WASHINGTON (AP) — When Elon Musk first suggested a new effort to cut the size of government, Donald Trump didn't seem to take it seriously. His eventual name for the idea sounded like a joke too. It would be called the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, a reference to an online meme featuring a surprised-looking dog from Japan.

2. As the transition unfolds, Trump eyes one of his favorite targets: US intelligence - Friday, November 8, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has long viewed the nation's spy services with suspicion, accusing them of trying to undermine his first term and campaigns. Now that he's returning to the White House, Trump's promises to overhaul the U.S. intelligence agencies put him on a collision course with one of most secretive and powerful parts of government.

3. A Supreme Court reshaped by Trump has a low profile in this presidential campaign - Friday, October 18, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservatives already have a supermajority on the Supreme Court as a result of Donald Trump's presidency. If Trump wins a second term, the right side of the court could retain control for several more decades.

4. Trump delivers a pointed and at times bitter speech at Al Smith charity dinner - Friday, October 18, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump laced into Vice President Kamala Harris and other Democrats on Thursday in a pointed and at times bitter speech as he headlined the annual Al Smith charity dinner in New York.

5. Trump to headline Al Smith charity dinner. Harris will appear in a recorded video. - Friday, October 18, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump will trade the rally stage for comedy Thursday night as he headlines the annual Al Smith charity dinner, where he was jeered while delivering an especially pointed speech eight years ago.

6. Unions face a moment of truth in Michigan in this year's presidential race - Friday, October 11, 2024

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris rallies in Michigan's union halls, standing alongside the state's most powerful labor leader, while former President Donald Trump fires back from rural steel factories, urging middle-class workers to trust him as the true champion of their interests.

7. Trump's economic plans would worsen inflation, experts say - Friday, October 11, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — With characteristic bravado, Donald Trump has vowed that if voters return him to the White House, "inflation will vanish completely."

It's a message tailored for Americans who are still exasperated by the jump in consumer prices that began 3 1/2 years ago.

8. 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.

9. Trump-Putin ties are back in the spotlight after new book describes calls - Friday, October 11, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — A new book's assertion that former President Donald Trump may have had as many as seven private phone calls with Russian President Vladimir Putin since leaving the White House has refocused attention on their politically fraught relationship and on Trump's sustained dialogue with world leaders as he seeks a return to power.

10. Harris and Trump are tested by the Mideast, Helene and the port strike in the campaign's final weeks - Friday, September 27, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — A trio of new trials — a devastating hurricane, expanding conflict in the Mideast and a dockworkers strike that threatens the U.S. economy — are looming over the final weeks of the presidential campaign and could help shape the public mood as voters decide between Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump.

11. 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.

12. Former 2016 Trump campaign adviser is charged over his work for sanctioned Russian TV - Friday, September 6, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has charged a Russian-born U.S. citizen and former adviser to Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign with working for a sanctioned Russian state television network and laundering the proceeds.

13. Kamala Harris' election would defy history. Just 1 sitting VP has been elected president since 1836 - Friday, August 23, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — As Vice President Kamala Harris begins her fall campaign for the White House, she can look to history and hope for better luck than others in her position who have tried the same.

Since 1836, only one sitting vice president, George H.W. Bush in 1988, has been elected to the White House. Among those who tried and failed were Richard Nixon in 1960, Hubert Humphrey in 1968 and Al Gore in 2000. All three lost in narrow elections shaped by issues ranging from war and scandal to crime and the subtleties of televised debates. But two other factors proved crucial for each vice president: whether the incumbent president was well-liked and whether the president and vice president enjoyed a productive relationship.

14. Vance backs Trump's support for a presidential 'say' on Federal Reserve's interest rate policy - Friday, August 9, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — JD Vance has endorsed former President Donald Trump's call for the White House to have "a say" over the Federal Reserve's interest rate policies — a view that runs counter to decades of economic research suggesting that politically independent central banks are essential to controlling inflation and maintaining confidence in the global financial system.

