Dec 15 Trump urging Iowa voters to 'come together' to hand him a blowout victory next month By Thomas Beaumont, Hannah Fingerhut, Associated Press CORALVILLE, Iowa (AP) — Donald Trump is pushing his supporters to deliver a blowout win in next month's Iowa caucuses. Continue reading
Dec 15 Appeals court to hear arguments on whether Meadows' Georgia election interference charges should be moved to federal court By Kate Brumback, Associated Press A panel of federal appeals court judges has heard arguments on whether charges against Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in a sprawling Georgia election case should be moved. Continue reading
Dec 15 How the U.S. keeps funding Ukraine's military when it says it's out of money By Lolita Baldor, Associated Press The White House says funding for Ukraine has run out and it has been increasing pressure on Congress to pass stalled legislation to support the war against Russia. Continue reading
Dec 15 U.S. and Israel agree combat in Gaza will take months amid growing American unease with death toll By Karin Laub, Najib Jobain, Bassem Mroue, Associated Press U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan spoke Friday with Israeli officials amid growing American unease about the mounting death toll in Gaza. He met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas later in the day about the besieged enclave's postwar future. Continue reading
Dec 15 Americans agree that the future of democracy is on the line in the 2024 election but disagree about who poses the biggest threat By Gary Fields, Linley Sanders, Associated Press In a politically polarized nation, Americans seem to agree on one issue underlying the 2024 elections — a worry over the state of democracy and how the outcome of the presidential contest will affect its future. Continue reading
Dec 15 Trump campaign using sporting events like UFC to get in front of potential voters By Jill Colvin, Associated Press Donald Trump has spent less time campaigning in early-voting states than many of his Republican primary rivals… Continue reading
Dec 14 Guyana says it refuses to bow to Venezuela in dispute over oil-rich territory By Bert Wilkinson, Associated Press The small South American nation of Guyana says it refuses to bow to its larger neighbor Venezuela before the two countries met in the latest chapter of a bitter dispute over an oil and mineral-rich territory claimed by both. Continue reading
Dec 14 Watch 5:59 What needs to happen for Congress to pass funding for Ukraine aid and border security By Laura Barrón-López, Lisa Desjardins, Matt Loffman, Kyle Midura In a sign that a deal on border security and Ukraine funding could still emerge by Christmas, the U.S. Senate is staying in town next week instead of going on its scheduled recess. Congressional Correspondent Lisa Desjardins and White House… Continue watching
Dec 14 European Union agrees to open membership negotiations with Ukraine By Raf Cassert, Samuel Petrequin, Associated Press The decision represented a stunning reversal for a country at war that had struggled to find the necessary backing for its membership aspirations and long faced opposition from Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. Continue reading
Dec 14 Congress departs without a deal on Ukraine aid and border security, but Senate will work next week By Stephen Groves, Lisa Mascaro, Seung Min Kim, Associated Press Congress is departing Washington without a deal to pass wartime support for Ukraine. But Senate negotiators and the Biden's administration are still racing to wrap up a border security compromise to unlock the stalemate before the end of the year. Continue reading