Questions, answers about effort to hack Clinton’s emails
By BRADLEY KLAPPER, JACK GILLUM and STEPHEN BRAUN Russia-linked hackers tried at least five times in August 2011 to trick Hillary Rodham Clinton into infecting her computer systems while she…
Presidential elections
McCarthy announces candidacy for House speaker
By LAURIE KELLMAN House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy is officially declaring his candidacy for House speaker to replace John Boehner. Boehner announced his resignation on Friday under pressure from conservatives.…
Trump unveils tax plan that would lower taxes for millions
By JILL COLVIN Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is calling for an overhaul of the tax code that would eliminate income taxes for millions of Americans, and lower them for…
Bill Clinton says GOP, media at fault for wife’s email woes
By HOPE YEN Former President Bill Clinton blamed Republicans and the media for the controversy surrounding his wife’s use of a private email server as secretary of state, arguing that…
Senate Dems block GOP bill that would curb late abortions
By ALAN FRAM Senate Democrats blocked Republican legislation Tuesday that would prohibit most late-term abortions, the second time since this summer’s release of videos involving Planned Parenthood that they’ve derailed…
GOP candidate Carson: Muslim shouldn’t be elected president
By HOPE YEN Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson says Islam is antithetical to the Constitution, and he doesn’t believe that a Muslim should be elected president. Carson, a devout Christian,…
AP Interview: Black Lives Matter skipping 2016 endorsement
By JESSE J. HOLLAND The Black Lives Matter network will skip a presidential endorsement but keep up its political activism by confronting candidates about the treatment of African-Americans in the…
Shifting debate strategies, GOP hopefuls to take on Trump
By JULIE PACE In the first Republican presidential debate, most candidates took a hands-off approach to Donald Trump and hoped the brash billionaire would hurt himself. Instead, he only got…