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After fighting virus, storms and Republicans, departing North Carolina Gov. Cooper focuses on wins

Dec. 24, 2024 16:12 PM EST

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper is leaving his job after eight years in which the southern Democrat picked his moments against a Republican-dominated legislature, winning big on Medicaid expansion and clean energy while falling short in fights over private-school vouchers and...

Bill Clinton is out of the hospital after being treated for the flu

Dec. 24, 2024 12:17 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton was discharged from a Washington hospital on Tuesday and will be home for Christmas after he was admitted the day before with a fever. Clinton is being treated for the flu, Angel Urena, Clinton's deputy chief of staff, said in a...

Bill Clinton is hospitalized with a fever but in good spirits, spokesperson says

Dec. 23, 2024 19:05 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton was admitted Monday to MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington after developing a fever. The 78-year-old was hospitalized in the “afternoon for testing and observation," Angel Urena, Clinton's deputy chief of staff,...

Takeaways from Trump's 1st rally speech as president-elect

Dec. 22, 2024 20:01 PM EST

PHOENIX (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump came to Arizona on Sunday for his first rally speech since winning the November election. He was greeted by thousands of adoring supporters who confirmed his popularity across the conservative base. Trump attempted in his 75-minutes on...

The Latest: Schumer says Senate on course to pass bill before funding lapses at midnight

Dec. 20, 2024 23:05 PM EST

With hours to go before a midnight government shutdown, the House approved a new plan from House Speaker Mike Johnson that would temporarily fund federal operations and disaster aid, but dropped President-elect Donald Trump’s demands for a debt limit increase into the new year. The...

A lynching in the family inspired Michigan's first Black woman elected justice to pursue the law

Dec. 20, 2024 00:20 AM EST

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — During Michigan Supreme Court Justice Kyra Harris Bolden's first campaign, a critic told her she wasn't Michelle Obama or Kamala Harris, “but you feel emboldened to run for this office.” She later named her first child Emerson, so it could be shortened to...

Democratic governors hammered Trump before the election. Now they're hoping to work with him

Dec. 20, 2024 00:08 AM EST

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — They warned about him. Now they'll have to work with him. A handful of prominent Democratic governors are quickly adjusting their approach to President-elect Donald Trump before he takes office, hoping to avoid antagonizing him to ensure they'll have a working...

The Latest: Trump-backed plan on government shutdown fails in House vote

Dec. 19, 2024 23:04 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump abruptly rejected a bipartisan plan Wednesday to prevent a government shutdown, instead telling House Speaker Mike Johnson and Republicans to essentially renegotiate — days before a deadline when federal funding runs out. The...

Veteran Fox News business anchor Neil Cavuto leaving after 28 years

Dec. 19, 2024 17:58 PM EST

Neil Cavuto, a business journalist at Fox News Channel whose weekday afternoon news show frequently annoyed President-elect Donald Trump and his supporters, left the network after 28 years following a final show on Thursday. A workhorse who had been with Fox since its inception in...

Prosecutor Fani Willis is removed from the Georgia election case against Trump and others

Dec. 19, 2024 17:38 PM EST

ATLANTA (AP) — A state appeals court on Thursday removed Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump and others, the latest legal victory for the president-elect in criminal cases that once threatened his career and freedom. ...