Mar 11 Democrats turn to blue-collar Milwaukee for 2020 convention By Bill Barrow, Ivan Moreno, Scott Bauer, Associated Press The Democratic National Committee's decision will take the party to the heart of the working-class upper Midwest that delivered President Donald Trump to the White House. Continue reading
Mar 11 WATCH: Stacey Abrams speaks with Yamiche Alcindor on ‘how to create real change’ By Erica R. Hendry The Georgia Democrat will speak with the PBS NewsHour's Yamiche Alcindor at 10:30 a.m. ET Monday. Watch live in the player above. Continue reading
Mar 11 Ethiopian crash victims were aid workers, doctors, students By Associated Press They were all among the 157 people from 35 countries who died Sunday morning when an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 jetliner crashed shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa en route to Nairobi, Kenya. Here are some of their… Continue reading
Mar 11 UK’s Theresa May fights to save Brexit deal By Jill Lawless, Danica Kirka, Associated Press The House of Commons is due to vote Tuesday on whether to approve a Brexit deal that it resoundingly rejected in January. There are few signs of any big shift in opinion, with British lawmakers still divided over whether to… Continue reading
Mar 10 Trump revives his border wall fight with new budget request By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press Budget documents like the one Trump is releasing Monday are often seen as just a starting point of negotiation. Fresh off the longest government shutdown in history, Trump's 2020 proposal shows he is eager to confront Congress again to boost… Continue reading
Mar 10 Head of UN Women: Technology revolution must benefit women By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press The head of the U.N. women’s agency is calling for the revolution in technology to be used to benefit the world’s poor, and especially women, who will not achieve gender equality without “the giant leap that 21st century innovations can… Continue reading
Mar 10 India says election to be held in 7 phases in April, May By Associated Press India’s Election Commission announced Sunday that the upcoming national election will be held in seven phases in April and May, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party seeks a second term. Continue reading
Mar 10 Algeria’s president arrives home amid protests By Associated Press Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has landed at a military airport south of the capital and quickly departed in a convoy after spending two weeks in a Swiss hospital. Continue reading
Mar 10 AP fact check: Trump claims an exoneration he wasn’t given By Calvin Woodward, Hope Yen, Associated Press Donald Trump heard words from a judge that the judge didn’t speak, as the president reached to denounce the Russia investigation as a hoax and celebrate an exoneration he wasn’t given. Democrats persisted in assailing the Trump administration for putting… Continue reading
Mar 10 First time in Baghdad: Iran’s president to visit Iraq By Nasser Karimi, Associated Press Iran’s president is making his first official visit to Iraq this week as he faces mounting pressure from hard-liners at home in the wake of the Trump administration’s unraveling of the nuclear deal. Continue reading