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Police, protests clash on Minneapolis streets outside Trump rally
MINNEAPOLIS — Boisterous and energetic protesters of Donald Trump packed the streets Thursday evening around Target Center in downtown Minneapolis as many thousands of the president’s faithful streamed into the downtown Minneapolis arena to hear the president in his latest arena reelection campaign rally. As the evening progressed under a...
Florida men tied to Rudolph Giuliani arrested on campaign charges
WASHINGTON — Two Florida businessmen tied to President Donald Trump’s lawyer and the Ukraine investigation were charged Thursday with federal campaign finance violations. The charges relate to a $325,000 donation to a group supporting Trump’s reelection. Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, associates of Rudy Giuliani, were arrested Wednesday night trying...
Bernie Sanders says he will resume campaign ‘as soon as possible’Video
WASHINGTON — Bernie Sanders said Thursday that he’s getting his endurance back and growing “stronger every day” after suffering a heart attack last week, and he promised to return to the presidential campaign trail “as soon as possible.” In the meantime, he’s batting baseballs around the yard. “I am feeling...
White House aides try disappearing act amid impeachment talk
WASHINGTON — They’ve skipped the high-profile Sunday TV shows and avoided driveway chat sessions with reporters. Few who are typically eager to defend the president have appeared at all on television this month. White House officials close to President Donald Trump are pulling off a disappearing act, remaining largely absent...
Pence aiming to release records of his own Ukraine calls
WAUKEE, Iowa — Vice President Mike Pence said Wednesday he is working with the White House counsel’s office to release transcripts of his own calls with Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Pence said records of his two phone conversations would help exonerate President Donald Trump of any wrongdoing. Pence was asked...
‘Welcome to Minneapolis’: Trump rally roils liberal bastion
MINNEAPOLIS — The conflict and Twitter battles arrived in Minnesota well ahead of President Donald Trump’s touchdown in the state. Trump traded Twitter insults with the Minneapolis mayor over who should pay more than $500,000 in security costs for Thursday’s rally at a downtown arena. He denounced Jacob Frey as...
Joe Biden calls for Trump’s impeachment for the first timeVideo
ROCHESTER, N.H. — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said Wednesday for the first time that President Donald Trump must be impeached for abusing the powers of his office to help his own reelection. Biden made the remarks as part of a blistering 25-minute campaign speech in New Hampshire. Biden said...
White House and Democrats clash over rules for impeachment
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Constitution gives the House “the sole power of impeachment” — but it confers that authority without an instruction manual. Now comes the battle royal over exactly what it means. In vowing to halt all cooperation with House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry, the White House on Tuesday labeled...
Alabama capital elects first black mayor in 200-year history
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama’s capital, a city once known as the cradle of the Confederacy and later the birthplace of the civil rights movement, elected its first African American mayor Tuesday. Probate Judge Steven Reed, 45, clasped the history-making victory to be elected the next mayor of Montgomery after defeating...
White House vows total halt to impeachment probe cooperationVideo
WASHINGTON — The White House declared Tuesday it will halt any and all cooperation with what it termed the “illegitimate” impeachment probe by House Democrats, sharpening the constitutional clash between President Donald Trump and Congress. Trump attorneys sent a lengthy letter to House leaders bluntly stating White House refusal to...
Senators warn of foreign social media meddling in U.S. vote
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of U.S. senators urged President Donald Trump on Tuesday to warn the public about efforts by foreign governments to interfere in U.S. elections, a subject he has largely avoided, and take steps to thwart attempts by hostile nations to use social media to meddle in...
Trump campaign threatens to sue Minneapolis over ‘phony’ security bill for rally
MINNEAPOLIS — President Donald Trump’s campaign attacked Minneapolis and its “radical leftist mayor” over an attempt to recover $530,000 in security costs for a rally in the liberal city, accusing the mayor of trying to sink the president’s event. The campaign accused Mayor Jacob Frey — a Trump critic —...
