Trump pledges tariffs and repeats false claim of Chinese automakers building big Mexican factories
Former President Donald Trump has repeated false claims that Chinese automakers are putting up large factories in Mexico.
Trump says he will meet with Narendra Modi during Indian prime minister's visit to US
Former President Donald Trump says heโs meeting next week with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
What to know about the threats in Springfield, Ohio, after false claims about Haitian immigrants
A small Ohio city has been inundated with hoax bomb threats since last weekโs presidential debate, when former President Donald Trump falsely accused members of Springfieldโs Haitian community of abducting and eating cats and dogs.
The Secret Service again faces scrutiny after another gunman targets Trump
The Secret Service is under scrutiny again โ this time after a gunman hid in the shrubs along the fence of former President Donald Trumpโs golf course for 12 hours.
Vance touts deportation plan in Wisconsin city where tensions flared over refugee resettlement
Tensions flared last fall in western Wisconsinโs Chippewa Valley with news that several dozen refugees would be resettled in and around the city of Eau Claire, one of several midsize cities across the U.S. that has grappled with refugee resettlement.
Russia goes all-out with covert disinformation aimed at Harris, Microsoft report says
A new Microsoft threat intelligence report details how Russia-linked actors are now going full throttle in their covert influence efforts against Vice President Kamala Harris.
Trump holds first event since an apparent assassination attempt while Harris does a rare interview
Former President Donald Trump has made his first public appearance since Sundayโs second apparent assassination attempt against him, with a crowd chanting โGod bless Trump!โ.
Election 2024 Latest: Trump and Harris resume campaigning after apparent assassination attempt
The presidential campaign is moving forward after a second apparent attempt on Donald Trumpโs life over the weekend.
Election officials prepare for threats with panic buttons, bulletproof glass
Across the country, local election directors are beefing up their security in advance of Election Day to keep their workers and polling places safe while also ensuring that ballots and voting procedures wonโt be tampered with.
Israel says halting Hezbollah attacks is now a war goal as officials warn of a wider operation
Israel says that halting Hezbollahโs attacks in the country's north to allow its residents to return to their homes there is now an official war goal as it considers a wider military operation in Lebanon.
Elon Musk has often inflamed politically tense moments, raising worries for the US election
As Election Day draws nearer, social media posts by X owner Elon Musk are raising concerns that he will use his immense platform to question the legitimacy of the vote in the U.S. presidential election and perhaps call for resistance if Republican nominee Donald Trump loses.
Vance and Georgia Gov. Kemp project Republican unity at evangelical event after Trump tensions
A leading conservative Christian group is putting on a show of Republican unity in Georgia.
Arrests for illegal border crossings jump 3% in August, suggesting decline may be bottoming out
U.S. authorities say arrests for illegal border crossings from Mexico rose slightly in August.
Judge rejects former Trump aide Mark Meadowsโ bid to move Arizona election case to federal court
A judge has rejected former President Donald Trump chief of staff Mark Meadowsโ bid to move his charges in Arizonaโs fake elector case to federal court.
Blinken is heading back to the Middle East, this time without fanfare or a visit to Israel
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is heading to Egypt this week on his 10th trip to the Middle East since the war in Gaza began nearly a year ago.
Musk deletes post about Harris and Biden assassination after widespread criticism
Elon Musk has deleted a post on his social media platform X in which he said โno one is even trying to assassinateโ President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in the wake of another apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.
Ohio state police to protect schools after furor over Haitian immigrants in Springfield
Ohio state police will help protect schools in a city that has endured dozens of violent threats in the wake of a national political furor over Haitian migrants.
Venezuelan opposition calls on US to cancel oil company licenses to pressure Maduro
Venezuelaโs main opposition coalition has urged the U.S. to cancel licenses for Chevron and other energy companies.
The Latest: Man held after apparent Trump assassination attempt was filmed by AP in Kyiv in 2022
The FBI says former President Donald was the target of what appeared to be โan attempted assassinationโ at his West Palm Beach golf club in Florida.
Trump blames Biden and Harris' rhetoric toward him despite his own history of going after rivals
Former President Donald Trump is blaming rhetoric from President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for the apparent assassination attempt on him in Florida despite his own history of going after rivals.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. becomes a frequent campaigner for Donald Trump
Donald Trump is leaning on a pair of former Democrats whose idiosyncratic views left them ostracized from their party to help him connect with voters who feel disillusioned with politics and distrustful of politicians.
