AP-NORC poll: Trump approval still weak despite economy

NEW YORK (AP) — About 6 in 10 Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump's overall job performance, according to a new poll released Thursday by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, which finds some support for the president's handling of the U.S. economy but gives him weak...

Italy's Democrats: Let's try for alternative to Salvini

ROME (AP) — Italy's Democrats, Parliament's largest opposition force, say it's worth trying to form a new government to shut out the right, led by euroskeptic nationalist Matteo Salvini. Salvini yanked his League party's support from Premier Giuseppe Conte's populist government, triggering its collapse...

Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper says he'll seek Democratic nomination for GOP Sen. Cory Gardner's Senate seat

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper says he'll seek Democratic nomination for GOP Sen. Cory Gardner's Senate seat.

Today in History

Today in History Today is Thursday, Aug. 22, the 234th day of 2019. There are 131 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On August 22, 1851, the schooner America outraced more than a dozen British vessels off the English coast to win a trophy that came to be known as the America's Cup. On this date:...

AP Analysis: Trump's 'disloyal' jab may boost base, not Jews

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's branding of American Jews who vote for Democrats as "disloyal" to their religion and Israel prompted alarms of anti-Semitism. But his ultimate aim appears to be dividing Democrats, peeling off Jewish support and shoring up his white evangelical Christian base....

Outside money flows into race for Susan Collins' Senate seat

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Democrats vowed last year to make Republican Sen. Susan Collins pay for her vote confirming Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Republicans declared they would have her back. Neither has forgotten its promises. Money is pouring into Maine's high-profile Senate race, threatening to...

Florida Democrats seek state legislative session on guns

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A call by Florida Democrats to convene a special session on guns got little traction among Republicans, even as Parkland shooting survivors on Wednesday renewed their pleas for more measures to combat gun violence. March For Our Lives, a group for formed by survivors of last year's...

Italy's Democrats seek to ward off early vote and Salvini

ROME (AP) — Lawmakers in Italy's largest opposition party, the center-left Democrats, huddled Wednesday to see if they could gather enough support in parliament for a durable government and avoid an early election that could bring Matteo Salvini's euroskeptic, nationalist League party to power. Their...

Trump: Any Jew voting Democratic is uninformed or disloyal

WASHINGTON (AP) — Showing a fresh willingness to play politics along religious lines, President Donald Trump said American Jews who vote for Democrats show "either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty." Trump's claim triggered a quick uproar from critics who said the Republican president was...

Dem House candidate joins GOP rival in helping super PACs

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Democrat in the country's last undecided U.S. House race has decried dark money in politics but is joining his Republican rival by making it easier for outside flows of political spending to help out their campaigns. A four-minute silent video of Charlotte's Dan McCready was...