President-elect Donald Trump has chosen health economist Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a critic of pandemic lockdowns and vaccine mandates, to lead the National Institutes of Health, the nation's leading medical research agency.

2. Trump transition team suggests sidelining top adviser over pay-to-play allegations - Friday, November 22, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The top lawyer on Donald Trump's transition team investigated a longtime adviser to the president-elect over allegations he used his proximity to Trump to score payments from those seeking roles or influence in the new administration.

3. Trump pledges a smooth transition of power - Friday, November 8, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump made a victor's return to Washington on Wednesday, visiting the White House for an Oval Office meeting with Democratic President Joe Biden and committing to a smooth transition of power as the Republican president-elect moves quickly to build out his new administration.

4. Trump's defense choice stuns the Pentagon and raises questions about the Fox News host's experience - Friday, November 8, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump stunned the Pentagon and the broader defense world by nominating Fox News host Pete Hegseth to serve as his defense secretary, tapping someone largely inexperienced and untested on the global stage to take over the world's largest and most powerful military.

5. Here are the people Trump has picked for key positions so far - Friday, November 8, 2024

President-elect Donald Trump is starting to fill key posts in his second administration, putting an emphasis so far on aides and allies who were his strongest backers during the 2024 campaign.

Here's a look at who he's selected so far.

6. Who is Susie Wiles, Donald Trump's new White House chief of staff? - Friday, November 8, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — With her selection as President-elect Donald Trump 's incoming White House chief of staff, veteran Florida political strategist Susie Wiles moves from a largely behind-the-scenes role of campaign co-chair to the high-profile position of the president's closest adviser and counsel.

7. Here's what to watch on Election Day in the US - Friday, November 1, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Election Day is here. Polls opened Tuesday across the nation and Americans cast ballots in the 2024 presidential election. In a deeply divided nation, the election is a true toss-up between Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump.

8. A turbulent campaign nears its finale as Americans choose between Harris, Trump - Friday, November 1, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — A presidential campaign marked by upheaval and rancor headed for its Election Day finale on Tuesday, as Americans decided whether to send Donald Trump back to the White House or elevate Kamala Harris to the Oval Office.

9. Here's what to watch as Election Day approaches in the U.S. - Friday, November 1, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Election Day is nearly upon us. In a matter of hours, the final votes in the 2024 presidential election will be cast.

In a deeply divided nation, the election is a true toss-up between Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump.

10. Donald Trump gambles with late-stage trips to Democratic New Mexico and Virginia - Friday, November 1, 2024

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Donald Trump is traveling to New Mexico and Virginia in the campaign's final days, taking a risky detour from the seven battleground states to spend time in places where Republican presidential candidates have not won in decades.

11. Trump will become first major 2024 candidate to visit majority-Arab Dearborn, Michigan - Friday, November 1, 2024

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Donald Trump is set to visit Dearborn, Michigan — the nation's largest Arab-majority city — on Friday, according to a local business owner who first insisted the former president call for peace in Lebanon before hosting him.

12. The US election system is secure. But human nature is a vulnerability - Friday, November 1, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hacking a local election system in the United States wouldn't be easy, and secretly altering votes on a scale massive enough to change the outcome of the presidential race would be impossible, election officials have said, thanks to decentralized systems, paper records for nearly all ballots, exhaustive reviews, legal due process and decades of work by American election officials, volunteers and citizens.

13. Two closing arguments show the stark choice between Trump and Harris - Friday, October 25, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — In the shadow of the White House, seven days before the final votes of the 2024 election are cast, Kamala Harris vowed to put country over party and warned that Donald Trump is obsessed with revenge and his own personal interests.

