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Walz's China experience draws GOP attacks, but Beijing isn't counting on better ties
WASHINGTON (AP) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has a history with China. And Republicans are seizing on it. At 25, Walz taught a year of high school in China. He returned for his honeymoon and many more times with American exchange students. As a congressman, he served on a committee...
Kentucky Republicans ridicule Beshear's efforts to land spot on national Democratic ticket
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear's efforts to land the No. 2 spot on the Democratic presidential ticket drew ridicule from prominent Republicans during the Bluegrass State's premier political event. U.S. Rep. James Comer lampooned the governor for trying to “reinvent his image from a...
Secret Service director, grilled by lawmakers on the Trump assassination attempt, says 'we failed'
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle said Monday that her agency failed in its mission to protect former President Donald Trump, as lawmakers of both major political parties demanded during a highly contentious congressional hearing that she resign over security failures...
House Oversight panel subpoenas Secret Service director to testify on Trump assassination attempt
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee issued a subpoena Wednesday to the Secret Service director compelling her to appear before the committee on Monday for what is scheduled to be the first congressional hearing into the attempted...
Lawmakers are moving quickly to launch investigations into the Trump assassination attempt
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional committees are moving quickly to investigate the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a campaign event in Pennsylvania that also saw one rallygoer killed and two others seriously wounded. Lawmakers are alarmed at how the...
The Latest: Officials say man who opened fire at Trump rally was a 20-year-old from Pennsylvania
Donald Trump’s campaign says he is “fine” after what law enforcement officials are treating as an assassination attempt during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Officials said the man who opened fire was a 20-year-old from Pennsylvania. In a social media post, Trump said he was...
Condemnation of Trump rally shooting crosses party lines, and blame game and calls for probe begin
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican and Democratic leaders, as well as some international friends and foes, expressed shock and relief Saturday night after an apparent assassination attempt at a Donald Trump campaign rally in Pennsylvania. Lawmakers from both parties promised hearings and a...
Republicans vote to hold Garland in contempt of Congress. Here's what that means
WASHINGTON (AP) — Merrick Garland became the third attorney general in U.S. history to be held in contempt of Congress Wednesday as Republicans moved to punish the Justice Department for refusing to turn over audio related to President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents. ...
The Latest: White House cancels scheduled press briefing after Hunter Biden conviction
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The Latest on Hunter Biden’s federal gun trial (all times local): After Hunter Biden's guilty verdict was announced, the White House canceled press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre’s scheduled briefing and announced that President Joe Biden would spend...