Democrats put up $25 million to reach voters in 10 states in fierce fight for Senate majority
Democrats are pumping $25 million into expanded voter outreach across 10 states as part of their effort to protect their narrow Senate majority.
TikTok and the U.S. face off in court over law that could lead to a ban on the popular platform
TikTok faced off with the U.S. government in federal court on Monday, arguing a law that could ban the platform in a few short months was unconstitutional.
Trump was the subject of an apparent assassination attempt at his Florida golf club, the FBI says
The FBI says Donald Trump was the target of โwhat appears to be an attempted assassinationโ at his golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Days of preparation and one final warning. How Kamala Harris got ready for her big debate moment
Kamala Harris is trying to turn the presidential debate with Donald Trump into an ongoing source of momentum.
A 'Trump Train' convoy surrounded a Biden-Harris bus. Was it political violence?
A jury will soon decide whether a so-called Trump Train that circled a Biden-Harris campaign bus violently intimidated former Democratic lawmaker Wendy Davis and two others.
NATO military committee chair, others back Ukraine's use of long range weapons to hit Russia
The head of NATOโs military committee says that Ukraine has the solid legal and military right to strike deep inside Russia to gain combat advantage, reflecting the beliefs of a number of U.S. allies.
Harris is promoting her resume and her goals rather than race as she courts Black voters
Vice President Kamala Harris is courting Black voters without making her identity as a woman of color a central part of her pitch.
Ukraine renews calls on the West to approve long-range strikes on Russian territory
Ukraine has made a new call on the West to allow it to strike deeper into Russia after a meeting between U.S. and British leaders produced no visible shift in their policy.
Harris focuses on Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania in an effort to shore up her support
Vice President Kamala Harris has upcoming events scheduled in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin as her campaign focuses spending on the โblue wallโ states with the Nov. 5 election nearing.
Harris says she is different from Biden because 'I offer a new generation of leadership'
Vice President Kamala Harris says one difference between her and President Joe Biden is that she offers a โnew generation of leadership.โ.
The Biden administration is taking steps to eliminate protections for gray wolves
The Biden administration has asked an appeals court to revive a Trump-era rule that lifted remaining Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves in the U.S. If successful, the move would put the predators under statesโ oversight and would allow hunting in the Great Lakes region, which had been suspended by a court order.
Trump and Vance are still stoking fears of Haitian migrants, as Ohio community faces bomb threats
Donald Trump and his running mate continue to disparage Haitian migrants in an Ohio community, further fueling false claims the Republicans have promoted even as the city has seen bomb threats and school evacuations and local officials called for a cooling of the anti-immigrant rhetoric.
Georgiaโs lieutenant governor wonโt be charged in 2020 election interference case
A special prosecutor has decided not to pursue charges against Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones over efforts to overturn Donald Trumpโs 2020 presidential election loss in the state.
Biden administration appears to be in no rush to stop U.S. Steel takeover by Nippon Steel
President Joe Biden has voiced his opposition to Nippon Steel buying U.S. Steel, but the federal government appears to be in no hurry to block the deal.
Election 2024 Latest: Harris concentrates on Pennsylvania while Trump stumps in the West
Former President Donald Trump will hit the campaign trail in Western states as his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris fixes her attention on the battleground state of Pennsylvania in the East.
AP Decision Notes: What to expect in New Jersey's special congressional election
Voters in New Jerseyโs 10th Congressional District will choose a successor on Wednesday to the late Democratic U.S. Rep. Donald Payne Jr. In the race, Democratic Newark City Council President LaMonica McIver, Republican small business owner Carmen Bucco and two minor-party candidates are running to serve out the remaining 15 weeks of Payneโs unexpired term.
The US and British leaders will talk about Ukraine's push to ease weapons restrictions
President Joe Biden has brushed off a threat from Russian leader Vladimir Putin about war against the West if Ukraineโs allies allow it to use weapons deeper inside Russia.
Harris supported the Green New Deal. Now, she's promoting domestic oil drilling
Vice President Kamala Harris said in Tuesdayโs debate that the Biden-Harris administration has overseen โthe largest increase in domestic oil production in historyโณ and warned the U_S_ โcannot over rely on foreign oil."
US backs 2 permanent seats for African nations on the UN Security Council
The United States says it will support the addition of two new permanent seats on the powerful U.N. Security Council for African nations.