14. Trump says his New York rally marked by crude and racist insults was 'an absolute lovefest' - Friday, October 25, 2024

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Urged by some allies to apologize for racist comments made by speakers at his weekend rally, Donald Trump took the opposite approach on Tuesday, saying it was an "honor to be involved" in such an event and calling the scene a "lovefest" — the same term he has used to describe the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

15. Progressives warn Harris must change her closing message as the election looms - Friday, October 25, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — Progressive Democrats warn Kamala Harris risks losing the support of a small but significant portion of her political base unless she changes her campaign's closing message — and its messengers — immediately.

16. Trump says China's leader will bully Harris 'like a baby' as his allies try to infantilize her - Friday, October 25, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump said Thursday that China's leader would handle Vice President Kamala Harris "like a baby" if she's elected to the White House, as the former president and his top allies increasingly have moved to infantilize the Democratic nominee.

17. Trump denigrates Harris as 'lazy,' invoking a racist trope against Black people - Friday, October 18, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Tuesday called his Democratic opponent Kamala Harris "lazy," criticizing the vice president with a word long used to demean Black people in racist terms.

18. Trump insults Detroit while campaigning in the city - Friday, October 11, 2024

DETROIT (AP) — Former President Donald Trump criticized Detroit while delivering remarks to an economic group there on Thursday, saying the whole country would end up like the city if his Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, is elected.

19. Biden and Netanyahu hold their first conversation in weeks. Trump recently called the Israeli leader - Friday, October 4, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday held their first call in seven weeks, a conversation that comes as Israel expands its ground incursion into Lebanon and considers how to respond to Iran's recent ballistic missile attack.

20. How important is Wisconsin? Trump's now visited 4 times in 8 days - Friday, October 4, 2024

JUNEAU, Wis. (AP) — Donald Trump on Sunday visited Wisconsin for the fourth time in eight days as his campaign showers attention on a pivotal state where Republicans fret about his ability to match Democrats' enthusiasm and turnout machine.

21. Filing in Trump case details remarkable schism with Pence over rejecting 2020 election loss - Friday, October 4, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Days before rioters roamed the halls of the U.S. Capitol threatening to "hang Mike Pence," Donald Trump told his vice president that people are going to "hate your guts" and "think you're stupid" if he failed to stop the 2020 election certification.

22. What's next after prosecutors reveal new evidence in Trump's 2020 election interference case - Friday, October 4, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Jack Smith has provided a road map for how prosecutors hope to prove their case charging former President Donald Trump with an illegal scheme to overturn his 2020 election loss — if it ever gets to trial.

23. Prosecutors lay out new evidence in Trump election case, accuse him of having 'resorted to crimes' - Friday, October 4, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump laid the groundwork to try to overturn the 2020 election even before he lost, knowingly pushed false claims of voter fraud and "resorted to crimes" in his failed bid to cling to power, according to a court filing unsealed Wednesday that offers new evidence from the landmark criminal case against the former president.

24. Anti-abortion leaders undeterred as Trump for the first time says he'd veto a federal abortion ban - Friday, September 27, 2024

CHICAGO (AP) — Anti-abortion leaders said Wednesday that they're undeterred after Donald Trump said he would veto a federal abortion ban, the first time he has explicitly said so after previously refusing to answer questions on the subject.

25. Prosecutors lay out new evidence in Trump election case, accuse him of having 'resorted to crimes' - Friday, September 27, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump laid the groundwork to try to overturn the 2020 election even before he lost, knowingly pushed false claims of voter fraud and "resorted to crimes" in his failed bid to cling to power, according to a newly unsealed court filing from prosecutors that offers new evidence from the landmark criminal case against the former president.

26. Walz, Vance will meet in their first and possibly only vice presidential debate - Friday, September 27, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Tim Walz and JD Vance will meet for their first and possibly only vice presidential debate Tuesday, in what could be the last debate for both campaigns to argue their case before the election.

27. Trump slams US response to Helene, even as supporters urge cutbacks to federal disaster agencies - Friday, September 27, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump criticized the Biden administration's response to the widespread devastation caused by Hurricane Helene, even as his supporters call for cuts to federal agencies that warn of weather disasters and deliver relief to hard-hit communities.

