Politics News

January 22, 2020

Far from Senate, Biden largely avoids impeachment politics

As the Senate begins President Donald Trump's impeachment trial on Capitol Hill, Democrat Joe Biden is 1,000 miles away in ...

January 22, 2020

McConnell backs off, abruptly eases impeachment trial limits

The U.S. Senate plunged into President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial on Tuesday with Republicans abruptly abandoning plans ...

January 22, 2020

In reversal, Clinton says she'd back Sanders if he's nominee

In an abrupt about-face, Hillary Clinton said Tuesday night that she would endorse her 2016 rival Bernie Sanders if he wins ...

January 22, 2020

Ex-CIA contractor defends brutal post-9/11 interrogations

An architect of the brutal CIA interrogation and detention program developed after the Sept. 11 attacks defended the agency ...

January 22, 2020

Mexico begins flying, busing migrants back to Honduras

Hundreds of Central American migrants who entered southern Mexico in recent days have either been pushed back into Guatemala ...

January 22, 2020

After tweaks, Trump trial format will be similar to Clinton

After some last-minute tweaks on Tuesday, the proposed rules for President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial now largely ...

January 22, 2020

2020 Democratic candidates vow unity, but conflict escalates

Democratic presidential candidates have spent weeks reassuring voters they can unify the party, avoid the divisions that ...

January 22, 2020

Judge deals blow to woman charged for being topless at home

A judge refused to overturn part of Utah’s lewdness law Tuesday in a blow to a woman who's fighting criminal charges after ...

January 22, 2020

Dispute over rules erupts on impeachment's first full day

A rancorous dispute over rules marked the first full day of President Donald Trump's impeachment trial. Highlights of ...

January 22, 2020

Bloomberg calls for Trump's removal in new impeachment ad

Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg launched a new impeachment-focused television ad Tuesday urging the ...

January 22, 2020

Minnesota man exposed as commander of Nazi-led unit dies

A retired Minnesota carpenter whom The Associated Press exposed as a former commander of a Nazi-led unit accused of war ...

January 22, 2020

Biden widens Black Caucus support after Harris, Booker exits

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden continued to run up his advantage among black political leaders Tuesday, with ...

January 22, 2020

Iranian attending college in Boston is denied entry to US

An Iranian student attending college in Boston was denied entry to the U.S. and ordered to immediately fly back to his native ...

January 21, 2020

California man sentenced to death for killing family of 4

A Southern California man was sentenced to death Tuesday for the 10-year-old killings of a family of four whose bodies were ...

January 21, 2020

Pentagon gives conditional OK to resume Saudi training in US

The Pentagon has given the Navy and other military services conditional approval to resume training of Saudi Arabian ...

January 21, 2020

AP FACT CHECK: Trump's Davos remarks rife with distortion

On a rarefied world stage in the Swiss Alps, President Donald Trump cited accomplishments on clean air that aren't real, a ...

January 21, 2020

Supreme Court rejects fast-track review of health care suit

The Supreme Court refused Tuesday to consider a fast-track review of a lawsuit that threatens the Obama-era health care law, ...

January 21, 2020

The Latest: Prominent New Hampshire Democrat endorses Warren

The Latest on the 2020 presidential race (all times Eastern): 5:05 p.m. A prominent New Hampshire Democrat is endorsing ...

January 21, 2020

Documents: Extremist group wanted rally to start civil war

A hidden camera captured members of a white supremacist group expressing hope that violence at a gun rights rally in Virginia ...

January 21, 2020

Wisconsin voter purge ruling appealed to state Supreme Court

A conservative law firm on Tuesday asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to reverse a lower court's order putting on hold a ...