Middle East grows wary of Trump, despite ventures in region
By JON GAMBRELL and ADAM SCHRECK DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Donald Trump’s call to keep Muslims from traveling to the United States is causing dismay among business leaders…
National elections
The Latest: Venezuelan media not covering opposition events
Here’s the latest on developments following Sunday’s historic opposition victory in Venezuela’s congressional elections (all times local): TIME 7:10 p.m. Opposition leaders spent the day in front of cameras giving…
Trump picked stock fraud felon as senior adviser
By JEFF HORWITZ Donald Trump tapped a man to be a senior business adviser to his real-estate empire even after the man’s past involvement in a major Mafia-linked stock fraud…
Senate set to OK Republican bill unraveling health care law
By ALAN FRAM Republicans are pushing toward Senate approval of legislation demolishing President Barack Obama’s signature health care law and halting Planned Parenthood’s federal money, setting up a veto fight…
Criminal justice issues showing up in 2016 presidential race
By ERIC TUCKER On the campaign trail, among candidates of both parties, the idea of locking up drug criminals for life is a lot less popular than it was a…
Terrorism takes center stage at Democratic debate
By LISA LERER and KEN THOMAS A day after deadly terrorist attacks in Paris, Hillary Rodham Clinton cast herself as the country’s strongest commander in chief in a scary world,…
FACT CHECK: GOP candidates flub some figures in debate
By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER and JOSH BOAK Ben Carson botched the economic effect of minimum wage increases. Jeb Bush again pitched a dubious target for economic growth. Marco Rubio, in…
Taiwan-China meeting brings together former Cold War foes
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN and RALPH JENNINGS The presidents of China and Taiwan are meeting this weekend for the first time since the Chinese revolution ended in 1949, with the once-bitter…