Donald Trump isn’t first ex-president to face legal trouble
April 2, 2023 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump has made history so many times.
The first president without government or military experience. The first to be impeached twice.
The Carters: What you know may be wrong (or not quite right)
March 2, 2023 GMTPLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Exaggeration, misinformation and myth have always infected politics – even before social media took it to the extreme.
Misconceptions take especially strong hold where U.S. presidents are concerned: sometimes to their advantage, sometimes not.
Carter: Still a model for candidates asking ‘Why not me?’
February 26, 2023 GMTATLANTA (AP) — As the 2024 campaign season begins, political players are looking in the mirror and deciding whether they see an American president staring back.
It was no different for Jimmy Carter in the early 1970s.
Jimmy Carter, 39th US president, enters hospice care at home
February 18, 2023 GMTATLANTA (AP) — Former President Jimmy Carter, who at 98 years old is the longest-lived American president, has entered home hospice care in Plains, Georgia, a statement from The Carter Center confirmed Saturday.
Christmas ornament honors gingerbread White House tradition
December 7, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — This year's Christmas ornament from the White House Historical Association honors the tradition of displaying a gingerbread model of the executive mansion as part of the holiday decorations at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Review: ‘Ted Kennedy’ sweeping account of senator’s life
October 24, 2022 GMT“Ted Kennedy: A Life,” by John A. Farrell (Penguin Press)
In his new biography of Ted Kennedy, John A. Farrell describes a letter Joseph Kennedy sent his youngest son telling the teenager he had to choose between a serious or non-serious life.
Today in History: September 8, Ford pardons Nixon
September 8, 2022 GMTToday in History
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America’s secrets: Trump’s unprecedented disregard of norms
September 4, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump isn't the first to face criticism for flouting rules and traditions around the safeguarding of sensitive government records, but national security experts say recent revelations point to an unprecedented disregard of post-presidency norms established after the Watergate era.
Today in History: August 9, atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki
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Today in History: August 8, Nixon announces his resignation
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Today in History: July 24, Apollo 11 returns home
July 24, 2022 GMTToday in History
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EXPLAINER: What is Title IX and what impact has it had?
June 20, 2022 GMTTitle IX, the law best known for its role in gender equity in athletics and preventing sexual harassment on campuses, is turning 50.
Watergate timeline: From the crime to the consequences
June 17, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — A timeline of the Watergate scandal, from the crime to the fall of a president:
Watergate 50th meets Jan. 6. Common thread: Thirst for power
June 17, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The wreckage of Watergate and Jan. 6 are a half-century apart yet rooted in the same ancient thirst for power at any cost.
Two presidents, wily and profane, tried an end run around democracy.
1st Cuban-American female officer worked in skirt, heels
June 5, 2022 GMTIn 1974, Gerald Ford had just replaced Richard Nixon as president. “All in the Family” was everyone’s favorite television show. And a pioneering Miami-Dade rookie police officer patrolled the streets in a skirt and heels.
Today in History: May 8, Truman announces Nazi surrender
May 8, 2022 GMTOn May 8, 1945, President Harry S. Truman announced on radio that Nazi Germany’s forces had surrendered, and that “the flags of freedom fly all over Europe.”
Julia Roberts returns to TV in Watergate-era series ‘Gaslit’
April 21, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Julia Roberts says she was so gleeful at the sight of Sean Penn arriving on the set of their TV series “ Gaslit," she nearly caused a wardrobe malfunction.
Pandas devour ice cake to celebrate 50 years at National Zoo
April 16, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The “cake” was made from frozen fruit juice, sweet potatoes, carrots and sugar cane and it lasted about 15 minutes once giant panda mama Mei Xiang and her cub Xiao Qi Ji got hold of it.
Ex-Arizona lawmaker remembered as dedicated public servant
April 9, 2022 GMTKAYENTA, Ariz. (AP) — Funeral services were held Friday for a former Arizona state representative from the Navajo Nation.
Daniel Peaches died Tuesday, the Navajo Nation Council said in a statement.
As tensions simmer, China demands US action to improve ties
February 28, 2022 GMTBEIJING (AP) — China's top diplomat called on the U.S. Monday to take steps to improve ties, as tensions simmer over Taiwan, trade and other issues.
Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s remarks Monday were delivered virtually to a forum marking the 50th anniversary of the Shanghai Communique signed during the icebreaking 1972 visit to China by President Richard Nixon.
50 years after Nixon visit, US-China ties as fraught as ever
February 21, 2022 GMTBEIJING (AP) — At the height of the Cold War, U.S. President Richard Nixon flew into communist China's center of power for a visit that, over time, would transform U.S.-China relations and China's position in the world in ways that were unimaginable at the time.
Biden aims to reduce cancer deaths by 50% over next 25 years
February 3, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday set a 25-year timeline to cut in half the cancer death rate, a lofty but perhaps unrealistic goal that is meant to “supercharge” an initiative started when he was vice president to eradicate the disease that killed his older son, Beau.
Rachel Maddow taking hiatus from MSNBC show until April
February 1, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Rachel Maddow, MSNBC's most popular personality, said Monday she will be taking a hiatus from her prime time show until April to work on a new podcast and that a movie is being made of her first book and podcast about former Vice President Spiro Agnew.
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Dole mastered the caustic wisecrack, often against himself
December 6, 2021 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Bob Dole’s frequent scowl concealed a dry, often caustic wit. He singed political rivals with it — but didn't spare himself.
Wisecracks came with the territory of the Senate veteran and former Republican presidential candidate, who died Sunday at age 98.
New US ambassador to New Zealand seeks to work with China
December 2, 2021 GMTWELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Tom Udall, the new U.S. ambassador to New Zealand, says he wants to find areas of common ground with China in a region where tensions often run high.
Business Highlights: Biden vs. inflation, oil release
November 23, 2021 GMT___
Biden aims to do what presidents often can’t: Beat inflation
WASHINGTON (AP) — LBJ tried jawboning. Richard Nixon issued a presidential edict. The Ford administration printed buttons exhorting Americans to “Whip Inflation Now.’’ Over the years, American presidents have tried, and mostly floundered, in their efforts to quell the economic and political menace of consumer inflation.
Biden aims to do what presidents often can’t: Beat inflation
November 23, 2021 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — LBJ tried jawboning. Richard Nixon issued a presidential edict. The Ford administration printed buttons exhorting Americans to “Whip Inflation Now.’’
Over the years, American presidents have tried, and mostly floundered, in their efforts to quell the economic and political menace of consumer inflation.
Vermont Democratic Sen. Leahy, 81, is retiring after 8 terms
November 15, 2021 GMTMONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont said Monday he won't seek reelection next year to the seat he's held since 1975, signaling an end to a career that's included major roles on issues such as civil liberties and financing the government and that began before four of his current colleagues were born.
US-funded child care aid nearing reality with Biden bill
November 10, 2021 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Women — and some men — in Congress have been fighting for government child care assistance for almost 80 years. With President Joe Biden's $1.85 trillion social services package, they are as close as they have ever been to winning.
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November 7, 2021 GMTToday in History
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AP FACT CHECK: Biden distorts Virginia’s electoral history
November 3, 2021 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Downplaying his party’s loss in Virginia, President Joe Biden suggested that Democrat Terry McAuliffe couldn’t have won the governor’s election based on the state’s history of rejecting candidates in that race when their party occupied the White House.
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No. 15 Texas, Arkansas to meet in throwback matchup
September 9, 2021 GMTFAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — One of college football’s most storied rivalries ended 30 years ago when Arkansas left the Southwest Conference for the greener pastures of the Southeastern Conference.
The Razorbacks played Texas nearly 80 times before Arkansas switched, and many of those battles played prominently on the national stage.
Jimmy Carter, trounced in 1980, gets fresh look from history
August 19, 2021 GMTATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter is sometimes called a better former president than he was president.
Nodding to Carter's decades of work as a globe-trotting humanitarian but with a glaring reminder of his landslide defeat in 1980, the backhanded compliment rankles Carter allies and, they say, the former president himself.
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Legal cannabis bill clears state Senate, Lamont to sign it
June 17, 2021 GMTHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The Connecticut Senate voted Thursday to legalize the recreational use of cannabis for adults, the final legislative action for a bill that lays the groundwork for the new industry in Connecticut and attempts to address racial inequities stemming from the nation's war on drugs.