28. Trump makes false claims about federal response as he campaigns in area ravaged by Hurricane Helene - Friday, September 27, 2024

VALDOSTA, Ga. (AP) — Donald Trump repeatedly spread falsehoods Monday about the federal response to Hurricane Helene despite claiming not to be politicizing the disaster as he toured hard-hit areas in south Georgia.

29. Trump escalates attacks on Harris' mental fitness, suggests she should be prosecuted - Friday, September 27, 2024

ERIE, Pa. (AP) — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump escalated his personal attacks on his Democratic rival, Kamala Harris, on Sunday by repeating an insult that she was "mentally impaired" while also saying she should be "impeached and prosecuted."

30. Trump calls for 100% tariffs on cars made in Mexico as part of US manufacturing plan - Friday, September 20, 2024

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Donald Trump on Tuesday pledged to stop U.S. businesses from shipping jobs overseas and to take other countries' jobs and factories by relying heavily on sweeping tariffs to boost auto manufacturing — despite warnings that domestic consumers would pay more and a lack of specifics about how his plans would work.

31. Trump wants to lure foreign companies by offering them access to federal land - Friday, September 20, 2024

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Donald Trump is expected on Tuesday to pledge not only to stop U.S. businesses from offshoring jobs, but also to take other countries' jobs and factories.

Among the ideas he is planning to pitch is luring foreign companies to the U.S. by offering them access to federal land. He teased the plan earlier this month when he proposed a cut to the corporate tax rate from 21% to 15%, but only for companies that produce in the U.S.

32. Harris hopes to turn Ukraine war into winning issue in battle with Trump for Polish American votes - Friday, September 20, 2024

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democrats are stepping up their outreach to Polish Americans in this year's presidential election as Kamala Harris and Donald Trump vie for support from a community that could play a decisive role in razor-thin battleground state contests.

33. Trump was the subject of an apparent assassination attempt at his Florida golf club, the FBI says - Friday, September 13, 2024

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Donald Trump was the target of what the FBI said "appears to be an attempted assassination" at his golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Sunday, just nine weeks after the Republican presidential nominee survived another attempt on his life. The former president said he was safe and well, and authorities held a man in custody.

34. In swing states, Harris touts Republican endorsements while Trump leans into incendiary rhetoric - Friday, September 13, 2024

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump launched campaign blitzes Thursday with dramatically different approaches to attracting swing-state voters who will decide the presidential contest.

35. Taylor Swift endorses Kamala Harris for president after debate ends - Friday, September 6, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Taylor Swift, one of the music industry's biggest stars, endorsed Kamala Harris for president shortly after the presidential debate ended.

36. How Trump and Georgia's Republican governor made peace, helped by allies anxious about the election - Friday, August 30, 2024

ATLANTA (AP) — The effort to make the peace between Donald Trump and Georgia's powerful Republican governor began in a sprawling neo-Victorian mansion in the exclusive Atlanta enclave of Buckhead.

37. Harris, Trump disagree on muted mics for Sept. 10 debate - Friday, August 23, 2024

The campaigns of Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are arguing in advance of their high-stakes Sept. 10 debate over whether microphones should be muted except for the candidate whose turn it is to speak.

38. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he's suspending his presidential bid, backing Trump - Friday, August 23, 2024

PHOENIX (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suspended his independent campaign for president Friday and endorsed Donald Trump, a late-stage shakeup of the presidential race that could give the former president a modest boost from Kennedy's supporters.

39. Kennedy campaign's future in question as Trump allies lobby for endorsement - Friday, August 23, 2024

PHOENIX (AP) — Close allies to Donald Trump are quietly urging independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to endorse the Republican nominee if he withdraws from the campaign for the White House as soon as this week.

