More than 6 in 10 U.S. adults support protecting access to IVF, AP-NORC poll finds
According to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, relatively few Americans fully endorse the idea that a fertilized egg should have the same rights as a pregnant woman.
US would keep more hydropower under agreement with Canada on treaty governing Columbia River
The U.S. and Canada say they have agreed to update a treaty that governs the use of one of North America’s largest rivers, the Columbia, with provisions that officials said would provide for effective flood control, irrigation, and hydropower generation and sharing between the countries.
Trump lawyers press judge to overturn hush money conviction after Supreme Court immunity ruling
Donald Trump’s lawyers are urging the judge in his New York hush money case to overturn his conviction and dismiss the case in the wake of the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on presidential immunity.
Utah Supreme Court sides with opponents of redistricting that carved up Democratic-leaning area
Utah’s Supreme Court has ruled in favor of opponents of redistricting that carved up Democratic-leaning Salt Lake County among four congressional districts that have since elected Republicans by wide margins.
Biden says during news conference he's going to 'complete the job' despite calls to bow out
President Joe Biden used his closely watched anticipated news conference Thursday to deliver a forceful defense of his foreign and domestic policies, and batted away questions about his ability to serve another four years.
Zelenskyy says to win the war, US needs to lift limits on striking military targets inside Russia
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is embracing the support of international allies even as he pushed for the help to arrive faster and restrictions to be lifted on the use of U.S. weapons to attack military targets inside Russia.
IRS collects milestone $1 billion in back taxes from high-wealth taxpayers
The IRS has collected $1 billion in back taxes from high-wealth tax cheats — a milestone meant to showcase how the agency is making use of the money it received as part of the Biden administration’s signature climate, health care and tax package signed into law in 2022.
Biden awards $1.7B to boost electric vehicle manufacturing and assembly in Michigan, other states
The Biden administration is awarding nearly $2 billion in grants to help restart or expand electric vehicle manufacturing and assembly sites in eight states, including the presidential battlegrounds of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Georgia.
Biden's press conference will be a key test for him. But he's no master of the big rhetorical moment
President Joe Biden's press conference offers him a fresh opportunity to try to prove to the American public he’s capable of serving another four years after his big debate flop threw the future of his presidency into doubt.
Biden says pressure on him is driven by elites. Voters paint a more complicated picture
President Joe Biden says the pressure on him to end his reelection campaign is coming from Democratic Party “elites,” the same kind of people who have doubted him throughout his long journey in public life.
Trump wants Black and Latino support. But he's not popular with either group, poll analysis shows
As he prepares to accept the Republican nomination for the third time, Donald Trump has promised to expand his coalition — and, in particular, to win over more of the nonwhite voters who largely rejected him during the 2020 election.
Congress OKs bill overhauling oversight of troubled federal Bureau of Prisons
Congress has passed legislation overhauling oversight and bringing greater transparency to the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons, following reporting from The Associated Press that exposed systemic corruption in the federal prison system and increased congressional scrutiny.
Election officials push back against draft federal rule for reporting potential cyberattacks
A group of state election officials is urging the nation’s cybersecurity agency to revise a draft rule that would require election offices to disclose suspected cyberattacks to the federal government, casting the mandate as too burdensome on overworked local officials.