Democratic candidate Biden plans Ohio return this month
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden plans to make a return visit to Ohio two weeks after he’s here for a debate. Biden’s campaign announced Tuesday that he will be in Columbus on Oct. 31. No other details were released immediately. Biden and rivals for the Democratic nomination...
House pushes for release of Mueller grand jury testimony
WASHINGTON — Lawyers for House Democrats are urging a judge to release secret grand jury testimony from special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation as Congress conducts an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. Chief U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell heard arguments Tuesday but did not immediately rule on the request. Doug...
Supreme Court takes up cases about LGBT people’s rights
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard highly anticipated cases on whether federal civil rights law should apply to LGBT people, with Chief Justice John Roberts questioning how doing so would affect employers. In the first of two cases, the justices heard arguments on whether a federal law banning...
White House to fight impeachment by stalling and attackingVideo
WASHINGTON — As House Democrats fire off more subpoenas, the White House is finalizing a high-stakes strategy to counter the impeachment threat to President Donald Trump: Stall. Obfuscate. Attack. Repeat. Trump aides are honing their approach after two weeks of what allies have described as a listless and unfocused response...
Judge says New York prosecutors can see Trump’s tax returnsVideo
NEW YORK — With President Donald Trump under siege on Capitol Hill, a federal judge dealt him a setback on another front Monday and ruled that New York City prosecutors can see his tax returns for an investigation into matters including the payment of hush money to porn star Stormy...
Rick Perry says he ‘absolutely’ asked Trump to call Ukraine president — but about energy, not BidenVideo
WASHINGTON — Energy Secretary Rick Perry on Monday acknowledged that he asked President Donald Trump “multiple times” to call Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy — but not about former Vice President Joe Biden, the topic that has caught Trump in an impeachment inquiry. The former Texas governor said at a news...
As impeachment looms, GOP revolts against Trump on SyriaVideo
NEW YORK — They may have his back on impeachment, but some of President Donald Trump’s most loyal allies are suddenly revolting against his decision to pull back U.S. troops from northern Syria. On Monday, one chief Trump loyalist in Congress called the move “unnerving to the core.” An influential...
Supreme Court begins election year term full of big cases
WASHINGTON — The justices are returning to the Supreme Court bench for the start of an election year term that includes high-profile cases about abortions, protections for young immigrants and LGBT rights. The court meets Monday morning for its first public session since late June. First up is a death...
Depositions and more: What to watch on Trump impeachment inquiry this week
WASHINGTON — House Democrats are marching forward with their impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, with more depositions coming this week. Democrats are moving quickly to interview key witnesses and lock down information as they explore the question of whether the Republican president compromised national security or abused his office...
AP sources: Trump allies pressed Ukraine over gas firm
KYIV, Ukraine — As Rudy Giuliani was pushing Ukrainian officials last spring to investigate one of Donald Trump’s main political rivals, a group of individuals with ties to the president and his personal lawyer were also active in the former Soviet republic. Their aims were profit, not politics. This circle...
Problematic relatives: A true American political tradition
WASHINGTON — Since America’s early days, leading politicians have had to contend with awkward problems posed by their family members. Joe Biden is the latest to navigate this tricky terrain. President Donald Trump has sought, without evidence, to implicate Biden and his son Hunter in the kind of corruption that...
North Korea decries breakdown of talks U.S. says were ‘good’
HELSINKI — North Korea’s chief negotiator said Saturday that discussions with the U.S. on Pyongyang’s nuclear program have broken down, but Washington said the two sides had “good discussions” that it intends to build on in two weeks. The North Korean negotiator, Kim Miyong Gil, said the talks in Stockholm...
Impeachment probe reaches into White House with new subpoena
WASHINGTON — The impeachment inquiry is reaching directly into the White House, with Democrats subpoenaing officials about contacts with Ukraine and President Donald Trump signaling his administration will not cooperate. The demand for documents Friday capped a tumultuous week that widened the constitutional battle between the executive branch and Congress...