40. Harris' running mate Tim Walz talks of 'bringing the joy' in his national introduction at DNC - Friday, August 23, 2024

CHICAGO (AP) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz accepted his party's nomination for vice president Wednesday night, using his Democratic National Convention address to thank the packed arena for "bringing the joy" to an election transformed by the elevation of his running mate, Vice President Kamala Harris.

41. Harris cautiously rolls out policy, aiming to outmaneuver Trump and address 2020 liabilities - Friday, August 9, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is trying to outmaneuver former President Donald Trump and address old vulnerabilities on her policy positions as she starts to fill in how she would govern if elected in November.

42. Trump turns his full focus on Harris at his first rally since Biden's exit from the 2024 race - Friday, July 26, 2024

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Donald Trump unleashed a barrage of attack lines Wednesday against his likely new opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, whom he called his "new victim to defeat" and accused of deceiving the public about President Joe Biden 's ability to run for a second term.

43. Harris gets a chance to press reset on the 2024 race against Trump - Friday, July 19, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — For the past year, the presidential campaign seemed destined to be a monotonous slog featuring two candidates, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, who voters didn't really want.

44. Trump revels in Democratic turmoil as he returns to campaign trail and teases VP pick - Friday, July 5, 2024

MIAMI (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday reveled in the mounting turmoil surrounding President Joe Biden 's campaign in the wake of their debate and teased the expected announcement of his Republican running mate with one of the top contenders, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, in attendance.

45. Biden gets support from key lawmakers as he tells Democrats he won't step aside after debate - Friday, July 5, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden stood firm Monday against calls for him to drop his reelection candidacy and called for an end to the intraparty drama that has torn apart Democrats since his dismal debate performance last month, as key lawmakers expressed support for him to remain in the 2024 presidential race.

46. Biden assails Project 2025, a plan to transform government, and Trump's claim to be unaware of it - Friday, July 5, 2024

MIAMI (AP) — Donald Trump has distanced himself from Project 2025, a massive proposed overhaul of the federal government drafted by longtime allies and former officials in his administration, days after the head of the think tank responsible for the program suggested there would be a second American Revolution.

47. Trump disavows Project 2025 transition plan after a key official calls for a new American Revolution - Friday, July 5, 2024

MIAMI (AP) — Donald Trump distanced himself Friday from Project 2025, a massive proposed overhaul of the federal government drafted by longtime allies and former officials in his administration, days after the head of the think tank responsible for the program suggested there would be a second American Revolution.

48. FACT FOCUS: Trump's misleading claims about the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol - Friday, July 5, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump said during his debate with President Joe Biden last week that the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol involved a "relatively small" group of people who were "in many cases ushered in by the police."

49. Judge delays Trump's hush money sentencing until at least September after high court immunity ruling - Friday, July 5, 2024

In a major reprieve for former President Donald Trump, sentencing for his hush money convictions was postponed Tuesday until at least September — if ever — as the judge agreed to weigh the possible impact of a new Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity.

50. Biden's debate performance spurs Democratic panic about his ability to lead party against Trump - Friday, June 28, 2024

ATLANTA (AP) — Above all, Joe Biden's allies wanted him to demonstrate strength and energy on the debate stage to help put to rest questions about the 81-year-old Democrat's physical and mental acuity.

51. Judge alters Trump's gag order, letting him talk about witnesses, jury after hush money conviction - Friday, June 21, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — A Manhattan judge on Tuesday modified Donald Trump's gag order, freeing the former president to comment publicly about witnesses and jurors in the hush money criminal trial that led to his felony conviction, but keeping others connected to the case off limits until he is sentenced July 11.

52. Supreme Court strikes down Trump-era ban on rapid-fire rifle bump stocks, reopening political fight - Friday, June 14, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday struck down a Trump-era ban on bump stocks, the rapid-fire gun accessories used in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, in a ruling that threw firearms back into the nation's political spotlight.

53. Trump refers to Milwaukee as 'horrible' just before the city hosts the Republican convention - Friday, June 14, 2024

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump used the word "horrible" in talking about Milwaukee — the city where he will accept the Republican nomination next month — during a closed-door meeting Thursday with GOP congressmen, according to several people in the room who spoke afterward.

