WASHINGTON (AP) — One year after the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack, Attorney General Merrick Garland said the Justice Department was committed to holding accountable all perpetrators "at any level" for "the assault on our democracy." That bold declaration won't apply to at least one person: Donald Trump.

2. Trump 2.0 has a Cabinet and executive branch of different positions and eclectic personalities - Friday, November 22, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's personnel choices for his new Cabinet and White House reflect his signature positions on immigration and trade but also a range of viewpoints and backgrounds that raise questions about what ideological anchors might guide his Oval Office encore.

3. Vance takes on a more visible transition role as he works to boost Trump's most controversial picks - Friday, November 22, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — After several weeks working mostly behind closed doors, Vice President-elect JD Vance returned to Capitol Hill this week in a new, more visible role: Helping Donald Trump try to get his most contentious Cabinet picks through Senate confirmation in the Senate, where Vance has served for the last two years.

4. Democrats hoped Harris would rescue them. On Wednesday, she called Trump to concede - Friday, November 1, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Kamala Harris called President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday to concede the election and congratulate him on his victory, according to a senior adviser to the vice president.

The aide, who declined to be identified discussing a private conversation, said Harris talked about the need for a peaceful transfer of power.

5. Trump wins the White House in a political comeback rooted in appeals to frustrated voters - Friday, November 1, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States on Wednesday, an extraordinary comeback for a former president who refused to accept defeat four years ago, sparked a violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, was convicted of felony charges and survived two assassination attempts.

6. Harris is speaking at the same spot where Trump fanned anger on Jan. 6, 2021. Here's what happened - Friday, October 25, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Kamala Harris will deliver her campaign's "closing argument" Tuesday from the same spot in Washington where Republican Donald Trump helped incite a mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

7. Judge unseals heavily redacted trove of evidence in Trump's 2020 election interference case - Friday, October 18, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The judge overseeing Donald Trump's 2020 election interference case made public Friday a heavily redacted trove of documents that provide a small glimpse into the evidence prosecutors will present if the case ever goes to trial.

8. Harris calls on Republican voters to put 'country first' as Trump woos Latino voters - Friday, October 18, 2024

WASHINGTON CROSSING, Pa. (AP) — Surrounded by more than 100 former Republican officeholders and officials, Democrat Kamala Harris urged GOP voters on Wednesday to put "country first" and abandon Donald Trump.

9. McConnell called Trump 'stupid' and 'despicable' in private after the 2020 election, a new book says - Friday, October 18, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitch McConnell said after the 2020 election that then-President Donald Trump was "stupid as well as being ill-tempered," a "despicable human being" and a "narcissist," according to excerpts from a new biography of the Senate Republican leader that will be released this month.

10. Judge in Trump election case orders prosecutors to look for, produce info from Pence documents probe - Friday, October 18, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal judge overseeing the election interference case against Donald Trump directed prosecutors Wednesday to search for and provide to the former president's lawyers any Justice Department information related to a separate investigation into Mike Pence's handling of classified documents.

11. Harris and Trump transition efforts reflect their different approaches to governing - Friday, October 11, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a drab office suite just blocks from the White House, seasoned political operatives are drawing up detailed plans for a government in waiting. Another identical suite in the same government building is dark and idle.

12. Judge in Trump election case directs prosecutors to turn over info related to Pence documents probe - Friday, October 11, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal judge overseeing the election interference case against Donald Trump directed prosecutors Wednesday to search for and provide to the former president's lawyers any Justice Department information related to a separate investigation into Mike Pence's handling of classified documents.

13. Things to know about AP's report on the federal criminal cases against former President Trump - Friday, October 11, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — A year that began with the prospect of a federal court reckoning for Donald Trump will conclude without any chance at trial, leaving voters without the finality of an up-or-down jury verdict in the two most consequential cases against the Republican presidential nominee.

14. This could have been a year of a federal court reckoning for Trump. Judges had other ideas - Friday, October 11, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The indictment charging Donald Trump with hoarding classified documents leveled one jaw-dropping allegation after another, including that he showed off a secret Pentagon attack plan to guests at his golf club and suggested his lawyer mislead the FBI about the presence of the White House records.

