• Threats and assassination attempts come with the office Donald Trump once held and is seeking again
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump, following an apparent assassination attempt on him on Sunday, claimed that overheated rhetoric from Democrats was responsible for him being under threat. It turns out, records show, that threats come with the office that he once held and is trying to win again, and occur far more frequently […]
  • Residents of Springfield, Ohio, hunker down and pray for a political firestorm to blow over
    SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — In the quiet corners of Springfield, Ohio — out of sight of the drumbeat of politicians and journalists, troopers and newly installed security cameras — the people who live here are taking a breath, praying and attempting to carry on. Between the morning bomb sweeps of Springfield’s schools and the near […]
  • Supreme Court justices have a job for life. But some left the court to make their lasting mark
    WASHINGTON (AP) — In the summer of 1941, James F. Byrnes became a Supreme Court justice. Little over a year later, he had had enough and left the court to take a key role in planning the nation’s wartime economy. Americans have become accustomed in recent decades to justices who retire only after decades on […]
  • Mission specialist for Titan sub owner to testify before Coast Guard
    A mission specialist for the company that owned the Titan submersible that imploded in 2023 is scheduled to testify before the U.S. Coast Guard on Thursday. Renata Rojas is the latest person to testify who is connected to Titan owner OceanGate after an investigatory panel has listened to two days of testimony that raised questions […]
  • Harris hopes to turn Ukraine war into winning issue in battle with Trump for Polish American votes
    HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democrats are stepping up their outreach to Polish Americans in this year’s presidential election as Kamala Harris and Donald Trump vie for support from a community that could play a decisive role in razor-thin battleground state contests. Harris hopes to capitalize on Polish Americans’ historic animosity toward Russia and on Trump’s […]