WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has assembled a team of medical contrarians and health care critics to fulfill an agenda aimed at remaking how the federal government oversees medicines, health programs and nutrition.

2. Speaker Mike Johnson wins GOP nomination to remain in job, faces full House vote in new year - Friday, November 15, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson won the House Republican nomination Wednesday to stay on the job, on track to keep the gavel after a morning endorsement from President-elect Donald Trump ahead of a full House vote in the new year.

3. Republicans win 218 US House seats, giving Donald Trump and the party control of government - Friday, November 15, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans have won enough seats to control the U.S. House, completing the party's sweep into power and securing their hold on U.S. government alongside President-elect Donald Trump.

4. Senate Republicans settle on a new party leader after seizing the majority on Election Day - Friday, November 8, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — It was the first seriously contested Senate Republican leadership election in decades.

Three senators were competing to succeed longtime GOP leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, when he steps down from the post at the beginning of next year and Republicans take back the Senate majority.

5. 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.

6. Speaker Johnson begins fight for the House gavel promising to be Trump's 'quarterback' - Friday, November 8, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Mike Johnson is beginning the hard fight for his gavel, a weeks-long campaign that starts Wednesday during internal House Republican leadership elections and will establish the new power centers in Congress for a Washington dominated by President-elect Donald Trump.

7. 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.

8. Speaker Mike Johnson says Republicans are 'ready to deliver' on Trump's agenda - Friday, November 8, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday that Republicans are "ready to deliver" President-elect Donald Trump's agenda after his election victory, insisting the GOP won't make the mistakes of last time and will be much better prepared for a second-term Trump White House

9. Biden funded new factories and infrastructure projects, Trump might get to cut the ribbons - Friday, November 8, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — All that's left is for President-elect Donald Trump to put his name on it — if he wants.

Trump won the White House in large part because of voters' frustration with high prices and a sense that the United States needs major changes. But when he enters office in January, Trump will inherit an economy primed for growth.

10. Congress returns to unfinished business and a new Trump era - Friday, November 8, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress returns to a changed Washington as President-elect Donald Trump's hard-right agenda is quickly taking shape, buoyed by eager Republican allies eyeing a full sweep of power on Capitol Hill while Democrats are sorting out what went wrong.

11. Lawmakers prepare for final lame-duck sprint before making way for next Congress - Friday, November 8, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Keeping the federal government open. Providing more disaster aid. Passing a defense policy bill. And for Senate Democrats, confirming more judges.

It's a short but important to-do list as Congress returns to Washington this week to begin what is known as a lame-duck session — that period between Election Day and the end of the two-year congressional term.

12. GOP picks up more key House seats while Democrats insist they still have a path to a majority - Friday, November 8, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican leaders projected confidence Thursday that they will keep control of the U.S. House as more races were decided in their favor, while Democrats insisted they still see a path toward the majority and sought assurances every vote will be counted.

13. GOP picks up more key House seats while Democrats insist they still have a path to a majority - Friday, November 8, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican leaders projected confidence Thursday that they will keep control of the U.S. House as more races were decided in their favor, while Democrats insisted they still see a path toward the majority and sought assurances every vote will be counted.

14. Republicans take Senate majority and eye unified power with Trump - Friday, November 1, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans have taken control of the U.S. Senate and are fighting to keep their majority in the U.S. House, which would produce a full sweep of GOP power in Congress alongside President-elect Donald Trump in the White House.

15. Control of Congress is at stake and with it a president's agenda - Friday, November 1, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Control of Congress is at stake Tuesday, with ever-tight races for the House and Senate that will determine which party holds the majority and the power to boost or block a president's agenda, or if the White House confronts a divided Capitol Hill.

16. Supreme Court will weigh in on new mostly Black Louisiana congressional district, after election - Friday, November 1, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Monday it will take up a new redistricting case involving Louisiana's congressional map with two mostly Black districts.

The court won't hear arguments until early next year and the 2024 elections are proceeding under the challenged map, which could boost Democrats' chances of retaking the closely divided House of Representatives.

