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Stock market today: Asia shares mixed as investors await debt ceiling vote, eye…
Asian shares are mixed in directionless trading following a U.S. holiday, as optimism about a deal on the U.S. debt…
Crucial days ahead as debt ceiling deal goes for vote and Biden calls…
President Joe Biden says he “feels good” about the debt ceiling and budget deal negotiated with House Speaker Kevin…
Spanish prime minister calls early general election after battering in…
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has called an early general election for July 23 in a surprise move after his…
Debt ceiling takeaways: Biden’s invite to liberal skeptics to…
Biden has a message for members of the liberal wing of his party who don't like the debt-ceiling deal he worked out…
Trump’s welcome of Scott into 2024 race shows his calculus: The…
When Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina launched his campaign for the White House, the notoriously prickly…
Stock market today: Asia shares mixed as investors await debt ceiling…
Asian shares are mixed in directionless trading following a U.S. holiday, as optimism about a deal on the U.S. debt…
Spain swings right in local and regional elections
Spain’s conservative opposition Popular Party (PP) made significant gains in local and regional elections, offering…
New Greek parliament convenes, only to be dissolved as early as Monday
Newly elected Greek lawmakers were sworn in Sunday but the Parliament in which they sit may be dissolved as early…
Diverse Republican presidential primary field sees an opening in 2024 with voters…
Race has emerged as a central issue, and a delicate one, in the 2024 presidential contest as the Republican Party…
Liz Cheney urges graduates not to compromise with the truth in…
Former Wyoming Congresswoman Liz Cheney blasted Republicans raising fears about college students voting and…
Why Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment fight…
The Texas Legislature already made one historic move with the impeachment of Republican state Attorney General Ken…
What’s next on the debt ceiling: Selling the plan and making a…
To pass their debt ceiling deal, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Joe Biden will now have to sell it to…
GOP-controlled Texas House impeaches Republican Attorney General Ken…
The Texas House of Representatives has voted to impeach scandal-plagued Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton
Mississippi Democrats improperly excluded candidate for governor,…
Mississippi could have a Democratic primary for governor in August
Reform-minded prosecutors in northern Virginia face primary challenges
Three northern Virginia prosecutors who took office four years ago as progressive reformers are facing primary…
Why Texas’ GOP-controlled House impeached Republican Attorney…
After years of legal and ethical scandals swirling around Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, the state’s…
Guatemala’s top court ends candidacy of leading presidential hopeful 1 month…
Guatemala’s top court has blocked the candidacy of yet another presidential hopeful, this time ending the campaign…
Texas AG Ken Paxton invites supporters to rally at state Capitol to…
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has called on his supporters to protest when the GOP-led state House of…
North Dakota Gov. Burgum expected to announce GOP campaign for…
Two Republican operatives with knowledge of the plans say that North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is expected to…
A look at the 20 articles of impeachment against Texas Attorney…
The Texas House of Representatives has voted overwhelmingly to impeach GOP Attorney General Ken Paxton
New Zealand’s central bank raises key interest rate to 5.5% but…
New Zealand’s central bank has raised its benchmark interest rate to 5.5% but signaled its next move would be a…
Ecuador election council sets presidential vote for Aug. 20
Ecuador’s National Electoral Council has announced that early presidential elections would be held on Aug. 20 after…
Trump’s freewheeling, stream-of-consciousness speaking style…
Donald Trump speaks about his legal woes in a way that would make most defense attorneys wince
DeSantis set to make much-anticipated presidential campaign…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is set to launch his 2024 presidential campaign on Wednesday
Texas governor sent bill abolishing position of Harris County elections chief
The Texas Legislature has approved abolishing a position Democrats in the state's largest county created to oversee…
Biden picks new National Security Agency head, key to support of…
President Joe Biden has chosen a new leader for the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command, a joint…
DeSantis plans to announce 2024 bid Wednesday on Twitter Spaces with…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis plans to announce his 2024 presidential campaign in a Twitter Spaces event with Elon Musk…
Debt ceiling talks grind on, but Republicans say there’s a…
Debt ceiling talks showed few signs of outward progress as negotiators for President Joe Biden and House Speaker…
Trump makes video appearance in New York criminal case, trial date set…
Donald Trump has made a video appearance in a New York courtroom, where the judge tentatively scheduled the former…
Greece heads to new election, after conservatives fail to clinch…
Greece is heading toward a new general election two days after Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ center-right New…
Pakistan’s Imran Khan presses legal fight, gets protection from…
Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has taken his legal battle to a court in the capital, Islamabad
South Carolina ready to renew abortion ban around 6 weeks of pregnancy…
The South Carolina Senate has approved a bill that would ban most abortions after around six weeks of pregnancy,…
Greece’s center-right in landslide election victory, but will need new vote…
Despite inflicting the most crushing defeat in half a century on the opposition, Greece’s center-right Prime…
Biden, McCarthy to hold pivotal meeting on debt ceiling as time to…
President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy have a pivotal meeting coming up on the impasse over the debt…
Debt ceiling explained: What to know about the showdown in Washington…
House Republicans still don’t have a deal with President Joe Biden to raise the nation’s debt ceiling a little more…
Tim Scott set to announce launch of his 2024 GOP presidential campaign
Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina is set to announce his bid for president
Back in hoodies and gym shorts, Fetterman tackles Senate life after…
Before Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman checked himself in to a hospital for clinical depression in February, he…
Conservative party of Greek prime minister in big election lead, to…
The conservative party of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has won a landslide election victory Sunday but…
South Carolina Republicans hear pitches from 2024 candidates, reelect…
South Carolina Republicans have selected Drew McKissick as their chairman for a fourth term at a convention where…
Former US Rep. Mark Walker joins North Carolina GOP gubernatorial…
Former U.S. Rep. Mark Walker has formally joined next year’s race for North Carolina governor
DeSantis meets New Hampshire lawmakers, greets voters ahead of expected 2024…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has met with Republican lawmakers in New Hampshire and stopped by a local diner, where he…
American Airlines says it has a deal with the pilots’ union on a…
American Airlines says it has a tentative contract agreement with pilots
Turkey’s electoral board confirms 1st round election results;…
Turkey's Supreme Election Board has announced the official results of Sunday's election, with Recep Tayyip Erdogan…
Attacks fly as contentious general election campaign for Kentucky…
The general election campaign for Kentucky governor is off to a feisty start
How one North Carolina lawmaker’s defection from the Democratic…
North Carolina state Rep. Tricia Cotham’s recent switch from the Democratic Party to the GOP opened the door for…
Prosecutor suggests any indictments in Trump election investigation…
The Atlanta prosecutor investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and others broke the law while trying to…
Pakistan’s Imran Khan dials down campaign of defiance, allows…
Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has dialed down his campaign of defiance, saying he would allow a…
Sen. Tim Scott makes it official: He’s a Republican candidate…
Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina made it official Friday: He's running for president
Voter ID bill facing Republican infighting advances out of committee
A legislative committee has finally advanced a bill to comply with a voter ID requirement approved by Nebraska…
Feinstein’s office details previously unknown complications from…
Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s office says she is suffering from Ramsay Hunt syndrome, a complication from the…
Ecuador court rejects lawmakers’ challenges to president’s…
Ecuador's Constitutional Court has rejected multiple challenges that sought to invalidate President Guillermo Lasso…
Trial over Kari Lake’s last challenge to loss in Arizona governor’s…
The trial over Kari Lake's challenge to her defeat in the Arizona governor's race will go for a third day
Debt ceiling negotiators pushing for weekend deal, but much work…
Top negotiators from the White House have met over the debt limit with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s emissaries at…
False claims of a stolen election thrive unchecked on Twitter even as…
Election falsehoods are thriving on Twitter after former President Donald Trump dug in on those claims during a…
Federal appeals court nominee withdraws in rare judicial defeat for…
In a rare judicial defeat for President Joe Biden, Michael Delaney is withdrawing his nomination for the…
The average long-term US mortgage rate rose to 6.39% this week,…
The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate edged higher this week after a two-week drop, a modest move in line with a…
Ohio board approves August ballot question meant to thwart abortion rights push
A ballot question aimed at making it harder to amend Ohio's constitution has been cleared for an August vote
FedEx pilots vote to authorize strike as they push for higher wages in…
FedEx Express pilots are voting to approve a strike if that helps their union get a new contract with the…
Why a Fed rate-hike pause may not be as great for stocks as Wall…
To Wall Street's relief, the end appears in sight for the Federal Reserve's sharp hikes to interest rates
Turkish candidate Kilicdaroglu hardens stance before runoff against…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s main challenger has adopted a more nationalist and hard-line stance before…
Biden campaign sees multiple ‘viable pathways’ to 2024…
President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign is vowing to hold the states that won him the White House in 2020 but…
Philadelphia’s likely next mayor could offer model for how…
The Democrat who will almost certainly become Philadelphia’s next mayor wants to hire hundreds of additional police…
New Zealand budget plan offers modest financial relief ahead of…
Months before an election, New Zealand’s government is offering some modest financial relief to many people by…
Democratic Minneapolis City Council candidate says he doesn’t…
Days after chaos erupted at a Democratic nominating convention for a Minneapolis City Council seat, one of the…
Dancers at Los Angeles bar to become only unionized strippers in US after 15-month…
Dancers at a Los Angeles bar could soon become the only unionized group of strippers in the U.S. The Actors’ Equity…
Effort to expel Santos falters as Republicans vote to send measure to…
A resolution to expel New York Republican Rep. George Santos from Congress is being referred to the House Ethics…
Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear of Kentucky signals focus on family…
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is preparing for what could be the most hotly contested election of the year
Philadelphia mayoral primary returned Democrats to familiar themes of…
The Democratic mayoral primary in Philadelphia is the latest election to represent a clash between moderates and…
Justice Department watchdog finds US attorney in Massachusetts tried…
The Justice Department's internal watchdog is out with a highly critical report on the top federal prosecutor in…
Key Trump attorney says he’s departing legal team as Mar-a-Lago…
A key lawyer for former President Donald Trump says he's leaving the legal team, a move that comes as a special…
DeSantis criticizes Trump for implying Florida abortion ban is…
Gov_ Ron DeSantis is criticizing Donald Trump for implying Florida's new six-week abortion ban is “too harsh.”
