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World Apr 06

Citizenship shift leaves Dominican-Haitians stateless

By Ivette Feliciano, Zachary Green

President Donald Trump rallies with supporters in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

AP fact check: Trump’s fabrications on Medicare, immigrants

In the final days before midterm elections, President Donald Trump is painting a distorted picture of immigration while exaggerating his record of achieving economic gains for non-whites and improving health care for veterans. Here's a look at his most recent…

By Calvin Woodward, Hope Yen, Associated Press

President Donald Trump listens during an event in the East Room of the White House on the administration efforts to "combat the opioid crisis" in Washington, D.C.Leah Millis/Reuters

AP fact check: Trump far off track on birthright citizenship

President Donald Trump has astonished legal scholars with his claim that he can end birthright citizenship with a swipe of his pen. No, they say, he can't.

By Mark Sherman, Calvin Woodward, Associated Press

A baby plays with a U.S. flag at a naturalization ceremony for new U.S. citizens at the WWII Memorial in Washington, D.C. President Donald Trump suggested this week that he might try to change U.S. law that gives automatic citizenship to children born on U.S. soil. Photo by Gary Cameron/Reuters

What the data says about birthright citizenship

President Donald Trump suggested in an interview that he could end birthright citizenship in the U.S.

By Laura Santhanam, Gretchen Frazee

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) speaks to the media after a House Republican conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 6, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RC1A75DB5AF0

Ryan, Trump at odds on birthright citizenship

House Speaker Paul Ryan says President Donald Trump can't end birthright citizenship on his own.

By Associated Press

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World Aug 25

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Nation Aug 25

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World Aug 25

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Politics Aug 25

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Politics Aug 25

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Nation Aug 24

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Politics Aug 24

China tariffs fuel Trump ‘order’ for firms to cut China ties

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World Aug 24

G-7 summit in France a test of unity among world leaders

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World Aug 24

Brazil military begins operations to fight Amazon fires

By Marcelo Silva de Sousa, Associated Press

Science Aug 24

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World Aug 24

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World Aug 24

Hong Kong police and protesters clash, ending violence lull

By Kelvin Chan, Associated Press

Politics Aug 24

At global summit, Trump facing limits of go-it-alone stance

By Zeke Miller, Darlene Superville, Jill Colvin, Associated Press

Ka'eo Paradis found a shark tag on the beach. Months later, he met Sal Jorgensen, the researcher who led that shark tagging project. Image courtesy of the Monterey Bay Aquarium

Science Aug 23

Scientists lost a shark tag. Months later, an 8-year-old found it.

By Vicky Stein

Arts Aug 23

A short history of Chinese American women on screen, from Celeste Ng

By Celeste Ng

Health Aug 23

Proposed rule could make it easier to share addiction treatment records

By Laura Santhanam