Politics News

September 29, 2020

Judge allows US suit against Libyan commander to move ahead

A federal judge has rejected a request from a Libyan military commander who once lived in Virginia to toss out lawsuits ...

September 29, 2020

House approves bill to combat doping in horse racing

The House approved a bill Tuesday to create national medication and safety standards for the horse racing industry as ...

September 29, 2020

California sues US regulator in bid to deter 'ghost guns'

Backed by the fathers of two slain children, California's attorney general sued the Trump administration on Tuesday in an ...

September 29, 2020

JPMorgan to pay $920M for manipulating bond, metals markets

JPMorgan Chase admitted Tuesday to manipulating the markets for precious metals and U.S. Treasuries, agreeing to pay $920 ...

September 29, 2020

Lawyer for Flynn says she updated Trump on status of case

A lawyer for former Trump administration national security adviser Michael Flynn told a judge Tuesday that she recently ...

September 29, 2020

Wisconsin justices weigh removal of 130K from voter rolls

The Wisconsin Supreme Court weighed Tuesday whether to go along with conservatives who argue that 130,000 voters should be ...

September 29, 2020

Ex-Sanders staffers promote Biden to Latinos in Iowa, Nevada

Former staffers from Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign want to harness strong support for the Vermont senator among ...

September 29, 2020

Election 2020 Today: Debate stakes high, Trump's tax bind

Here’s what’s happening Tuesday in Election 2020, 35 days until Election Day: HOW TO VOTE: AP’s state-by-state interactive ...

September 29, 2020

US official: 2020 census to end Oct. 5 despite court order

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross says the 2020 census will end Oct. 5, despite a federal judge's ruling last week ...

September 29, 2020

Ethics experts see national security concern in Trump's debt

Revelations that President Donald Trump is personally liable for more than $400 million in debt are casting a shadow that ...

September 29, 2020

Lawyer: Driver who hit counterprotesters sought police help

The organizer of a Southern California rally against racism who drove into a crowd of counterprotesters had asked police for ...

September 29, 2020

US lawmakers propose tighter rules for new airplanes

Lawmakers who criticized regulators over the way they approved the Boeing 737 Max will propose changing the way that the ...

September 29, 2020

Police: Friend convinced Trump ex-campaign boss to surrender

A standoff between South Florida police and President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Brad Parscale ended after an ...

September 29, 2020

Texas sheriff indicted after probe into Black man's death

A Texas sheriff has been indicted on charges of destroying or concealing video in an investigation into the death in custody ...

September 28, 2020

AP FACT CHECK: Trump falsehoods on Ohio economy, health care

Ahead of their first debate, President Donald Trump made exaggerated claims about economic gains in northeastern Ohio and ...

September 28, 2020

US judge orders stop to Postal Service cuts, echoing others

A federal judge in Philadelphia joined others Monday in ordering a halt to recent Postal Service cuts that critics say are ...

September 28, 2020

Former US Ambassador to Ukraine to be honored by PEN America

Marie Yovanovitch, the former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine who was forced out of her job last year by the Trump administration, ...

September 28, 2020

Pakistan's top court accepts appeal by Daniel Pearl's family

Pakistan's Supreme Court on Monday accepted an appeal by the family of slain American journalist Daniel Pearl seeking to keep ...