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Charges against Trump's 2020 'fake electors' are expected to deter a repeat this year

Apr. 26, 2024 12:42 PM EDT

An Arizona grand jury's indictment of 18 people who either posed as or helped organize a slate of electors falsely claiming that former President Donald Trump won the state in 2020 could help shape the landscape of challenges to the 2024 election. The indictment issued Wednesday is...

President Joe Biden says he's 'happy to debate' Donald Trump during interview with Howard Stern

Apr. 26, 2024 12:12 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden said Friday that he is willing to debate his presumptive Republican opponent, Donald Trump, later this fall – his most definitive comment yet on the issue. The comment came during an interview with the Sirius XM radio host Howard Stern, who...

These people were charged with interfering in the 2020 election. Some are still in politics today

Apr. 26, 2024 11:57 AM EDT

ATLANTA (AP) — As Donald Trump seeks a return to the White House, criminal charges are piling up for the people who tried to help him stay there in 2020 by promoting false theories of voter fraud. At least five states that were won in 2020 by President Joe Biden have investigated...

The TikTok law kicks off a new showdown between Beijing and Washington. What's coming next?

Apr. 26, 2024 02:43 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — TikTok is gearing up for a legal fight against a U.S. law that would force the social media platform to break ties with its China-based parent company, a move almost certainly backed by Chinese authorities as the bitter U.S.-China rivalry threatens the future of a wildly popular...

The Latest | Israeli strikes in Rafah kill at least 5 as ship comes under attack in the Gulf of Aden

Apr. 26, 2024 00:10 AM EDT

Palestinian hospital officials said Israeli airstrikes on the southern city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip killed at least five people. More than half of the territory’s population of 2.3 million have sought refuge in Rafah, where Israel has conducted near-daily raids as it prepares...

Ex-tabloid publisher testifies he scooped up possibly damaging tales to shield his old friend Trump

Apr. 25, 2024 21:38 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — As Donald Trump was running for president in 2016, his old friend at the National Enquirer was scooping up potentially damaging stories about the candidate and paying out tens of thousands of dollars to keep them from the public eye. But when it came to the seamy...

Supreme Court seems skeptical of Trump's claim of absolute immunity but decision's timing is unclear

Apr. 25, 2024 20:52 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday appeared likely to reject former President Donald Trump’s claim of absolute immunity from prosecution over election interference, but several justices signaled reservations about the charges that could cause a lengthy delay, possibly beyond...

Biden celebrates computer chip factories, pitching voters on American 'comeback'

Apr. 25, 2024 19:30 PM EDT

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday sought to sell voters on an American “comeback story” as he highlighted longterm investments in the economy in upstate New York to celebrate Micron Technology's plans to build a campus of computer chip factories made possible in part with...

Trump downplays deadly Charlottesville rally by comparing it to campus protests over Gaza war

Apr. 25, 2024 18:55 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump on Thursday claimed the 2017 white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, was “nothing” compared to ongoing pro-Palestinian campus protests, the latest instance in which he has downplayed a racist incident that was one of the most criticized moments of...

First with Trump, now with Kamala Harris: Kim Kardashian is advocating for criminal justice reform

Apr. 25, 2024 18:11 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Kim Kardashian marshaled her celebrity in one administration to spotlight criminal justice reform — and she's doing it again in the next. The reality TV star and entrepreneur joined Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday for a roundtable highlighting the...