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WASHINGTON (AP) - As the Senate departed for a five-week recess Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell hailed the chamber's accomplishments, including a hard-won budget deal that staves off a possible government shutdown.
But topping McCon...
Updated: Aug 02, 2019 at 01:05 AM
DETROIT (AP) - When Barack Obama was on the ballot in 2008 and 2012, there was no question that Terrance Holmes would vote for the first black president. But as he helped fix cars this week at a repair shop on Detroit's west side, he recalled his am...
Updated: Jul 26, 2019 at 04:01 PM
MOSCOW (AP) - Once a local, low-key affair, the September vote for Moscow's city council has shaken up Russia's political scene as the Kremlin struggles with how to deal with strongly opposing views in its own sprawling capital.
At least eight Russi...
Updated: Jul 25, 2019 at 08:05 AM
Don't breathe a word, but President Donald Trump is up to something.
His insulting, too-dumb-to-fail comments about four freshmen female members of Congress have the civilized world's trousers in a twist, and it's not a pretty sight.
The president...
Published: Jul 23, 2019 at 02:00 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic presidential candidate Kamala (KAH'-mah-lah) Harris is introducing a bill responding to water crises across the country.
The senator from California says the "Water Justice Act" being introduced Monday is meant to ensure...
Updated: Jul 22, 2019 at 10:01 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic presidential candidates trying to appeal to progressive voters with a call for "Medicare for All" are wrestling with the thorny question of how to pay for such a dramatic overhaul of the U.S. health care system.
Bernie S...
Updated: Jul 20, 2019 at 09:29 AM
NEW YORK (AP) - Amazon's Prime Day is coming with a wave of deals - and protests.
The company's fifth annual Prime Day now stretches two days, Monday and Tuesday, invented as an effort to try to drum up sales during sluggish summer months and sign u...
Updated: Jul 16, 2019 at 08:40 AM
Alabama's dominance ranks among the most impressive dynasties in college football history.
It has also made the Southeastern Conference a bit stale recently as the league's 14 teams gather for their annual media days this week in Hoover, Alabama.
Th...
Published: Jul 15, 2019 at 08:00 AM
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Ugandan pop star and opposition figure Bobi Wine said Monday he will challenge longtime President Yoweri Museveni in a 2021 election "on behalf of the people."
But Wine, whose real name is Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, said he is conce...
Updated: Jul 15, 2019 at 11:05 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) - Unbowed by searing criticism, President Donald Trump on Monday emphatically defended his tweet calling on four Democratic congresswomen of color to go back to their "broken and crime infested" countries. Condemnation of his comment...
Updated: Jul 15, 2019 at 03:01 PM