House Ethics Committee secretly voted to release Matt Gaetz ethics report, source says

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Ethics Committee voted in secret to release the long-awaited ethics report into ex-Rep. Matt Gaetz, raising the possibility that the allegations against the Florida Republican who was President-elect Donald Trump's first choice for attorney general could be made public...

Senate readies for vote on defense bill to raise troop pay, bar trans care coverage for minors

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is voting Wednesday on final passage of a sweeping defense bill that will authorize significant pay raises for junior enlisted service members and boost overall military spending to $895 billion while also stripping coverage of transgender medical treatments for...

Canada's prime minister faces calls to resign. Here's what could happen next

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faces growing pressure to resign from his own Liberal Party after his top minister abruptly quit and criticized his handling of the budget. Trudeau has led the country for nearly a decade, but has become widely unpopular in recent years over a...

Democrats pick Gerry Connolly for Oversight post, rejecting Ocasio-Cortez bid

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats on Tuesday picked 74-year-old Rep. Gerry Connolly to lead the party next year atop an influential congressional committee, pushing aside growing calls for generational change in leadership ahead of a second term for Donald Trump. In a closed-door...

Blackwater-Nygren is the first Navajo woman to be named top prosecutor in Arizona's Apache County

ST, JOHNS, Ariz. (AP) — Jasmine Blackwater-Nygren is the new Apache County attorney, becoming the first Navajo woman to hold the position. The county Board of Supervisors held a special meeting Monday to appoint a new county attorney following the vacancy left by Michael Whiting,...

Biden calls for ban on congressional stock trading

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden endorsed a ban on congressional stock trading in an interview that’s being released this week, belatedly weighing in on an issue that has been debated on Capitol Hill for years. “Nobody in the Congress should be able to make money in the...

EU investigates TikTok over Romanian presidential election safeguards

LONDON (AP) — European Union regulators said Tuesday they're investigating whether TikTok breached the bloc's digital rulebook by failing to deal with risks to Romania's presidential election, which has been thrown into turmoil over allegations of electoral violations and Russian meddling. ...

Proposal to change India's voting system to allow simultaneous polls fails to pass lower Parliament

NEW DELHI (AP) — A controversial legislation submitted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to change India's voting system failed to pass Tuesday in the country's lower house of Parliament. Law minister, Arjun Ram Meghwal, presented the legislation which proposed...

Germany's Scholz loses a confidence vote, setting up an early election in February

BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a confidence vote in the German parliament on Monday, putting the European Union’s most populous member and biggest economy on course to hold an early election in February. Scholz won the support of 207 lawmakers in the 733-seat lower...

Chancellor Olaf Scholz loses a confidence vote in parliament, setting Germany on course for an election in February