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January 15, 2020

Billionaire businesswoman Penny Pritzker endorses Joe Biden

Billionaire businesswoman Penny Pritzker, a major Democratic fundraiser and former commerce secretary under President Barack ...

January 15, 2020

Can a woman win the presidency? Clash exposes deeper issue

The smoldering political flareup between Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders has rekindled debate over a question that has ...

January 11, 2020

UK seeks extradition of US woman over teen's death in crash

Britain has sparked a diplomatic standoff with Washington by requesting the extradition of a U.S. woman charged over a road ...

January 11, 2020

US dismisses Iraq request to work on a troop withdrawal plan

Iraq's caretaker prime minister asked Washington to work out a road map for an American troop withdrawal, but the U.S.

January 10, 2020

Independents could decide California's Democratic primary

In the battle for the Democratic presidential nomination, no prize is bigger than California, which offers more delegates ...

January 05, 2020

Iran general steps out of Soleimani's shadow to lead proxies

A new Iranian general has stepped out of the shadows to lead the country's expeditionary Quds Force, becoming responsible for ...

January 04, 2020

Trump: Aim of killing Iranian general was to 'stop a war'

President Donald Trump said Friday he ordered the killing of a top Iranian general “to stop a war,” not start one, but in the ...

January 03, 2020

The Latest: Trump says US not looking to start war with Iran

The latest on the U.S. airstrike in Baghdad that killed Iran's top general (all times local): 11:20 p.m. President Donald ...

January 02, 2020

Hillary Clinton gets role at Queen's University in Belfast

Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has a new role: chancellor at Queen's University in Belfast, the capital of ...

January 02, 2020

Baghdad embassy attack prompts Pompeo to delay Ukraine visit

The breach of the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad has prompted Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to postpone his trip to ...

January 01, 2020

Protesters attack US Embassy in Baghdad after airstrikes

Angered by deadly airstrikes targeting an Iran-backed militia, dozens of Iraqi Shiite militiamen and their supporters broke ...

December 31, 2019

US sending more troops to Baghdad embassy

The U.S. will send more troops to protect the embassy compound penetrated by militias and their supporters in Baghdad on ...

December 30, 2019

AP Exclusive: Trump ally may have broken Venezuela sanctions

Erik Prince, a major Republican donor and founder of controversial security firm Blackwater, has been referred to the U.S.

December 27, 2019

Iowa swung fiercely to Trump. Will it swing back in 2020?

Few states have changed politically with the head-snapping speed of Iowa. Heading into 2020, the question is whether it's ...

December 23, 2019

Giuliani pals leveraged GOP access to seek Ukraine gas deal

In a back corner of the swank H Bar in Houston, near a huge photo of Brigitte Bardot with a dangling cigarette and a deck of ...

December 22, 2019

Afghan president appears to win new term in initial results

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani appears to have narrowly won a second term, according to preliminary results from September's ...

December 20, 2019

UK charges US diplomat's wife over teen's death in crash

An American diplomat's wife who left the U.K. after being involved in a road accident that killed a British teenager has been ...

December 19, 2019

Pompeo gets a new deputy amid speculation of a Senate run

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has a new deputy, assuring a degree of continuity at the helm of U.S. diplomacy should he ...

December 18, 2019

US and India pledge cooperation as domestic crises play out

The United States and India agreed on Wednesday to expand defense, science and technology cooperation as Secretary of State ...

December 16, 2019

US hits 2 more South Sudanese officials with sanctions

The Trump administration on Monday slapped sanctions on two South Sudanese officials accused of undermining peace efforts in ...