17. Hakeem Jeffries chooses calm over chaos as Democrats work to win the House majority - Friday, November 1, 2024

PALMDALE, Calif. (AP) — This election, he has warned, is about the economy. Freedom. Stopping Project 2025 and the MAGA extremes.

And, after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, it's about democracy.

18. 'Obamacare' enrollment opens as Republicans threaten the health insurance program used by millions - Friday, November 1, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans can start signing up Friday for health care coverage offered through the Affordable Care Act marketplace for 2025, days before a presidential election that could threaten eligibility and raise costs for millions of those in the program.

19. Speaker Mike Johnson is pulling closer to Trump to save the GOP's House majority - Friday, November 1, 2024

HOLLAND, Ohio (AP) — Wherever House Speaker Mike Johnson goes, Donald Trump, seemingly, is not far away.

At a campaign stop for a House Republican candidate outside of Toledo, Johnson held up his cell phone as he has a dozen times before, and started filming — "Hey, Mr. President!" The crowd at the county GOP headquarters a couple hundred people deep knew what to do next.

20. The first presidential election since the Jan. 6 attack will test new guardrails from Congress - Friday, October 25, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — This presidential election, the first since the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol, will be a stress test of the new systems and guardrails that Congress put in place to ensure America's long tradition of the peaceful transfer of presidential power.

21. Police say fires set at ballot boxes in Oregon and Washington are connected; 'suspect vehicle' ID'd - Friday, October 25, 2024

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Police said Monday that a "suspect vehicle" has been identified in connection with incendiary devices that set fires to ballot drop boxes in Oregon and Washington state.

Surveillance images captured a Volvo stopping at a drop box in Portland, Oregon, just before security personnel nearby discovered a fire inside the box on Monday, Portland Police Bureau spokesman Mike Benner told a news conference.

22. Trump's Madison Square Garden event features crude, racist insults - Friday, October 25, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump hosted a rally featuring crude and racist insults at New York's Madison Square Garden, turning what his campaign had dubbed as the event where he would deliver his closing message into an illustration of what turns off his critics.

23. Rapper Eminem and Obama rally voters for Kamala Harris in Detroit - Friday, October 18, 2024

DETROIT (AP) — Detroit rapper Eminem stepped into the political arena Tuesday in his hometown, where he spoke briefly at a rally for Vice President Kamala Harris ' presidential campaign before welcoming former President Barack Obama to the stage.

24. Arnold Palmer's daughter reacts to Trump's references to her father - Friday, October 18, 2024

One of the late golf legend Arnold Palmer's daughters calls Donald Trump's references to her father's genitalia "a poor choice of approaches" to honoring his memory, adding that she wasn't upset by the remarks.

25. Small business disaster loan program is out of money until Congress approves new funds - Friday, October 11, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — The Small Business Administration has run out of money for the disaster assistance loans it offers small businesses, homeowners and renters, delaying much needed relief for people applying for aid in the wake of the destruction caused by Hurricanes Helene and Milton.

26. From the pulpit, Harris calls out Trump for hurricane misinformation. Biden surveys Florida's damage - Friday, October 11, 2024

GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Kamala Harris used an appearance Sunday before a largely Black church audience in battleground North Carolina to call out Donald Trump for spreading misinformation about the government's hurricane response. President Joe Biden visited Florida for the second time this month to survey storm damage.

27. Failing to fix a porous defense has been coach Billy Napier's biggest blunder at Florida - Friday, October 4, 2024

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida's historically porous defense can be traced to having three coordinators in as many years, the team's top two pass rushers transferring and bringing together so many new faces that communication, cohesion and consistency seem more like pipedreams than principles.

28. Mayorkas warns FEMA doesn't have enough funding to last through hurricane season - Friday, October 4, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency can meet immediate needs but does not have enough funding to make it through the hurricane season, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told reporters Wednesday.

29. Speaker Johnson lays out agenda for Republicans as they fight to hold House majority - Friday, September 27, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Mike Johnson laid out on Tuesday a policy agenda should Republicans take the majority next year that extends the tax cuts approved when Donald Trump was president, reduces the size of the federal workforce and gives parents more choice on where they can send their children to school.

