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Mattis faces questions from allies on Islamic State strategy

HELSINKI – As the Islamic State group loses its remaining strongholds in Iraq and Syria, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is facing a growing chorus of questions from NATO allies and partners ab...

Democrats’ disarray on eve of Virginia governor’s race foreshadows problems

A rainy get-out-the-vote rally in Fairfax on Saturday night was a fitting coda to a rough week for Virginia Democrats. Virginians finally head to the polls on Tuesday in what’s be...

UK leader calls for end to ‘abuses of power’ amid sex claims

LONDON – British Prime Minister Theresa May called Monday for greater effort to stamp out “abuses of power” in public life amid what she called troubling allegations of sexual harassment and...

Judge not ready to remove ex-Trump aides from house arrest

WASHINGTON – A federal judge said Monday that she was inclined to remove from house arrest two former aides to President Donald Trump’s campaign now facing criminal charges but would not do ...

Violence followed Texas church gunman after high school

NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas – Wherever Devin Patrick Kelley went after graduating from high school, a trail of violence followed. In New Mexico, Kelley was kicked out of the Air Force fo...

East Germany’s answer to the Volkswagen was this nostalgia-inducing 26-horsepower clunker

WASHINGTON – Growing up in communist-controlled Hungary in the 1980s, Judit Csonka remembered her hair blowing in the wind as the compact, cream-colored sedan cruised down the highway from B...

Church where shooting took place was center of community

SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas – The most recent sermon posted on YouTube by the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, Texas, shows him explaining why he had parked a motorcyc...

Harassment scandal in UK politics spreads to Wales, Scotland

LONDON – The scandal surrounding Britain’s political class deepened Sunday with more allegations of sexual harassment, abuse of power and other misdeeds, including new claims involving a key...

Report: Commerce head has stake in firm tied to Putin orbit

NEW YORK – Newly leaked documents show that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, the Trump administration’s point man on trade and manufacturing policy, has a stake in a company that does busines...

About 18 players protest during national anthem

Associated Press journalists counted 18 NFL players protesting during the national anthem before games on Sunday. Miami Dolphins players Julius Thomas, Michael Thomas and Kenny St...

More border crossers prosecuted in ‘new era’ of enforcement

PHOENIX – When U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions delivered his get-tough-on-immigration speech in the border city of Nogales early this year, he promised a “new era” in immigration enforce...

Iraqis raise flag at border crossing taken from IS

BAGHDAD – Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi raised on Sunday the Iraqi flag at a border crossing with Syria days after Iraqi forces retook it from the Islamic State group, state TV announ...
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