By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A month before the Supreme Court takes up cases over his tax returns and financial records, President Donald Trump on Tuesday made the unusual suggestion that two liberal justices should not take part in those or any other cases involving him or[Read More…]

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Fear swept back through the stock market on Thursday as worries about the viral outbreak in China knocked the S&P 500 off its record high and had it on pace for its worst day this month. Stocks had started the[Read More…]

By ASHRAF KHALIL, MARK SHERMAN & MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump loyalist Roger Stone was sentenced Thursday to more than three years in federal prison, following an extraordinary move by Attorney General William Barr to back off his Justice Department’s original sentencing recommendation. U.S. District Court Judge[Read More…]

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate approved a bipartisan measure Thursday aimed at limiting President Donald Trump’s authority to launch military operations against Iran, with eight Republicans joining Democrats in a post-impeachment bid to constrain the White House. The rebuke was the Senate’s first major vote[Read More…]

By BERNARD CONDON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Tony Rankins, a formerly homeless, drug-addicted Army veteran, got a standing ovation at the State of the Union after President Donald Trump described how he turned his life around thanks to a construction job at a company using the administration’s “Opportunity[Read More…]

By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks edged lower in midday trading Thursday as China reported a spike in cases of the new virus that threatens to crimp economic growth and hurt businesses worldwide. China reported the sharp rise in cases and deaths after[Read More…]

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — For the first time, the U.S. government’s highway safety agency has approved a company’s request to deploy a self-driving vehicle that doesn’t need to meet the same federal safety standards for cars and trucks driven by humans. The National Highway Traffic[Read More…]

By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer Stocks closed higher on Wall Street Thursday, extending the market’s solid rebound this week and delivering another round of record highs for the major indexes. The S&P 500 index, Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq each hit all-time highs as they extended their winning[Read More…]

By ERIC TUCKER, ZEKE MILLER and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s legal team neared the end of his impeachment trial defense Tuesday, painting him and his aides as hounded by investigation and taking a dismissive swipe at an unpublished book by John Bolton that is[Read More…]

Kevin Wolf WASHINGTON (AP) — New Hampshire is getting its first campaign rally of the 2020 campaign season from President Donald Trump, and it will be held on the eve of the state’s first-in-the-nation presidential primary. Trump’s Republican reelection campaign on Thursday announced a Feb. 10 “Keep America Great” rally[Read More…]