15. Obama urges Black men to show up for Harris as he campaigns in critical Pennsylvania - Friday, October 11, 2024

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Former President Barack Obama gave a blistering critique of his White House successor Donald Trump and urged Black men to show up for Kamala Harris as he opened a swing-state tour for the Democratic ticket.

16. Supreme Court won't hear appeal from Elon Musk's X platform over warrant in Trump case - Friday, October 4, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Monday it won't hear an appeal from the social media platform X over a search warrant prosecutors obtained in the election-interference case against former President Donald Trump.

17. 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.

18. Trump and the federal election case against him: Key passages from prosecutors' latest court filing - Friday, October 4, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump "laid the groundwork for his crimes" well before Election Day in 2020. He said "the details don't matter" when told his election fraud claims would fail in court. And his response to learning that then-Vice President Mike Pence was taken to a secure location as rioters stormed the Capitol?

19. JD Vance again refuses to say Donald Trump lost the 2020 presidential election - Friday, October 4, 2024

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) — Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance on Wednesday again refused to say who he believed won the 2020 presidential election, which has been the persistent focus of false claims by his running mate, Donald Trump.

20. Harris campaigns with Liz Cheney at the GOP's birthplace while Trump rallies in Michigan - Friday, October 4, 2024

RIPON, Wis. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris rallied with Republican Liz Cheney in the birthplace of the modern Republican Party on Thursday as the pair delivered a double-barreled denunciation of GOP nominee Donald Trump as a dire threat to democracy.

21. 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.

22. 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.

23. Vance and Walz keep it civil in a policy-heavy discussion: VP debate takeaways - Friday, September 27, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice presidential hopefuls Tim Walz and JD Vance focused their criticism on the top of the ticket on Tuesday as they engaged in a policy-heavy discussion that may be the last debate of the 2024 presidential campaign.

24. Why Tuesday's vice presidential debate could matter more than history suggests - Friday, September 27, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Tim Walz and JD Vance might have the chance to reshape the political landscape Tuesday in their first and only debate.

Vice presidential picks have traditionally taken on the role of political attack dog, laying into opponents so that their running mate can appear above the political fray. That's generally been less true since former President Donald Trump scrambled political norms.

25. Prosecutors file sealed brief detailing allegations against Trump in election interference case - Friday, September 27, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Jack Smith on Thursday filed, under seal, a legal brief that prosecutors have said would contain sensitive and previously unseen evidence in the case charging former President Donald Trump with plotting to overturn the 2020 election he lost.

26. JD Vance once said conspiracy theories were idiotic. As Trump's VP pick he is embracing them - Friday, September 20, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — JD Vance not long ago described conspiracy theories as the feverish imaginings produced by "fringe lunatics writing about all manner of idiocy."

That was before he became a rising star in Republican politics.

27. CBS' '60 Minutes' plans its presidential candidate showcase. But will Trump and Harris show? - Friday, September 13, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — "60 Minutes" is scheduling its quadrennial interview special with the presidential candidates to air in less than a month, hoping for the best even after its session with former President Donald Trump went off the rails in 2020.

28. What to know about Taylor Swift's endorsement of Kamala Harris - Friday, September 6, 2024

NASHVILLE (AP) — Music superstar Taylor Swift has officially launched her Kamala Harris era.

Shortly after the Democratic nominee and former President Donald Trump finished their first, and likely only, presidential debate Tuesday evening, Swift, who is nearing the end of her "Eras Tour," released a lengthy Instagram post announcing her support for Harris — as well as a link to a voter registration website.

29. The most notable — and quotable — exchanges from the Harris-Trump debate - Friday, September 6, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The first meeting between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump featured some sharp comments and memorable moments.

Here are some of the most notable — and quotable — exchanges from Tuesday night's debate:

30. 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.

31. Key takeaways from a debate that featured tense clashes and closed with a Taylor Swift endorsement - Friday, September 6, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump and Kamala Harris faced each other on the debate stage for the first — and possibly the last — time.

The Democratic vice president opened Tuesday night's faceoff with a power move, marching across the stage to Trump's lectern to shake his hand.

