โDeadpoolโ tops charts yet again as 'Reagan' beats expectations on sluggish Labor Day weekend
โDeadpool & Wolverine" ruled the box office on a weekend of quiet openings and low theater attendance as the summer movie season came to an anticlimactic close.
Kamala Harris' election would defy history. Just 1 sitting VP has been elected president since 1836
As Vice President Kamala Harris begins her fall campaign for the White House, she can look to history and hope for better luck than others who have tried the same.
McConnell says deterring America's adversaries should be 'front and center' for the next president
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell says the challenge of deterring America's adversaries should be โfront and centerโ for the next president.
Trump rally gunman looked online for information about Kennedy assassination, FBI director says
The gunman in the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump is believed to have done a Google search one week before the shooting of โHow far away was Oswald from Kennedy?โ.
Republicans emerge from their convention thrilled with Trump and talking about a blowout victory
Republican officials, strategists and activists who packed into their national convention this week are exuding a confidence not seen in decades.
What to know about the Secret Service's Counter Sniper Team
Scrutiny of the U.S. Secret Service continues to grow after former President Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania.
Trump heads to convention as authorities investigate motive, security in assassination attempt
Former President Donald Trump is calling for unity and resilience after an attempt on his life added fresh uncertainty to a tumultuous presidential campaign.
What to know about Trump assassination attempt and the investigation into the shooting
Authorities want to know how a shooter was able to get on top of a roof so close to where former President Donald Trump was speaking and open fire.
A look at the history of presidential assassination attempts in America
Before Saturdayโs attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, there have been multiple instances of political violence targeting U.S. presidents, former presidents and major party presidential candidates.
Trump injured but 'fine' after attempted assassination at rally, shooter and one attendee are dead
Former President Donald Trump was the target of an apparent assassination attempt at a Pennsylvania rally, days before he was to accept the Republican nomination for a third time.
The questions about Biden's age and fitness are reminiscent of another campaign: Reagan's in 1984
In 1984, President Ronald Reagan answered the age question with a clever joke that reset his campaign from a stumbling debate performance to a 49-state landslide and a second term.
Putin calls for resuming production of intermediate missiles after scrapping of treaty with US
Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for resuming production of intermediate-range missiles that were banned under a now-scrapped treaty with the United States.
Four Texas House Republicans censured for campaigning against incumbents
The censured members said they had been punished for campaigning against โliberal incumbentsโ alongside statewide elected officials like Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton.
Biden looks to Pointe du Hoc to inspire the push for democracy abroad and at home
President Joe Biden has spoken from Pointe du Hoc, marking his second trip to the Normandy coast during his visit to France for the 80th anniversary of D-Day.
Donald Trump is running against Joe Biden. But he keeps bringing up another Democrat: Jimmy Carter
Donald Trump is running against Joe Biden, but Trump keeps bringing up another Democrat, Jimmy Carter.
To pass Ukraine aid, 'Reagan Republican' leaders in Congress navigated a party transformed by Trump
Providing Ukraine with weapons and other U.S. aid as it fends off a Russian invasion is rooted in the earliest and most formative political memories of the two top Republicans in Congress.
Biden and Trump ask voters if they're 'better off' than they were 4 years ago. It's complicated
Both former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden are posing the time-tested question โAre you better off today than you were four years ago?โ.
Fear and loathing in a Super Tuesday state: Democrats angry at Biden back him anyway to stop Trump
Democratic voters in suburban Minneapolis seem far less interested in sending President Joe Biden a message of dissatisfaction with him than they are in keeping Republican Donald Trump from returning to the White House.
Polish leader says US Republican senators should be ashamed for scuttling Ukrainian aid
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says that U.S. Republican senators should be โashamedโ for leaving about $60 billion in wartime aid for Ukraine in limbo in a recent vote.
AP VoteCast: What the first contests tell us about the Trump and Biden coalitions
With momentum from this monthโs presidential contests in Iowa and New Hampshire, Joe Biden and Donald Trump appear poised to give the nation a sequel to the 2020 election โ but even strong victories this week for both men highlighted weak spots for each of them.
The next Republican debate is in Alabama, the state that gave the GOP a road map to Donald Trump
Republican presidential candidates will gather in Alabama for the fourth GOP debate of the 2024 presidential campaign.
Mitch McConnell, standing apart in a changing GOP, digs in on his decades-long push against Russia
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell has been increasingly isolated on foreign policy among his GOP colleagues, a growing number of whom have distanced themselves as a matter of course from U.S. involvement abroad -- and particularly on Ukraine.
NATO freezes a Cold War-era security pact after Russia pulls out, raising questions on arms control
NATO allies have frozen their participation in a key Cold War-era security treaty in response to Russiaโs withdrawal from the pact.
Republican Steve Scalise is seen as a fighter, but becoming the House speaker might require a brawl
Republican colleagues call Steve Scalise a fighter, but the nominee for House speaker may be in for a brawl.
Jimmy Carter admirers across generations celebrate the former president's 99th birthday
Jimmy Carter was celebrated Saturday at his presidential library and museum in Atlanta ahead of his 99th birthday on Sunday.
Donald Trump skipped the GOP debate again. This time, his rivals took him on directly
Several of Donald Trumpโs rivals stepped up their attacks against him in the second Republican presidential debate.
