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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Residents of Indonesia's capital vote Wednesday in an election for governor that has become a high-stakes tussle between conservative and moderate forces in the world's most populous Muslim nation. Religion and race, rather...
Updated: Feb 13, 2017 at 06:31 PM
NEW YORK (AP) - HBO's ads promoting John Oliver on "Last Week Tonight" depict him cowering behind a desk, with the tag line, "Scary times call for a scared man."
Be not afraid. Between Oliver's return Sunday from a three-month hiatus and Donald Trum...
Updated: Feb 10, 2017 at 11:06 AM
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The Detroit News on U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos:
Betsy DeVos has endured weeks of attacks on her character - and her mission to make schools work for children. But ...
Updated: Feb 08, 2017 at 05:00 PM
LYON, France (AP) - Marine Le Pen, the far-right presidential candidate, is unveiling her platform at a weekend conference, envisioning a thriving nation "made in France." That means a state having its own borders to guard, its own currency to spend...
Published: Feb 04, 2017 at 07:00 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) - Declaring that religious freedom is "under threat," President Donald Trump vowed Thursday to repeal a rarely enforced IRS rule that says pastors who endorse candidates from the pulpit risk losing their tax-exempt status.
"I will ge...
Updated: Feb 02, 2017 at 09:00 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times local):
11:50 p.m.
President Donald Trump is expected to turn back to the economy Thursday, signing a notice to Congress that he plans to start bilateral trade negotiations with most ...
Published: Jan 26, 2017 at 07:00 AM
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexico's president is "considering" canceling next week's visit to Washington following President Donald Trump's order to begin construction of a wall between the two countries, a senior official said.
In a nationally televised sp...
Updated: Jan 25, 2017 at 10:01 PM
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - The Taiwanese company that assembles Apple's iPhones and other electronics is considering investing $7 billion in a U.S. factory to produce display panels that would create as many as 50,000 jobs.
Foxconn CEO Terry Gou discusse...
Updated: Jan 23, 2017 at 10:00 PM
In a nation still struggling with a racial history birthed from slavery, Barack Obama will be immortalized as America's first black president. But the most impressive thing about Obama's skin is not its color, but its thickness.
We'll get one last c...
Updated: Jan 11, 2017 at 05:48 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Latest on President-elect Donald Trump (all times EST):
5:45 p.m.
Hollywood is turning out for the women's march on Washington.
Organizers on Monday released a list of celebrities who will participate in the Jan. 21 march, plan...
Updated: Jan 09, 2017 at 05:30 PM