Iheard this story from former Sen. Jack Danforth many years ago. An ordained minister, he would occasionally conduct evening services at the National Cathedral, which sits atop the highest point in Wa...

THE THREE BRANCHES OF government can each do or not do their jobs independent of each other most of the time. The governor of Pennsylvania never has to ask permission for staying inside the lines of h...

To hear angry MAGA Republicans tell it, former President Donald J. Trump’s conviction for 34 felony counts of falsifying business records is a shock and an outrage. But how could anybody be surprised?...

Ihave it on the authority of New York Times guest editorialist Norm Eisen that Trump’s 34 felony convictions concern “profoundly serious” crimes. But one point I’m still not clear on is how Trump was ...

By DAN MERICAAND ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Releasing an audio recording of a special counsel’s interview with President Joe Biden could spur deepfakes and disinformation ...

NEW YORK (AP) — In the days since Donald Trump was convicted of 34 felonies in his criminal hush money trial, Republicans who view the case as politically motivated have coalesced around a new rallyin...

If you’ve been keeping up with the news, you’ve probably heard a lot of speculation about the effect former President Donald Trump’s felony conviction will have on the 2024 presidential race. Here’s t...

By MARÍA VERZAAND MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s newly elected president held out an olive branch Monday to the more than one-third of Mexicans who didn’t vote for her, bu...

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The cease-fire proposal announced by President Joe Biden has placed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a crossroads, with either path likely to shape the legacy of Israel’s l...

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic National Committee was watching earlier this year as campaigns nationwide were experimenting with artificial intelligence. So the organization approac...

By JILL COLVIN, WILL WEISSERT AND MEG KINNARD Associated Press Donald Trump has joined the popular video-sharing app TikTok, a platform he once tried to ban while in the White House, and posted from a...

By PAUL J. WEBER AND JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Supreme Court on Friday rejected a challenge to one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the U.S. following a law...

By LISA MASCARO, KEVIN FREKING AND LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia announced Friday he has switched his registration to independent, rai...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The bravado behind Donald Trump’ s boastful hypothesis in 2016 — “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose any voters” — is headed for a rea...

ne of the worst things about democracy O is the way we talk about it. For instance, politicians love to talk about unity, but our constitutional system was set up to keep unity at bay, preferring a mo...

A new executive order could be in place by next week. WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is finalizing plans for a U.S.-Mexico border clampdown that would shut off asylum requests and automatically den...

Happy Valley, Oregon, population 23,733, played a small but significant role in American politics last week. That’s the hometown of Janelle Bynum, a state legislator who won the Democratic nomination ...

Iremember when a politician who expressed an easily debunked, crackpot conspiracy theory would be through in public life. Indeed, it took a whole lot less than that. Just 20 years ago, Democratic pres...

THOSE WHO LIVE IN GLASS HOUSES are often cautioned about the casual tossing of stones. Last week, U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Braddock, decided to pick up some rocks and juggle. “In the past, I’ve des...

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez met with Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa and leading officials from several Middle Eastern countries in Madrid on Wednesday aft...