30. After a chaotic Congress, lawmakers head home to ask voters: How about another term? - Friday, September 27, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is off for the campaign season, as lawmakers from one of the most chaotic and unproductive legislative sessions in modern times try to persuade voters to keep them on the job.

31. Biden signs temporary funding bill that avoids a shutdown before the election - Friday, September 27, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday signed a temporary government spending bill that keeps agencies operating into December, after Congress punted key spending decisions until after the November election.

32. Harris blasts proposals for Ukraine to cede territory to Russia during Zelenskyy meeting - Friday, September 27, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — With American support for Ukraine at a partisan crossroads, Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday slammed suggestions that Kyiv should cede territory for the sake of peace with Moscow as "dangerous and unacceptable."

33. Democrats try to censure Rep. Clay Higgins for slandering Haitians in social media post - Friday, September 27, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats attempted Wednesday to quickly censure a Republican congressman who slandered Haitian immigrants in a post he made on social media, but GOP leadership stamped out the effort.

34. Zelenskyy visits Washington as election year divide grows over Ukraine war - Friday, September 27, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy huddled with U.S. leaders on Thursday to shore up American support for his country's fight against Russia as the war faces a partisan reckoning in this year's presidential election.

35. Congress moves to avert government shutdown before election day - Friday, September 20, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is expected Wednesday to give swift approval to a temporary spending bill that would keep federal agencies funded when the new fiscal year begins next Tuesday, avoiding a potential shutdown showdown just weeks before the Nov. 5 election.

36. Congress moving swiftly to fund government and avert shutdown before heading home to campaign - Friday, September 20, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is expected Wednesday to give swift approval to a temporary spending bill that would keep federal agencies funded when the new fiscal year begins next Tuesday, avoiding a potential shutdown showdown just weeks before the Nov. 5 election.

37. A year ago Kevin McCarthy was booted as House speaker. Mike Johnson is trying to avoid that fate - Friday, September 20, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — One year since Kevin McCarthy was booted from the House speaker's office after Congress voted in a bipartisan way to fund the government and prevent a federal shutdown, the new House Speaker Mike Johnson finds himself courting, but so far avoiding, a similar political fate.

38. Hello, I'm Johnny Cash's statue: A monument to the singer is unveiled at the US Capitol - Friday, September 20, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Johnny Cash can now be seen in the unlikeliest of venues: the U.S. Capitol.

Congressional leaders, Arkansas lawmakers and members of the Cash family were on hand Tuesday for the unveiling of a bronze statue depicting the "Man in Black."

39. Spending deal averts a possible federal shutdown and funds the government into December - Friday, September 20, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders announced an agreement Sunday on a short-term spending bill that will fund federal agencies for about three months, averting a possible partial government shutdown when the new budget year begins Oct. 1 and pushing final decisions until after the November election.

40. House unanimously votes to boost Trump security as Congress scrambles to ensure candidate safety - Friday, September 20, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers are scrambling to ensure that the U.S. Secret Service has enough money and resources to keep the nation's presidential candidates safe amid repeated threats of violence. It's unclear, though, how much they can do with only weeks before the election, or if additional dollars would make an immediate difference.

41. Bernie Sanders preparing resolutions to block $20B in US arms sales to Israel - Friday, September 13, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Bernie Sanders is preparing several resolutions that would stop more than $20 billion in U.S. arms sales to Israel, a longshot effort but the most substantive pushback yet from Congress over the devastation in Gaza ahead of the first year anniversary of the Israel-Hamas war.

42. House speaker takes another crack at spending bill linked to proof of citizenship for new voters - Friday, September 13, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House scheduled a vote Wednesday evening on Speaker Mike Johnson's proposal that links the funding of the federal government for the new budget year with a mandate that states require proof of citizenship when people register to vote.

43. Conservative group asks FEC to probe effort to promote spoiler candidates - Friday, September 13, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — A secretive group that recruited retired and disabled supporters of Donald Trump to run as third-party spoiler candidates in some of the nation's most competitive congressional districts was accused of violating campaign finance law in a complaint filed with the Federal Election Commission on Tuesday.

