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Biden campaign has amassed $155M in cash on hand for 2024 campaign and raised $53M last month

Mar. 17, 2024 10:04 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's campaign has amassed $155 million in cash on hand for the 2024 election, far exceeding the in-hand total for his Republican opponent, Donald Trump. The president raised $53 million alone last month, which was the strongest grassroots...

Schumer's rebuke of Netanyahu shows the long, fragile line the US and allies walk on interference

Mar. 16, 2024 11:09 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans and Israeli officials were quick to express outrage after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer sharply criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's handling of the war in Gaza and called for Israel to hold new elections. They accused the Democratic leader of...

Biden allies, rivals both want transcript of his special counsel interview released. It could happen

Feb. 14, 2024 19:38 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden avoided criminal charges around his handling of classified documents in part because of his answers during a lengthy interview with the special counsel investigating him. But the sit-down also opened Biden up to fresh scrutiny over his age and memory, and now...

An auction of Nelson Mandela's possessions is suspended as South Africa fights to keep them

Jan. 30, 2024 20:05 PM EST

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The planned auction of dozens of artifacts belonging to Nelson Mandela has been suspended pending a court application to completely halt it, the body that protects South Africa's cultural heritage said Tuesday. The online auction had been scheduled by New...

Nikki Haley has spent 20 years navigating Republican Party factions. Trump may make that impossible

Jan. 20, 2024 21:52 PM EST

When Nikki Haley was a South Carolina legislator, she backed budgets boosted by federal aid. Running for governor, she criticized a “bailout culture” and dependence on Washington. She once called the Confederate battle flag a heritage symbol and sidestepped calls to remove it...

South African government says it wants to prevent an auction of historic Mandela artifacts

Jan. 19, 2024 13:16 PM EST

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's government announced Friday it will challenge the auctioning of dozens of artifacts belonging to the nation's anti-apartheid stalwart Nelson Mandela, saying the items are of historical significance and should remain in the country. The 75...

Judge threatens to boot Donald Trump from courtroom over loud talking as E. Jean Carroll testifies

Jan. 17, 2024 23:12 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump was threatened with expulsion from his Manhattan civil trial Wednesday after he repeatedly ignored a warning to keep quiet while writer E. Jean Carroll testified that he shattered her reputation after she accused him of sexual abuse. Judge Lewis A....