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Memo: Trump prodded Ukraine leader on Biden claims
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump repeatedly prodded Ukraine's new leader to work with the U.S. attorney general and lawyer Rudy Giuliani to investigate Democratic political rival Joe Biden, accordi...
Sep 25, 2019 AP Photo/Evan Vucci
Washington plunges into Trump impeachment investigation
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump pressed Ukraine's leader to "look into" Democratic rival Joe Biden as well as his grievances from the 2016 election, according to a rough transcript of a summer pho...
Sep 25, 2019
Pelosi orders impeachment probe: ‘No one is above the law’
WASHINGTON - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi launched a formal impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump on Tuesday, acquiescing to mounting pressure from fellow Democrats and plunging a deeply di...
Sep 24, 2019
Thomas Cook repatriation ramps up as bosses slammed over pay
LONDON - Britain's biggest repatriation effort since World War II ramped up on Tuesday as questions swirled over the pay Thomas Cook executives received in the run-up to the tour operator's collapse, ...
Sep 24, 2019
UK Supreme Court rules suspension of Parliament was illegal
LONDON - In a major blow to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Britain's highest court ruled Tuesday that his decision to suspend Parliament for five weeks in the crucial countdown to the country's Brexit ...
Sep 24, 2019
Trump ordered aid frozen; more Democrats want impeachment
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump ordered his staff to freeze nearly $400 million in aid to Ukraine a few days before a phone call in which he pressured the Eastern European nation's leader to ...
Sep 24, 2019 President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the InterContinental Barclay hotel during the United Nations General Assembly, Monday, Sept. 23, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
US soldier arrested on charge of sharing bomb instructions
WASHINGTON - Federal authorities said Monday they arrested an Army soldier who they accused of discussing with an FBI informant a possible bomb attack within the United States as well as the targeting...
Sep 23, 2019
‘Thrones,’ ‘Fleabag’ top Emmys, Billy Porter makes history
LOS ANGELES - "Game of Thrones" resurrected the Iron Throne at Sunday's Emmy ceremony, ruling as top drama on a night of surprises in which "Pose" star Billy Porter made history and the comedy series ...
Sep 23, 2019 (The Associated Press)
Hundreds of thousands stranded as travel agency collapses
LONDON - Families stranded, honeymoons and vacations cancelled, thousands of workers laid off: The sudden collapse of British tour company Thomas Cook and its network of airlines and hotels sowed chao...
Sep 23, 2019
‘Game of Thrones,’ ‘Veep’ aim for records at Emmy Awards
LOS ANGELES - Get the snacks and a scorecard ready for the 2019 Emmy Awards. As TV academy voters honour what they consider the small-screen's best, viewers can join in by tallying up wins, snubs and ...
Sep 22, 2019
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