44. Speaker Johnson sets House vote on government funding bill after a one-week postponement - Friday, September 13, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson will move ahead with a temporary spending bill that would prevent a partial government shutdown when the new budget year begins on Oct. 1, despite the headwinds that prompted him to pull the bill from consideration last week.

45. 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.

46. SEC, Big Ten grab 16 spots in poll, monopolizing rankings like never before - Friday, September 13, 2024

The Southeastern Conference and Big Ten occupy 64% of this week's AP Top 25, with 16 ranked teams combined, the most ever by two conferences in one poll.

The third Top 25 of the regular season had a new No. 1 in Texas on Sunday, one of nine SEC teams in the poll. That's one short of the record 10 the SEC had in the first regular-season poll of 2015. For the second straight week, the SEC has six of the top seven teams.

47. Speaker Johnson postpones vote on a bill to avoid a partial government shutdown - Friday, September 13, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Mike Johnson postponed a vote Wednesday on a temporary spending bill that would keep federal agencies and programs funded for six months as opposition from both parties thwarted his first attempt at avoiding a partial government shutdown in three weeks.

48. Speaker Johnson calls off a vote on a bill to avoid a partial government shutdown - Friday, September 6, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Mike Johnson pulled a vote Wednesday on a temporary spending bill that would keep federal agencies and programs funded for six months as it became increasingly clear the measure lacked the support to pass as a potential partial government shutdown looms.

49. Congress bestows its highest honor on the 13 troops killed during Afghanistan withdrawal - Friday, September 6, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday posthumously presented Congress' highest honor — the Congressional Gold Medal — to 13 U.S. service members who were killed during the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, even as the politics of a presidential election swirled around the event.

50. Congress honors 13 troops killed during Kabul withdrawal as politics swirl around who is to blame - Friday, September 6, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson is hosting a ceremony Tuesday to posthumously present Congress' highest honor — the Congressional Gold Medal — to 13 U.S. service members who were killed during the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, even as the politics of a presidential election swirl around the event.

51. Speaker Johnson pushes ahead on funding bill with proof of citizenship mandate despite dim prospects - Friday, September 6, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson vowed Tuesday to press ahead with requiring proof of citizenship for voter registration as part of a bill to avoid a partial government shutdown when the new fiscal year begins Oct. 1, though the measure appeared likely to be voted down.

52. House Republicans push to link government funding to a citizenship check for new voters - Friday, September 6, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson is heeding the demands of the more conservative wing of his Republican conference and has teed up a vote this week on a bill that would keep the federal government funded for six more months and require states to obtain proof of citizenship, such as a birth certificate or passport, when registering a person to vote.

53. Hakeem Jeffries rejects GOP spending bill as 'unserious and unacceptable' - Friday, September 6, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Calling it "unserious and unacceptable," House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries rejected on Monday a proposal from Speaker Mike Johnson that links continued government funding for six months with a measure to require proof of citizenship when registering to vote.

54. Yellen says ending Biden tax incentives would be 'historic mistake' for states like North Carolina - Friday, September 6, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned voters in the battleground state of North Carolina that they could lose jobs if Republicans weaken a signature Biden administration law that encourages investments in manufacturing and clean energy.

55. Arlington National Cemetery worker was 'pushed aside' in Trump staff dispute but won't seek charges - Friday, August 30, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — An Arlington National Cemetery official was "abruptly pushed aside" in an altercation with former President Donald Trump's staff during a wreath-laying ceremony to honor service members killed in the Afghanistan War withdrawal, but she declined to press charges, an Army spokesman said Thursday.

56. Trump lambastes Harris and Biden on anniversary of chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal - Friday, August 23, 2024

DETROIT (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Monday tied Vice President Kamala Harris to the chaotic Afghanistan War withdrawal on the third anniversary of the suicide bombing that killed 13 U.S. service members, calling the attack a "humiliation."

57. Everyone needs an emergency money stash, even the wealthy - Friday, August 23, 2024

More than one quarter of Americans have no emergency savings, the highest level since 2020, a June Bankrate report reveals. But do Americans with substantial income or savings need a rainy-day fund?

58. House Republicans release their impeachment report on Biden but the next steps are uncertain - Friday, August 16, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans have released their initial impeachment inquiry report on President Joe Biden, alleging an abuse of power and obstruction of justice in the financial dealings of his son Hunter Biden and family associates.

