PARIS (AP) — President Donald Trump’s Russian business ties, Jared Kushner’s relationship with the Saudi crown prince, Ivanka Trump’s Chinese trademarks — all could come under new scrutiny by the Democrats when they take over the House of Representatives.

While Trump retains broad power ...

SHANGHAI (AP) — The Chinese government granted 18 trademarks to companies linked to President Donald Trump and his daughter Ivanka Trump over the last two months, Chinese public records show, raising concerns about conflicts of interest in the White House.

In October, China’s Trademark ...

Six days, eight states, 11 rallies. Scenes from the road as President Donald Trump sprints to Election Day (all times local):

UPDATED— Six days, seven states, 11 rallies. Scenes from the road as President Donald Trump sprints to Election ...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Battleground races for U.S. Senate, U.S. House and governor will make Nevada voters Tuesday a key decider of power in Congress and the state’s political landscape for a decade.

The critical contests have attracted a buffet of high-profile names to campaign in the state, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — From President Donald Trump to Oprah Winfrey, top political surrogates are fanning out in key battleground states to appeal to voters during the final days of the 2018 midterm campaigns.

Trump rallied his most loyal supporters in Columbia, Missouri, on Thursday night to ...

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Ivanka Trump praised Nevada Republican Sen. Dean Heller on Thursday for the role he played in passing the 2017 GOP tax bill and the doubling of the child tax credit that came with it.

Making a rare appearance this year on the campaign trail, President Donald Trump’s ...

GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — Ivanka Trump says 1 in 3 American families spend at least 20 percent of their household income on child care.

President Donald Trump’s daughter, who’s also a White House adviser, was in Mississippi on Thursday, discussing ways to improve access to affordable, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — In the latest shake-up for President Donald Trump’s turbulent administration, U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley abruptly announced she is resigning at the end of the year, raising questions about who will fill the key national security post and about the outspoken diplomat’s own ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the resignation of U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley (all times local):

6:35 p.m.

U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley’s abrupt announcement that she is resigning has raised fresh questions about President Donald Trump’s team.

The news has blindsided some key ...

HOUSTON (AP) — Ivanka Trump made a telephone call to the International Space Station and spoke to the crew while touring NASA’s Johnson Space Center.

Trump, who is an adviser to her father, President Donald Trump, talked to the space station crew whose members are flying 250 miles (402 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ivanka Trump plans to promote worker training in Illinois this week.

She will participate in a roundtable discussion Wednesday at Lewis and Clark Community College in Godfrey, her second recent visit to the region.

White House spokeswoman Jessica Ditto says the stop ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ivanka Trump on Thursday cited the separation of migrant children from their parents as a low point of her White House tenure. She said that she was “vehemently against family separation” but noted that immigration was “incredibly complex as a topic.”

The senior White ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump’s assertions that the news media is the “enemy” of the American people (all times local):

4:45 p.m.

President Donald Trump is downplaying his daughter’s refusal to label the news media the “enemy of the people.”

Trump ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Children removed from their families and placed in institutional care are at greater risk of being trafficked, the U.S. warned Thursday in an annual report.

The State Department report, which ranks governments in their efforts to combat slavery and the flesh trade, left ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Donald Trump in a hotel room with bikini-clad beauty contestants, a suspicious-looking suitcase changing hands, Ivanka Trump clinking glasses with Hillary Clinton — all under the gaze of security agents.

That’s all in a music video by a Russian pop star named in the U.S. ...

SHANGHAI (AP) — Three China Labor Watch activists arrested last year while investigating abuses at Chinese suppliers for Ivanka Trump’s fashion brand were released from bail Tuesday, the New York non-profit group said, but questions remain about their ability to live and work freely in ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ivanka Trump, the presidential adviser who has billed herself as a “force for good” in the administration, remained silent for days as the firestorm over forced separations of migrant families consumed the White House.

In a closed-door meeting with Republicans late ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ivanka Trump, the presidential adviser who has billed herself as a “force for good” in the administration, remained silent for days as the firestorm over forced separations of migrant families consumed the White House.

In a closed-door meeting with Republicans late ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s President Donald Trump’s 72nd birthday, his second while in office.

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders quipped Thursday: “If I do say so, I don’t think he looks a day over 35.”

She added: “A little sucking up’s probably never bad.”

NEW YORK (AP) — Comedian Samantha Bee returned to her TBS show Wednesday, apologizing again for using a crude epithet to describe Ivanka Trump but expressing anger that the ensuing controversy distracted from more important issues.

President Donald Trump had called for her to be fired for ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump, who once bragged that his celebrity status gave him a pass to grab women’s crotches, asked Friday why comedian Samantha Bee wasn’t fired for using a vulgar, sexist term to describe his daughter.

Trump tweeted that it was a “total double standard” ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on Samantha Bee (all times local):

2:25 p.m.

Samantha Bee is apologizing to Ivanka Trump and her viewers for using an expletive to describe the president’s daughter.

Bee issued a statement Thursday that says her language was “inappropriate and ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Comedian Samantha Bee apologized to Ivanka Trump and viewers on Thursday for using an obscenity to describe the president’s daughter, an incident that quickly thrust her into the middle of the nation’s political divide.

Her network, TBS, also said it was “our mistake, too,” ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — After nearly three weeks out of sight, Melania Trump tried to put to rest speculation about her health and even her whereabouts as she continues to recover from medical treatment for a kidney condition. It didn’t completely work.

Mrs. Trump tweeted Wednesday that she’s ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — After nearly three weeks out of sight, Melania Trump tried Wednesday to put to rest speculation about her health and even her whereabouts as she continues to recover from medical treatment for a kidney condition. It didn’t completely work.

Mrs. Trump tweeted that she’s ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump wants to reverse a trend of fewer children participating in sports and make youth sports more accessible to economically disadvantaged students.

The White House is promoting the goals of the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition on ...

SHANGHAI (AP) — Ivanka Trump’s brand continues to win foreign trademarks in China and the Philippines, adding to questions about conflicts of interest at the White House, The Associated Press has found.

On Sunday, China granted the first daughter’s company final approval for its 13th ...

SHANGHAI (AP) — A Chinese company that manufactured Ivanka Trump shoes and has been accused of serious labor abuses is being celebrated in a blockbuster propaganda film for extending China’s influence around the globe.

The state-backed documentary “Amazing China” portrays the Huajian Group ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The words of prominent Republicans are being used against Alabama’s GOP Senate nominee Roy Moore in a campaign ad, as Moore’s camp on Tuesday continued to go on the offensive against the media and the women accusing him of sexual misconduct.

Six women have accused ...

TOKYO (AP) — Ivanka Trump said at a Tokyo conference on women’s advancement Friday that harassment of women in the workplace cannot be tolerated.

The U.S. president’s daughter and adviser spoke at the World Assembly for Women amid growing attention to sexual harassment of women in ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Ivanka Trump’s rabbi denounced President Donald Trump for blaming “both sides” in a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, as the number of American Jewish leaders willing to criticize him grew.

Rabbi Haskel Lookstein of Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun, and ...