54. Trump's 78th birthday becomes a show of loyalty for his fans and fellow Republicans - Friday, June 14, 2024

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Donald Trump spent the day before his 78th birthday being feted by Republicans in Congress who sang "Happy Birthday" and presented him with a cake and gifts. It was a remarkable show of loyalty for a former president who was shunned by many of the same lawmakers after the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

55. Trump returns to Capitol Hill and whips up Republican lawmakers in first meeting since Jan. 6 attack - Friday, June 14, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump made a triumphant return Thursday to Capitol Hill, whipping up House and Senate Republicans in his first meetings since the Jan.6, 2021, attacks. He was embraced by GOP lawmakers who find themselves newly energized by his bid to retake the White House.

56. Biden plans to head to Camp David to prepare for June 27 debate with Trump - Friday, June 7, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — After back-to-back trips to Europe, President Joe Biden plans to head to Camp David next week to prepare for his first 2024 debate with former President Donald Trump, hunkering down at the woodsy Maryland hideaway that has hosted many similar cram sessions in the past.

57. Donald Trump is convicted of a felony. Here's how that affects the 2024 presidential race - Friday, May 31, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — Having been convicted of 34 felonies, Donald Trump cannot own a gun, hold public office or even vote in many states.

But in 158 days, voters across America will decide whether he will return to the White House to serve another four years as the nation's president.

58. Here's what every key witness said at Trump's hush money trial. Closing arguments are coming - Friday, May 24, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — After 22 witnesses, including a porn actor, tabloid publisher and White House insiders, testimony is over at Donald Trump's criminal trial in New York.

Prosecutors called 20 witnesses. The defense called just two. Trump decided not to testify on his own behalf.

59. 'Ron, I love that you're back': Trump, DeSantis put an often personal primary fight behind them - Friday, May 24, 2024

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis are signaling to donors that they are putting their rivalry behind them after a contentious and often personal primary fight.

60. Trump might be stuck in a Manhattan courtroom, but he knows his fave legal analysts - Friday, May 24, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — If there are bragging rights associated with Donald Trump praising your legal acumen when he speaks after a day's testimony at his criminal trial, Fox News analyst Andy McCarthy has already been cited at least a dozen times.

61. Trump says he is open to restrictions on contraception before backing away from the statement - Friday, May 17, 2024

Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he was open to supporting regulations on contraception and that his campaign would release a policy on the issue "very shortly," comments that he later said were misinterpreted.

62. Prosecution rests in Trump's hush money case, and defense now gets its turn to call witnesses - Friday, May 17, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors rested their hush money case against Donald Trump on Monday, turning it over to the former president's lawyers for a chance to call witnesses.

The prosecution's final witness, at least for now, was also their most important: Trump attorney-turned-adversary Michael Cohen, who the defense over several hours of cross-examination sought to paint as a serial fabulist who is on a revenge campaign aimed taking down Trump.

63. Michael Cohen pressed on his crimes and lies as defense attacks key Trump hush money trial witness - Friday, May 17, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump's lawyers accused the star prosecution witness in his hush money trial of lying to jurors, portraying Trump fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen on Thursday as a serial fabulist who is bent on seeing the presumptive Republican presidential nominee behind bars.

64. Cohen pressed on his crimes and lies as defense attacks key Trump hush money trial witness - Friday, May 17, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — With prosecutors' hush money case against Donald Trump barreling toward its end, defense lawyers pressed former attorney Michael Cohen on his criminal history and past lies Thursday as they worked to convince jurors not to believe the star witness' pivotal testimony.

65. Lies, loyalty and a gag order upheld: Tuesday's Trump hush money trial takeaways - Friday, May 10, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump's attorneys started grilling prosecutors' star witness in his hush money trial Tuesday, portraying former attorney Michael Cohen as a media-obsessed liar who's determined to see the former president behind bars.

