• Donald Trump elected 47th president of the United States

    Donald Trump elected 47th president of the United States

    Nov 06, 2024 12:14 PM EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    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 ...

  • WATCH: Bill Clinton rallies for Harris at Georgia campaign event

    WATCH: Bill Clinton rallies for Harris at Georgia campaign event

    Oct 14, 2024 02:02 PM EDT

    ... west. Albany is a historic spot in the Civil Rights Movement, at Mount Zion, Clinton reminisced on a time when politics were less polarized and lamented a political climate that has been poisoned with misinformation. He pointed to the post by U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., post ...

  • Biden presses Congress for more disaster aid as he visits Florida to survey Hurricane Milton damage

    Biden presses Congress for more disaster aid as he visits Florida to survey Hurricane Milton damage

    Oct 13, 2024 04:41 PM EDT

    ... But Johnson has pushed back, saying the agencies have enough money for the time being and that lawmakers will address the funding issue during the lame-duck session after the election.Also percolating in the background are tensions between Harris and Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla. As Helene barreled toward ...