15. Five things to know about Tim Walz - Friday, August 2, 2024

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has decided on Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate in her bid for the White House. The 60-year-old Democrat and military veteran rose to the forefront with a series of plain-spoken television appearances in the days after President Joe Biden decided not to seek a second term. He has made his state a bastion of liberal policy and, this year, one of the few states to protect fans buying tickets online for Taylor Swift concerts and other live events.

16. Kamala Harris faces a major test as she looks for a running mate for her White House run - Friday, July 19, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is zeroing in on four potential candidates as she races to choose a running mate for her fledgling campaign, fast-tracking a process that usually takes months but must be finalized in only a few weeks.

17. Harris could become the first female president after years of breaking racial and gender barriers - Friday, July 19, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — She's already broken barriers, and now Kamala Harris could shatter several more after President Joe Biden abruptly ended his reelection bid and endorsed her.

Biden announced Sunday that he was stepping aside after a disastrous debate performance catalyzed fears that the 81-year-old was too frail for a second term.

18. Judge's order dismissing Trump classified docs case won't be final word as long court fight awaits - Friday, July 12, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge's stunning decision to dismiss the classified documents case against Donald Trump brought an abrupt halt to what experts have considered the strongest and most straightforward of the prosecutions of the former president. But it's hardly the final word.

19. Supreme Court opinion conferring broad immunity could embolden Trump as he seeks to return to power - Friday, July 5, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — In her dissent from a Supreme Court opinion that afforded former President Donald Trump broad immunity, Justice Sonia Sotomayor pondered the potential doomsday consequences: A president could pocket a bribe for a pardon, stage a military coup to retain power, order the killing of a rival by the Navy's SEAL Team Six — and be protected from prosecution for all of it.

20. House Republicans sue Attorney General Garland over access to Biden special counsel interview audio - Friday, June 28, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans on Monday filed a lawsuit against Attorney General Merrick Garland for the audio recording of President Joe Biden's interview with a special counsel in his classified documents case, asking the courts to enforce their subpoena and reject the White House's effort to withhold the materials from Congress.

21. 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.

22. 3 Nixon justices helped end his presidency. Will the 3 Trump appointees force him to stand trial? - Friday, June 7, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Fifty years ago, three of the justices Richard Nixon appointed to the Supreme Court joined in an 8-0 decision in the Watergate tapes case that effectively ended his presidency, ruling only 16 days after hearing the case. Nixon resigned from office just over two weeks later.

23. Noting campus protests, Democrats are preparing for intense action at their summer convention - Friday, May 3, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — As pro-Palestinian demonstrations escalate on college campuses around the country, critics of President Joe Biden 's handling of the Israel-Hamas war suggest this summer's Democratic National Convention could be hit by protests and scenes of chaos that undermine his reelection campaign.

24. What to listen for during Supreme Court arguments on Donald Trump and presidential immunity - Friday, April 26, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court hears arguments Thursday over whether Donald Trump is immune from prosecution in a case charging him with plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

25. 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.

26. What to listen for during Supreme Court arguments on Trump, presidential immunity - Friday, April 19, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court hears arguments Thursday over whether Donald Trump is immune from prosecution in a case charging him with plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

27. 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.

28. Powell: Fed still sees rate cuts this year; election timing won't affect decision - Friday, March 29, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials will likely reduce their benchmark interest rate later this year, Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday, despite recent reports showing that the U.S. economy is still strong and that U.S. inflation picked up in January and February.

29. Biden administration restores threatened species protections dropped by Trump - Friday, March 29, 2024

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration on Thursday restored rules to protect imperiled plants and animals that had been rolled back back under former President Donald Trump.

Among the changes announced, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will reinstate a decades-old regulation that mandates blanket protections for species newly classified as threatened.

30. Republicans make last-ditch request for Biden to testify as impeachment inquiry winds down - Friday, March 22, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden is all but winding down, lacking the political appetite from within the Republican ranks to go forward with an actual impeachment, but facing political pressure to deliver after months of work.

31. Middle East conflicts revive clash between the president and Congress over war powers - Friday, March 15, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — A major deadline under the half-century-old War Powers Resolution came this week for President Joe Biden to obtain Congress' approval to keep waging his military campaign against Yemen's Houthis, in line with its sole authority under the U.S. Constitution to declare war and otherwise authorize military force.

