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Trump won’t pardon sheriff; tensions high at rally site PHOENIX (AP) — President Donald Trump won’t pardon former sheriff Joe Arpaio during his visit to …

Trump returns to Arizona and a chaotic political landscape PHOENIX (AP) — Donald Trump was just a few weeks into his candidacy in 2015 when …

Analysis: Trump vows to win the seemingly unwinnable war WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is vowing to win what has seemed to be an …

McCaskill reaching out to rural Missouri ahead of election CUBA, Mo. (AP) — Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill is spending the August recess trekking through Republican …

Eclipse eve: Millions converge across US to see sun go dark Millions of Americans converged on a narrow corridor stretching from Oregon to South Carolina …

‘Free speech rally’ cut short after massive counterprotest BOSTON (AP) — Thousands of demonstrators chanting anti-Nazi slogans converged Saturday on downtown Boston in a boisterous …

Gay rights is personal for Florida gubernatorial candidates TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The leading Democrats running for Florida governor met with gay and lesbian party …

Trump won places drowning in despair. Can he save them? ABERDEEN, Wash. (AP) — One-hundred-fifty baskets of pink petunias hang from the light posts all …

Soothing the nation? Trump struggles like no other president WASHINGTON (AP) — For Susan Bro, mother of the woman killed at a rally organized by …

Cuba struggling to keep professionals from leaving PINAR DEL RIO, Cuba (AP) — Calle Marti is a modest half-mile boulevard split by a simple winding …

Powerboat team breaks record for Florida Keys-Cuba crossing KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — A powerboat race team appears to have broken a time record for …

Scholars say Trump went afoul in lumping Lee with founders Is it really so far-fetched to put Robert E. Lee in the same category as …

Trump isolation growing as business panels dismantled NEW YORK (AP) — With corporate chieftains fleeing, President Donald Trump abruptly dismantled two of his White House …

Trump signs order to speed infrastructure construction WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday he has signed a new executive order intended to make …

Racial politics haunt GOP in the Trump era NEW YORK (AP) — The statue of Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville, Virginia, was the focus of …

Trump seeks probe by his trade office of China’s practices BEDMINSTER, N.J. (AP) — Even as he seeks Beijing’s help on North Korea, President Donald …

Analysis: Trump’s slow walk to condemning white supremacists WASHINGTON (AP) — It took President Donald Trump two days to do what both Republicans and Democrats …

Democratic attorneys escalate legal fight against Trump NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump resistance movement cheered when Democratic attorneys general in several states sued to …

Analysis: Why won’t Donald Trump condemn white nationalism? WASHINGTON (AP) — Why doesn’t President Donald Trump just unequivocally condemn white supremacists? It’s a jarring question …

Analysis: Trump meets crisis with familiar bluster, risk BEDMINSTER, N.J. (AP) — Donald Trump has responded to perhaps the sternest international test of his presidency …