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What to know about Pam Bondi, Trump's new pick for attorney general

Nov. 22, 2024 10:12 AM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Pam Bondi, the former Florida attorney general, was chosen by Donald Trump to serve as U.S. attorney general hours after his first choice, Matt Gaetz, withdrew from consideration after a federal sex trafficking investigation and ethics probe made his ability to be confirmed...

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Mississippi's judicial runoff elections

Nov. 22, 2024 07:03 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in central Mississippi and the state’s Delta and Gulf Coast areas will return to the polls Tuesday to resolve two judicial races in which no candidate received the vote majority needed in the Nov. 5 general election to avoid a runoff. At stake are seats...

Was it all a joke? How stand-up comedy helped reelect Trump

Nov. 21, 2024 11:45 AM EST

Did stand-up comedians help reelect Donald Trump? Not a joke, as outgoing President Joe Biden might say. Trump has been the butt of countless late-night monologues and “Saturday Night Live” sketches for the better part of a decade, as much of Hollywood tracked the...

Bill Clinton explains why philanthropy fills his post-presidential life in his new book 'Citizen'

Nov. 19, 2024 08:03 AM EST

Bill Clinton jokes that he felt lost when he first returned to private life in 2001, after his two terms as president, because people no longer played “Hail to the Chief” when he walked into a room. But what he found – chronicled in his new book, “Citizen: My Life After the...

20 years after opening, Bill Clinton's presidential library prepares for a 'refresh'

Nov. 18, 2024 14:34 PM EST

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Twenty years since Bill Clinton opened his presidential library and museum before a rain-soaked crowd, the area around the glass and steel facility has been transformed. The museum fueled development around Little Rock's once-sleepy downtown, with a former...

Arrests made at pro-Palestinian protest outside Hillary Clinton speech in Belfast

Nov. 14, 2024 15:09 PM EST

LONDON (AP) — Four men were arrested Thursday during a pro-Palestinian protest outside a speech being given by former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at Queen’s University in Belfast. Clinton, who holds the largely ceremonial role of chancellor at the school in the...

Trump promises to turn Washington upside down. He's being welcomed back anyway

Nov. 13, 2024 16:09 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The fireplace was crackling in the Oval Office on Wednesday morning as President Joe Biden shook hands with Donald Trump and congratulated him on his election victory. “Welcome back,” Biden told Trump, who said the transition “would be as smooth as it can...

Trump spends first week as president-elect behind closed doors at Mar-a-Lago

Nov. 12, 2024 20:17 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — For a man who loves the spotlight, Donald Trump has been conspicuously out of view since his triumph in last week's presidential election. There have been no rallies, no press conferences, no speeches. Instead, Trump has spent most of his first week as...

Lithuania's defense minister proposes ways for smoother relations between Europe and Trump

Nov. 09, 2024 12:24 PM EST

PRAGUE (AP) — European nations should not repeat the mistake of creating a barrier between them and President-elect Donald Trump but instead cooperate on issues of common interest, Lithuania’s defense minister said Saturday. Assuming that Trump will again apply what Laurynas...

Today in History: November 8, Florida election recount begins

Nov. 08, 2024 00:17 AM EST

Today is Friday, Nov. 8, the 313th day of 2024. There are 53 days left in the year. Today in history: On Nov. 8, 2000, a statewide recount began in Florida, which emerged as critical in deciding the winner of the 2000 presidential election. The recount would...