Top AI business leaders meet with Biden administration to discuss the emerging industry's needs
Top Biden administration officials have discussed the future of artificial intelligence with a group of executives from OpenAI, Nvidia, Microsoft and other companies.
Tech companies commit to fighting harmful AI sexual imagery by curbing nudity from datasets
Several leading artificial intelligence companies pledged Thursday to remove nude images from the data sources they use to train their AI products, and committed to other safeguards to curb the spread of harmful sexual deepfake imagery.
Father of slain Ohio boy asks Trump not to invoke his son in immigration debate
The father of an Ohio boy killed last year when a Haitian immigrant driver hit a school bus is imploring Donald Trump and others to stop invoking his son's name in the debate about immigration.
Biden to host 'Quad' leaders from Australia, India and Japan in his Delaware hometown
President Joe Biden will host the leaders of Australia, India and Japan next weekend in his Wilmington, Delaware, hometown, the White House announced, as he looks to burnish his legacy before leaving office in January.
The Latest: With the debate behind them, Harris and Trump jockey for swing states
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are heading to swing states they hope to win, both of them trying to expand their narrow paths to victory in a closely fought presidential campaign.
Blinken wraps up Ukraine-focused Europe trip in Poland with arms requests on the table
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is wrapping up a three-nation, Ukraine-focused European tour in Poland after hearing repeated appeals from Ukrainian officials to use Western-supplied weaponry for long-range strikes inside Russia.
Hundreds gather on a Seattle beach to remember an American activist killed by the Israeli military
Hundreds of people turned out at a beach in Washington for a vigil remembering Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, the 26-year-old human rights activist from Seattle killed by the Israeli military during a protest in the occupied West Bank.
Democrats claiming Florida Senate seat is in play haven't put money behind the effort to make it so
Florida Democrats have been boldly proclaiming that Florida is in play for this year's November elections, but their campaign spending hasn't matched those claims.
The debate opened voters' eyes in suburban Philadelphia and Harris is getting a closer look
In suburban Philadelphia's Bucks County, a critical area in a vital state, the presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump is producing hard thinking about what to do in November.
In swing states, Harris touts Republican endorsements while Trump leans into incendiary rhetoric
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump have launched campaign blitzes with dramatically different approaches to attracting swing-state voters who will decide the presidential contest.
Army soldier charged with assaulting police officer with a flagpole during Capitol riot
A U.S. Army soldier has been arrested in Hawaii on charges that he repeatedly struck a police officer with a flagpole during a mobโs attack on the U.S. Capitol more than three years ago.
More than 67 million people watched Donald Trump and Kamala Harris debate. That's way up from June
An estimated 67.1 million people watched the presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.
UAW's rift with Stellantis raises fear that some US auto jobs could vanish
U.S. autoworkers warn that a dispute between their union and Stellantis over delays in reopening a shuttered factory in Belvidere, Illinois, is much bigger than that one plant.
Southern Baptist trustees back agency president but warn against needless controversy
Trustees for the Southern Baptists' policy arm affirmed the leadership of their president in the face of criticism from some church members.
What to know about fracking, false claims and other climate issues mentioned during the debate
When asked about climate change in the presidential debate, Vice President Kamala Harris said, โyoung people of America care deeply about this issue,โ and then pointed out that that the U.S. has increased domestic production of oil to historic highs.
Donald Trump faces his own debate fallout just months after benefiting from Joe Biden's
Donald Trump has emerged from a rocky debate against Kamala Harris looking to regain his footing with 55 days until Election Day.
US and UK pledge almost $1.5 billion to help Ukraine during diplomats' visit to Kyiv
The United States and Britain have pledged nearly $1.5 billion in additional aid to Ukraine during a visit to Kyiv by their top diplomats.
As Trump and Harris spar, ABC's moderators grapple with conducting a debate in a polarized country
They faced the challenge of moderating what is probably the only general election debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.
To pumped-up Democrats, Harris was everything Biden was not in confronting Trump in debate
Across the U.S., Democrats came away from watching the latest presidential debate more exuberant than Republicans.
Kamala Harris gives abortion rights advocates the debate answer they've longed for in Philadelphia
When President Joe Biden had given bumbling remarks about abortion on the debate stage, it was widely viewed as a missed opportunity โ a failure, even โ on a powerful and motivating issue for Democrats at the ballot box.
9/11 anniversary brings Biden, Harris and Trump together at ground zero
Some 9/11 victimsโ relatives have appealed to presidential candidates for accountability as the U.S. marks an anniversary laced with election-season politics.
