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February 18, 2019

Patrick Caddell, pollster to Jimmy Carter, dies at 68

Patrick Caddell, the pollster who helped propel Jimmy Carter in his longshot bid to win the presidency and later distanced ...

Abdullah Abdullah, Sibghatullah Mujadidi

February 12, 2019

Anti-communist guerrilla who became Afghan president dies

Afghanistan's first president following the withdrawal of Soviet troops from the country and the collapse in 1992 of Kabul's ...

February 10, 2019

Liberals eye 2020 takeover of Wisconsin Supreme Court

Wisconsin liberals hope to take a key step this spring toward breaking a long conservative stranglehold on the state's ...

February 08, 2019

Former Rep. Dingell, US's longest-serving lawmaker, dies

Former U.S. Rep. John Dingell, the longest-serving member of Congress in American history and a master of legislative ...

February 06, 2019

Lawmakers sing to survivor of Holocaust, synagogue shooting

In a joyful, bipartisan moment, lawmakers briefly interrupted the State of the Union to serenade a survivor of October's ...

February 04, 2019

Super Bowl ad winners: Bud Light, Amazon

This year some of the Super Bowl ads that grabbed the greatest buzz were surprises, like Bud Light's "Game of Thrones" teaser

February 01, 2019

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these is legit, even ...

January 31, 2019

GOP defections boost Democratic ranks in 3 legislatures

Democratic gains in state legislatures didn't end with last November's elections. Over the past two months, as lawmakers were ...

January 25, 2019

Pompeo names hawkish GOP veteran to run Venezuela policy

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has named a hawkish former Republican official to handle U.S. policy toward Venezuela.

January 25, 2019

Tom Raum, versatile Washington reporter for AP, is dead

Tom Raum, a versatile writer who covered three presidents, Congress and national politics and translated knotty economic ...

January 24, 2019

Ending showdown with Pelosi, Trump postpones State of Union

President Donald Trump said he is postponing his State of the Union address until the partial government shutdown ends, ...

January 24, 2019

Trump says he'll give State of Union after shutdown ends

President Donald Trump said Wednesday night he is postponing his State of the Union address until the partial government ...

January 23, 2019

Sanders says it's laughable that White House is inaccessible

Following the apparent demise of the traditional afternoon briefing of reporters, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee ...

January 22, 2019

Trump says he told Sanders 'not to bother' with briefing

President Donald Trump says he directed White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders not to bother with the traditional ...

January 21, 2019

Houston home to rival Martin Luther King Day parades

For more than two decades, Houston has had competing parades on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, with organizers lobbing ...

January 19, 2019

Los Angeles teachers' strike shows Garcetti risks in '20 bid

A Los Angeles teachers' strike that sent thousands of shouting educators into downtown streets, paralyzing traffic during a ...

January 15, 2019

US weighs new ways to detect and track enemy missiles

The Trump administration is considering ways to expand U.S. homeland and overseas defenses against a potential missile ...

January 15, 2019

EPA criminal action against polluters hits 30-year low

The Environmental Protection Agency hit a 30-year low in 2018 in the number of pollution cases it referred for criminal ...

January 14, 2019

In and Out: Trump selective about travel during shutdown

Vacation jaunts and hobnobbing with global elites at a Swiss ski resort are out for President Donald Trump. Visits with ...