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The Latest | Testimony in Trump's hush money trial forges ahead with more witnesses

May. 09, 2024 15:34 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Stormy Daniels concluded her testimony in Donald Trump's hush money trial Thursday after spending roughly 7 1/2 hours on the stand over two days. The porn actor recounted, among other things, the alleged 2006 sexual encounter with the former president that she was eventually paid...

Court rejects Hunter Biden's appeal in gun case, setting stage for trial to begin next month

May. 09, 2024 15:32 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunter Biden's federal gun case should move forward, an appeals court ruled Thursday, setting the stage for the president's son to stand trial on criminal charges next month in Delaware. Hunter Biden's lawyers went to the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals after...

Trump attorney and Stormy Daniels trade barbs during questions about alleged 2006 sexual encounter

May. 09, 2024 15:04 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump's defense attorney on Thursday accused Stormy Daniels of slowly altering the details of an alleged 2006 sexual encounter with Trump, trying to persuade jurors that a key prosecution witness in the former president's hush money trial cannot be believed. ...

GOP runoffs to determine nominees for Congress, lieutenant governor and auditor

May. 09, 2024 13:20 PM EDT

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — What is expected to be a very small group of North Carolina voters will decide which Republicans will serve as the party's nominees for a congressional district seat and for the statewide positions of lieutenant governor and auditor. One of Tuesday's GOP...

Haley will meet with donors to her shuttered presidential campaign. No Trump endorsement is expected

May. 09, 2024 12:19 PM EDT

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Nikki Haley is meeting next week with donors who supported her now-abandoned Republican presidential campaign, a reentry into public life that comes as the former South Carolina governor keeps drawing notable support in some state primaries despite Donald Trump's status as...

Pennsylvania sees fewer mail ballots rejected for technicalities, a priority for election officials

May. 09, 2024 11:12 AM EDT

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania election officials said Wednesday that the rate of mail-in ballots rejected for technicalities, like a missing date, saw a significant drop in last month's primary election after state officials tried anew to help voters avoid mistakes that might get their...

Michigan former clerk and attorney charged after alleged unauthorized access to 2020 voter data

May. 09, 2024 10:00 AM EDT

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan's attorney general announced charges Wednesday against a former township clerk and a lawyer who had supported attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, alleging they accessed voting systems without authorization in a search of fraud. ...

Trump-affiliated group releases new national security book outlining possible second-term approach

May. 09, 2024 09:07 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Making future military aid to Ukraine contingent on the country participating in peace talks with Russia. Banning Chinese nationals from buying property within a 50-mile radius of U.S. government buildings. Filling the national security sector with acolytes of Donald Trump. ...

House rejects Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's effort to oust Speaker Mike Johnson, but chaos lingers

May. 09, 2024 08:20 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hard-line Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene tried and failed in a brazen push to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson, but the resounding rejection by Republicans and Democrats tired of the turmoil does not guarantee an end to the GOP chaos. One of Donald Trump’s biggest...

House rejects Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's effort to remove Speaker Mike Johnson from office

May. 08, 2024 21:06 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hardline Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene tried and failed in sudden action Wednesday to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson, her long-shot effort swiftly and resoundingly rejected by Democrats and Republicans tired of the political chaos. One of Donald Trump’s biggest...