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Many Democrats don't think they'll see a woman become president, AP-NORC poll finds

Jan. 11, 2025 08:39 AM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Democrats are harboring strong feelings of stress and gloom as the new year begins. And many are questioning whether their party's commitment to diverse candidates — especially women — may lead to further political struggles in the Donald Trump era. A recent...

Biden to deliver prime-time farewell to nation on Wednesday from Oval Office

Jan. 10, 2025 19:43 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will deliver a farewell address to the nation Wednesday from the Oval Office, five days before President-elect Donald Trump is sworn in. The president's remarks at 8 p.m. Eastern are set to be his last significant opportunity to speak to...

Wildfires latest: New evacuation order issued as Archer Fire sparks in San Fernando Valley

Jan. 10, 2025 16:21 PM EST

Firefighters are hoping for a break Friday from the fierce winds that have fueled massive blazes in the Los Angeles area, killing 10 people, obliterating whole neighborhoods and setting the nation’s second-largest city on edge. On Thursday afternoon, the Kenneth Fire started in the...

Americans have dimmer view of Biden than they did of Trump or Obama as term ends, AP-NORC poll finds

Jan. 10, 2025 11:34 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — As Joe Biden prepares to leave office, Americans have a dimmer view of his presidency than they did at the end of Donald Trump's first term or Barack Obama's second, a new poll finds. Around one-quarter of U.S. adults said Biden was a “good” or “great”...

Trump tax cuts, if made permanent, stand to benefit highest income earners, Treasury analysis shows

Jan. 10, 2025 10:03 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — At the very top of Republicans’ 100-day agenda with President-elect Donald Trump in the White House and GOP lawmakers in a majority is the plan to renew some $4 trillion in expiring tax cuts. On Friday, the U.S. Treasury released a new analysis of the various...

From Carter's funeral, an American snapshot: A singular image, 5 presidents, 379 years of history

Jan. 10, 2025 09:34 AM EST

Look at their faces — formal, etched with experience, laden with the weight of momentous decisions. Add up their years: 379 to be exact, enough time to take you back into the mid-1600s, when the notion of the American nation was still more than a century away. Consider why they...

Wildfires latest: At least 10,000 structures have burned in a series of fires around Los Angeles

Jan. 09, 2025 21:48 PM EST

Firefighters battled Thursday to control a series of major fires in the Los Angeles area that have killed seven people, burned at least 10,000 structures from the Pacific Coast to Pasadena and sent thousands of people frantically fleeing their homes. Ferocious winds that drove the...

Jimmy Carter lauded for humility and service in Washington before being laid to rest in Georgia

Jan. 09, 2025 21:29 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jimmy Carter was celebrated Thursday for his personal humility and public service before, during and after his presidency in a funeral at Washington National Cathedral featuring the kind of pageantry the 39th U.S. president typically eschewed. It was followed by an intimate...

Jimmy Carter's funeral brings together 5 current and former US presidents to honor one of their own

Jan. 09, 2025 20:46 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — As they filed into the front pews at Washington National Cathedral, wearing dark suits and mostly solemn faces, five current and former presidents came together for Jimmy Carter's funeral. During a service that stretched more than an hour, the feuding, grievances and enmity that...

Harris cancels final foreign trip because of California wildfires

Jan. 09, 2025 19:18 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is canceling the final foreign trip of her term because of the wildfires in her home state of California, her office announced on Thursday. Her decision follows a similar one made by President Joe Biden, who was due to travel this week...