Politics

Americans are widely pessimistic about democracy in the United States, an AP-NORC poll finds

WASHINGTON (AP) — Only about 1 in 10 U.S.

Jul 14, 2023 6:55 AM Read more >

Dutch voters will go to the polls on Nov. 22 after the fall of Mark Rutte's coalition

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch voters will go to the polls on in an early general election on Nov.

Jul 14, 2023 6:14 AM Read more >

Microsoft gets more time from UK to plead case to buy video game maker Activision

LONDON (AP) — British antitrust regulators on Friday extended their deadline to issue a final order blocking Microsoft's $69 billion plan to buy video game maker Activision Blizzard, allowing them to consider the U.S.

Jul 14, 2023 5:44 AM Read more >

US military chief praises Japan's defense funding boost as a buttress against China and North Korea

TOKYO (AP) — The highest-ranking U.S.

Jul 14, 2023 2:12 AM Read more >

White House details 'extreme heat strategy' amid blistering temperatures in U.S.

WASHINGTON — Crippling heat waves are an annual fixture in the United States — but it's not every day the White House announces a detailed strategy to confront them.

Jul 14, 2023 1:00 AM Read more >

How DOJ made different death penalty decisions in the Pittsburgh synagogue and Texas mall massacres

CHICAGO (AP) — Two separate shootings 2,000 miles (3,218 kilometers) apart. One killed 11 at a Pittsburgh synagogue. The other killed 23 at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas. Both were motivated by racial hate.

Jul 13, 2023 11:45 PM Read more >

Justice Department urges judge to not postpone Trump's classified documents trial

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department urged a judge Thursday to reject Donald Trump's efforts to postpone his classified documents trial, saying there was no basis for an “open-ended” delay sought by the former president's lawyers.

Jul 13, 2023 5:39 PM Read more >

Arizona Democrats file complaint against No Labels over donor secrecy

PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Democratic Party is looking to force new political party No Labels to disclose its donors or lose its status as a political party, an escalation of Democrats' efforts to block a group they worry will boost Donald Trump's ch

Jul 13, 2023 5:19 PM Read more >

Democratic Gov. Beshear touts economic gains as theme in reelection bid in GOP-trending Kentucky

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Democratic Gov.

Jul 13, 2023 3:41 PM Read more >

B.C. residents urged to conserve water as worsening drought conditions parch province

British Columbia residents are being asked to do their part to conserve water as drought conditions parch the province.

Jul 13, 2023 3:27 PM Read more >