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From his Montana ranch, a retired lawmaker is angling for a comeback in a crowded House race
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — From a ranch in one of America’s largest and newest congressional districts, where agriculture and Republicans dominate the landscape, a retired six-term Montana lawmaker and grandfather is taking an unlikely path in search of a political comeback. Former...
FACT FOCUS: Trump responds to guilty verdict with attacks and false claims
Former President Donald Trump on Friday addressed his conviction on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in what prosecutors have called a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election by paying hush money to silence the accounts of women who claimed to have extramarital sex with him....
Ohio Senate approves fix assuring President Biden is on fall ballot
A temporary fix allowing President Joe Biden to appear on this fall’s ballot cleared the Ohio Senate on Friday as the Republican-dominated Legislature concluded a rare special session. The vote came one day after the House approved the measure, along with a ban on foreign nationals...
Trump tries to move past his guilty verdict by attacking the criminal justice system
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump sought to move past his historic criminal conviction on Friday and build momentum for his bid to return to the White House with fierce attacks on the judge who oversaw the case, the prosecution’s star witness and the criminal justice system as a whole. ...
Here's what you should know about Donald Trump's conviction in his hush money trial
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s conviction on 34 felony counts marks the end of the former president’s historic hush money trial, but the fight over the case is far from over. Now comes the sentencing and the potential for a prison sentence. A lengthy appellate process. And all...
Today in History: May 31, the Johnstown Flood kills more than 2000
Today in History Today is Friday, May 31, the 152nd day of 2024. There are 214 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 31, 1889, some 2,200 people in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, perished when the South Fork Dam collapsed, sending 20...
Donald Trump is convicted of a felony. Here's how that affects the 2024 presidential race
NEW YORK (AP) — Having been convicted of 34 felonies, Donald Trump cannot own a gun, hold public office or even vote in many states. But in 158 days, voters across America will decide whether he will return to the White House to serve another four years as the nation's president....
Ohio House pairs fix assuring President Biden is on fall ballot with foreign nationals giving ban
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A temporary fix allowing President Joe Biden to appear on this fall's ballot cleared the Ohio House during a rare special session Thursday, along with a ban on foreign nationals contributing to state ballot campaigns that representatives said was demanded in exchange by the...
Ryan Salame, part of the 'inner circle' at collapsed crypto exchange FTX, sentenced to prison
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced former FTX executive Ryan Salame to more than seven years in prison, the first of the lieutenants of failed cryptocurrency mogul Sam Bankman-Fried to receive jail time for their roles in the 2022 collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange. ...
As South Africa election nears, one candidate ditches political parties to go it alone
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — An outspoken former activist and member of South Africa's ruling African National Congress will be among at least 10 independent candidates seeking to become lawmakers for the first time in the country's history. South Africa is allowing independent candidates...
