MICHAEL BIESECKER
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — New documents released by House Democrats suggest that Rep. Devin Nunes, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, was more deeply involved than was previously known in efforts by allies of President Donald Trump to dig up dirt in Ukraine on former Vice President Joe Biden.
Democrats on the Intelligence Committee released a...
MARK SHERMAN
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Supreme Court that seems more favorable to religion-based discrimination claims is set to hear a case that could make it easier to use public money to pay for religious schooling in many states.
The justices will hear arguments Wednesday in a dispute over a Montana scholarship program for private K-12 education that also...
LINDSAY WHITEHURST and DAVID CRARY
Associated Press
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — At the urging of conservative advocacy groups, Republican legislators in more than a dozen states are promoting bills that focus on transgender young people. One batch of bills would bar doctors from providing them certain gender-related medical treatment; another batch would bar trans students from participating on school...
ALAN SUDERMAN and DENISE LAVOIE
Associated Press
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Police are scouring the internet for clues about plans for mayhem, workers are putting up chain link holding pens around Virginia's picturesque Capitol Square, and one lawmaker even plans to hide in a safe house in advance of what's expected to be an unprecedented show of force by gun-rights...
ERIC TUCKER and ZEKE MILLER
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats say in a brief filed ahead of impeachment trial arguments that President Donald Trump "abandoned his oath to faithfully execute the laws and betrayed his public trust."
They also called his conduct the "worst nightmare" of the country's founding fathers.
The brief Saturday came shortly after the White House sent...
ALAN FRAM
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing perhaps her toughest reelection fight, veteran Sen. Susan Collins has parachuted into familiar terrain — the heart of a hot-button issue, this time President Donald Trump's impeachment.
With Senate trial proceedings starting Tuesday, the moderate Maine Republican says she'll probably support a motion to call witnesses, aligning herself with Democrats. But she says...
BASSEM MROUE
Associated Press
BEIRUT (AP) — Police fired volleys of tear gas and rubber bullets in Lebanon's capital Saturday to disperse thousands of protesters amid some of the worst rioting since demonstrations against the country's ruling elite erupted three months ago. More than 150 people were injured.
Thick white smoke covered the downtown Beirut area near Parliament as police and...
DARLENE SUPERVILLE
Associated Press
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The National Archives said Saturday it made a mistake when it blurred images of anti-Trump signs used in an exhibit on women's suffrage.
The independent agency is charged with preserving government and historical records and said it has always been committed to preserving its holdings "without alteration."
But the archives said in...
WINCHESTER (CNS) - An aircraft made an emergency landing in a field near the unincorporated community of Winchester on Saturday, but no one was injured.
The pilot managed to safely touch down at about 9:10 a.m. near Elliot and Keller roads, about three miles northeast of the French Valley Airport, according to the Riverside County Fire Department.
The type of aircraft...