Politics News

December 07, 2019

Chicago chief's firing again rattles confidence in force

The unceremonious firing of Chicago's police superintendent just weeks before his retirement has rattled a department that, ...

December 07, 2019

Q&A: Does a manufacturing slump threaten the US economy?

Defying fears and predictions, the U.S. economy is still shrugging off President Donald Trump’s trade conflicts.

December 07, 2019

Minnesota National Guard identifies 3 killed in copter crash

The Minnesota National Guard says the three soldiers who were killed when their helicopter crashed near St. Cloud this week ...

December 07, 2019

Naval base shooter investigated for possible terrorism links

U.S. officials investigating the deadly attack by a Saudi aviation student at a naval air station in Florida were working ...

December 07, 2019

Iran frees Chinese-American scholar for US-held scientist

Iran and the U.S. conducted a prisoner exchange Saturday that saw a detained Princeton scholar released for an Iranian ...

December 07, 2019

Impeachment collides with funding deadline, testing Congress

The impeachment drama is dominating Washington, but leading figures such as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi still have their day ...

December 07, 2019

AP FACT CHECK: Trump and the people he forgets he knew

When certain associates and acquaintances of President Donald Trump get into hot water, he forgets he ever knew them.

December 07, 2019

Voting site reopened in Georgia after grassroots fight

When local election officials shut down a polling site in a predominantly black area of a rural Georgia county, displaced ...

December 07, 2019

California congressman Duncan Hunter to quit after holidays

U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter of California will resign after the holidays, following his guilty plea this week to illegally using ...

December 07, 2019

Haley: Killer 'hijacked' Confederate flag meaning for some

Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley said in an interview that a man who gunned down nine worshipers at an African American ...

December 07, 2019

Lawsuit challenges speedy reviews of asylum claims

A new effort to speed up initial reviews of asylum claims to within three days denies asylum-seekers rights to consult ...

December 07, 2019

No malarkey: Biden courts Iowans, balances national campaign

Minutes after Joe Biden met Cathy Buxengard, he commandeered her cellphone to talk with her 99-year-old mother about her ...

December 07, 2019

Warren, Buttigieg scrap puts Democratic divide on display

Elizabeth Warren has spent weeks absorbing attacks from moderate rivals looking to blunt her surging campaign for the ...

December 07, 2019

As Dems zero in on White House, Trump racks up court losses

President Donald Trump knows he has fierce Democratic adversaries in Congress. But there is also ample push-back from the ...

December 07, 2019

Pearl Harbor shooting unfolded in 23 seconds in packed area

The U.S. Navy sailor who fatally shot two people at Pearl Harbor before killing himself was unhappy with his commanders and ...

December 07, 2019

Trump to delay listing Mexican cartels as terrorist groups

President Donald Trump said Friday in a tweet that he will hold off on designating Mexican drug cartels as terrorist ...

December 07, 2019

Buttigieg calls on McKinsey to release list of his clients

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg is calling on his former employer McKinsey & Co. to release a list of the ...

December 07, 2019

Biden: 'Best people' for posts, but they could be donors

Joe Biden declined Friday to rule out appointing political donors to ambassadorships or other posts if he wins the 2020 ...

December 07, 2019

Russian foreign minister to meet with Pompeo in DC next week

Russia's foreign minister will visit Washington next week for talks with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, U.S. officials said ...

December 07, 2019

'Typo' may have overvalued Utah home at nearly $1B

Utah officials say a possible dropped phone resulted in a typo that overvalued a home for almost $1 billion. And taxpayers ...