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Businesses that share Trump name get swept up in the circus
Associated Press | April 12, 2016 4:18 pmNEW YORK (AP) — It’s not easy being Trump these days. Just ask the people at Trump Tobacco in California, Trump Travel in New York,… -
FACT CHECK: Clinton’s latest gun-law broadside on Sanders
Associated Press | April 12, 2016 3:34 pmWASHINGTON (AP) — With New York’s crucial presidential nominating contest looming, Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton is framing gun laws in Bernie Sanders’ home state of… -
Clinton, Sanders race in New York takes on a tougher tone
Associated Press | April 12, 2016 2:30 pmROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — When he launched his longshot presidential bid last year, Bernie Sanders often said he liked Hillary Clinton but disagreed with her… -
US reviewing scale of its peacekeeping mission in Sinai
Associated Press | April 12, 2016 1:48 pmWASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is considering ways it could automate aspects of its peacekeeping mission in the Sinai Peninsula, possibly reducing the number of… -
AP-GfK Poll: Republicans not itching for a convention fight
Associated Press | April 12, 2016 1:08 pmWASHINGTON (AP) — Most Republican voters think the candidate with the most delegates heading into the party’s convention in July should ultimately emerge as the… -
US budget deficit up sharply to $108 billion in March
Associated Press | April 12, 2016 1:01 pmWASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government’s budget deficit rose sharply in March, pushing the deficit for the first six months of this budget year above… -
Report: US didn’t find trouble at college before it failed
Associated Press | April 12, 2016 11:36 amWASHINGTON (AP) — Education Department reviewers found in 2013 that a major for-profit college chain had systematically raised students’ tuitions without properly telling them. As… -
Mel Brooks records telephone endorsement in NY Senate race
Associated Press | April 12, 2016 11:24 amMel Brooks is offering a ringing endorsement for his great-nephew, who's running for a seat in New York's state Senate. -
Missouri certifies wins for Trump, Clinton in close primary
Associated Press | April 12, 2016 10:04 amJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Republican businessman Donald Trump and former Democratic Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were certified Tuesday as the winners of Missouri’s… -
Cruz picks up all delegates in Colo.; Sanders win in Wyo.
Associated Press | April 12, 2016 9:52 amCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Ted Cruz completed his sweep of Colorado’s 34 delegates on Saturday while rival Donald Trump angled for favor a half-continent… -
Trump, Clinton certified winners in Missouri
Associated Press | April 12, 2016 8:36 amDonald Trump and Hillary Clinton have been certified as the winners of Missouri's presidential primaries. -
‘Hire some new redactors’: How US hinders records requests
Associated Press | April 12, 2016 6:31 amWASHINGTON (AP) — As U.S. officials dealt with the fallout of the government’s once-secret “Cuban Twitter” program, they had one thing on their side: notorious… -
How the AP-GfK poll on contested conventions was conducted
Associated Press | April 12, 2016 6:17 amThe Associated Press-GfK poll on a possible contested GOP convention was conducted by GfK Public Affairs and Corporate Communications March 31-April 4. It is based… -
Pentagon: Dozen militants killed in US airstrikes in Somalia
Associated Press | April 12, 2016 5:41 amWASHINGTON (AP) — A Pentagon spokesman says the U.S. conducted airstrikes Monday and Tuesday in Somalia that killed an estimated 12 militants affiliated with the… -
How the IMF foresees the global economy, at a glance
Associated Press | April 12, 2016 4:57 amWASHINGTON (AP) — In downgrading its outlook for world economic growth in 2016, the International Monetary Fund said it foresees expansion of 3.2 percent this…