32. 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.

33. Haley campaigns in South Carolina after losing to Trump in the New Hampshire primary - Friday, January 19, 2024

Donald Trump and President Joe Biden have won the New Hampshire primaries.

The former president clinched his second straight victory in his quest for the 2024 GOP nomination after knocking out most of the field with a commanding win in Iowa. His GOP rival Nikki Haley, meanwhile, came up short in her effort to capitalize on her strength with independent and anti-Trump voters eager for a fresh voice to lead the party.

34. Trump warns of 'Pandora's box' of perpetual presidential prosecutions if charges against him stand - Friday, January 5, 2024

Former President Donald Trump has long vowed to prosecute President Joe Biden if Trump wins November's election and the two trade places. He upped the stakes dramatically Tuesday, contending that if criminal charges against him aren't dropped, any current and future ex-presidents also could be prosecuted.

35. 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.

36. As the Endangered Species Act turns 50, those who first enforced it reflect on its mixed legacy - Friday, December 22, 2023

NASHVILLE (AP) — On Dec. 28, 1973, President Richard Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act. "Nothing," he said, "is more priceless and more worthy of preservation than the rich array of animal life with which our country has been blessed." The powerful new law charged the federal government with saving every endangered plant and animal in America and enjoyed nearly unanimous bipartisan support.

37. Supreme Court won't fast-track ruling on whether Trump can be prosecuted in election subversion case - Friday, December 22, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Friday it will not immediately take up a plea by special counsel Jack Smith to rule on whether former President Donald Trump can be prosecuted for his actions to overturn the 2020 election results.

38. Judge pauses Trump's 2020 election interference case while he appeals his immunity claim - Friday, December 15, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's election interference case in Washington will be put on hold while the former president further pursues his claims that he is immune from prosecution, a judge ruled Wednesday.

39. Judge in Trump election case pauses court deadlines as appeal is heard on presidential immunity - Friday, December 8, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's 2020 election interference case in Washington will be put on hold while the former president further pursues his claims that he is immune from prosecution, the judge overseeing the case ruled Wednesday.

40. Trump's lawyers tell an appeals court that federal prosecutors are trying to rush his election case - Friday, December 8, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for Donald Trump told a federal appeals court on Wednesday that it should not speed up its consideration of whether the former president is immune from prosecution, accusing federal prosecutors of trying to rush his 2020 election subversion case through before next year's presidential election.

41. Special counsel Jack Smith asks the Supreme Court to rule quickly on whether Trump can be prosecuted - Friday, December 8, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Jack Smith on Monday asked the Supreme Court to take up and rule quickly on whether former President Donald Trump can be prosecuted on charges he plotted to overturn the 2020 election results.

42. Five things to know about Henry Kissinger, a dominant figure in global affairs in the 1970s - Friday, December 1, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who died Wednesday at age 100, exerted far-reaching influence on global affairs under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford between 1969 and 1977, earning both vilification and the Nobel Peace Prize.

43. Henry Kissinger was a trusted confidant to President Nixon until the bitter, bizarre end - Friday, December 1, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Decades later, the scene still is almost too bizarre to imagine: a tearful president and his perplexed aide, neither very religious, kneeling on the floor of a White House bedroom in prayer in the waning hours of a shattered presidency.

44. Henry Kissinger, secretary of state under Presidents Nixon and Ford, dies at 100 - Friday, December 1, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, the diplomat with the thick glasses and gravelly voice who dominated foreign policy as the United States extricated itself from Vietnam and broke down barriers with China, died Wednesday, his consulting firm said. He was 100.

45. GOP considers holding formal vote to authorize Biden impeachment as White House questions legitimacy - Friday, November 24, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are considering holding a formal vote next month to authorize the impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden as the party looks to legitimize a process that has yet to yield any direct evidence of wrongdoing by the president.

46. Protests outside DNC headquarters signal divides in Biden's base over Israel-Hamas war - Friday, November 17, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — National Democrats this year have insisted the party is united and ready to rally around President Joe Biden heading into next year's election. But a protest outside the Democratic National Committee headquarters signals growing tension within the coalition that has propelled Democrats to victory in recent elections.