7 candidates have qualified for the 2nd Republican presidential debate. Here's who missed the cut
The field for the second Republican presidential debate will be smaller than the first.
Drag queens are out, proud and loud in a string of coal towns, from a bingo hall to blue-collar bars
In red communities across America, lawmakers are pushing to restrict drag performances or LGBTQ+ rights.
Like Daniel Ellsberg, others who leaked US government secrets have been seen as traitors and heroes
Daniel Ellsbergโs decision to leak the Pentagon Papers made him an instant hero to opponents and a traitor in the eyes of the White House.
Hodding Carter III, State Department spokesman during Iran hostage crisis, dies at 88
Hodding Carter III, a Mississippi newspaperman and award-winning television journalist who kept Americans informed about the Iran hostage crisis as State Department spokesman, has died at age 88.
Among 160 years of presidential scandals, Trump stands alone
While heโs far from the only U.S. president to be dogged by legal and ethical scandals, Donald Trump now occupies a unique place in history as the first ever indicted on criminal charges.
EXPLAINER: What are special counsels and what do they do?
The appointment of a special counsel to oversee the Justice Department probes into the discovery of classified documents at the home and former office of President Joe Biden has focused renewed attention on the role such prosecutors have played in modern American history.
Justices cheered at conservative group's anniversary dinner
Four of the five Supreme Court justices who overturned the constitutional right to abortion attended the conservative Federalist Societyโs black-tie dinner marking its 40th anniversary.
Iran marks 1979 US Embassy takeover amid nationwide protests
Iran is marking the 1979 takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran as its theocracy faces nationwide protests after the death of a 22-year-old woman earlier arrested by the countryโs morality police.
Bidens dole out Halloween candy to first responders' kids
President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, have doled out Halloween candy to trick-or-treaters dressed up as everything from Spider-Man to a flamingo to a monk to a zombie founding father.
Nevada's 'Reid Machine' staring down tough test in midterms
Itโs been eight years since Harry Reid led the U.S. Senate, but if his Democratic Party can manage to keep its tenuous control of the chamber this year, he may be the man responsible.
North Korea says Kim supervised cruise missile tests
North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un has supervised tests of long-range cruise missiles, which he described as a successful demonstration of his militaryโs expanding nuclear strike capabilities and readiness for โactual war."
NKorea confirms simulated use of nukes to 'wipe out' enemies
North Korea says its recent barrage of missile launches were the simulated use of its tactical battlefield nuclear weapons to โhit and wipe outโ potential South Korean and U.S. targets.
Liz Cheney says Arizona GOP candidates threaten democracy
Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney says the Republican candidates for Arizona governor and secretary of state pose a huge risk for democracy because both say they will refuse to certify election results if they donโt like the results.
Trump: 'King' to some in Pennsylvania, but will it help GOP?
The enthusiasm for Donald Trumpโs unique brand of nationalist populism has cut into traditional Democratic strongholds in places such as Monongahela in western Pennsylvania.
S. Korea, US and Japan hold anti-N. Korean submarine drills
South Korea, U.S. and Japanese warships have launched their first anti-submarine drills in five years, after North Korea renewed ballistic missile tests this week.
Trump records probe: Tensions flare over special master
The FBI search of Donald Trumpโs Florida estate has spawned a parallel โspecial masterโ process that has slowed the Justice Department's criminal investigation and exposed simmering tensions between department prosecutors and lawyers for the former president.
South Korea says North Korea test-fired missile toward sea
North Korea has fired a short-range ballistic missile toward its eastern seas, extending a provocative streak in weapons testing as a U.S. aircraft carrier visits South Korea for joint military exercises in response to the Northโs growing nuclear threat.
US aircraft carrier arrives in South Korea for joint drills
The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan has arrived in the South Korean port of Busan ahead of the two countriesโ joint military exercise that aims to show their strength against growing North Korean threats.
UK's Truss says she'll slash taxes despite economic crisis
U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss said Tuesday that sheโs ready to make โunpopular decisionsโ such as boosting bonuses for wealthy bankers in order to get the U.K.โs sluggish economy growing.
US-UK relations enter new chapter as new PM, king settle in
President Joe Biden heads to the United Kingdom to pay his respects to Queen Elizabeth II at a time of transition in US-UK relations, as both a new monarch and a new prime minister are settling in.
Queen's death triggers media bonanza in works for decades
Plans by news organizations that have been in place for years โ even decades โ to cover the death of Queen Elizabeth II were triggered and tested when the event took place.
Hotel mogul, UFO believer spending in Nevada governor's race
Las Vegas-based hotel magnate and longtime UFO researcher Robert Bigelow has donated, through his owned companies, a total of $5.7 million to Joe Lombardoโs campaign or PACs supporting his campaign this election cycle.
EXPLAINER: Why is China staging drills around Taiwan?
China is staging live-fire military drills in six zones surrounding Taiwan in response to a visit by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to the island Beijing claims as its own territory.
Jill Biden carries out new mission in 2nd year as first lady
Jill Biden barnstormed the country during her debut year as first lady as if on a one-woman mission to help her husband's administration tackle the problem of the moment.
EXPLAINER: Why Pelosi went to Taiwan, and why China's angry
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi flew into Taiwan on an Air Force passenger jet Tuesday, becoming the highest-ranking American official in 25 years to visit the self-ruled island claimed by China.