Tag Archives: Politics

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - The state of Maine's long-cherished reputation for political independence is being threatened by the nation's polarized politics, with more and more of its voters feeling pressu...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate's border proposal was one of the toughest bipartisan bills to emerge on the issue in decades. Yet it quickly collapsed when Republicans - galvanized by Donald Trump, the l...

ATLANTA (AP) - Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis took the witness stand Thursday and forcefully pushed back against what she described as "lies" about her romantic relationship with a specia...

NEW YORK (AP) - Donald Trump's hush-money trial will go ahead as scheduled with jury selection starting March 25, a New York judge ruled Thursday, turning aside demands for delay from the former presi...

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Former President Donald Trump again said Wednesday that if he returns to the White House, he would not defend NATO members that don't meet defense spending targets, days ...

OTTAWA - An Israeli military offensive into the densely populated area where some 1.5 million Palestinians have taken refuge in the Gaza Strip would be "catastrophic," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sa...

BATON ROGUE, La. (AP) - Louisiana's infamous electric chair - dubbed by death row inmates as "Gruesome Gertie" - was last used for an execution in 1991, when the state moved to lethal injections as th...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California voters this March will decide on a statewide ballot measure that Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom said would transform the outdated mental health system and address th...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A Nebraska lawmaker who tanked an effort last year by his fellow Republicans to pass a near-total abortion ban has given top priority this year to a bill that would allow abortion...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee Republican U.S. Rep. Mark Green on Wednesday announced that he won't run for a fourth term, pointing to the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayor...