Politics

Trump’s claims that Pence could overturn election are ‘wrong,’ former VP says

By Jill Colvin, Associated Press

Former Vice President Mike Pence is directly rebutting Donald Trump’s false claims that Pence somehow could have overturned the results of the 2020 election.

Michael Avenatti found guilty of stealing from Stormy Daniels

By Tom Hays, Larry Neumeister, Associated Press

Michael Avenatti was convicted by a jury on charges that he cheated porn actor Stormy Daniels out of nearly $300,000 she was supposed to get for writing a book about an alleged tryst with former president Donald Trump.

Russia, China push back against U.S. and NATO in pre-Olympics summit

By Ken Moritsugu, Associated Press

The leaders of Russia and China have declared their joint opposition to any expansion of NATO and affirmed that the island of Taiwan is a part of China.

GOP censures Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for participation in Jan. 6 investigation

By Sam Metz, Associated Press

Republican Party officials have voted to punish Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger and advanced a rule change that would prohibit candidates from participating in presidential debates organized by the Commission on Presidential Debates.

To compete with China, House passes bill to boost U.S. computer chip production

By Kevin Freking, Associated Press

Democrats have muscled through legislation in the House that they say positions the U.S. to better compete with China economically by strengthening the domestic semiconductor industry and shoring up strained supply chains.

WATCH: U.S. Central Command’s Gen. Frank McKenzie holds briefing on suicide bombing at Afghan airport

By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press

The military investigation into the deadly attack during the Afghanistan evacuation has concluded that the suicide bomber acted alone, and that the deaths of more than 170 Afghans and 13 U.S. service members were not preventable.

WATCH: Biden gives remarks and signs executive order on labor agreements for federal projects

By Associated Press

President Joe Biden gave remarks and signed an executive order Friday on labor agreements for federal projects, affecting nearly 200,000 workers.

UK’s Boris Johnson ends week of turmoil in weakened position

By Jill Lawless, Associated Press

Five staff have left Johnson's office, including key policy adviser Munira Mirza. She quit over Johnson's “scurrilous accusation” that an opposition leader had failed to stop a notorious pedophile.

WATCH: White House pushes back against joint statement from Russia, China

By Associated Press

White House press secretary Jen Psaki pushed back at a joint statement issued by the leaders of Russia and China who had declared their opposition to any expansion of NATO and affirmed that the island of Taiwan is a part of…

WATCH: President Biden says U.S. ‘job machine is going stronger than ever’

By Associated Press

In a burst of hiring and despite the predictions of many economists, America's employers added 467,000 jobs in January, a sign of the economy's resilience even in the face of a wave of omicron infections last month.