66. Cohen gives insider details at trial as Trump's defense attorney accuses him of seeking vengeance - Friday, May 10, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — It wasn't until after a decade in the fold, after his family pleaded with him, after the FBI raided his office, apartment and hotel room, Michael Cohen testified Tuesday, that he finally decided to turn on Donald Trump.

67. Speaker Mike Johnson's appearance at Trump's felony trial marks a remarkable moment in US politics - Friday, May 10, 2024

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson assailed the U.S. judicial system on Tuesday, becoming the highest-ranking Republican to show up at court with Donald Trump and using his powerful position to attack the hush money case against the former president as an illegitimate "sham."

68. Check stubs, fake receipts, blind loyalty: Cohen offers inside knowledge in Trump's hush money trial - Friday, May 10, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — It wasn't until after a decade in the fold, after his family pleaded with him, after the FBI raided his office, apartment and hotel room, Michael Cohen testified Tuesday, that he finally decided to turn on Donald Trump.

69. Donald Trump's GOP allies show up in force as Michael Cohen takes the stand in hush money trial - Friday, May 10, 2024

With Donald Trump barred from publicly attacking the key witness in his hush money trial, his campaign brought to court a phalanx of Republican elected officials to speak for him.

"The thing that the president is prevented from saying, which is a disgrace, is that every single person involved in this prosecution is practically a Democratic political operative," U.S. Sen. JD Vance of Ohio said outside the courthouse Monday during a morning break.

70. Judge raises threat of jail as he holds Trump in contempt, fines him $9,000 at hush money trial - Friday, April 26, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump was held in contempt of court Tuesday and fined $9,000 for repeatedly violating a gag order that barred him from making public statements about witnesses, jurors and some others connected to his New York hush money case. If he does it again, the judge warned, he could be jailed.

71. Tabloid publisher says he pledged to be Trump campaign's 'eyes and ears' during 2016 race - Friday, April 19, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — A veteran tabloid publisher testified Tuesday that he pledged to be Donald Trump 's "eyes and ears" during his 2016 presidential campaign, recounting how he promised the then-candidate that he would help suppress harmful stories and even arranged to purchase the silence of a doorman.

72. Trump's $175M bond in New York civil fraud judgment case is settled with cash promise - Friday, April 19, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — New York state lawyers and an attorney for former President Donald Trump settled their differences Monday over a $175 million bond that Trump posted to block a large civil fraud judgment while he pursues appeals.

73. First 7 jurors are chosen for Trump's hush money criminal trial, with 11 more still needed - Friday, April 12, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — The first seven jurors for Donald Trump's hush money trial were seated Tuesday after lawyers grilled the jury pool about their social media posts, political views and personal lives to decide who can sit in fair judgment of the former president.

74. Tax Day reveals a major split in how Joe Biden and Donald Trump would govern - Friday, April 12, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Tax Day reveals a major split in how Joe Biden and Donald Trump would govern: The presidential candidates have conflicting ideas about how much to reveal about their own finances and the best ways to boost the economy through tax policy.

75. Blinken, Cameron urge Congress to approve aid for Ukraine, calling it critical for world security - Friday, April 5, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken and British Foreign Secretary David Cameron urged Congress on Tuesday to approve new military aid for Ukraine, saying the stalled funding is critical for U.S., European and world security.

76. Biden tells Israel's Netanyahu future US support for war depends on new steps to protect civilians - Friday, April 5, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden issued a stark warning to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday that future U.S. support for Israel's Gaza war depends on the swift implementation of new steps to protect civilians and aid workers.

77. Trump Media stock falls more than 21% after company discloses $58M loss for 2023 - Friday, March 29, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — Less than a week after a flashy stock market debut, Donald Trump's social media company on Monday disclosed that it lost nearly $58.2 million last year, sending its stock tumbling more than 21%.

