelicals push Senate Republicans to confirm Kavanaugh

Evangelical activists want Republican leaders to act more forcefully to send Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, expressing ...

September 21, 2018

APNewsBreak: Army misses 2018 recruiting goal

For the first time since 2005, the U.S. Army missed its recruiting goal this year, falling short by about 6,500 soldiers, ...

September 21, 2018

Dow hits another all-time high on mixed day for US stocks

Wall Street capped a milestone-setting week Friday with a mixed finish for the major U.S. stock indexes and the second ...

September 21, 2018

US Sen. Maria Cantwell faces former head of Wash. state GOP

Democrat Maria Cantwell has easily won re-election to the U.S. Senate from Washington state in previous years, but as she ...

September 21, 2018

Groups say Medicare discounts threatened in opioids bill

Consumer and health care groups are scrambling to block what they say is a move by the pharmaceutical industry to commandeer ...

September 21, 2018

Naval Academy's cybersecurity program receives accreditation

The U.S. Naval Academy's cyber operations program has been formally accredited. The academy said Friday the program was ...

September 21, 2018

Race central to Chicago case, even if jury doesn't hear it

In front of jurors in the trial of a white Chicago police officer charged with murder in the shooting of a black teenager, ...

September 21, 2018

Judge denies bid to block courthouse immigration arrests

A judge on Massachusetts' highest court denied a bid to block federal immigration agents from making arrests at state ...

September 21, 2018

3 Marines killed in Vietnam War to be buried at Arlington

The Pentagon says the remains of three U.S. Marines killed when their helicopter was shot down during the Vietnam War will ...