47. Biden's Minnesota trip serves as a show of political force against primary challenger Phillips - Friday, October 27, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is headed to Minnesota to visit a family-run farm south of Minneapolis and hold a fundraiser featuring many of the state's top Democrats, aiming to demonstrate political clout on the home turf of his new 2024 primary challenger, Rep. Dean Phillips.

48. Biden didn't make Israeli-Palestinian talks a priority. Arab leaders say region now paying the price - Friday, October 13, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — From its first months in office, the Biden administration made a distinctive decision on its Middle East policy: It would deprioritize a half-century of high-profile efforts by past U.S. presidents, particularly Democratic ones, to broker a broad and lasting peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians.

49. Is Mar-a-Lago worth $1B? Trump's winter home valuations are at the core of his fraud trial - Friday, October 6, 2023

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — How much is Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago worth? That's been a point of contention after a New York judge ruled that the former president exaggerated the Florida property's value when he said it's worth at least $420 million and perhaps $1.5 billion.

50. 3 fake electors want Georgia election subversion charges against them to be moved to federal court - Friday, September 15, 2023

ATLANTA (AP) — Lawyers for three Georgia Republicans who falsely claimed that Donald Trump won the state and that they were "duly elected and qualified" electors are set to argue Wednesday that criminal charges against them should be moved from state to federal court.

51. Presidential centers from Hoover to Bush and Obama unite to warn of fragile state of US democracy - Friday, September 8, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Concern for U.S. democracy amid deep national polarization has prompted the entities supporting 13 presidential libraries dating back to Herbert Hoover to call for a recommitment to the country's bedrock principles, including the rule of law and respecting a diversity of beliefs.

52. After helping prevent extinctions for 50 years, the Endangered Species Act itself may be in peril - Friday, August 4, 2023

SHARON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Biologist Ashley Wilson carefully disentangled a bat from netting above a tree-lined river and examined the wriggling, furry mammal in her headlamp's glow. "Another big brown," she said with a sigh.

53. Should Trump go to jail? The 2024 election could become a referendum on that question - Friday, August 4, 2023

NEW YORK (AP) — The 2024 election will determine whether Donald Trump returns to the White House. It could also decide if he'll face time behind bars.

For Trump, who's now facing his third criminal indictment — this time for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election and block the transfer of presidential power — winning is about more than ego, redemption, score-settling or the future of the country.

54. Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked Pentagon Papers exposing Vietnam War secrets, dies at 92 - Friday, June 16, 2023

NEW YORK (AP) — Daniel Ellsberg, the history-making whistleblower who by leaking the Pentagon Papers revealed longtime government doubts and deceit about the Vietnam War and inspired acts of retaliation by President Richard Nixon that helped lead to his resignation, has died.

55. FACT FOCUS: Trump twists Presidential Records Act, Clinton 'sock drawer' case to mount defense - Friday, June 16, 2023

To hear former President Donald Trump tell it, taking and withholding classified documents was perfectly consistent with federal law and a decade-old legal case involving former President Bill Clinton.

56. Walt Nauta is the latest Trump loyalist to face potential jail time after working for him - Friday, June 9, 2023

NEW YORK (AP) — When former President Donald Trump appears in federal court Tuesday, he will be joined at the defense table by a man well-practiced in standing by his side: his valet turned alleged co-conspirator, Walt Nauta.

57. Biden determined to say as little as possible about Trump's indictment - Friday, June 9, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — It's rare for the leader of the free world to be rendered silent, but President Joe Biden is clearly determined to say as little as possible about his predecessor Donald Trump's federal indictment.

58. Expulsions, walkouts, filibusters: Lawmakers grapple with acrimonious legislative sessions - Friday, June 9, 2023

NASHVILLE (AP) — Lawmakers this year have kicked rival colleagues out of office in Tennessee and off the chamber floor in Montana. They have staged walkouts in Oregon and filibusters in Nebraska, where interactions are so fraught that some lawmakers say they're unsure they can work together anymore.

