AP VoteCast: Who voted (and how) in Iowa caucuses

AP VoteCast: Who voted (and how) in Iowa caucuses

WASHINGTON (AP) — In some ways, Iowa’s Republican caucuses were practically over before they began, with Donald Trump cultivating a deep network of support over three presidential runs. About 7 in 10 Iowans who caucused for Trump on Monday night said they have known all along that they would support a man who has remade … Read more

House Speaker Mike Johnson invites Biden to deliver the State of the Union

House Speaker Mike Johnson invites Biden to deliver the State of the Union

WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Mike Johnson is inviting President Joe Biden to deliver his annual State of the Union address on March 7. In a letter sent to the White House on Saturday, Johnson, R-La., extended the formal invitation for Biden to speak to a joint session of Congress. Johnson said he was inviting Biden … Read more

Michigan Republicans set to vote on chair Karamo’s removal

Michigan Republicans set to vote on chair Karamo’s removal

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Republicans plan to discuss the removal of state GOP Chairwoman Kristina Karamo during a meeting Saturday after many of the party’s leaders have called for her resignation following a year of leadership plagued by debt and infighting. Karamo has made it clear she will not recognize the vote if removed … Read more

US tensions with China are fraying long-cultivated academic ties. Will the chill hurt US interests?

US tensions with China are fraying long-cultivated academic ties. Will the chill hurt US interests?

WASHINGTON (AP) — In the 1980s, Fu Xiangdong was a young Chinese virology student who came to the United States to study biochemistry. More than three decades later, he had a prestigious professorship in California and was conducting promising research on Parkinson’s disease. But now Fu is doing his research at a Chinese university. His … Read more

Biden touts minority small business wins as Latino approval sags

Biden touts minority small business wins as Latino approval sags

US President Joe Biden speaks about strengthening US ports and supply chains after the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association finalized a new contract covering west coast ports, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on September 6, 2023. Jim Watson | Afp | Getty Images … Read more

Trump wants New Hampshire to put him on a path to the nomination before rivals find their footing

Trump wants New Hampshire to put him on a path to the nomination before rivals find their footing

DURHAM, N.H. (AP) — Donald Trump asked New Hampshire voters on Saturday to help him secure the Republican presidential nomination before any rivals find their footing with the 2024 campaign’s opening contest just weeks away. The appearance in Durham was part of a swing taking the former president through early nominating states as he cites … Read more

What we learned at Trump’s civil fraud trial after last testimony

What we learned at Trump’s civil fraud trial after last testimony

NEW YORK (AP) — After hearing from 40 witnesses over 2½ months, Judge Arthur Engoron sounded almost wistful as he presided over the last day of testimony in former President Donald Trump’s civil business fraud trial. “In a strange way, I’m gonna miss this trial,” he said Wednesday. Things aren’t over yet in the case, … Read more

Guyana’s president says his country is preparing to defend itself from Venezuela over disputed area

Guyana’s president says his country is preparing to defend itself from Venezuela over disputed area

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Guyana’s president told The Associated Press on Wednesday that his country is taking every necessary step to protect itself from Venezuela, which has ordered its state-owned companies to explore and exploit oil and minerals in the vast Essequibo region, which Guyana considers its own. When asked if he has … Read more

Trump requests mistrial in $250 million New York business fraud case

Trump requests mistrial in $250 million New York business fraud case

Former US President Donald Trump appeared in court on Tuesday for the third week of a civil fraud trial in New York, on October 17, 2023. Fatih Akta | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Donald Trump and his co-defendants asked a judge Wednesday to grant a mistrial in the $250 million civil business fraud case … Read more

Republican presidential candidate Tim Scott drops out of the 2024 race

Republican presidential candidate Tim Scott drops out of the 2024 race

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Tim Scott abruptly announced late Sunday that he was dropping out of the 2024 race, a development that surprised his donors and stunned his campaign staff just two months before the start of voting in Iowa’s leadoff GOP caucuses. The South Carolina senator, who entered the race in … Read more