32. Harris' past debates: A prosecutor's style with narrative flair but risks in a matchup with Trump - Friday, September 6, 2024

ATLANTA (AP) — From her earliest campaigns in California to her serving as President Joe Biden's running mate, Kamala Harris has honed an aggressive but calibrated approach to debates.

She tries to blend punch lines with details that build toward a broader narrative. She might shake her head to signal her disapproval while her opponent is speaking, counting on viewers to see her reaction on a split screen. And she has a go-to tactic to pivot debates back in her favor: saying she's glad to answer a question as she gathers her thoughts to explain an evolving position or defend a past one.

33. It's not just Harris and Trump who have a lot at stake in next week's debate. ABC News does, too - Friday, September 6, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — Hours after ABC News released the rules for next Tuesday's presidential debate, resolving a final dispute in Donald Trump's favor, the former president was on the attack — against ABC News.

34. Prosecutors in Trump election case get judge's OK to lay out fresh evidence in court filing - Friday, September 6, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal election interference case against Donald Trump inched forward Thursday, with a judge permitting prosecutors to file court documents later this month that could detail unflattering allegations about the former president as the Republican nominee enters the final weeks of his White House run.

35. The interview: Kamala Harris' inaugural sit-down was most notable for seeming ... ordinary - Friday, August 30, 2024

After avoiding a probing interview by a journalist for the first month of her sudden presidential campaign, Vice President Kamala Harris' first one Thursday was notable mostly in how routine it seemed.

36. Harris, Walz sit down tonight for first major television interview of their presidential campaign - Friday, August 30, 2024

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, sat down Thursday for their first major television interview of their presidential campaign as the duo travels in southeast Georgia on a bus tour.

37. What a new indictment means for Donald Trump's federal 2020 election interference case - Friday, August 23, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Jack Smith is pressing forward with his 2020 election inference case against Donald Trump, with a new indictment that aims to salvage the prosecution after the Supreme Court slammed the door on the possibility of a trial before the November election.

38. Feds file new indictment in Trump Jan. 6 case, keeping charges intact but narrowing allegations - Friday, August 23, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Jack Smith filed a new indictment Tuesday against Donald Trump over his efforts to undo the 2020 presidential election that keeps the same criminal charges but narrows the allegations against him following a Supreme Court opinion that conferred broad immunity on former presidents.

39. What to watch on the Democratic National Convention's third day in Chicago - Friday, August 16, 2024

CHICAGO (AP) — The Democratic National Convention heads into its third day on Wednesday.

After receiving the blessing of former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama, the focus on the second to last day of the DNC shifts to Kamala Harris' vice presidential running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. The former school teacher and football coach is expected to accept the Democratic nomination as the party makes the case that Americans' fundamental freedoms are at risk if Donald Trump returns to the White House.

40. Trump's post of fake Taylor Swift endorsement is his latest embrace of AI-generated images - Friday, August 16, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has been active on his social accounts as Democrats gather for their convention in Chicago, but some of his posts don't have much to do with reality.

41. FACT FOCUS: Trump blends falsehoods and exaggerations at rambling NJ press conference - Friday, August 16, 2024

Former President Donald Trump on Thursday gave his second news conference in as many weeks as he adjusts to a newly energized Democratic ticket ahead of next week's Democratic National Convention.

At his New Jersey golf club, the Republican nominee blended falsehoods about the economy with misleading statements and deeply personal attacks about his Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris.

42. A conservative gathering provides a safe space for Republicans who aren't on board with Trump - Friday, August 9, 2024

ATLANTA (AP) — At the Republican National Convention and multiple rallies since, former President Donald Trump has been greeted as a hero who narrowly escaped assassination and is destined to lead a new American golden age.

43. From Biden to Gabbard, here's what Harris' past debates show before a faceoff with Trump - Friday, August 9, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has repeatedly taunted her opponent's seeming reluctance to debate, telling a series of raucous audiences about Donald Trump's criticisms of her: "As the saying goes, if you've got something to say, say it to my face."

44. Arizona prosecutors asked grand jurors not to indict Trump in state's fake electors case - Friday, August 9, 2024

The Arizona grand jury that indicted 18 Republican supporters of Donald Trump who falsely claimed he won the state in the 2020 election wanted to consider also charging the former president, but prosecutors urged them not to, according to court documents filed this week.

45. Could another insurrection happen in January? This film imagines what if - Friday, August 2, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — Election results are contested. Far-right extremists groups are plotting to overthrow the electoral college vote count. Protesters gather in Washington. TV news screens blare: "Capitol in Chaos."

46. Ex-Trump attorney Jenna Ellis to cooperate in Arizona fake electors case, charges to be dropped - Friday, August 2, 2024

PHOENIX (AP) — Former President Donald Trump's campaign attorney Jenna Ellis, who worked closely with his personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, will cooperate with Arizona prosecutors in exchange for charges being dropped against her in a fake electors case, the state attorney general's office announced Monday.

47. Pelosi warns in her new book that political threats and violence 'must stop' - Friday, August 2, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nancy Pelosi thought briefly she might have died on Jan. 6, 2021.

Not quite two years later, the threat of political violence would come for her husband at their home.

"Where's Nancy? Where's Nancy?"

48. GOP strategists: Trump should focus on economy, answer the Harris 'Freedom' message - Friday, August 2, 2024

One Republican strategist who has run campaigns against Donald Trump says he recognizes what the former president is doing against Vice President Kamala Harris, even as Trump swings back and forth between attacking her record and questioning her racial identity.

49. Russell Vought, a Project 2025 architect, is ready to shock Washington if Trump wins second term - Friday, August 2, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Russell Vought sounds like a general marshaling troops for combat when he talks about taming a "woke and weaponized" federal government.

He recently described political opposition as "enemy fire that's coming over the target," while urging allies to be "fearless at the point of attack" and calling his policy proposals "battle plans."

50. Trump election subversion case returned to trial judge following Supreme Court opinion - Friday, August 2, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The criminal case charging former President Donald Trump with plotting to overturn the 2020 presidential election was returned Friday to the trial judge in Washington after a Supreme Court opinion last month that narrowed the scope of the prosecution.

51. Oops. Southern Baptist agency announces firing of its leader, then retracts that announcement - Friday, July 19, 2024

In under 48 hours, the head of the staunchly conservative public-policy arm of the Southern Baptist Convention rankled fellow Baptists by applauding President Joe Biden's "selfless act" of withdrawing his candidacy for re-election. Then, his agency reported he was fired — and now they have reaffirmed his leadership.

52. JD Vance charted a Trump-centric, populist path in Senate as he fought GOP establishment - Friday, July 12, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — When Ohio Sen. JD Vance traveled to the Munich Security Conference earlier this year, he wasn't there to reassure Europe and other global allies that America would aid Ukraine in its war against Russia, as all of the other senators were.

53. Trump picks Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, a once-fierce critic turned loyal ally, as his GOP running mate - Friday, July 12, 2024

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Former President Donald Trump chose Sen. JD Vance of Ohio as his running mate on Monday, picking a onetime critic who became a loyal ally and is now the first millennial to join a major-party ticket at a time of deep concern about the advanced age of America's political leaders.

54. Republicans move at Trump's behest to change how they will oppose abortion - Friday, July 5, 2024

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Republican National Committee's platform committee has adopted a policy document that reflects former President Donald Trump's position opposing a federal abortion ban and ceding limits to states, omitting the explicit basis for a national ban for the first time in 40 years.

55. 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."

56. FACT FOCUS: Trump wasn't exonerated by the presidential immunity ruling, even though he says he was - Friday, July 5, 2024

Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday misrepresented in a social media post what the U.S. Supreme Court's Monday ruling on presidential immunity means for his civil and criminal cases.

"TOTAL EXONERATION!" he wrote in the post on his Truth Social platform. "It is clear that the Supreme Court's Brilliantly Written and Historic Decision ENDS all of Crooked Joe Biden's Witch Hunts against me, including the WHITE HOUSE AND DOJ INSPIRED CIVIL HOAXES in New York."

57. What to know about the Supreme Court immunity ruling in Trump's 2020 election interference case - Friday, June 28, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court's ruling Monday in former President Donald Trump's 2020 election interference case makes it all but certain that the Republican will not face trial in Washington ahead of the November election.

58. Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have broad immunity, dimming chance of a pre-election Trump trial - Friday, June 28, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday ruled for the first time that former presidents have broad immunity from prosecution, extending the delay in the Washington criminal case against Donald Trump on charges he plotted to overturn his 2020 presidential election loss and all but ending prospects the former president could be tried before the November election.

59. What to know about the Supreme Court immunity ruling in Trump's 2020 election interference case - Friday, June 28, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court's ruling Monday in former President Donald Trump's 2020 election interference case makes it all but certain that the Republican will not face trial in Washington ahead of the November election.

60. Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have broad immunity, dimming chance of a pre-election Trump trial - Friday, June 28, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday ruled for the first time that former presidents have broad immunity from prosecution, extending the delay in the Washington criminal case against Donald Trump on charges he plotted to overturn his 2020 presidential election loss and all but ending prospects the former president could be tried before the November election.

61. Court sends Trump's immunity case back to lower court - Friday, June 28, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court extended the delay in the criminal case against Donald Trump on charges he plotted to overturn the 2020 election, reducing the chance that Trump could be tried before the November election.

62. Mike Pence's foundation launches a $10M election-year campaign to preserve Trump-era tax cuts - Friday, June 21, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence's foundation is launching a $10 million campaign to preserve the Trump-era tax cuts that are set to expire after next year as he presses conservatives not to stray from the fight before the November election.

63. Trump adviser Boris Epshteyn pleads not guilty in Arizona's fake elector case - Friday, June 14, 2024

PHOENIX (AP) — Lawyers Boris Epshteyn and Jenna Ellis and former U.S. Senate candidate James Lamon have pleaded not guilty to nine felony charges in a case about trying to overturn former President Donald Trump's Arizona election loss to Joe Biden.

64. Breaking down the teams playing for national championship at the College World Series - Friday, June 7, 2024

A look at the eight teams competing in the College World Series, which starts Friday at Charles Schwab Field. (Capsules in order of CWS opening games. Coaches' records through super regionals):

65. More than 10,000 Southern Baptists gather for meeting that could bar churches with women pastors - Friday, June 7, 2024

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — More than 10,000 voting representatives gathered Tuesday for the opening of the Southern Baptist Convention's two-day annual meeting, where they will vote on whether to ban churches with women pastors and deliberate yet again on how to respond to sexual abuse within churches.

66. The presidential primary season is officially over. Here's what the results could mean for November - Friday, June 7, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The presidential primary calendar has officially come to an end with weekend victories for Democratic President Joe Biden in Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Both Biden and Republican Donald Trump already clinched their party nominations in March, setting up a historic general election rematch between the current and former president.

67. Trump joins TikTok, which he once tried as president to ban; calls it 'an honor' - Friday, May 31, 2024

Donald Trump has joined the popular video-sharing app TikTok, a platform he once tried to ban while in the White House, and posted from a UFC fight two days after he became the first former president and presumptive major party nominee in U.S. history to be found guilty on felony charges.

68. Supreme Court seems skeptical of Trump's claim of absolute immunity but decision's timing is unclear - Friday, April 26, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday appeared likely to reject former President Donald Trump's claim of absolute immunity from prosecution over election interference, but several justices signaled reservations about the charges that could cause a lengthy delay, possibly beyond November's election.

69. What to know in the Supreme Court case about immunity for former President Trump - Friday, April 19, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has scheduled a special session to hear arguments over whether former President Donald Trump can be prosecuted over his efforts to undo his 2020 election loss to President Joe Biden.

70. Trump's abortion statement angers conservatives and gives the Biden campaign a new target - Friday, April 5, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump still says he's proud that the Supreme Court justices he nominated overturned Roe v. Wade. Yet he again on Monday avoided tough questions about abortion, including whether he would support a national abortion ban should he return to the White House.

71. Trump declines to endorse a national abortion ban, says limits should be left to the states - Friday, April 5, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump said Monday he believes abortion limits should be left to the states, outlining his position in a video in which he declined to endorse a national ban after months of mixed messages and speculation.