59. Can Biden win again? Here's how past incumbents fared - Friday, April 28, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — No president wants to give up the power and prestige that comes with the office after only one term, and Joe Biden is no exception. He's pushing forward even though polls show a majority of Americans don't want to see him run again.

60. 'Joint' venture: Ben from Ben & Jerry's starts pot nonprofit - Friday, April 21, 2023

WILLISTON, Vt. (AP) — One of the co-founders of Ben & Jerry's has gone from ice cream to 'blunts,' promising a line of marijuana products with a social mission.

Ben Cohen has started Ben's Best Blnz, a nonprofit cannabis line with a stated mission of helping to right the wrongs of the war on drugs. The company says on its website that 80% of its profits will go to grants for Black cannabis entrepreneurs while the rest will be equally divided between the Vermont Racial Justice Alliance and the national Last Prisoner Project, which is working to free people incarcerated for cannabis offenses.

61. Mug shot as a political boost? Some politicians have tried - Friday, March 31, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — A celebrity and insatiable publicity hound long before he was president, Donald Trump has been photographed countless times. But never like this.

Now that a New York grand jury has voted to indict him for his role in the payment of hush money to a porn actor, Trump will have to appear at district attorney headquarters in Manhattan to be booked, fingerprinted and get a mug shot taken. The former president, the first ever to be indicted, is expected to surrender to authorities early next week.

62. Among 160 years of presidential scandals, Trump stands alone - Friday, March 31, 2023

Though far from the only U.S. president dogged by legal and ethical scandals, Donald Trump now occupies a unique place in history as the first indicted on criminal charges.

Two others, like Trump, found themselves impeached by Congress — Bill Clinton for lying under oath about his affair with a White House intern, and Andrew Johnson for pushing the limits of his executive authority in a bitter power struggle following the Civil War.

63. Classified records pose conundrum stretching back to Carter - Friday, January 20, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — At least three presidents. A vice president, a secretary of state, an attorney general. The mishandling of classified documents is not a problem unique to President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.

64. Biden to award Citizens Medal to 12 on Jan. 6 anniversary - Friday, January 6, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday will present the nation's second highest civilian award to 12 individuals involved in defending the Capitol during the insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, and safeguarding the will of American voters in the 2020 presidential election.

65. Jan. 6 panel shutting down after referring Trump for crimes - Friday, December 30, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Jan. 6 committee is shutting down, having completed a whirlwind 18-month investigation of the 2021 Capitol insurrection and sent its work to the Justice Department along with a recommendation for prosecuting former President Donald Trump.

66. Jan. 6 takeaways: Final revelations from investigation - Friday, December 30, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — Destroyed documents. Suggestions of pardoning violent rioters. Quiet talks among cabinet officials about whether then-President Donald Trump should be removed from office.

Interview transcripts released by House investigators in recent days — more than 100 so far — give further insight into the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection and the weeks leading up to it, as Trump tried to overturn his defeat in the presidential election. The nine-member committee conducted more than 1,000 interviews, and the lawmakers are gradually releasing hundreds of transcripts after issuing a final report last week. The panel will dissolve on Tuesday when the new Republican-led House is sworn in.

67. Trump's tax returns released after long fight with Congress - Friday, December 30, 2022

Democrats in Congress released thousands of pages of former President Donald Trump's tax returns Friday, providing the most detailed picture to date of his finances over a six-year period, including his time in the White House, when he fought to keep the information private in a break with decades of precedent.

68. Jan. 6 takeaways: Power, pressure and a 'moral struggle' - Friday, December 23, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Jan. 6 committee is releasing dozens of witness transcripts from its investigation into the 2021 Capitol attack, including Thursday's release of a previously unseen account from former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson detailing a stunning campaign by Donald Trump's allies encouraging her to stay "loyal" as she testified.

69. EXPLAINER: What's the debate over releasing Trump's taxes? - Friday, December 23, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic-controlled House Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday voted to release former President Donald Trump's tax returns, raising the potential of additional revelations in the coming days related to the finances of the longtime businessman who broke political norms by refusing to voluntarily make public his returns as he sought the presidency.

