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January 26, 2020

Who can topple Trump? Dems' electability fight rages in Iowa

The urgent fight for the Democratic presidential nomination was raging across Iowa on Sunday as the party's leading ...

January 26, 2020

Trump peace plan could boost embattled Israeli leader

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu headed to Washington on Sunday vowing to “make history” as he prepared to meet ...

January 26, 2020

Houston mayor, others help residents after deadly blast

Houston’s mayor and others say they will work to provide assistance to residents whose homes were damaged after a massive ...

January 26, 2020

Defense resumes in key impeachment week; Dems seek witnesses

President Donald Trump's impeachment trial enters a pivotal week as his defense team resumes its case and senators face a ...

January 26, 2020

3rd woman accuses Michigan lawmaker of sexual harassment

A third woman in two weeks has publicly come forward with sexual harassment allegations against a Michigan state legislator, ...

January 26, 2020

Movement to highlight missing Native women expands to males

Margaret Bitsue's days are filled with prayer: that her son has a clear mind and that he remembers home, a traditional Navajo ...

January 26, 2020

4 Missouri River states unite to try to limit flooding

Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri are joining forces for a study that will look for ways the states can limit flooding ...

January 26, 2020

Three years later, Trump travel ban heads back to court

After the U.S. Supreme Court upheld President Donald Trump's ban on travelers from several predominantly Muslim countries in ...

January 26, 2020

German military resumes training troops in northern Iraq

The German military resumed training Iraqi troops in the country's Kurdish north on Sunday, about three weeks after it was ...

January 26, 2020

Peter MacKay begins bid to lead Canada's Conservative party

Former Canadian Cabinet minister Peter MacKay criticized Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Saturday as he officially announced ...

January 26, 2020

Trump lawyers argue Democrats just want to overturn election

President Donald Trump's lawyers plunged into his impeachment trial defense Saturday by accusing Democrats of striving to ...

January 26, 2020

Trump defends Sanders, stoking Democratic divisions

As tensions between Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren rose earlier this month, Sanders ...

January 26, 2020

Politics weigh heavily in Trump's Mideast peace plan

A blueprint the White House is rolling out to resolve the decades-long conflict between the Israelis and Palestinians is as ...

January 26, 2020

Trump's idea of executive power is also impeachment defense

Donald Trump has always been a man of absolutes. Something is the best or the worst, a person is a winner or a total loser, ...

January 26, 2020

Pete Stark, congressman who reshaped health care, dies at 88

Former California Rep. Fortney “Pete” Stark Jr., an influential Democrat whose legislative work helped reshape America's ...

January 26, 2020

General: US committed to Syria fight; Missions up against IS

U.S. troops at military outposts ín eastern Syria asked variations of the same question to their top commander Saturday: What ...

January 26, 2020

Border Patrol allows replanting after bulldozing garden

The Border Patrol, reacting to a breach it discovered in a steel-pole border wall believed to be used by smugglers, gave ...

January 25, 2020

NH GOP committeeman loses reelection effort

A prominent member of the New Hampshire Republican Party has lost his national post. New Hampshire national Republican ...

January 25, 2020

In recording Trump asks how long Ukraine can resist Russians

President Donald Trump inquired how long Ukraine would be able to resist Russian aggression without U.S. assistance during ...

January 25, 2020

Trial highlights: Transcript talk, handshakes for defense

President Donald Trump’s lawyers on Saturday argued a robust version of one of his favorite phrases to tweet: “Read the ...