72. Former Trump officials are among the most vocal opponents of returning him to the White House - Friday, April 5, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper has called him a "threat to democracy." Former national security adviser John Bolton has declared him "unfit to be president." And former Vice President Mike Pence has declined to endorse him, citing "profound differences."

73. Ex-Trump lawyer Eastman should lose state law license for efforts to overturn election, judge says - Friday, March 29, 2024

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge has recommended that conservative attorney John Eastman lose his California law license over his efforts to keep former President Donald Trump in power after the 2020 election.

74. Biden leans on his Democratic predecessors as Trump remains isolated from other Republican leaders - Friday, March 22, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Joe Biden needs advice, there are two people he can turn to who know what it's like to sit in his chair. Sometimes he will invite Barack Obama over to the White House for a meal or he will get on the phone with Bill Clinton.

75. Trump is making the Jan. 6 attack a cornerstone of his bid for the White House - Friday, March 15, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Donald Trump has launched his general election campaign not merely rewriting the history of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, but positioning the violent siege and its failed attempt to overturn the 2020 election as a cornerstone of his bid to return to the White House.

76. House passes a bill that could lead to a TikTok ban if Chinese owner refuses to sell - Friday, March 8, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Wednesday passed a bill that would lead to a nationwide ban of the popular video app TikTok if its China-based owner doesn't sell its stake, as lawmakers acted on concerns that the company's current ownership structure is a national security threat.

77. Haley suspends campaign, leaves Trump as the last major Republican candidate - Friday, March 1, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — Nikki Haley suspended her presidential campaign on Wednesday after being soundly defeated across the country on Super Tuesday, leaving Donald Trump as the last remaining major candidate for the 2024 Republican nomination.

78. Here's where all the cases against Trump stand as he campaigns for a return to the White House - Friday, March 1, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — From allegations of plotting to overturn a lost election to illegally stowing classified documents at his Florida estate, former President Donald Trump faces four criminal indictments in four different cities as he vies to reclaim the White House.

79. Here's where all the cases against Trump stand as he campaigns for a return to the White House - Friday, February 16, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — From allegations of plotting to overturn a lost election to illegally stowing classified documents at his Florida estate, former President Donald Trump faces four criminal indictments in four different cities as he vies to reclaim the White House.

80. Biden forms task force to avoid mishandling of classified documents during presidential transitions - Friday, February 9, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday launched a task force aimed at addressing the "systemic" problem of mishandling classified information during presidential transitions, days after a Justice Department special counsel's sharply critical report said he had done just that.

81. What to expect in Nevada's presidential primary and caucuses - Friday, February 2, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nevada again holds the coveted first-in-the-West slot in the presidential campaign calendar, but this year's showdown in the Silver State won't look like it did in previous years.

82. With Trump closing in on nomination, the effective audition to become his vice president is underway - Friday, January 19, 2024

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — As she addressed a crushing crowd of volunteers and media at Donald Trump's New Hampshire headquarters on Saturday, New York Rep. Elise Stefanik received a welcome chant.

"VP! VP! VP!" one man shouted across the room.

83. With Trump present in court, judges express skepticism of claims that he's immune from prosecution - Friday, January 5, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — With Donald Trump listening intently in the courtroom, federal appeals court judges in Washington expressed deep skepticism Tuesday that the former president was immune from prosecution on charges that he plotted to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

84. Massachusetts voters become latest to try and keep Trump off ballot over Jan. 6 attack - Friday, January 5, 2024

BOSTON (AP) — Five Republican and Democratic voters in Massachusetts have become the latest to challenge former President Donald Trump's eligibility to appear on the Republican primary election ballot, claiming he is ineligible to hold office because he encouraged and did little to stop the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

85. One attack, two interpretations: Biden, Trump make Jan. 6 riot a political rallying cry - Friday, January 5, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump will spend Saturday's third anniversary of the Capitol riot by holding two campaign rallies in leadoff-voting Iowa in his bid to win back the White House.

86. GOP debate field was asked about Trump; most of the stage's attacks focused on Haley - Friday, December 8, 2023

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Four Republican presidential candidates were given several opportunities Wednesday to criticize former President Donald Trump, who was absent from the debate again. But they mostly targeted each other, with former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley taking the brunt of the attacks as she gets more interest from donors and voters.

