Politics News

July 02, 2020

Police: Officer shot possum because it was injured

A West Virginia police officer will not be disciplined after a video emerged of him shooting a possum on a residential street ...

July 02, 2020

PG&E exits bankruptcy, pays $5 billion into wildfire fund

Pacific Gas & Electric has emerged from a contentious bankruptcy saga that began after its long-neglected electrical grid ...

July 02, 2020

Only verified intelligence? A look at presidents' briefings

The White House says President Donald Trump was never briefed on intelligence that Russia had put a bounty on U.S.

July 02, 2020

Intel chiefs brief congressional leaders on Russia bounties

The U.S. intelligence chiefs conducted classified briefings Thursday for congressional leaders who have demanded more answers ...

July 02, 2020

3 cities pilot South Africa-style truth, reconciliation push

District attorneys in Boston, Philadelphia and San Francisco are teaming up on a pilot effort patterned after South Africa's ...

July 02, 2020

Robert E. Lee statue becomes epicenter of protest movement

Just a little over a month ago, the area around Richmond's iconic statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee was as quiet and ...

July 02, 2020

High court won't hear abortion clinic 'buffer zone' cases

The Supreme Court on Thursday turned away pleas from anti-abortion activists to make it easier for them to protest outside ...

July 02, 2020

Canada high court dismisses Indigenous appeal of pipeline

The Supreme Court of Canada on Thursday dismissed an appeal from British Columbia First Nations against the Trans Mountain ...

July 02, 2020

Supreme Court declines to hear Equal Pay Act case

The Supreme Court is leaving in place a decision that employers can't use past salary history to justify a pay disparity ...

July 02, 2020

Old times not forgotten: Mississippi furls rebel-themed flag

Mississippi officials held a ceremony Wednesday to retire the former state flag and send it to a history museum, a day after ...

July 02, 2020

Urban-rural divide on display in Oklahoma's primary election

Mauree Turner is a living example of the growing diversity of big cities. The 27-year-old gay, Black, Muslim woman knocked ...

July 02, 2020

Appeals court lifts restraint against Trump book publisher

A New York appeals court cleared the way Wednesday for a publisher to distribute a tell-all book by President Donald Trump’s ...

July 02, 2020

Stonewall Jackson removed from Richmond's Monument Avenue

Work crews wielding a giant crane, harnesses and power tools wrested an imposing statue of Gen. Stonewall Jackson from its ...

July 02, 2020

China demands info from 4 media companies in response to US

China has demanded staff and business information from four U.S. media companies including The Associated Press in what it ...

July 02, 2020

House passes bill rebuking China over Hong Kong; Senate next

The House on Wednesday joined the Senate in approving a bill to rebuke China over its crackdown in Hong Kong by imposing ...

July 02, 2020

AP FACT CHECK: Trump falsely asserts Biden was fed questions

President Donald Trump has fabricated a complaint that Democratic rival Joe Biden was fed questions at a news conference and ...

July 02, 2020

Divided West can do little as China tightens up on Hong Kong

From Tokyo to Brussels, political leaders have swiftly decried Beijing’s move to impose a tough national security law on Hong ...

July 02, 2020

Florida felons seeking voting rights back face court setback

A federal appellate court has stayed a lower court ruling that gave impoverished Florida felons the right to vote. The order ...

July 02, 2020

Seattle police forcibly clear 'lawless' protest zone

Wearing helmets and wielding batons and rifles, Seattle police turned out in force at dawn Wednesday in the city’s “occupied” ...