59. 'White Dudes for Harris' is the latest in a series of Zoom gatherings backing the vice president - Friday, July 26, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — On a "White Dudes for Harris" virtual call, it was probably fitting that "The Dude" dropped in.

Actor Jeff Bridges addressed a fundraising event geared toward white men supporting Vice President Kamala Harris and sang her praises on Monday night, before channeling his iconic role as "The Dude" in 1998's "The Big Lebowski," declaring, "As the Dude might say, 'That's just my opinion, man.'" (The original line was "That's just, like, your opinion, man.")

60. Senate passes bill to protect kids online and make tech companies accountable for harmful content - Friday, July 26, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate overwhelmingly passed legislation Tuesday that is designed to protect children from dangerous online content, pushing forward with what would be the first major effort by Congress in decades to hold tech companies more accountable for the harm that they cause.

61. Pennsylvania congressman chosen to lead House task force investigating Trump assassination attempt - Friday, July 26, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Pennsylvania congressman who witnessed the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump firsthand will lead the House task force charged with investigating what went wrong and recommending solutions to help ensure such an attack doesn't happen again.

62. Biden unveils plan for Supreme Court changes, says US stands at 'breach' as public confidence sinks - Friday, July 26, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has unveiled a long-awaited proposal for changes at the U.S. Supreme Court, calling on Congress to establish term limits and an enforceable ethics code for the court's nine justices. He's also pressing lawmakers to ratify a constitutional amendment limiting presidential immunity.

63. What to expect in Tennessee's state primaries - Friday, July 26, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Candidates for federal and state legislative posts will compete for their parties' nominations in Thursday's primaries in Tennessee. Among the notable current or aspiring lawmakers on the ballot are a member of the conservative U.S. House Freedom Caucus who's drawn a strong primary challenge and a Democratic state representative who was almost expelled from office following a demonstration in the chamber on gun control.

64. House Republicans vote to rebuke Kamala Harris over administration's handling of border policy - Friday, July 26, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are moving quickly to emphasize Vice President Kamala Harris's role in the Biden administration's handling of the U.S. border with Mexico, passing a resolution Thursday that condemns her performance in the job.

65. In fiery speech to Congress, Netanyahu vows 'total victory' in Gaza and denounces US protesters - Friday, July 26, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged in a scathing speech to Congress on Wednesday to achieve "total victory" against Hamas and denounced American opponents of the war in Gaza as "idiots," taking a combative stance in a visit the Biden administration has hoped will yield progress in negotiations to end the fighting.

66. Netanyahu meets with Biden, Harris to narrow gaps on a Gaza war cease-fire deal - Friday, July 26, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the White House Thursday to discuss the war in Gaza -- and the possibility of securing a cease-fire deal -- with President Joe Biden and likely Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris.

67. House votes to form task force to investigate shooting at Trump rally, recommend legislative fixes - Friday, July 26, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted Wednesday to form a task force to investigate the security failures surrounding the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump on July 13.

The vote underscores the bipartisan outrage over the shooting at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Trump came within inches of losing his life. One rallygoer was killed and two others severely injured. Lawmakers have responded quickly with hearings and widespread calls for accountability.

68. Police deploy pepper spray as crowd protesting Israel's war in Gaza marches to the U.S. Capitol - Friday, July 19, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Police deployed pepper spray Wednesday as a large crowd protesting Israel's war in Gaza marched toward the U.S. Capitol, where Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's was speaking to Congress.

69. Upgrades all around for Titans with new staff, big roster changes - Friday, July 26, 2024

As the Titans open training camp this week, 2024 promises to be unlike nearly any season we have seen from this franchise – certainly in its time in Tennessee.

The offseason brought a plethora of changes and an entirely new approach to business as the Titans fired Mike Vrabel and brought in first-time head coach Brian Callahan to not only overhaul the way the franchise operates, but also its entire way of playing the game.

