Politics News

December 14, 2019

Houston voters set to pick mayor, City Council in runoff

Voters in Houston are heading to the polls Saturday for runoffs in municipal elections, including for mayor. Democrat and ...

December 14, 2019

With O'Rourke not running for Senate, many don't know who is

It's finally official: Beto O'Rourke isn't running for Senate in Texas. The problem for Democrats is most voters don't know ...

December 14, 2019

Shooting shows New Jersey's gun laws aren't stopping imports

Officials from states with strong gun restrictions have called for stricter firearm control in places with weaker laws to ...

December 14, 2019

AP FACT CHECK: Trump's impeachment rage, Bloomberg on coal

As near-certain impeachment closes in on him, President Donald Trump raged at his accusers, the Democrats. In the process, ...

December 14, 2019

AP Exclusive: China tightens up on info after Xinjiang leaks

The Xinjiang regional government in China’s far west is deleting data, destroying documents, tightening controls on ...

December 14, 2019

'Wild week' as Washington works amid impeachment

President Donald Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi don’t see eye-to-eye on much these days, but in the throes of ...

December 14, 2019

California governor rejects $13.5 billion PG&E settlement

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has rejected a $13.5 billion settlement that Pacific Gas & Electric struck just last week with ...

December 14, 2019

Justices to take up dispute over subpoenas for Trump records

The Supreme Court said Friday it will hear President Donald Trump's pleas to keep his tax, bank and financial records ...

December 14, 2019

Wisconsin governor: No tax credits for new Foxconn plant

Gov. Tony Evers' top aide warned Foxconn Technology Group last month that a scaled-down factory in Wisconsin won't qualify ...

December 14, 2019

Audit: Medical system board was 'deeply compromised'

The University of Maryland Medical System paid $500,000 to buy the self-published books of Baltimore's now disgraced ...

December 13, 2019

Judge: 234K Wisconsin voter registrations should be tossed

A Wisconsin judge on Friday ordered that the registration of up to 234,000 voters be tossed out because they may have moved, ...

December 13, 2019

How US-China trade deal achieved a little but left out a lot

The limited trade deal that the Trump administration and Beijing announced Friday means Americans will avoid a holiday tax ...

December 13, 2019

Trump calls impeachment vote 'an embarrassment' to nation

President Donald Trump declared Friday's House committee vote to impeach him ”an embarrassment to our country" and refused ...

December 13, 2019

Democrats threaten to boycott next debate over labor dispute

All seven Democratic presidential candidates who qualified for next week's debate threatened on Friday to skip the event if ...

December 13, 2019

Sen. Mitch McConnell files for seventh term in Kentucky

Touting his leadership role as an asset for Middle America, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell filed for reelection ...

December 13, 2019

Impeachment charges head to House; Trump cries anew: 'Hoax'

Democrats propelled President Donald Trump’s impeachment toward a historic vote by the full U.S. House as the Judiciary ...

December 13, 2019

Lawmakers want former Ky. Gov. Bevin's pardons investigated

Outrage over a spree of pardons by former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin spread to the state capitol Friday as lawmakers called on ...

December 13, 2019

Police chief admits anonymously trolling critic on Twitter

The police chief in Vermont's largest city used an anonymous Twitter account to troll a government critic, he admitted this ...

December 13, 2019

Markets have muted reaction to long-awaited China trade deal

Wall Street closed out a listless day Friday with tiny gains and more record highs for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq. The U.S.