Analysis: White House, Pentagon tensions near breaking point
WASHINGTON — Tensions between the White House and Pentagon have stretched to near a breaking poin t over President Donald Trump's threat to use milita...
SpaceX opens era of amateur astronauts, cosmic movie sets
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX’s debut astronaut launch is the biggest, most visible opening shot yet in NASA’s grand plan for commercializing Earth’s ...
Virus exposes sharp economic divide: College vs. non-college
BALTIMORE — For an American workforce under continuing threat from the coronavirus, the best protection might just be a college degree.
Top US military officer reaches out to Capitol Hill leaders
WASHINGTON — The nation's top military officer, Gen. Mark Milley, spoke privately with congressional leaders and many other lawmakers as Pentagon offi...
By the numbers: Trump reads economic boom into jobs data
CHICAGO — President Donald Trump has always been a big numbers guy.
No ‘silver lining’: Trump faces voter backlash amid crises
MADISON, Wis. — At the end of one of his most turbulent weeks in office, President Donald Trump was eager on Friday to boast of a better than expected...
Goodell says NFL was wrong for not listening to players
NEW YORK — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said the league was wrong for not listening to players fighting for racial equality and encouraged them to p...
Top US military officer reaches out to Capitol leaders
WASHINGTON — The nation's top military officer, Gen. Mark Milley, has spoken privately with key congressional leaders as Pentagon officials come under...
Trump jabs Maine’s Democratic governor; she hits back
GUILFORD, Maine — President Donald Trump on Friday laced into Maine's Democratic governor for not moving quickly enough to reopen the state's economy ...
Pence goes on listening session regarding Floyd response
BELTSVILLE, Md. — Better training for law enforcement. More money for historically black colleges and universities. Speaking to Americans with the “ri...
US unemployment drops unexpectedly to 13.3% amid outbreak
WASHINGTON — U.S. unemployment dropped unexpectedly in May to 13.3% as reopened businesses began recalling millions of workers faster than economists ...
Pandemic accelerates Mormon missionaries’ transition online
BRIGHAM CITY, Utah — Wearing dress shirts, ties and name tags, three missionaries with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints sit around the ...
DC paints huge Black Lives Matter mural near White House
WASHINGTON — City workers and activists painted the words Black Lives Matter in enormous bright yellow letters on the street leading to the White Hous...
‘Respect them’: Even in wealthy areas, food bank demand high
VALLEY STREAM, N.Y. — One was a nurse, another a retiree. Others had recently lost jobs with an insurance company and a country club.
Unemployment rate falls to 13.3%, US adds 2.5 million jobs
WASHINGTON — The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 13.3% in May from 14.7%, and 2.5 million jobs were added — a surprisingly positive reading in the mids...
9 firefighters hospitalized in Florida after ship explosion
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Nine firefighters responding to a fire aboard a ship in Florida have been hospitalized after the ship exploded, injuring eight an...
George Floyd’s death an American tragedy with global echoes
LONDON — When black men died at the hands of U.S. police in recent years, the news made international headlines. The name of George Floyd has reached ...
PG&E critics urge judge to reject utility’s bankruptcy plan
SAN RAMON, Calif. — Pacific Gas & Electric's proposal to pay $25.5 billion for a series of deadly Northern California wildfires ignited by its equ...
Raw feelings abound as Senate turns back to Russia probe
WASHINGTON — Two Republican-led Senate committees have launched election-year investigations into the Justice Department’s Russia probe, resurrecting ...
AP FACT CHECK: Trump skews history by saying he fired Mattis
WASHINGTON — When Jim Mattis announced his resignation as defense secretary, President Donald Trump thanked him for “tremendous progress” in helping t...
Heat-trapping carbon dioxide in air hits new record high
KENSINGTON, Maryland — The world hit another new record high for heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, despite reduced emissions because of ...
Analysis: Trump emulates strongman tactics, tests his limits
WASHINGTON — A phalanx of law enforcement officers and soldiers is positioned on the streets of the nation’s capital to keep protesters at bay. Helico...
Study on safety of malaria drugs for coronavirus retracted
Several authors of a large study that raised safety concerns about malaria drugs for coronavirus patients have retracted the report, saying independen...
`Get your knee off our necks!’: Floyd mourned in Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS — Hollywood celebrities, musicians and politicians gathered in front of the golden casket of George Floyd at a fiery memorial Thursday for...
UK vaccine summit calls for freely available virus vaccine
LONDON — A vaccine summit hosted by Britain on Thursday raised billions of dollars to immunize children in developing countries as experts wrestled wi...
‘Strategic’ well-orchestrated heists seen amid protest chaos
OAKLAND, Calif. — Police in a small San Francisco Bay Area community were about to help authorities in neighboring Oakland keep the peace during a pro...
NBA owners approve 22-team season restart plan
The NBA’s Board of Governors has approved a 22-team format for restarting the league season in late July at the Disney campus near Orlando, Florida, a...
Detained US Navy veteran freed by Iran as part of deal
WASHINGTON — A Navy veteran detained in Iran for nearly two years has been released and started making his way home as part of a prisoner deal involvi...
Police think Madeleine McCann is dead; parents still hope
PRAIA DA LUZ, Portugal — German police said Thursday they presume a British girl who went missing in southern Portugal 13 years ago is dead, but Madel...
1.9 million seek jobless aid even as reopenings slow layoffs
WASHINGTON — Nearly 1.9 million people applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week, the ninth straight decline since applications spiked in mid-M...