70. Netanyahu seeks support for Gaza war in address to Congress that sparks large protests and boycotts - Friday, July 19, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought to bolster U.S. support for his country's fight against Hamas and other Iran-backed armed groups in a speech to Congress Wednesday that sparked boycotts by some top Democrats and drew thousands of protesters to the Capitol to condemn the war in Gaza and the humanitarian crisis it has created.

71. Officers left post to go look for Trump rally gunman before shooting, state police boss says - Friday, July 19, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two local law enforcement officers stationed in the complex of buildings where a gunman opened fire at former President Donald Trump left to go search for the man before the shooting, the head of Pennsylvania State Police said Tuesday, raising questions about whether a key post was left unattended as the shooter climbed onto a roof.

72. Republican leaders urge colleagues to steer clear of racist and sexist attacks on Harris - Friday, July 19, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican leaders are warning party members against using overtly racist and sexist attacks against Vice President Kamala Harris, as they and former President Donald Trump's campaign scramble to adjust to the reality of a new Democratic rival less than four months before Election Day.

73. Secret Service director steps down after assassination attempt against ex-President Trump at rally - Friday, July 19, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The director of the Secret Service resigned Tuesday in the aftermath of the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump that unleashed an outcry about how the agency failed in its core mission to protect current and former presidents.

74. Senate to consider bills that aim to protect children and teenagers online - Friday, July 19, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate will consider legislation this week that aims to protect children from dangerous online content, moving forward with what could become the first sweeping new regulation of the tech industry in decades.

75. GOP threatened to sue over November ballot if Biden dropped out. Experts call that 'ridiculous' - Friday, July 19, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Even before President Joe Biden's long-speculated withdrawal from the 2024 presidential race, allies of former President Donald Trump floated the possibility of suing to block Democrats from having anyone other than Biden on the ballot in November.

76. Nashville-area GOP House race and Senate primaries top Tennessee's primary ballot - Friday, July 19, 2024

NASHVILLE (AP) — A first-term Tennessee congressman backed by former President Donald Trump will face a Republican challenger who calls the lawmaker ineffective, a contest that is among the top races in the state's August primary election.

77. House Oversight panel subpoenas Secret Service director to testify on Trump assassination attempt - Friday, July 19, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee issued a subpoena Wednesday to the Secret Service director compelling her to appear before the committee on Monday for what is scheduled to be the first congressional hearing into the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.

78. House Oversight panel subpoenas Secret Service director to testify on Trump assassination attempt - Friday, July 12, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee issued a subpoena Wednesday to Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle compelling her to appear before the committee on Monday for what is scheduled to be the first congressional hearing into the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.

79. Top Davidson County residential real estate transactions for June 2024 - Friday, July 12, 2024

Top Davidson County residential real estate sales for June 2024, as compiled by the Nashville Ledger.

80. House GOP wants proof of citizenship to vote, boosting an election-year talking point - Friday, July 5, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday was poised to vote on a proof-of-citizenship requirement for voter registration, a proposal Republicans have prioritized as an election-year talking point even as research shows noncitizens illegally registering and casting ballots in federal elections is exceptionally rare.

81. 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.

82. Justice Department won't prosecute Garland for contempt, says refusal to provide audio wasn't crime - Friday, June 14, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland will not be prosecuted for contempt of Congress because his refusal to turn over audio of President Joe Biden's interview in his classified documents case "did not constitute a crime," the Justice Department said Friday.

83. 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.

84. Republicans stick to attacking criminal justice system, echoing Trump, after Hunter Biden conviction - Friday, June 7, 2024

PHOENIX (AP) — Republicans are responding to Hunter Biden's conviction on federal gun charges with some version of, "That's it?"

Loyal to Donald Trump, they largely echoed the former president's claim that the Justice Department has treated President Joe Biden's son with kid gloves while zealously prosecuting Trump. Using the attention given to Hunter Biden's conviction for charges related to buying a gun while addicted to drugs, they pressed unsubstantiated or debunked allegations that Joe Biden — while vice president — acted to advance his family members' foreign business interests.

85. House votes to hold AG Garland in contempt for withholding Biden audio - Friday, June 7, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted Wednesday to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over audio of President Joe Biden's interview in his classified documents case, Republicans' latest and strongest rebuke of the Justice Department as partisan conflict over the rule of law animates the 2024 presidential campaign.

