Biden’s communion denial highlights faith-politics conflict
MEG KINNARD and ELANA SCHOR
Associated Press
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A Catholic priest's denial of communion to Joe Biden in South Carolina on Sunday...
Amazon spends big to remake Seattle’s liberal City Council
GENE JOHNSON
Associated Press
SEATTLE (AP) — Brian Sweeney has a long list of complaints about Amazon, from the way it treats warehouse workers to...
US experiments in Texas with plan to speed asylum decisions
CEDAR ATTANASIO and ELLIOT SPAGAT
Associated Press
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — U.S. immigration authorities are testing a program to speed up reviews of asylum...
Middleman helped Saudi give to Obama inaugural
ALAN SUDERMAN and JIM MUSTIAN
Associated Press
When President Barack Obama was reelected in 2012, a Saudi tycoon and his business associate sent hundreds of...
Air Force’s mystery space plane lands, ends 2-year mission
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The Air Force's mystery space plane is back on Earth, following a record-breaking two-year mission.
The X-37B landed at NASA's...
Federal judge blocks Alabama’s tough abortion law
KIM CHANDLER
Associated Press
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday blocked Alabama's near-total abortion ban from taking effect next month, saying the...
National security official twice raised concerns on Ukraine
LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK and COLLEEN LONG
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — A military officer at the National Security Council twice raised concerns over...
Arkansas lawmaker, civil rights attorney John Walker dies
ANDREW DeMILLO
Associated Press
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — John Walker, an Arkansas lawmaker and civil rights attorney who represented black students in a long-running...
Congresswoman’s exit prompts question of equity amid scandal
MARYCLAIRE DALE
Associated Press
The resignation of a female Democratic congresswoman over a consensual, sexual relationship with a campaign aide has sparked questions about whether...
North Carolina judges throw out current congressional map
GARY D. ROBERTSON
Associated Press
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina judges on Monday blocked the state's congressional map from being used in the 2020...