70. Jan. 6 witness recounts pressure campaign from Trump allies - Friday, December 23, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson described to the House Jan. 6 committee a wide-ranging pressure campaign from Donald Trump's allies aimed at influencing her cooperation with Congress and stifling potentially damaging testimony about him.

71. Trump's taxes: House OKs bill on IRS audits of presidents - Friday, December 23, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House took action Thursday after disclosures that the IRS never fully reviewed Donald Trump's tax returns during his presidency, passing a bill that would require audits of any president's income tax filings. The legislation would turn what had been a long-standing post-Watergate norm into established federal policy.

72. Biden to welcome first responders' kids for Halloween - Friday, October 28, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, on Monday were hosting the children of local firefighters, nurses, police officers and National Guard members for trick-or-treating at the White House on Halloween. But it was shaping up to be a soggy affair.

73. Jan. 6 panel subpoenas Trump for testimony on Capitol attack - Friday, October 14, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Jan. 6 committee has subpoenaed Donald Trump for his testimony about the 2021 Capitol attack.

The panel voted unanimously to compel the former president to appear. "We must seek the testimony under oath of January 6th's central player," said Rep. Liz Cheney, the committee's vice chair.

74. Biden on ending hunger in US: 'I know we can do this' - Friday, September 23, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Wednesday his administration's goal of ending hunger in the U.S. by the end of the decade was ambitious but doable, if only the nation would work together toward achieving it.

75. Biden's strategy to end hunger in US includes more benefits - Friday, September 23, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is laying out its plan to meet an ambitious goal of ending hunger in the U.S. by 2030, including expanding monthly benefits that help low-income Americans buy food.

76. Bills would curtail objections at future Jan. 6 counts - Friday, September 23, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of Congress have officially objected to the results in four of the last six presidential elections, a partisan practice that has been legal for over a century but became much more fraught after a violent mob of former President Donald Trump's supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol last year.

77. America's secrets: Trump's unprecedented disregard of norms - Friday, September 2, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump isn't the first to face criticism for flouting rules and traditions around the safeguarding of sensitive government records, but national security experts say recent revelations point to an unprecedented disregard of post-presidency norms established after the Watergate era.

78. Big reveal: Biden to help unveil Obama White House portrait - Friday, September 2, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — It's been more than a decade since President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, welcomed back George W. Bush and his wife, Laura, for the unveiling of their White House portraits, part of a beloved Washington tradition that for decades managed to transcend partisan politics.

79. FBI searches Trump's Florida estate for classified records - Friday, August 5, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI searched Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate as part of an investigation into whether he took classified records from the White House to his Florida residence, people familiar with the matter said, a dramatic and unprecedented escalation of law enforcement scrutiny of the former president.

80. White House insiders to talk about Trump's actions on Jan. 6 - Friday, July 22, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — Matt Pottinger was a journalist in China, concerned about the country's drift toward authoritarianism, when he decided — at age 31 — to enlist in the U.S. Marines after the invasion of Iraq.

81. Wallowing in Watergate 50 years later: A political quiz - Friday, June 17, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — For half a century, every major Washington scandal started with some form of this question: Is this another Watergate?

Watergate spawned an all-purpose suffix. If "gate" were appended to misdeeds it was controversy of first rank.

82. Watergate timeline: From the crime to the consequences - Friday, June 17, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — A timeline of the Watergate scandal, from the crime to the fall of a president:

June 17, 1972: Five men are arrested in a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate hotel and office complex in Washington.

83. Watergate 50th meets Jan. 6. Common thread: Thirst for power - Friday, June 17, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — The wreckage of Watergate and Jan. 6 are a half-century apart yet rooted in the same ancient thirst for power at any cost.

Two presidents, wily and profane, tried an end run around democracy.

84. Jan. 6 panelists: Enough evidence uncovered to indict Trump - Friday, June 10, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of the House committee investigating the Capitol riot said Sunday they have uncovered enough evidence for the Justice Department to consider an unprecedented criminal indictment against former President Donald Trump for seeking to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

85. Worry about stagflation, a flashback to '70s, begins to grow - Friday, June 3, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — Stagflation. It was the dreaded "S word" of the 1970s.