86. 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):

87. Trump will meet with House and Senate Republicans this week near the Capitol - Friday, June 7, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans will meet privately with Donald Trump on Thursday, as the former president who is now the party's presumptive nominee returns to Capitol Hill for the first time since his supporters attacked the building on Jan. 6, 2021, in an attempt to overturn President Joe Biden's election.

88. Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu set to address the US Congress on July 24 - Friday, June 7, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to address a joint meeting of Congress on July 24, setting the stage for what is expected to be a contentious speech at a crucial moment for the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.

89. Members of Congress commemorate D-Day with their own parachute jump over Normandy - Friday, June 7, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — A contingent of U.S. lawmakers from the House of Representatives made a commemorative parachute jump Friday at Normandy marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day and the historic assault that launched the end of World War II.

90. Speaker Johnson appoints two Trump allies to a committee that handles classified intelligence - Friday, June 7, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday appointed two far-right Republicans to the powerful House Intelligence Committee, positioning two close allies of Donald Trump who worked to overturn the 2020 presidential election on a panel that receives sensitive classified briefings and oversees the work of America's spy agencies.

91. House Republicans issue criminal referrals against James, Hunter Biden, alleging false testimony - Friday, May 31, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans issued criminal referrals Wednesday against President Joe Biden's son and brother, accusing them of making false statements to Congress as part of the GOP's yearlong impeachment inquiry.

92. Biden rolls out asylum restrictions, months in the making, to help 'gain control' of the border - Friday, May 31, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday unveiled plans to enact immediate significant restrictions on migrants seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border as the White House tries to neutralize immigration as a political liability ahead of the November elections.

93. Biden says he's restricting asylum to help 'gain control' of the border - Friday, May 31, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday unveiled plans to enact immediate significant restrictions on migrants seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border as the White House tries to neutralize immigration as a political liability ahead of the November elections.

94. Republican lawmakers react with fury to Trump verdict and rally to his defense - Friday, May 31, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican lawmakers reacted with immediate fury on Thursday as a New York jury convicted former President Donald Trump on 34 counts of falsifying business records to influence the 2016 election, speaking out with near unanimity in questioning the legitimacy of the trial and how it was conducted.

95. Guilty: Trump becomes first former US president convicted of felony crimes - Friday, May 31, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump became the first former American president to be convicted of felony crimes Thursday as a New York jury found him guilty of all 34 charges in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through a hush money payment to a porn actor who said the two had sex.

96. The 'Appeal to Heaven' flag evolves from Revolutionary War symbol to banner of the far right - Friday, May 24, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is embroiled in a second flag controversy in as many weeks, this time over a banner that in recent years has come to symbolize sympathies with the Christian nationalist movement and the false claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen.

97. Second flag carried by Jan. 6 rioters displayed outside house owned by Justice Alito, report says - Friday, May 24, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — A second flag of a type carried by rioters during the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was displayed outside a house owned by Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, The New York Times reported Wednesday.

98. Biden is honoring Kenya with state visit as the East African nation prepares to send police to Haiti - Friday, May 17, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is welcoming Kenyan President William Ruto to the White House for a three-day state visit as the East African nation prepares to deploy forces to Haiti as part of U.N.-led effort to try to calm a spiraling security crisis in the Caribbean country.

99. Election deniers moving closer to GOP mainstream, report shows, as Trump allies fill Congress - Friday, May 17, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — In the hours after the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, Ohio's then-Republican senator, Rob Portman, voted to accept President Joe Biden's win over the defeated former president, Donald Trump, despite Trump's false allegations that Biden only won because of fraud.

100. House Republicans ditch their day jobs to stand with Trump, while legislating languishes - Friday, May 17, 2024

Leaving Washington behind, prominent far-right House Republicans who have repeatedly thrown this Congress into chaos showed up Thursday at Donald Trump's hush money trial to do what they do best.

They stood outside Trump Tower filming their support for the indicted former president. They filed into the Manhattan courthouse "standing back and standing by," as Rep. Matt Gaetz put it — invoking Trump's call to the extremist Proud Boys. They were admonished to put down their cell phones.