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House Republicans start making their case for President Biden impeachment inquiry at first hearing

Sep. 28, 2023 11:29 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans launched their first formal impeachment hearing Thursday against President Joe Biden saying they intend to “provide accountability” as they make their case to the public, their colleagues and skeptics in the Senate. The chairmen of the...

A key US government surveillance tool should face new limits, a divided privacy oversight board says

Sep. 28, 2023 11:24 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI and other government agencies should be required to get court approval before reviewing the communications of U.S. citizens collected through a secretive foreign surveillance program, a sharply divided privacy oversight board recommended on Thursday. The...

Kari Lake, prominent Trump supporter and election denier, will launch US Senate campaign in Arizona

Sep. 28, 2023 10:57 AM EDT

PHOENIX (AP) — Republican Kari Lake, a Donald Trump ally who has refused to acknowledge her loss in last year's race for Arizona governor, will soon launch her campaign for the U.S. Senate seat held by independent Kyrsten Sinema, a senior adviser said Thursday. Lake's entrance in...

Biden is targeting Trump's 'extremist movement' as he makes democracy a touchtone in reelection bid

Sep. 28, 2023 10:52 AM EDT

PHOENIX (AP) — President Joe Biden is ready to argue “there is something dangerous happening in America” during a speech in Arizona on Thursday as he revives his warnings that Donald Trump and his allies represent an existential threat to the country's democratic institutions. ...

Donald Trump skipped the GOP debate again. This time, his rivals took him on directly

Sep. 28, 2023 10:48 AM EDT

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Several of Donald Trump’s rivals stepped up their attacks against him in the second Republican presidential debate, urgently trying to dent the former president's commanding primary lead during an event that often seemed like an undercard without him. ...

Christie calls Trump 'Donald Duck,' DeSantis knocks former president and other debate takeaways

Sep. 28, 2023 10:15 AM EDT

Seven Republican presidential hopefuls gathered at the Reagan Library in California on Wednesday for the second of the party’s primary debates. The contest's dominant front-runner — former President Donald Trump — skipped the event again. With less than four months until the...

NY Attorney General Letitia James has a long history of fighting Trump and other powerful targets

Sep. 28, 2023 08:30 AM EDT

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Letitia James fixated on Donald Trump as she campaigned for New York attorney general, branding the then-president a “con man” and ″carnival barker” and pledging to shine a “bright light into every dark corner of his real estate dealings.” Five years...

A government shutdown is nearing this weekend. What does it mean, who's hit and what's next?

Sep. 28, 2023 08:23 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government is just days away from a shutdown that will disrupt many services, squeeze workers and roil politics as Republicans in the House, fueled by hard-right demands, force a confrontation over federal spending. While some government entities will...

Editorial Roundup: South Carolina

Sep. 28, 2023 07:17 AM EDT

Times and Democrat. September 23, 2023. Editorial: Good reasons to keep eyes on the tropics The peak of hurricane season is at hand. In a typical Atlantic Ocean hurricane season, August through mid-September is the busiest time for tropical storms and...

Trump goes to Michigan to rail against Biden's electric vehicle push while GOP rivals debate

Sep. 28, 2023 00:39 AM EDT

CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — As his Republican rivals sparred onstage in California at their second primary debate, Donald Trump was in battleground Michigan Wednesday night working to win over blue-collar voters by lambasting President Joe Biden and his push for electric cars in the midst of...