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Text of President Trump’s 2020 State of the Union address

February 4, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Text of President Donald Trump's 2020 State of the Union address, as provided by the White House:Madam Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, the First Lady of the United States, and my fellow citizens:Three years ago, we...

Takeaways from State of the Union: Economy, not impeachment

By JILL COLVIN, LISA MASCARO, and ALAN FRAM | February 4, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump leaned hard on the strong U.S. economy as he made the case for his reelection in the State of the Union address — and he threw in a few theatrical flourishes.MUST SEE TVTrump has often seemed to conduct his...

Sans gavel, Roberts is among 4 justices at Trump speech

By MARK SHERMAN | February 4, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts, lately a fixture at the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, was among the four Supreme Court justices in the House of Representatives for the president’s State of the Union speech Tuesday.Roberts...

Arizona man accused of threatening congressman Adam Schiff

February 4, 2020

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A March 9 trial date has been set for an Arizona man accused of making a threatening phone call to California U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff last year.Federal court records released Tuesday said Jan Peter Meister was indicted on accusations...

Former Illinois legislator pleads innocent in bribery case

February 4, 2020

CHICAGO (AP) — Former Illinois state Rep. Luis Arroyo on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to bribery charges in U.S. District Court in Chicago.Arroyo, 65, a Chicago Democrat, resigned his seat Nov. 1, one week after he was accused of paying a bribe to a state...

Senate so far split neatly along party lines on impeachment

By ANDREW TAYLOR | February 4, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is so far cleaving neatly along party lines in advance of Wednesday's virtually certain votes to acquit President Donald Trump on two impeachment charges, with just two or three undecided members even considering breaking...

US antitrust chief leaving Google probe because of lobbying

By MARCY GORDON and MICHAEL BALSAMO | February 4, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department official leading the investigation of big tech companies’ market dominance is stepping aside from the department’s Google probe because of his previous lobbying work for Google as a private attorney.Assistant...

Judge OKs limited release of Pentagon Papers case records

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER | February 4, 2020

BOSTON (AP) — The government must release some documents that will shed light on two grand juries that sat in Boston nearly 50 years ago to investigate the leak of the Pentagon Papers, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.The records detailing the probe into...

Poland: Bill allowing judges to be punished signed into law

February 4, 2020

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish President Andrzej Duda on Tuesday signed into law much-criticized legislation that gives politicians the power to fine and fire judges whose actions and decisions they consider harmful.The legislation has drawn condemnation...

Trump faces accusers: What to watch during his big speech

By LAURIE KELLMAN | February 4, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Who's clapping now?On the brink of his Senate acquittal, President Donald Trump will be unleashing “relentless optimism” during his third State of the Union address, a speech designed to pivot from his impeachment to his drive...

Former Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi is dead at age 95

By TOM ODULA | February 4, 2020

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Daniel arap Moi, a former schoolteacher who became Kenya’s longest-serving president and led the East African nation through years of repression and economic turmoil fueled by runaway corruption, died Tuesday at age 95.Moi succeeded...

The Latest: Dems say delay due to coding error, results soon

February 4, 2020

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Latest on the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses (all times local):8:45 a.m.The Iowa Democratic Party says delays in reporting the outcome of Monday's caucuses were due to a coding issue that has been fixed. The party says...