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By BILL BARROW Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — As Democrats dig in for a lengthening government shutdown, former Vice President Kamala Harris is cheering them on as she travels the country touting her presidential campaign memoir amid speculation about another White House run. The Democratic 2024 nominee told The Associated Press in an interview

By MATT BROWN and GARY FIELDS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For decades, the faces of American politics have grown more diverse by nearly every measure, especially as racial minority communities gained political representation after longtime legal disenfranchisement and violent discrimination. But after some Supreme Court justices expressed skepticism about a key provision of the

By MIKE PESOLI, MATT BROWN and GARY FIELDS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Large crowds of protesters marched and rallied in cities across the U.S. Saturday for “ No Kings ” demonstrations decrying what participants see as the government’s swift drift into authoritarianism under President Donald Trump. People carrying signs with slogans such as “Nothing

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday he had commuted the sentence of former U.S. Rep. George Santos, who was slated to serve more than seven years in federal prison after pleading guilty to fraud and identity theft charges. Joseph Murray, one of Santos’ lawyers, told The Associated

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico has its first Republican contender for governor ahead of the 2026 elections, as the three-term city mayor of fast-growing Rio Rancho launched his campaign. Gregg Hull on Friday outlined priorities, including greater state investments in the health care workforce and roadways, in pursuing

By The Associated Press George Santos, the Republican who won a congressional seat by fabricating details of his life story, then went to prison for fraud, was given clemency by President Donald Trump on Friday. “George Santos was somewhat of a ‘rogue,’ but there are many rogues throughout our Country that aren’t forced to serve

By SEUNG MIN KIM The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump talks plainly, bluntly, often even coarsely. But it’s rare he drops an actual F-bomb as cameras are rolling. But that’s what he did on Friday, when a journalist asked him about reports that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro had offered significant concessions to

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump says he has commuted sentence of former US Rep. George Santos in federal fraud case.

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer Two days after dozens of journalists left their desks at the Pentagon behind rather than agree to government-imposed rules on how they report about the U.S. military, it’s apparent they haven’t stopped working. Reporters have relied on sources to break and add nuance to stories about U.S. attacks in