Trial over Kari Lake’s last challenge to loss in Arizona governor’s…
Attorneys for Kari Lake, the 2022 Republican candidate for Arizona governor, say Maricopa County has a “failed…
Jacksonville elects first female mayor, giving Florida Democrats a rare win in…
Democrat Donna Deegan’s decisive win over a Republican in the Jacksonville mayor’s race will make her the first…
Kari Lake headed to trial on last remaining claim in suit over loss in…
A judge has rejected a bid by election officials to throw out the last remaining election misconduct claim by Kari…
Democrat Cherelle Parker wins primary for Philadelphia mayor
Voters in Philadelphia have chosen Cherelle Parker as their Democratic nominee for mayor
Unsuccessful Republican candidate in Arizona attorney general race…
The Republican candidate who lost last year’s election for Arizona attorney general is returning to court to…
Democrats keep Pennsylvania House majority, positioning party to…
Democrats will maintain their narrow Pennsylvania House majority after winning a special election in the…
Stage set for Ecuadorian president or lawmakers to be booted out of…
A showdown between Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso and the opposition-led National Assembly could result on…
Races for 4 court seats, including 1 on Supreme Court, lead statewide…
Party nominees for four open seats on Pennsylvania’s statewide appellate courts will be settled in the primary…
Trump-backed Daniel Cameron to face Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy…
Attorney General Daniel Cameron has won the Republican primary for Kentucky governor and will face Democratic Gov.…
Pence allies launching super PAC to back former vice president’s expected…
Allies of former Vice President Mike Pence are launching a new super PAC to support his expected candidacy for the…
Durham report on Trump-Russia investigation: What led to it and what…
An investigation into the origins of the FBI’s probe into ties between Russia and Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential…
Minnesota Democrats set emergency meeting in response to melee at…
Minnesota Democratic leaders will convene an emergency meeting Thursday evening to respond to the chaos that broke…
Trump tells former adviser Michael Flynn: ‘We’re going to bring…
Former President Donald Trump called into an event hosted by his former national security adviser Michael Flynn…
Special prosecutor ends Trump-Russia investigation, saying FBI acted…
A special prosecutor has ended his four-year investigation into possible FBI misconduct in its probe of ties…
Connecticut high court nominee regrets signing 2017 letter supporting…
A nominee to the Connecticut Supreme Court has told state lawmakers that she would not have signed a 2017 letter…
Extended boycott disqualifies 2 GOP senators, 1 independent in Oregon…
Two Republicans and an Independent in the Oregon Senate are now disqualified from reelection as a walkout has…
US seeks dismissal of corruption charges against Florida 2018…
Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to dismiss remaining corruption charges against Andrew Gillum, the…
Nebraska conservatives gamble on combining abortion, trans health bans
Conservative Nebraska lawmakers are taking what could be an all-or-nothing bet by proposing to merge two of the…
With Turkey’s presidential election going to a runoff, what…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan received the most votes in a weekend presidential election but he can't…
Biden endorses Democrat in special election with Pennsylvania House…
A Democrat running for a vacant seat in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives is getting President Joe Biden’s…
Philadelphia Democratic mayoral primary pits moderates against…
The Democratic primary for Philadelphia mayor has become a battle between progressives and moderates, with no clear…
Supreme Court to review South Carolina congressional map for…
The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether South Carolina’s congressional districts need to be redrawn because…
Slovakia gets technocratic caretaker government until…
Slovakia’s President Zuzana Caputova has sworn in a government of technocrats to lead the country to snap elections…
What lies ahead for Thailand after dramatic opposition election win?
Thailand’s opposition has racked up a stunning majority of the 500 seats at stake in the race for the House of…
Turkish President Erdogan heads to a runoff election that will decide…
Turkish voters will head back to the polls in two weeks for a runoff election to decide if conservative President…