Seized House records show just how far Trump admin would go
June 12, 2021 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has made no secret of his long list of political enemies. It just wasn't clear until now how far he would go to try to punish them.
Two House Democrats disclosed this week that their smartphone data was secretly obtained by the Trump Justice Department as part of an effort to uncover the source of leaks related to the investigation of Russian-related election interference.
Seized House records show just how far Trump admin would go
June 11, 2021 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has made no secret of his long list of political enemies. It just wasn't clear until now how far he would go to try to punish them.
Two House Democrats disclosed this week that their smartphone data was secretly obtained by the Trump Justice Department as part of an effort to uncover the source of leaks related to the investigation of Russian-related election interference.
McGahn: Effort to get Mueller fired was ‘point of no return’
June 9, 2021 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Former White House counsel Don McGahn told lawmakers in a closed-door interview last week that he regarded President Donald Trump's effort to have special counsel Robert Mueller fired as “a point of no return" for the administration if carried out.
California budget has $35 million for basic income programs
May 14, 2021 GMTSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to use a sliver of the state's massive budget surplus to give poor people money each month with no rules on how they spend it.
Newsom's budget proposal, announced Friday, includes $35 million over five years to pay for “universal basic income pilot programs.” The idea is to give poor people money each month to help ease the stresses of poverty that can make it harder to find full-time jobs and stay healthy.
G. Gordon Liddy, Watergate mastermind, dead at 90
March 31, 2021 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — G. Gordon Liddy, a mastermind of the Watergate burglary and a radio talk show host after emerging from prison, died Tuesday at age 90 at his daughter's home in Virginia...
G. Gordon Liddy, Watergate mastermind, dead at 90
March 31, 2021 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — G. Gordon Liddy, a mastermind of the Watergate burglary and a radio talk show host after emerging from prison, died Tuesday at age 90 at his daughter's home in Virginia...
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Bob Woodward to take on final days of Trump’s presidency
December 7, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Bob Woodward's next book finds him in the familiar world of documenting a presidency's ending...
Former Sen. Paul Sarbanes of Maryland has died, at 87
December 7, 2020 GMTANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Former Sen. Paul Sarbanes, who represented Maryland for 30 years in the Senate as a leader of financial regulatory reform and drafted the first article of impeachment against Republican President Richard Nixon during the Watergate scandal as a congressman, has died, his son said.
Carl Bernstein says 21 GOP senators contemptuous of Trump
November 23, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Former Watergate sleuth Carl Bernstein took to Twitter to list the names of 21 Republican senators who he says have “repeatedly expressed contempt” for Donald Trump and his fitness to be president...
America’s bellwethers crumbled in aligning with Trump
November 18, 2020 GMTTERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — A glass case in the history museum on the main street through this city celebrates its curious place in American lore...
America’s bellwethers crumbled in aligning with Trump in ’20
November 18, 2020 GMTTERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — A glass case in the history museum on the main street through this city celebrates its curious place in American lore: There’s a photo of John F...
“I love Ohio!” President Trump again carries swing state
November 4, 2020 GMTCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — President Donald Trump has again carried Ohio, historically a must-win state for Republicans...
Biden wins Minnesota; Smith keeps Senate seat; Peterson out
November 4, 2020 GMTMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Joe Biden carried Minnesota on Tuesday, dashing President Donald Trump's hopes of becoming the first Republican to carry the state since Richard Nixon in 1972, while Sen...
U.S. Rep. Cicilline wins reelection; Biden wins state
November 4, 2020 GMTPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A statewide referendum that would shorten Rhode Island's official name and the Democratic House speaker's tight race for reelection were dominating Tuesday's election in the Ocean State...
Mass. backs Markey; ranked voting backers concede defeat
November 4, 2020 GMTBOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts voters easily handed Joe Biden and Democratic U.S. Sen. Edward Markey a pair of victories Tuesday...
Dear Donald, Dear Mr. President: A Trump-Nixon ’80s tale
September 23, 2020 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — They were two men in Manhattan who craved the same thing: validation. One was a brash, young real estate developer looking to put his stamp on New York, the other a disgraced elder statesman bent on repairing his reputation...