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September 23, 2020

Here's the latest for Wednesday September 23rd: Public viewing at Supreme Court of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's casket; Ricin ...

September 23, 2020

Poll: Views of economy stabilize as election nears

Most Americans view the nation's economic situation as bleak, but a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public ...

September 23, 2020

Trump, Biden fight to define campaign's most pressing issues

President Donald Trump was interrupted twice during an Ohio rally this week by sign-waving supporters chanting, “Fill that ...

September 23, 2020

Some Dems, not yet Biden, talk of expanding Supreme Court

The prospect that President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans will fill Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Supreme Court seat ...

September 23, 2020

‘Bidin’ his time': Joe Biden battles being chronically late

Joe Biden was running late. Again. On a recent Friday, he’d already apologized for the delayed start to a speech, then taken ...

September 23, 2020

Trump: Biden against 'oil, guns and God'

Campaigning in Pittsburgh, Pa., President Donald Trump portrayed Democratic nominee Joe Biden as an opponent of "oil, guns ...

September 23, 2020

Facebook: Fake pages from China tried to disrupt US politics

Facebook says it has removed a small network of fake accounts and pages that originated in China and focused on disrupting ...

September 23, 2020

House easily passes stopgap funding bill, averting shutdown

In a sweeping bipartisan vote that takes a government shutdown off the table, the House passed a temporary government-wide ...

September 23, 2020

Cindy McCain endorses Biden for president in rebuke of Trump

Cindy McCain endorsed Democrat Joe Biden for president Tuesday in a rebuke of President Donald Trump by the widow of the ...

September 23, 2020

Black voters in Detroit key for Biden, but are they engaged?

Wendy Caldwell-Liddell is tired of waiting for change in Detroit. The nation’s largest Black-majority city has been ...

September 22, 2020

Dems accuse GOP of hypocrisy on court debate

Democrats are accusing Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of blatant hypocrisy after he pledged a Senate vote on ...

September 22, 2020

The Latest: Collins to vote no on court pick before election

The Latest on the Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Justice Ruth Ginsburg (all times local): 4:30 p.m.

September 22, 2020

'Justice Joan' Larsen emerges as finalist for Supreme Court

One of the women on Donald Trump’s short list to succeed Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the U.S. Supreme Court got her first taste ...

September 22, 2020

Frenemies: Romney, GOP reunite on plan for Ginsburg seat

Sen. Mitt Romney is having a homecoming moment. The Utah Republican and 2012 GOP presidential nominee incensed President ...

September 22, 2020

Supreme Court vacancy rattles Susan Collins' Senate race

It's so on brand for Sen. Susan Collins to be in a pressure cooker over how she'll vote in a showdown riveting the nation.

September 22, 2020

McEnany slams Democrats over Supreme Court process

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany defended President Donald Trump's move to appoint a Supreme Court nominee in the ...

September 22, 2020

Ranked choice voting in Maine a go for presidential election

Ranked choice voting will be used for the first time in a presidential race in the U.S. under a ruling Tuesday by the Maine ...

September 22, 2020

Court, COVID, race are topics for first Trump-Biden debate

President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden will face off on the Supreme Court, the coronavirus pandemic and race ...

September 22, 2020

AP-NORC poll: Views of economy stabilize as election nears

Most Americans view the nation’s economic situation as bleak, but a rising percentage also see signs of stability six weeks ...

September 22, 2020

Who's a hypocrite? GOP, Dems debate past comments on court

The “H” word — hypocrisy — is suddenly in vogue at the Capitol as lawmakers debate how quickly to fill a vacancy on the ...