WASHINGTON (AP) - Worried about a potential Republican primary challenge, President Donald Trump's campaign has launched a state-by-state effort to prevent an intraparty fight that could spill over into the general-election campaign. The nascent ini...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The Latest on Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam and a racist photo in a 1984 yearbook (all times local): 7:20 p.m. Both of Virginia's U.S. senators say they have called the state's governor, Ralph Northam, to tell him that he must res...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A South Korean appeals court sentenced a former provincial governor to 3ˆ½ years in prison on Friday on charges of sexually abusing his secretary, in the highest profile conviction yet from investigations triggered by the c...

DENVER (AP) - Two years after jumping into a fight with the Trump administration over public lands, the U.S. outdoor industry is turning up the political pressure - though its impact is difficult to measure. Thousands of manufacturers and retailers ...

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) - Salvadorans have watched as internationally sponsored investigative bodies in neighboring Guatemala and Honduras brought high-profile cases that took down corrupt politicians and businesspeople. Nayib Bukele wants to...

The three challengers in the Glen Ellyn Elementary District 41 school board race are asking to play a "large role" in the search for a new superintendent while also criticizing the board's decision to part ways with Paul Gordon. The contest for thr...

SEATTLE (AP) - For a businessman who grew a small coffee roaster into an inescapable global chain, who ensured that even his part-time workers had benefits and who has given about $150,000 to Democratic campaigns, former Starbucks Chairman Howard Sc...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Kamala Harris, a first-term senator and former California attorney general known for her rigorous questioning of President Donald Trump's nominees, entered the Democratic presidential race on Monday. Vowing to "bring our voices tog...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Brandon Judd, president of the union that represents thousands of border patrol agents, has flipped the axiom that there are no winners in a government shutdown. His proximity to President Donald Trump has elevated the union leader...

WASHINGTON (AP) - When Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in the United Arab Emirates on Friday, no U.S. ambassador was there to welcome him. The post has been vacant for nine months. The Republican donor President Donald Trump chose for the job...