Politics

How to watch the first GOP 2024 presidential debate

By Meg Kinnard, Associated Press

Candidates will be on stage at Fiserv Forum in Wisconsin, a battleground state that will also play host to the Republican National Convention next year.

Some states reject federal money to find and replace millions of dangerous lead pipes

By Michael Phillis, Associated Press

Experts say some states and communities may be hesitant to take out loans to search for lead pipes. Activists say declining the money could mean failing to address an important public health issue.

Biden to attend next month's G-20 summit in New Delhi, while Harris will head to Jakarta for ASEAN

By Associated Press

Biden's national security adviser Jake Sullivan said that the meetings—and Biden's talks with leaders on the sidelines of the summit—will focus on climate change, Russia's war in Ukraine and more.

Putin remotely attends BRICS summit in South Africa while facing war crimes warrant

By Gerald Imray, Mogomotsi Magome, Associated Press

Russia, India, China and South Africa is holding its first in-person meeting since before the COVID-19 pandemic. Putin's travel to Johannesburg was complicated by an outstanding International Criminal Court warrant for his arrest over the abduction of children from Ukraine.

The African Union suspends Niger until 'the effective restoration of constitutional order'

By Sam Mednick, Associated Press

The council of the 55-nation bloc made the decision after mutinous soldiers overthrew Niger's democratically elected president and quickly entrenched themselves in power.

Attorney John Eastman surrenders to Georgia authorities on 2020 election charges

By Kate Brumback, Associated Press

He was indicted last week alongside Trump and 17 others, who are accused by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis of scheming to subvert the will of Georgia voters in a desperate bid to keep Joe Biden out of the…

Trump's attacks on prosecutors echo long history of racist language

By Ali Swenson, Ayanna Alexander, Associated Press

Even if he doesn't explicitly employ racial slurs, his language recalls America's history of portraying Black people as not fully human.

Texas' floating barrier to block migrants faces legal challenge

By Paul J. Weber, Associated Press

The scheduled hearing in Austin comes days after Texas, which installed the water barrier on the Rio Grande in July near the border city of Eagle Pass, repositioned the wrecking ball-sized buoys closer to U.S. soil.

WATCH: Biden says government will help Maui 'for as long as it takes' in fire recovery

By Seung Min Kim, Associated Press

Biden told survivors of Hawaii's wildfires that the nation "grieves with you" and promised that the federal government will help Hawaii "for as long as it takes" to recover from the deadliest wildfire in the United States in more than…

Trump says he will surrender Thursday on Georgia charges tied to efforts to overturn the 2020 election

By Alanna Durkin Richer, Jill Colvin, Associated Press

“Can you believe it? I’ll be going to Atlanta, Georgia, on Thursday to be ARRESTED,” Trump wrote on his social media network Monday night, hours after court papers said his bond was set at $200,000.