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Republican John Thune of South Dakota is elected the next Senate majority leader

WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans have elected South Dakota Sen. John Thune as the next Senate majority leader, completing a momentous shift in their leadership that elevates a top deputy of Sen. Mitch Mc...

Nov 13, 2024

Teen charged in UK dance class stabbings faces January trial

LONDON (AP) - A teen charged with killing three girls and wounding 10 other people in a stabbing rampage at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in England this summer is scheduled to go on trial early n...

Nov 13, 2024

Trump makes a victor's return to Washington to meet with Biden and GOP lawmakers

WASHINGTON (AP) - Donald Trump is making a victor's return to Washington. The president-elect's plane landed at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Wednesday morning. President Joe Biden - both Trump's ...

Nov 13, 2024

US government worker charged with leaking classified documents on Israel's plans to strike Iran

WASHINGTON (AP) - A man who worked for the U.S. government has been charged with leaking classified information assessing Israel's earlier plans to attack Iran, according to court papers filed Wednesd...

Nov 13, 2024

US federal worker charged in classified documents leak about Israel's earlier plans to strike Iran

WASHINGTON (AP) - A man who worked for the U.S. government has been charged with leaking classified information assessing Israel's earlier plans to attack Iran, according to court papers filed Wednesd...

Nov 13, 2024

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says he'll ask for a vote of confidence in December

BERLIN (AP) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has announced that he will ask for a vote of confidence on Dec. 16, paving the way forward for an early parliamentary election in February. Scholz declared ...

Nov 13, 2024

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says he'll ask for a vote of confidence in December

BERLIN (AP) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has announced that he will ask for a vote of confidence on Dec. 16, paving the way forward for an early parliamentary election in February. Scholz declared ...

Nov 13, 2024

Republican David Valadao, Democrat George Whitesides win US House races in California

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Republican Rep. David Valadao has won reelection in California's 22nd Congressional District, defeating Democrat Rudy Salas for the second time. Valadao is an anomaly - an elected R...

Nov 12, 2024

Republican Dan Newhouse wins reelection to US House in Washington

SEATTLE (AP) - U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse, one of two remaining House Republicans who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump, won reelection Tuesday in Washington state's 4th Congressional Distric...

Nov 12, 2024

Pentagon secrets leaker Jack Teixeira sentenced to 15 years in prison by a federal judge

BOSTON (AP) - A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a Massachusetts Air National Guard member to 15 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to leaking highly classified military documents about the war...

Nov 12, 2024