Politics News

February 24, 2020

India pours on the pageantry with colorful welcome for Trump

India poured on the pageantry with a joyful, colorful welcome for President Donald Trump on Monday that kicked off a ...

February 24, 2020

Extradition hearing to begin for WikiLeaks founder Assange

Supporters of Julian Assange gathered Monday outside a high-security London courthouse, where a judge is set to begin hearing ...

February 24, 2020

New Army training team heads to Africa

The Army, for the first time, will send soldiers from one of its new training brigades to Africa in the coming weeks, ...

February 24, 2020

AP FACT CHECK: Trump's tax fictions; Dem debate misfires

In their boisterous presidential debate, several Democrats sold short the health care plans of rivals and Mike Bloomberg ...

February 24, 2020

Impeachment an afterthought for vulnerable Democrat lawmaker

A man held up a hostile poster a few rows back Michigan Rep. Elissa Slotkin as she spoke. On other side of the room, allies ...

February 24, 2020

Sanders' 2016 movement now has political machine to push it

By the fall of 2018, when Democrats were promoting a slate of centrist candidates to topple Republicans in Congress, Bernie ...

February 24, 2020

After Nevada, moderates try to slow Sanders' momentum

Bernie Sanders’ commanding Nevada caucus victory made him a top target for his Democratic rivals and a growing source of ...

February 24, 2020

Moderates hustle to blunt Sanders' momentum after Nevada win

Bernie Sanders’ commanding Nevada caucus victory made him a top target for his Democratic rivals and a growing source of ...

February 24, 2020

The Latest: Bloomberg delays town hall to prepare for debate

The Latest on presidential campaign developments (all times local): 10:15 p.m. Mike Bloomberg’s campaign has delayed a ...

February 24, 2020

2nd person in days killed by Mardi Gras float in New Orleans

A man was struck and killed by a Mardi Gras float during a raucous weekend street parade in New Orleans, becoming the second ...

February 24, 2020

Nev. union support for Sanders shows limits of labor warning

Members of Nevada’s most politically powerful labor group were warned by union leaders that Bernie Sanders’ plan would doom ...

February 24, 2020

Man leaps from ambulance, is killed on California highway

A 23-year-old man jumped out of the back of a moving ambulance and was struck by a car and killed on an interstate near San ...

February 23, 2020

US 'honor roll' of historic places often ignores slavery

Antebellum Southern plantations were built on the backs of enslaved people, and many of those plantations hold places of ...

February 23, 2020

TSA halts employees from using TikTok for social media posts

The Transportation Security Administration said Sunday it has stopped allowing employees to use the China-owned video app ...

February 23, 2020

Buttigieg questions 3rd place finish in Nevada, cites errors

Pete Buttigieg’s campaign has questioned his third-place finish in Nevada’s caucuses and called for the state’s Democratic ...

February 23, 2020

Trump says he was not told that Russia was helping Sanders

President Donald Trump said Sunday that he has never been briefed about Russian efforts to help Bernie Sanders win the ...

February 23, 2020

Trump express optimism for US peace deal with Taliban

President Donald Trump said Sunday he’s ready to sign a peace deal with the Taliban in Afghanistan if a temporary truce holds ...

February 23, 2020

Passage to India: Trump ready for warm embrace, adulation

It was the Trumpiest of offers. A rally at one of the world's largest stadiums. A crowd of millions cheering him on. A love ...

February 23, 2020

US to lay out case against Assange at extradition hearing

The U.S. government and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will face off Monday in a high-security London courthouse, a decade ...

February 23, 2020

Who is No. 1? Whoever gets to fill out 2020 Census form

It's a question spouses, domestic partners and roommates are going to be forced to confront in the next few weeks as they ...