Jan 15 Who is Guatemala's new president and can he deliver on his anti-corruption promises? By Associated Press Powerful interests aligned against his anti-corruption campaign and authorities threw various legal challenges at him and his party. Arévalo is now president but those disputes will continue. Continue reading
Jan 15 WATCH: Harris speaks at Martin Luther King Jr. Day event in South Carolina By Jeff Martin, Jeffrey Collins, Associated Press Speaking at the MLK Day at the Dome rally at the South Carolina Statehouse, Vice President Kamala Harris said young people two or three generations removed from King have seen their freedoms shrink. Continue reading
Jan 15 Democrats raise $97 million to close out 2023 after a December fundraising blitz By Will Weissert, Associated Press The campaign says that's the highest total amassed by any Democratic candidate at this point in the cycle. Continue reading
Jan 15 German farmers and their tractors throng Berlin in protest against fuel subsidy cuts By Geir Moulson, Associated Press Over the past week, farmers have blocked highway entrances and slowed traffic across Germany with their protests, intent on pushing Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government to abandon the planned cuts entirely. Continue reading
Jan 15 Houthi rebels strike a U.S.-owned ship off the coast of Yemen in the Gulf of Aden By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press Since November, the rebels have repeatedly targeted ships in the Red Sea, saying they were avenging Israel’s offensive in Gaza against Hamas. Continue reading
Jan 15 How to watch results from Iowa's 2024 Republican caucuses By Hannah Grabenstein, Joshua Barajas, Jenna Cohen Here’s what to know about the caucuses and how to watch the live results. Continue reading
Jan 15 What to watch as Iowa voters weigh in on the Republican campaign's first contest of 2024 By Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press The quadrennial contest has been unusually quiet this year, a mark of former President Donald Trump's commanding lead in the race. Continue reading
Jan 15 The results from the 2024 Iowa caucuses will tell you who won and lost. AP VoteCast will tell you why By Robert Yoon, Associated Press When the dust settles from the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses, the returns will reveal who had Republican caucusgoers' vote. But the results from Monday won't shed much light on the types of people who voted or what was on their minds… Continue reading
Jan 15 Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin released from hospital after complications from prostate cancer surgery he kept secret By Lolita Baldor, Tara Copp, Associated Press Doctors say his prognosis is “excellent" following his release from a hospital where he was treated for complications from surgery for prostate cancer, something he kept secret from senior Biden administration leaders and staff for weeks. Continue reading
Jan 15 Record 3 million cases clog U.S. immigration courts By Giovanna Dell'Orto, Associated Press Fueled by record-breaking increases in migrants who seek asylum after being apprehended for crossing the border illegally, the court backlog has grown by more than 1 million over the last fiscal year and it’s now triple what it was in… Continue reading