Associated Press: Politics
- The Latest: Public viewing of Barbara Bush begins
Friday - 04/20/2018 - 01:53 PMHOUSTON (AP) -- The Latest on the death of former first lady Barbara Bush (all times local):...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Civil rights prosecutors urge charges in Garner death
Friday - 04/20/2018 - 02:33 PMWASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal civil rights prosecutors have recommended charging a New York police officer in the 2014 death of Eric Garner. But it's unclear if that will happen....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Army won't meet recruiting mission, lowers 2017 goal
Friday - 04/20/2018 - 11:25 AMWASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. Army will not meet its mission to recruit 80,000 active duty soldiers this year and has officially lowered the goal. But officials say the service has been able to encourage more experienced service members to stay on the job in order to satisfy the military's growing demand for troops....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump calls OPEC efforts to boost oil prices 'not good'
Friday - 04/20/2018 - 08:01 AMWASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump says oil-producing cartel OPEC "is at it again," and that efforts to maintain high prices "will not be accepted!"...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Columbine, Parkland students unite for voter registration
Friday - 04/20/2018 - 02:03 AMDENVER (AP) -- A planned national high school walkout for gun control on the 19th anniversary of the Columbine shooting Friday won't include student protests at the Colorado school that changed the way the nation viewed shootings....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Arizona teachers vote for statewide walkout
Friday - 04/20/2018 - 01:30 AMPHOENIX (AP) -- Arizona teachers have voted to walk off the job to demand increased school funding, marking a key step toward a first-ever statewide strike that builds on a movement for higher pay in other Republican-dominant states....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The Latest: Judge blocks transfer of citizen with ties to IS
Thursday - 04/19/2018 - 07:58 PMWASHINGTON (AP) -- The Latest on the fate of a U.S. citizen accused of working with Islamic State militants(all times local):...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - FBI offers $1M for info on US reporter missing in Syria
Thursday - 04/19/2018 - 05:52 PMWASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal authorities for the first time are offering a reward for information leading to an American journalist who has been missing in Syria for more than five years.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- The Latest: McCabe lawyer says criminal referral unjustified
Thursday - 04/19/2018 - 04:58 PMWASHINGTON (AP) -- The Latest on fired FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe (all times local):...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The Latest: Duckworth and daughter make Senate history
Thursday - 04/19/2018 - 03:06 PMWASHINGTON (AP) -- The Latest on the Senate and a rule change allowing newborns of members into the chamber (all times local):...
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- The Latest: Global leaders fear rising trade tensions
Friday - 04/20/2018 - 02:20 PMWASHINGTON (AP) -- The latest from the spring meetings of the Group of 20 major economies, the 189-nation International Monetary Fund and its sister lending institution, the World Bank. (All times local)...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - In suit, DNC blames election loss on Trump-Russia alliance
Friday - 04/20/2018 - 12:33 PMNEW YORK (AP) -- The Democratic National Committee on Friday sued President Donald Trump's campaign, Trump's son, his son-in-law, the Russian Federation and Wikileaks, saying they conspired to help Trump win the 2016 presidential election by breaking into DNC computers and stealing tens of thousands of emails and documents....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Warren to black voters: 'All our fights are interconnected'
Friday - 04/20/2018 - 11:27 AMNEW YORK (AP) -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren declared on Friday that the racism and bigotry that shaped housing policies in the United States for generations is still preventing African-Americans from owning homes....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Moon faces tough challenges ahead of summit with Kim
Thursday - 04/19/2018 - 10:04 PMSEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- The meeting next week between the leaders of the rival Koreas will be the ultimate test of South Korean President Moon Jae-in's belief that his nation should lead international efforts to deal with North Korea....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Barbara Bush believed literacy could cure other ills
