New York AG says Trump’s company misled banks, tax officials
Jan 19, 2022
By MICHAEL R. SISAK NEW YORK (AP) — The New York attorney general’s office late Tuesday told a court its investigators have uncovered evidence that former President Donald Trump’s company used “fraudulent or misleading” asset…
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Sinema, Manchin slammed as Senate begins voting bill debate
Jan 18, 2022
By LISA MASCARO WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing stark criticism from civil rights leaders, senators return to Capitol Hill under intense pressure to change their rules and break a Republican filibuster that has hopelessly stalled voting legislation.…
On MLK Day, Yellen says US economy is unfair to Black people
Jan 17, 2022
ATLANTA (AP) — The U.S. economy “has never worked fairly for Black Americans — or, really, for any American of color,” Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in a speech delivered Monday, one of many by…
Supreme Court halts COVID-19 vaccine rule for US businesses
Jan 14, 2022
By MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has stopped a major push by the Biden administration to boost the nation’s COVID-19 vaccination rate, a requirement that employees at large businesses…
China faces omicron test weeks ahead of Beijing Olympics
Jan 13, 2022
By HUIZHONG WU TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Most access to a major city adjacent to Beijing was suspended Thursday as China tried to contain an outbreak of the highly contagious omicron variant, which poses a…
Omicron may be headed for a rapid drop in Britain, US
Jan 12, 2022
By MARIA CHENG and CARLA K. JOHNSON AP - Scientists are seeing signals that COVID-19′s alarming omicron wave may have peaked in Britain and is about to do the same in the U.S., at which…
Biden to back filibuster changes to push voting rights bill
Jan 11, 2022
By ALEXANDRA JAFFE, COLLEEN LONG and JEFF AMY WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will use a speech in Georgia to endorse changing Senate filibuster rules that have stalled voting rights legislation, saying it’s time to choose “democracy…
Inflation up, virus down as priorities in US: AP-NORC poll
Jan 10, 2022
By WILL WEISSERT and HANNAH FINGERHUT WASHINGTON (AP) — Heading into a critical midterm election year, the top political concerns of Americans are shifting in ways that suggest Democrats face considerable challenges to maintaining their…
Supreme Court weighs vaccine rules affecting more than 80M
Jan 07, 2022
By MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is taking up two major Biden administration efforts to bump up the nation’s vaccination rate against COVID-19 at a time of spiking coronavirus cases…
Biden and Congress mark a year since violent insurrection
Jan 06, 2022
By MARY CLARE JALONICK, LISA MASCARO and ZEKE MILLER WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday marked the first anniversary of the U.S. Capitol insurrection, the violent attack by Trump supporters that has fundamentally changed the Congress and raised…