Politics News

January 20, 2020

A look at expected participants in Virginia gun rally

State officials and U.S. hate-monitoring groups are warning about the potential for violence ahead of a gun-rights rally in ...

January 20, 2020

Virginia's capital braces for gun-rights rally

Gun-rights activists — some making deliberate displays of their military-style rifles — began to descend on Virginia's ...

January 20, 2020

King Day in SC drawing Democratic presidential hopefuls

In the closing days before the first votes are cast in the Democratic presidential contest, the party's leading hopefuls are ...

January 20, 2020

World shares mixed ahead of central bank decisions

Stock markets were trading in narrow ranges Monday as investors awaited central bank decisions and earnings reports due out ...

January 20, 2020

Crimes? Impeachment prosecutors, defense lay out arguments

President Donald Trump’s defense team and the prosecutors of his impeachment are laying out their arguments over whether his ...

January 20, 2020

2020 Watch: Will impeachment change the primary?

Presidential politics move fast. What we're watching heading into a new week on the 2020 campaign: ___ Days to Iowa caucuses: ...

January 20, 2020

Britain's EU Journey: When Churchill urged European unity

Britain officially leaves the European Union on Jan. 31 after a debilitating political period that has bitterly divided the ...

January 20, 2020

US envoy say it's his mustache; South Koreans say otherwise

The U.S. ambassador to South Korea has some unusual explanations for the harsh criticism he's faced in his host country.

January 20, 2020

Huawei exec's extradition hearing begins in Canada

The first stage of an extradition hearing for a senior executive of Chinese telecom giant Huawei begins Monday in a Vancouver ...

January 20, 2020

Martin Luther King holiday: Faith, politics mix this holiday

The nation is marking the legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. with tributes Monday recalling his past struggles for ...

January 20, 2020

Election 2020: The unexpected durability of Biden, Sanders

When Sen. Kamala Harris’ advisers assessed the Democratic primary field early in her campaign, they viewed Joe Biden as ...

January 20, 2020

AP FACT CHECK: Distortion in Trump's impeachment defense

In his first formal response to impeachment charges, President Donald Trump misrepresented the testimony of a key witness who ...

January 20, 2020

Migrants marooned in Guatemala plan surge into Mexico

Denis Contreras, a Honduran making a second try at reaching the U.S., laid out the plan Sunday night to his fellow migrants ...

January 20, 2020

Trump thanks farmers for backing him through China trade war

President Donald Trump thanked farmers Sunday for supporting him through a trade war with China as he promoted a new North ...

January 20, 2020

Democrats navigate sensitive gender politics as voting nears

Democratic presidential candidates spent the weekend grappling with how to address questions surrounding sexism and gender ...

January 20, 2020

On the edge of America, census begins in a tiny Alaska town

There are no restaurants in Toksook Bay, Alaska. No motels or movie theater, either. There also aren't any factories.

January 20, 2020

Trump defenders push 'no crime' as Democrats seek removal

President Donald Trump’s lawyers on Sunday previewed their impeachment defense with the questionable assertion that the ...

January 20, 2020

AP sources: Security probe targets Trump's Russia adviser

A White House adviser on Europe and Russia issues has been placed on administrative leave pending a security-related ...

January 20, 2020

Schiff accuses NSA, CIA of withholding documents on Ukraine

The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee is accusing U.S. intelligence agencies of withholding documents from ...

January 19, 2020

Bloomberg offers plan to tackle racial economic inequality

Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg made a pitch to African American voters the day before the national ...