Key takeaways from a debate that featured tense clashes and closed with a Taylor Swift endorsement
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have faced each other on the debate stage for the first and possibly the last time.
Florida law enforcers are investigating the state's abortion ballot initiative. Here's what to know
State police in Florida are showing up at the homes of voters who signed a petition to get an abortion rights amendment on the ballot.
Jon Stewart presses for a breakthrough to get the first 9/11 troops full care
The first U.S. troops to deploy after the 9/11 attacks are suffering from radiation exposure that the government has yet to officially recognize 23 years later.
Declassified memo from US codebreaker sheds light on Ethel Rosenberg's Cold War spy case
A top U_S_ government codebreaker who decrypted secret Soviet communications during the Cold War concluded that Ethel Rosenberg knew about her husbandโs activities but โdid not engage in the work herself."
Biden honors NCAA basketball champs South Carolina and UConn for historic 2024 title runs
President Joe Biden has honored NCAA basketball champs South Carolina and Connecticut with White House celebrations to mark the programs' latest title runs.
The Latest: The debate between Trump and Harris in Philadelphia has come to an end
The first, and possibly only, debate between presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump has come to an end.
AP-NORC/USAFacts poll: Republicans are more likely to trust Trump than official election results
Republicans are more likely to trust Donald Trump and his campaign over government certified election results, according to a new survey from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and USAFacts.
Harris presses a more forceful case against Trump than Biden did on abortion, economy and democracy
Kamala Harris has pressed a forceful case against Donald Trump in their first and perhaps only debate before the presidential election.
Congress bestows its highest honor on the 13 troops killed during Afghanistan withdrawal
House Speaker Mike Johnson has presented Congressโ highest honor โ the Congressional Gold Medal โ to 13 U.S. service members who were killed during the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Trump's rhetoric on elections turns ominous as voting nears in the presidential race
Rhetoric by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has turned more ominous as early voting in the presidential race draws near.
Trump said fixing child care would not be very expensive. Here are price tags for other proposals
Asked recently how he would bring down the high cost of child care, former President Donald Trump said doing so would be relatively โnot very expensiveโ โ at least, not compared with revenue from tax hikes he would impose on foreign goods.
Takeaways from AP's report on the dilemmas facing Palestinian Americans ahead of US election
Many Palestinian Americans, in recent months, have been reeling from the double blow of the rising Palestinian death toll in Gaza and their own governmentโs support for Israel in the war against Hamas.
Grief over Gaza and qualms over US election add up to anguish for many Palestinian Americans
For months, many Palestinian Americans have been contending with the double whammy of the rising Palestinian death toll and suffering in Gaza and their own governmentโs support for Israel in the war.
Harris' past debates: A prosecutor's style with narrative flair but risks in a matchup with Trump
Kamala Harris steps on to the presidential general election debate stage for the first time Tuesday.
House Republicans release report blaming Biden for disastrous end to US war in Afghanistan
House Republicans have released a scathing report on their investigation into the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Little debate that Pennsylvania is key as Harris and Trump prep for Philly showdown
When Donald Trump and Kamala Harris meet onstage in Philadelphia, theyโll both know thereโs little debate that Pennsylvania is critical to their chances of winning the presidency.
Walz touts Democratic record of defending LGBTQ+ rights, says Harris will advance cause if elected
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz touted Vice President Kamala Harrisโ record of defending LGBTQ+ rights, pledging to a supportive crowd that she will advance their cause if elected president.
US higher education advocates welcome federal support for Hispanic-serving institutions
Federal education advocates say colleges and universities that serve higher than average Hispanic student populations are vital to the goals of educational equality and economic opportunities.
Biden's disastrous debate performance offers lessons for Harris and warnings for Trump
A look back at the June 27th presidential debate provides reminders that Vice President Kamala Harris should treat the event as a visual exercise where every camera angle tells a story.
Trump threatens to jail adversaries in escalating rhetoric ahead of pivotal debate
Former President Donald Trump posted a warning on his social media site threatening to jail those โinvolved in unscrupulous behaviorโ this election, which he said would be under intense scrutiny.
US and UK spy chiefs praise Ukraine's 'audacious' Russia incursion and call for a Gaza cease-fire
The heads of the British and American foreign intelligence agencies say Ukraineโs surprise incursion into Russia is a significant achievement that could change the narrative of the grinding war.