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Trump taps 'strong, silent type' to lead impeachment defence

WASHINGTON - Pat Cipollone doesn't seem like Donald Trump's kind of fixer. His manner is unassuming. He hasn't spent much time playing a lawyer in court or on TV. But the president has turned to Cipol...

Jan 14, 2020

AP Explains: Fight for Venezuela's National Assembly deepens

CARACAS, Venezuela - With two men claiming the presidency for nearly a year, Venezuela's political landscape has been messy for a while now. But it is set to become flat out chaotic, with confusion ov...

Jan 14, 2020

Democrats release new documents on eve of impeachment trial

WASHINGTON - House Democrats have released a trove of documents they obtained from Lev Parnas, a close associate of President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, including a handwritten note...

Jan 14, 2020

Can a woman win the presidency? Clash exposes deeper issue

WASHINGTON - The smouldering political flareup between Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders has rekindled debate over a question that has been gnawing at Democratic primary voters for more than three y...

Jan 14, 2020

Treason trial begins of Cambodia opposition leader Kem Sokha

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - The trial of a top Cambodian opposition leader charged with treason began Wednesday, more than two years after he was arrested in what is widely seen as a politically motivated ...

Jan 14, 2020

Ex-Trump aide Michael Flynn seeks to withdraw guilty plea

WASHINGTON - Former Trump administration national security adviser Michael Flynn filed court papers Tuesday to him withdraw his guilty plea, saying federal prosecutors had acted in "bad faith" and bre...

Jan 14, 2020

Red Sox manager Alex Cora fired in sign stealing scandal

BOSTON - The Boston Red Sox fired manager Alex Cora on Tuesday, a day after baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred implicated him in the sport's sign-stealing scandal. Cora was the bench coach for the Hous...

Jan 14, 2020

Student shot at Texas high school; suspect still at large

A student was shot Tuesday at a high school in Texas and a suspect remained at large, local officials said. Emergency crews were seen performing CPR as the student was carried on a stretcher to an amb...

Jan 14, 2020

Parent faces new tax fraud charge in college bribery case

BOSTON - A Massachusetts real estate developer accused of paying $220,000 to get his son into the University of Southern California faces a new tax fraud charge. John Wilson, 59, of Lynnfield, Mass., ...

Jan 14, 2020

Bills seek to end 'conversion therapy' in Kentucky

FRANKFORT, Ky. - Twice a week for four years when he was in high school, gay student Zach Meiners underwent "conversion therapy," a practice that attempts to change a person's sexual orientation or ge...

Jan 14, 2020