For Americans of a certain age, it conjures memories of painfully long lines at gas stations, shuttered factories and President Gerald Ford's much-ridiculed "Whip Inflation Now" buttons.

86. Jan. 6 committee's members are on diverging political paths - Friday, June 3, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nine members of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection are on diverging political paths as they prepare for public hearings that could become a defining moment in their careers.

87. An infamous day. A search for answers. Will America tune in? - Friday, June 3, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are processing the nightmare of the slaughter of children in Texas, the racist murders in Buffalo, New York, and the other numbingly repeated scenes of carnage in the United States.

88. Biden plots inflation fight with Fed chair as nation worries - Friday, May 27, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — Focused on relentlessly rising prices, President Joe Biden plotted inflation-fighting strategy Tuesday with the chairman of the Federal Reserve, with the fate of the economy and his own political prospects increasingly dependent on the actions of the government's central bank.

89. Worry about stagflation, a flashback to '70s, begins to grow - Friday, May 27, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — Stagflation. It was the dreaded "S word" of the 1970s.

For Americans of a certain age, it conjures memories of painfully long lines at gas stations, shuttered factories and President Gerald Ford's much-ridiculed "Whip Inflation Now" buttons.

90. Senate confirms Powell for 2nd term as Fed fights inflation - Friday, May 13, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Thursday confirmed Jerome Powell for a second four-year term as Federal Reserve chair, giving bipartisan backing to Powell's high-stakes efforts to curb the highest inflation in four decades.

91. Jill Biden pays surprise visit to Ukraine, meets first lady - Friday, May 6, 2022

UZHHOROD, Ukraine (AP) — Jill Biden made an unannounced visit to western Ukraine, holding a surprise Mother's Day meeting with first lady Olena Zelenska to show U.S. support for the embattled nation as Russia presses its punishing war in the eastern regions.

92. EXPLAINER: Russia is not a 'most favored nation.' What now? - Friday, April 8, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — With Congress voting to suspend normal trade relations with Russia and ban the importation of its oil, President Joe Biden's action to tighten the U.S. squeeze on Russia's economy now can intensify.

93. House panel: Justice Dept. 'obstructing' Trump records probe - Friday, April 8, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — A congressional oversight committee on Thursday said the Justice Department is "obstructing" its investigation into former President Donald Trump's handling of White House records by preventing the release of information from the National Archives.

94. EXPLAINER: What the law says about presidential records - Friday, March 25, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — Revelations of a roughly eight-hour gap in official records of then-President Donald Trump's phone calls on the day of last year's insurrection at the U.S. Capitol are raising fresh questions about the diligence — or lack thereof — of his record keeping.

95. EXPLAINER: What is meaning of 'most favored nation' status? - Friday, March 11, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — In escalating the U.S. drive to squeeze Russia's economy, President Joe Biden moved Friday, with European and other key allies, to revoke Moscow's "most favored nation" trade status. His administration also banned imports of Russian seafood, alcohol and diamonds.

96. House panel requests Trump WH records from National Archives - Friday, February 25, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — A congressional oversight committee sought additional documents Friday from the National Archives related to former President Donald Trump's handling of White House records as the panel looks to expand its investigation into his handling of sensitive and even classified information.

97. National Archives: Trump took classified items to Mar-a-Lago - Friday, February 18, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — Classified information was found in the 15 boxes of White House records that were stored at former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence, the National Archives and Records Administration said Friday in a letter that confirmed the matter has been sent to the Justice Department.

98. Trump's stash of documents shows 'fragile' historical record - Friday, February 11, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — As president, Donald Trump never liked to leave a paper trail. He avoided email, admonished aides to stop taking notes during meetings and ripped up documents when he was finished with them.

99. EXPLAINER: Where could revelations about Trump records lead? - Friday, February 11, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — Revelations that Donald Trump took government records with him to Mar-a-Lago are creating a political headache for the former president — and a potential legal one, too.

100. Services in Washington, Kansas will continue to honor Dole - Friday, December 10, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bob Dole was to be honored with a private service at Washington National Cathedral and a public one at the World War II Memorial a day after lying in state at the U.S. Capitol, where President Joe Biden and top leaders from both parties saluted a "giant in our history."