WASHINGTON (AP) — The direction of the Republican National Committee is clear from the last name of its new second-in-command: Trump.

"My No. 1 goal is making sure that Donald Trump is the 47th president," said RNC co-chair Lara Trump in an interview with The Associated Press.

2. Charles Hawkins names 2 new shareholders - Friday, April 12, 2024

The Charles Hawkins Co., one of Nashville’s premier commercial real estate services companies, has selected first vice presidents Clancy Hoban and Jonathan Douillard as shareholders in the company.

3. Israel clears way to expel Al Jazeera. Channel says Netanyahu's incitement claim is a dangerous lie - Friday, March 29, 2024

JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday vowed to shut down Al Jazeera's operations in Israel, calling it a "terror channel" that spreads incitement, after parliament passed a law clearing the way for the closure.

4. Network political contributors have a long history. But are they more trouble than they're worth? - Friday, March 29, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — One of the nation's most prominent news outlets has found itself in an embarrassing mess over the hiring — and quick firing — of someone who isn't even a journalist in the first place.

5. Trump's criticism of Israel's Netanyahu draws strong condemnation from GOP rivals - Friday, October 13, 2023

NEW YORK (AP) — Several of former President Donald Trump 's Republican rivals denounced him on Thursday for lashing out at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu days after Hamas' deadly attack, a rare moment in which multiple competitors directly criticized the GOP front-runner.

6. 'It just rang': In crises, US-China hotline goes unanswered - Friday, February 10, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Within hours of an Air Force F-22 downing a giant Chinese balloon that had crossed the United States, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin reached out to his Chinese counterpart via a special crisis line, aiming for a quick general-to-general talk that could explain things and ease tensions.

7. House GOP demands visitor logs in Biden classified docs case - Friday, January 13, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Newly empowered House Republicans on Sunday demanded the White House turn over all information related to its searches that have uncovered classified documents at President Joe Biden's home and former office in the wake of more records found at his Delaware residence.

8. Report shines light on execution secrecy - Friday, January 6, 2023

When multiple pharmaceutical companies objected to Tennessee using their drugs to kill death row inmates several years back, the scramble to find lethal injection chemicals needed to carry out state-sanctioned executions grew frantic.

9. China casts long shadow over US-Africa Leaders Summit - Friday, December 9, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — With dozens of African leaders descending on Washington this week, the Biden administration is offering a not-so-subtle pitch in its economic competition with China on the continent: The U.S. offers a better option to African partners.

10. Trump docs probe: Court lifts hold on Mar-a-Lago records - Friday, September 23, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a stark repudiation of Donald Trump's legal arguments, a federal appeals court on Wednesday permitted the Justice Department to resume its use of classified records seized from the former president's Florida estate as part of its ongoing criminal investigation.

11. US, Europe agree to freeze assets of Russia's Putin, Lavrov - Friday, February 25, 2022

BRUSSELS (AP) — With a military intervention in Ukraine off the table, and countries around the world looking to heap more financial punishment on Moscow, the United States, Britain and European Union said Friday they will move to sanction Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

12. European Union agrees to freeze assets of Putin and minister - Friday, February 25, 2022

BRUSSELS (AP) — With a military intervention in Ukraine off the table for now, countries around the world looked to heap more financial punishment on Moscow, including the European Union's approval of an asset freeze on Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

13. GOP Rep. Nunes leaving Congress for Trump social media firm - Friday, December 3, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — California Republican Rep. Devin Nunes, who was one of former President Donald Trump's most ardent loyalists in Congress, is leaving the House at the end of this year to join Trump's fledgling media company.

14. China bans BBC news broadcasts in apparent retaliatory move - Friday, February 12, 2021

BEIJING (AP) — China has banned BBC World News from airing in China, one week after threatening to retaliate for the recent revocation of the British broadcasting license for China's state-owned CGTN.

15. Diplomat Taylor expected to testify 1st in public hearings - Friday, November 8, 2019

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats announced they will launch public impeachment hearings next week, intending to bring to life weeks of closed-door testimony and lay out a convincing narrative of presidential misconduct by Donald Trump.

16. Diplomat Taylor expected to testify 1st in public hearings - Friday, November 1, 2019

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats announced they will launch public impeachment hearings next week, intending to bring to life weeks of closed-door testimony and lay out a convincing narrative of presidential misconduct by Donald Trump.

17. Close advisers try to steer Trump away from issuing pardons - Friday, March 29, 2019

NEW YORK (AP) — The end of the special counsel's investigation sparked fresh speculation that President Donald Trump might pardon some of those charged in the probe. It's also spawned a don't-go-there chorus from some of Trump's closest advisers and GOP allies.

18. Adviser and allies warning Trump against issuing pardons - Friday, March 22, 2019

NEW YORK (AP) — The end of the special counsel's investigation sparked fresh speculation that President Donald Trump might pardon some of those charged in the probe. It's also spawned a don't-go-there chorus from some of Trump's closest advisers and GOP allies.

19. Media fight access restrictions on child detention centers - Friday, June 22, 2018

NEW YORK (AP) — The children at the center of the national debate over President Donald Trump's immigration policy have been heard about but rarely seen.

News organizations say they are pushing back every day against Trump administration restrictions on access to facilities where children separated from their parents are being held. Government handouts satisfy few, and there have been disputes raised in some of the few independent instances where a sense emerges of what is happening at the border.

20. Radio giant iHeartMedia files bankruptcy plan to reduce debt - Friday, March 16, 2018

NEW YORK (AP) — IHeartMedia, one of the world's largest radio companies, is seeking bankruptcy protection as part of an agreement with its lenders to reduce debt it took on to become a privately held company.

21. Disney buying large part of 21st Century Fox in $52.4B deal - Friday, December 8, 2017

NEW YORK (AP) — Disney is buying a large part of the Murdoch family's 21st Century Fox for about $52.4 billion in stock, including film and television studios and cable and international TV businesses, as it tries to meet competition from technology companies in the entertainment business.

22. $12.9M renovation of Eskind Library to begin - Friday, July 21, 2017

The Annette and Irwin Eskind Biomedical Library at Vanderbilt University will be renovated beginning Aug. 1, a year-long process.

“We appreciate the community’s patience while we undertake these transformative upgrades,” says Valerie Hotchkiss, university librarian. “The renovation, which has been made possible by a visionary $6 million gift from the Eskind family, will create a biomedical and health sciences library of the first order.”

23. Hard to ‘mansplain’ workplace gender issues - Friday, March 13, 2015

“Jane felt like screaming at Dick after he manterrupted her in the staff meeting, bropropriated her idea and then spent the afternoon mansplaining it back to her.’’

That’s an actual sentence – if people are willing to use gender-specific language that’s gaining popularity to describe unwanted workplace behavior.

24. Conexión Américas’expands mission, user base - Friday, May 31, 2013

Conexión Américas has a Spanish name, primarily serves Middle Tennessee’s Latino community, and helped lead a coalition to defeat an English-only referendum in Nashville in 2009.

25. Mighty Mouse: Investors flock to safety of Disney - Friday, August 3, 2012

LOS ANGELES (AP) — These are happy times in the Magic Kingdom.

The Walt Disney Co.'s stock is up 35 percent so far this year, outpacing its media company rivals.

26. Clear Channel cuts jobs in regional reorganization - Friday, October 28, 2011

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Clear Channel Communications Inc. said Friday that it had dismissed some on-air and off-air staff earlier this week, in a reshaping of its regional and local programming that should enable it to seek out advertisers focused on areas wider than a single market.