Conspiracy charges dropped in Michael Avenatti Nike case
NEW YORK (AP) — An indictment charging California attorney Michael Avenatti with conspiring to extort Nike has been rewritten to drop two conspiracy counts.
In...
US and Turkey have friendly talks but differences persist
DEB RIECHMANN
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan are “very good friends,” but their meeting...
Vote totals set to be double-checked in Kentucky gov’s race
BRUCE SCHREINER
Associated Press
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Republican Gov. Matt Bevin could face a legacy-defining decision when the vote totals from the Kentucky governor’s...
Walmart hires off-duty officers ahead of El Paso reopening
CEDAR ATTANASIO
Associated Press
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Walmart has quietly hired off-duty officers at its stores in El Paso, Texas, where a gunman...
‘Too busy’: Trump professes disinterest on impeachment
JONATHAN LEMIRE and JILL COLVIN
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — What hearings? What phone call?
Professing disinterest and disdain, President Donald Trump said he was “too...
US budget deficit surges to $134.5 billion in October
MARTIN CRUTSINGER
AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government, which ended the 2019 budget year with its largest deficit in seven years, began...
Justices could return cable TV race bias suit to lower court
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seems likely to overturn a lower court ruling in favor of an African-American media mogul and comedian who’s...
AP FACT CHECK: GOP presses empty Ukraine meddling theory
HOPE YEN and CALVIN WOODWARD
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Republicans pressed the discredited theory that Ukraine meddled in the 2016 U.S. election in...
Officer: I quit Proud Boys over fears of ‘far-left’ attacks
MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
Associated Press
A Connecticut police officer who belonged to a far-right group accused a civil rights organization’s leader, who had complained to his...
Trump impeachment inquiry spurs shadow disinformation war
AAMER MADHANI and AMANDA SEITZ
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The online spin and dissembling began even before Wednesday’s impeachment hearing got underway.
Moments before House...