87. Trump embraces the Jan. 6 rioters on the trail. In court, his lawyers hope to distance him from them - Friday, November 24, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has embraced the rioters who attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as patriots, vowed to pardon a large portion of them if he wins a second term and even collaborated on a song with a group of jailed defendants.

88. The 19 accused of trying to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia to keep Trump in power - Friday, October 20, 2023

ATLANTA (AP) — Four of the 18 people charged alongside former President Donald Trump with participating in an illegal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia have now negotiated deals with prosecutors, pleading guilty to reduced charges in exchange for their truthful testimony in future trials.

89. Trump compares himself to Mandela and rails against Biden after filing for New Hampshire primary - Friday, October 20, 2023

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump compared himself to anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela on Monday as he cast himself as the victim of federal and state prosecutors he alleges are targeting him and his businesses for political reasons.

90. Trump's campaign cash overwhelms his GOP rivals. Here are key third-quarter fundraising takeaways - Friday, October 20, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump is crushing his Republican presidential rivals in the contest to raise campaign cash, putting the other White House hopefuls in an unenviable position before the first votes are cast in January.

91. Trump appealing narrow gag order imposed in his 2020 election interference case - Friday, October 13, 2023

Former President Donald Trump is appealing a narrow gag order that bars him from making statements attacking prosecutors, potential witnesses and court staff in his election interference case in Washington, according to court documents filed Tuesday.

92. Jordan's rapid rise has been cheered by Trump and the far right. Could it soon make him speaker? - Friday, October 13, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Jim Jordan has such a reputation as a political brawler that former House Speaker John Boehner once said he'd never met someone "who spent more time tearing things apart."

93. Trump will speak in Florida next to Gaetz, who set House speaker's ouster in motion - Friday, October 6, 2023

MIAMI (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is set to speak to some of his supporters near Mar-a-Lago Wednesday as he continues to dominate the Republican primary race for the White House despite four criminal cases against him.

94. Trump lawyers seek dismissal of DC federal election subversion case, arguing presidential immunity - Friday, October 6, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for Donald Trump asked a judge Thursday to dismiss the Washington federal election subversion case against him, arguing the Republican is immune from prosecution for actions they say were taken in his official role as president.

95. Trump's intensifying rhetoric offers insight into how he might govern again as president - Friday, October 6, 2023

Over the past two weeks, Donald Trump said shoplifters should be immediately shot, suggested the United States' top general be executed and mocked a political opponent's husband who was beaten with a hammer.

96. Pence calls Trump's attacks on Milley 'utterly inexcusable' - Friday, September 29, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday criticized his boss-turned-rival, Donald Trump for calling retired Gen. Mark Milley, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a traitor over phone calls he made to China in the final stormy months of Trump's presidency.

97. Here's where all the cases against Trump stand as he campaigns for return to White House - Friday, September 29, 2023

The civil fraud trial that kicked off against Donald Trump this week in a New York courtroom is just one of many legal problems facing the former president as he campaigns for a return to the White House.

98. Christie calls Trump 'Donald Duck,' DeSantis knocks former president and other debate takeaways - Friday, September 29, 2023

Seven Republican presidential hopefuls gathered at the Reagan Library in California on Wednesday for the second of the party's primary debates. The contest's dominant front-runner — former President Donald Trump — skipped the event again.

99. Lawyers indicted with Trump say they were doing their jobs. But that may be a tough argument to make - Friday, August 25, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — As John Eastman prepared to surrender to Georgia authorities last week for an indictment related to efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, he issued a statement denouncing the criminal case as targeting attorneys "for their zealous advocacy on behalf of their clients."

100. Trump chief of staff Meadows says actions laid out in Georgia indictment were part of his job - Friday, August 25, 2023

ATLANTA (AP) — Mark Meadows testified in court Monday that actions detailed in a sweeping indictment that accuses him of participating in an illegal conspiracy to overturn then-President Donald Trump's 2020 election loss were all part of his job as White House chief of staff.