78. Outpaced by Biden, Trump hopes to rake in $33 million during Florida fundraiser - Friday, March 29, 2024

Former President Donald Trump's campaign is seeking to outraise President Joe Biden next week, aiming to take in more than $33 million to top a new single-event fundraising record set by Biden on Thursday with $25 million, said a person familiar with the Trump event who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal planning.

79. Judge issues gag order barring Donald Trump from commenting on witnesses, others in hush money case - Friday, March 22, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge Tuesday issued a gag order barring Donald Trump from commenting publicly about witnesses, prosecutors, court staff and jurors in his upcoming hush-money criminal trial, citing the former president's history of "threatening, inflammatory, denigrating" remarks about people involved in his legal cases.

80. Biden and Harris team up for health care event in North Carolina - Friday, March 22, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will promote their health care agenda on Tuesday in North Carolina, a battleground state that Democrats hope to flip in their favor after falling short to Donald Trump in the last two presidential elections.

81. Trump's New York hush money case is set for trial April 15 - Friday, March 22, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump will stand trial April 15 on charges related to hush money payments meant to cover up claims of marital infidelity, a New York judge ruled Monday, tersely swatting aside defense claims of prosecutorial misconduct.

82. Trump says he has nearly $500 million in cash but doesn't want to use it to pay New York judgment - Friday, March 22, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump claimed on Friday to have almost a half-billion dollars in cash but said he'd rather spend it on his presidential run than on the $454 million civil fraud judgment against him in New York. The former president vowed to fight the verdict "all the way up to the U.S. Supreme Court if necessary" as the state gears up to potentially seize some of his assets if he doesn't pay the hefty tab.

83. NY state asks court not to let Trump forgo $454M bond during fraud case appeal - Friday, March 15, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — New York state lawyers urged an appeals court Wednesday not to buy former President Donald Trump's claims that it's impossible to post a bond fully covering a $454 million civil fraud judgment while he appeals.

84. Trump suggests he'd support a national ban on abortions around 15 weeks of pregnancy - Friday, March 15, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that he'd support a national ban on abortions around 15 weeks of pregnancy, voicing for the first time support for a specific limit on the procedure.

The Republican former president has taken credit for striking down a federally guaranteed right to abortion by appointing three U.S. Supreme Court justices who voted to overturn Roe v. Wade. As he seeks the White House a third time, Trump has refrained from embracing any specific limit on the procedure, warning it could backfire politically and instead suggesting he would "negotiate" a policy on abortion that would include exceptions for cases of rape, incest and to protect the life of the mother.

85. Key questions as Trump hurtles toward deadline to pay $454 million fraud penalty - Friday, March 15, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump is hurtling toward a critical deadline in his most costly legal battle to date. If the former president doesn't come up with a financial guarantee by Monday, New York's attorney general can start the process of collecting on the more than $454 million Trump owes the state in a civil fraud lawsuit.

86. Biden is coming out in opposition to plans to sell US Steel to a Japanese company - Friday, March 15, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is coming out in opposition to the planned sale of U.S. Steel to Nippon Steel of Japan, saying in a statement to be released Thursday that the U.S. needs to "maintain strong American steel companies powered by American steel workers."

87. Trump to meet with Hungary's leader, Viktor Orbán, continuing his embrace of autocrats - Friday, March 8, 2024

Former President Donald Trump on Friday is scheduled to meet with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, as the likely Republican presidential nominee continues his embrace of autocratic leaders who are part of a global pushback against democratic traditions.

88. Biden says her name — Laken Riley — at urging of GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene - Friday, March 8, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — It was what the Republicans demanded, but never expected.

President Joe Biden said her name.

"Laken Riley."

Even before Biden started speaking, the topic of border security was certain to rise as one of the most tense moments in the State of the Union address.

89. McConnell endorses Trump for president. He once blamed Trump for 'disgraceful' Jan. 6 attack - Friday, March 1, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell endorsed Donald Trump for president on Wednesday, a remarkable turnaround from the onetime critic who blamed the then-president for "disgraceful" acts in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack but now supports his bid to return to the White House.

