Politics News

August 09, 2020

Panel picks Fallon to run in Ratcliffe’s former district

A Texas state senator was chosen Saturday as the GOP nominee for John Ratcliffe’s former seat in Congress that he vacated to ...

August 08, 2020

Potential Kodak deal paused until 'allegations are cleared'

A government agency said a potential deal to have Eastman Kodak help make generic drugs is being paused until allegations of ...

August 08, 2020

Program allows some Alaska Native Vietnam vets to get land

Stewy Carlo had a short life, but he lived every moment. While serving in the Army, he bought a 1951 Mercedes and motored ...

August 08, 2020

Joe Arpaio defeated in what’s likely his last political race

This political campaign was likely the last for Joe Arpaio, the former six-term sheriff of metro Phoenix known for leading ...

August 08, 2020

Remains recovered after California Marine tank sinks

Authorities on Friday recovered the bodies of nine people killed when a Marine landing craft sank in hundreds of feet of ...

August 08, 2020

Kansas Democrats excited about ex-GOP lawmaker's Senate bid

Democrats are pinning their unusually high hopes for winning a U.S. Senate seat in Kansas for the first time in almost 90 ...

August 08, 2020

AP sources: Whitmer met with Biden as he nears VP decision

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer traveled to Delaware last weekend to meet with Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential ...

August 08, 2020

US sanctions pro-China leader of Hong Kong, other officials

The U.S. on Friday imposed sanctions on Hong Kong officials, including the pro-China leader of the government, accusing them ...

August 08, 2020

Joe Arpaio loses sheriff’s race in 2nd failed comeback bid

Joe Arpaio on Friday was narrowly defeated in his bid to win back the sheriff’s post in metro Phoenix that he held for 24 ...

August 08, 2020

Prosecutors investigating police who handcuffed Black girls

Prosecutors are investigating whether suburban Denver police officers should face criminal charges for putting four Black ...

August 08, 2020

Fort Hood commander's transfer on hold amid investigations

Army leaders have delayed the planned transfer of the Fort Hood commander, as a team of independent investigators heads to ...

August 08, 2020

4 poultry plant execs indicted after 2019 immigration raid

Four executives from two Mississippi poultry processing plants have been indicted on federal charges tied to one of the ...

August 08, 2020

States ask that Trump's district drawing order be stopped

A coalition of states, cities and civil rights groups on Friday asked a federal judge to declare as unconstitutional ...

August 08, 2020

Herman Cain is mourned, celebrated at his funeral in Atlanta

Herman Cain, the former Republican presidential candidate, businessman and close ally of President Donald Trump, was guided ...

August 07, 2020

Court lifts block on 4 Arkansas abortion restrictions

A federal appeals court on Friday lifted a judge's ruling that has blocked four Arkansas abortion restrictions from taking ...

August 07, 2020

Trump moves against Chinese owners of TikTok and WeChat apps

President Trump is broadly prohibiting unspecified ‘transactions’ with Chinese owners of TikTok and WeChat via executive ...

August 07, 2020

Appeals court sides with teen who spoke out against assault

A federal appeals court has ruled that a lower court was justified in blocking the suspension of a Maine high school student ...

August 07, 2020

Judge rejects pharmacy chains' bid to toss opioid suits

Lawsuits filed by two Ohio counties against retail pharmacy chains claiming their opioid dispensing practices flooded ...