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Kushner heading to Mideast for peace talks

By Associated Press

A White House official said the senior aide and son-in-law to President Donald Trump will arrive on Wednesday for meetings in Jerusalem and Ramallah.

AP FACT CHECK: Whom to believe, Trump or his lawyer?

By Calvin Woodward, Jim Drinkard, Associated Press

President Donald Trump and one of his personal lawyers have contradicted each other over whether the president is under investigation by the special counsel probing Russians' meddling in the 2016 election and possible links with the Trump campaign.

Dissecting Trump’s recent financial disclosure

By PBS News Hour

The White House released on Friday a portfolio of President Donald Trump’s financial holdings. It shows that the Trump Organization earned $529 million dollars over 15 months, including the first three of Trump’s presidency. Amy Brittain of the Washington Post’s…

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In Georgia, a key U.S. House race comes down to its final days

By Bill Barrow, Associated Press

The most expensive House race in U.S. history has become a proxy for the nation's political divides.

GOP senator warns against rushed vote on health care bill

By Hope Yen, Associated Press

A Republican senator on Sunday warned against rushing a vote on a GOP bill to repeal and replace the nation's health care law.

Trump attorney says president not under investigation

By Catherine Lucey and Hope Yen, Associated Press

A member of the president's outside legal team said Sunday that Donald Trump is not under federal investigation, days after Trump appeared to confirm he was.

Biden: Democrats need better outreach to frightened voters

By Terry Spencer, Associated Press

Biden told about 1,300 party supporters that Democrats must help Americans see that the future is bright and overcome their fears.

Justices could take up high-stakes fight over electoral maps

By Mark Sherman, Associated Press

In an era of deep partisan division, the Supreme Court could soon decide whether the drawing of electoral districts can be too political.

Scalise upgraded from ‘critical’ to ‘serious’ condition

By Eric Tucker and Erica Werner, Associated Press

Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise was upgraded from "critical" to "serious condition" Saturday and continued to show signs of improvement after he was wounded in a shooting at a Republican baseball practice outside Washington.

Republicans divided as Trump reverses some Obama Cuba policy

By Richard Lardner, Associated Press

While anti-Castro conservatives hailed Trump's partial roll-back of President Barack Obama's detente, a number of other GOP lawmakers, particularly from farm states, criticized the change as misguided and isolationist.