Friday - 04/20/2018 - 01:32 AMAUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- On a hot summer day in 1978, as her husband mulled his first presidential run, Barbara Bush headed to Houston's leafy Memorial Park for a jog while she thought about what issues she'd like to focus on should she become first lady....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The Latest: House chairs say memos prove no obstruction
Thursday - 04/19/2018 - 10:36 PMWASHINGTON (AP) -- The Latest on former FBI Director James Comey's memos (all times local):...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Fired FBI deputy chief Andrew McCabe faces criminal referral
Thursday - 04/19/2018 - 05:39 PMWASHINGTON (AP) -- The Justice Department's inspector general has sent a criminal referral about fired FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe to federal prosecutors in Washington, his lawyer said Thursday....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Justice Department agrees to send Comey memos to Congress
Thursday - 04/19/2018 - 04:18 PMWASHINGTON (AP) -- The Justice Department has agreed to provide Congress with copies of several memos written by former FBI Director James Comey....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - AP FACT CHECK: Trump skews reasons behind his 2016 win
Thursday - 04/19/2018 - 03:54 PMWASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump isn't getting the facts straight when it comes to how he won the 2016 election....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Oil, gas drilling in pristine Alaska refuge takes step ahead
Thursday - 04/19/2018 - 12:58 PMWASHINGTON (AP) -- The Trump administration is moving toward oil and gas drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, fulfilling a longtime Republican priority that most Democrats fiercely oppose....
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- Democratic leader announces new acceptance of marijuana
Friday - 04/20/2018 - 01:59 PMWASHINGTON (AP) -- The top Senate Democrat is using marijuana's informal holiday to announce a change of heart about the drug, another sign of the growing political acceptance of pot....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Democratic leader seeks to make pot legal under federal law
Friday - 04/20/2018 - 10:36 AMWASHINGTON (AP) -- The top Senate Democrat says he now supports making pot legal under federal law....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The Latest: Mourners lining up hours early for Barbara Bush
Friday - 04/20/2018 - 11:36 AMHOUSTON (AP) -- The Latest on the death of former first lady Barbara Bush (all times local):...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Mom who lost pink house, court case hopes for box office win
Friday - 04/20/2018 - 02:08 AMWASHINGTON (AP) -- Susette Kelo's Supreme Court case now has a Hollywood ending, just not the one she hoped for....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - EPA head showed penchant for travel, drivers even before DC
Friday - 04/20/2018 - 01:39 AMOKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Scott Pruitt's penchant for travel and concerns about security were notable even before he became head of the Environmental Protection Agency, according to newly obtained records that show that as Oklahoma's attorney general he frequently traveled out-of-state for appearances before conservative groups and used an office investigator as a driver....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Rudy Giuliani to join Trump legal team in Russia probe
Thursday - 04/19/2018 - 08:35 PMWASHINGTON (AP) -- Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, an outspoken supporter of Donald Trump since the early days of his campaign, is joining the team of lawyers representing the president in the special counsel's Russia investigation....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump will skip Barbara Bush funeral, sending first lady
Thursday - 04/19/2018 - 06:50 PMWASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump won't be joining his wife in attending the memorial service of former first lady Barbara Bush, matriarch of a political dynasty that Trump often clashed with during his 2016 campaign....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Oil, gas drilling in pristine Alaska refuge takes step ahead
Thursday - 04/19/2018 - 04:28 PMWASHINGTON (AP) -- The Trump administration is moving forward on oil and gas drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, fulfilling a longtime Republican priority that most Democrats fiercely oppose....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump's divisive pick to run NASA wins narrow confirmation
Thursday - 04/19/2018 - 04:22 PMWASHINGTON (AP) -- NASA's latest nail-biting drama was far from orbit as the Senate narrowly confirmed President Donald Trump's choice of a tea party congressman to run the space agency in an unprecedented party-line vote....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - US easing rules on sales of armed drones, other weaponry
Thursday - 04/19/2018 - 01:12 PMWASHINGTON (AP) -- The Trump administration moved Thursday to make it easier for U.S. defense contractors to sell armed drones and other conventional weapons to foreign governments....
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