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Ethics panel warns House members not to share fake images

By DAVID KLEPPER | January 29, 2020

The House Ethics Committee is warning lawmakers not to share doctored images or videos that could “erode public trust, effect public discourse, or sway an election," guidance that comes during a proliferation of online misinformation in the run-up to...

GOP squirms as Bolton prepares to dish on Trump White House

By AAMER MADHANI | January 29, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — For much of the last 20 years, John Bolton was a conservative poster child, a Republican hawk whose worldview helped shape the GOP establishment’s approach to dicey foreign policy questions.Now, as President Donald Trump's former...

Fight over Bolton gives Romney a chance for Senate clout

By LAURIE KELLMAN | January 29, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — It's Mitt Romney's big moment, again.The 2012 Republican presidential nominee has for a year been a freshman senator from Utah. He's sitting in judgment of the president he has called unfit for office. And he's defying President Donald...

Question time: What’s next in Trump’s impeachment trial

By MARY CLARE JALONICK | January 29, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — With opening arguments wrapped up in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, senators will now get a chance to ask questions. But the normally loquacious politicians will still have to keep silent, as their questions can only...

Klobuchar makes quick trip to Iowa in midst of impeachment

By MARGERY A. BECK | January 28, 2020

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Amy Klobuchar is still fighting to gain ground in Iowa's presidential caucuses that are now just days away.The Minnesota senator took a last-minute, late afternoon flight to western Iowa on Tuesday following arguments in...

GOP lacks votes to block trial witnesses, McConnell concedes

By ERIC TUCKER, ZEKE MILLER, and LISA MASCARO | January 28, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans lack the votes to block witnesses at President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell conceded late Tuesday, a potentially major hurdle for Trump's hopes to end the trial with a quick acquittal....

Trump shores up support for newest GOP congressman in Jersey

By JONATHAN LEMIRE | January 28, 2020

WILDWOOD, N.J. (AP) — Moving on several fronts toward shoring up support for his reelection bid, President Donald Trump capped off a busy Tuesday by heaping praise on the newest Republican member of Congress and savaging Democrats he said are engaged...

San Francisco official charged with corruption in FBI probe

By JANIE HAR and JULIET WILLIAMS | January 28, 2020

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A top San Francisco public official and go-to bureaucrat to mayors over two decades was charged with public corruption Tuesday, upending City Hall as elected leaders scrambled to reassure the public that bribery and kickbacks would...

Trump peace plan delights Israelis, enrages Palestinians

By ARON HELLER and MATTHEW LEE | January 28, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump unveiled his long-awaited Mideast peace plan Tuesday alongside a beaming Benjamin Netanyahu, presenting a vision that matched the Israeli leader’s hard-line, nationalist views while falling far short of Palestinian...

AP source: McConnell says he can’t yet block new witnesses

By LISA MASCARO | January 28, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told senators privately Tuesday he does not yet have the votes to block new witnesses in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial.McConnell convened a closed-door meeting of GOP senators shortly...

Ex-Illinois lawmaker pleads guilty in red-light bribery case

By MICHAEL TARM and JOHN O'CONNOR | January 28, 2020

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A former Illinois state senator pleaded guilty Tuesday to accepting around a quarter of a million dollars in bribes in exchange for protecting the interests of a red-light camera company, and promised to cooperate with federal...

Iowans adjust to ‘weird’ final days of caucus campaign

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE | January 28, 2020

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — In normal years, Iowa is the center of the political universe during the final stretch before its famed caucuses. Top candidates rumble across the state on multi-city bus tours and hold giant rallies every night. Images of the...