• WATCH: House Republicans 'ready to deliver,' Johnson says as GOP readies for new Trump era

    WATCH: House Republicans 'ready to deliver,' Johnson says as GOP readies for new Trump era

    Nov 12, 2024 03:46 PM EST

    First tests will come during the "lame duck" period of the remaining days of this Congress, the eight-week sprint until Jan. 3, 2025, when the new lawmakers are sworn into office. As lawmakers return this week they will be joined by dozens of new names in the House and ...

  • AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins Wisconsin

    AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins Wisconsin

    Nov 06, 2024 01:56 PM EST

    The heavily Republican district includes cities such as Green Bay as well as rural areas. Lyerly’s campaign spokesperson, Kurt Frewing, said that Lyerly congratulated Wied but had no further comment. Wied promised in a statement to bring “some Wisconsin commonsense to Washington to lower everyday costs, secure the southern ...

  • Donald Trump elected 47th president of the United States

    Donald Trump elected 47th president of the United States

    Nov 06, 2024 12:14 PM EST

    ... that was increasingly skeptical – if not outright hostile – to institutions and established power structures. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who challenged Trump for the Republican nomination, lamented that the indictments “sucked out all the oxygen” from this year’s GOP primary. Trump easily captured his party’s nomination without ever participating ...

  • WATCH: Harris delivers remarks on American labor in Janesville, Wisconsin

    WATCH: Harris delivers remarks on American labor in Janesville, Wisconsin

    Nov 01, 2024 04:50 PM EST

    ... held at the state fair park in West Allis, will include the rapper Cardi B, who is slated only to speak, and performances by GloRilla, Flo Milli, MC Lyte, The Isley Brothers and DJ GEMINI GILLY. Associated Press writers Darlene Superville in Washington and Jonathan J. Cooper in Phoenix contributed.

  • Trump allies hope a win means changes to the mortgage system. Opponents warn it will cost consumers

    Trump allies hope a win means changes to the mortgage system. Opponents warn it will cost consumers

    Oct 25, 2024 03:15 PM EST

    ... system again, we need to fix Fannie and Freddie." Trump hasn't said whether he wants to revisit ending the conservatorship, but in 2021 he lamented to Republican Sen. Rand Paul that his privatization effort had failed. "My Administration was denied the time it needed to fix this problem," he ...

  • WATCH: Los Angeles prosecutors to give Menendez brothers chance at freedom with resentencing

    WATCH: Los Angeles prosecutors to give Menendez brothers chance at freedom with resentencing

    Oct 24, 2024 11:16 PM EST

    ... abusing her sons, she appears to have facilitated the abuse, according to her sons' legal filings. One cousin testified during the brothers' first trial that Lyle told her he was too scared to sleep in his room because his father would come in and touch his genitals. When the cousin ...

  • News Wrap: Prosecutors recommend resentencing for Menendez brothers

    News Wrap: Prosecutors recommend resentencing for Menendez brothers

    Oct 24, 2024 10:50 PM EST

    ... the Menendez brothers be resentenced for the 1989 killing of their parents. It's the first step in what could lead to their eventual release. Lyle and Erik Menendez admitted to fatally shooting their mother and father in the family's Beverly Hills mansion. After an initial mistrial, a second ...

  • Menendez family members advocate for brothers' release as prosecutors review 1989 murders

    Menendez family members advocate for brothers' release as prosecutors review 1989 murders

    Oct 16, 2024 07:06 PM EST

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — The extended family of Erik and Lyle Menendez will advocate for the brothers' release from prison during a news conference set for Wednesday in downtown Los Angeles as prosecutors review new evidence to determine whether they should be serving life sentences for killing their parents. Billed as ...

  • Some health care workers in Canada grappling with patients requesting euthanasia

    Some health care workers in Canada grappling with patients requesting euthanasia

    Oct 16, 2024 04:59 PM EST

    ... in premature deaths of people with disabilities. On euthanasia forums, doctors and nurses continue to struggle with cases of patients who aren't fatally ill, lamenting that Canada's health and social services can seem woefully inadequate. "I have great discomfort with the idea of MAiD being driven by social ...

  • How the federal criminal cases against Trump ended up in legal limbo as the election looms

    How the federal criminal cases against Trump ended up in legal limbo as the election looms

    Oct 14, 2024 09:00 PM EST

    Smith's team had hoped for a trial that could have started months ago. Instead, prosecutors found themselves before Cannon for a multiday hearing in June over Smith's appointment, where Harbach lamented that defense lawyers had been permitted to “hijack” the proceedings with what he said were frivolous arguments ...