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...
US proposes tougher rules on work permits for asylum-seekers
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has proposed to make it tougher for asylum-seekers to obtain permission to work in the United States while...