90. Here's a look inside Trump's $355M civil fraud verdict as an appeals fight looms - Friday, February 16, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — On the witness stand last year, Donald Trump proclaimed: "I have a lot of cash."

After Friday's eye-popping penalty in his New York civil fraud trial, he's going to need it — and maybe more.

91. Biden says Trump sowing doubts about US commitment to NATO is 'un-American' - Friday, February 9, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday said Donald Trump's comments calling into question the U.S. commitment to defend its NATO allies from attack were "dangerous" and "un-American," seizing on the former president's comments that sowed fresh fears among U.S. partners about its dependability on the global stage.

92. Will Biden, Trump face one another in presidential debates? There's no commitment yet - Friday, February 9, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nikki Haley is challenging Donald Trump to debate. Trump is challenging Joe Biden to debate. And Biden is laughing Trump off, at least publicly.

93. Abandoned by his colleagues after negotiating a border compromise, GOP senator faces backlash alone - Friday, February 9, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Just before the Senate voted Wednesday to kill the border deal he spent the last four months negotiating, Oklahoma Sen. James Lankford climbed a set of marble stairs outside the chamber and joined his wife in the visitors' gallery.

94. NY seeks $370M in penalties in Trump's civil fraud trial. His defense says gains weren't ill-gotten - Friday, January 5, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — New York state lawyers increased their request for penalties to over $370 million Friday in Donald Trump's civil business fraud trial, while his defense argued that 10-plus weeks of testimony produced no evidence of fraudulent intentions or ill-gotten gains.

95. Haley draws more attacks from Republican rivals after a televised town hall in Iowa - Friday, January 5, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nikki Haley's rivals for the Republican presidential nomination are ratcheting up their attacks on her as Iowa's first-in-the-nation voting draws closer.

The barbed news releases, attack ads and amped up back-and-forth come as the former South Carolina governor and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis battle for a distant second place to former President Donald Trump with less than two weeks until Iowa's leadoff caucuses. DeSantis and Haley each appeared on CNN Thursday night for separate town halls in Iowa.

96. Trump banned from Colorado ballot in historic ruling by state's Supreme Court - Friday, December 15, 2023

DENVER (AP) — A divided Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday declared former President Donald Trump ineligible for the White House under the U.S. Constitution's insurrection clause and removed him from the state's presidential primary ballot, setting up a likely showdown in the nation's highest court to decide whether the front-runner for the GOP nomination can remain in the race.

97. Trump says he won't testify again at his New York fraud trial. He says he has nothing more to say - Friday, December 8, 2023

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump said Sunday he has decided against testifying for a second time at his New York civil fraud trial, posting on social media a day before his scheduled appearance that he "very successfully & conclusively" testified last month and saw no need to do so again.

98. Second Trump administration will 'come after' people in the media in the courts, an ally says - Friday, December 1, 2023

NEW YORK (AP) — A Donald Trump ally who worked in his Justice Department said Tuesday that if the former president is elected again, his administration will retaliate against people in the media "criminally or civilly."

99. Trump hints at expanded role for the military within the US. A legacy law gives him few guardrails - Friday, November 24, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Campaigning in Iowa this year, Donald Trump said he was prevented during his presidency from using the military to quell violence in primarily Democratic cities and states.

Calling New York City and Chicago "crime dens," the front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination told his audience, "The next time, I'm not waiting. One of the things I did was let them run it and we're going to show how bad a job they do," he said. "Well, we did that. We don't have to wait any longer."

100. Biden says he's an optimist. But his dire warnings about Trump have become central to his campaign - Friday, November 17, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden ends nearly every speech by saying he's "never been more optimistic" about the country's direction. But lately he also has begun painting a vision of a catastrophic future for the United States — that is, if Donald Trump returns to the presidency.