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Secretary of State Antony Blinken, center, accompanied by tour guide Alessandro Conforti, right, and Chargé d'Affaires of the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See Patrick Connell, left, gets a tour of the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican in Rome, Monday, June 28, 2021. Blinken is on a week long trip in Europe traveling to Germany, France and Italy. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)
Pope voices 'affection' for Americans as he meets Blinken

By Frances D'emilio Jun. 28, 2021 07:38 AM EDT

FILE — In this April 28, 2021 file photo, Andrew Giuliani, son of former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, speaks to reporters outside the building where his father lives, in New York. Andrew Giuliani announced Tuesday, May 18, 2021, that he is seeking the Republican nomination for governor of New York, potentially setting up a battle with third-term incumbent Democrat Andrew Cuomo.(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
Andrew Giuliani, son of former mayor, to run for NY governor

By Karen Matthews May. 18, 2021 09:17 AM EDT

In his first public speech since leaving office, former Vice President Mike Pence speaks at a dinner hosted by Palmetto Family on Thursday, April 29, 2021, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)
Eyeing 2024, Pence says he'll push back on 'liberal agenda'

By Meg Kinnard Apr. 30, 2021 09:04 AM EDT

In his first public speech since leaving office, former Vice President Mike Pence speaks at a dinner hosted by Palmetto Family on Thursday, April 29, 2021, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)
Eying 2024, Pence makes 1st speech since leaving office

By Meg Kinnard Apr. 29, 2021 09:10 PM EDT

FILE - In this March 26, 2021, file photo former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the West Side Conservative Club in Urbandale, Iowa. Less than three months after former President Donald Trump left the White House, the race to succeed him is already beginning. Pompeo, has launched an aggressive schedule visiting states that will play a pivotal role in the 2024 Republican primaries and he has signed a contract with Fox News Channel. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
GOP White House hopefuls move forward as Trump considers run

By Jill Colvin Apr. 18, 2021 07:39 AM EDT

FILE - In this March 3, 2021 file photo, youths who cull through trash for items to resell ride on the back of a garbage truck entering the Pavia landfill on the outskirts of Barquisimeto, Venezuela. A U.S. senator urged the Biden administration Tuesday, March 23, 2021, to lift a ban on diesel fuel swaps with Venezuela, adding to pressure from some Democrats and aid workers who argue sanctions are worsening the South American country's dire humanitarian crisis. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)
Democrat adds pressure on Biden to review Venezuela sanction

By Joshua Goodman Mar. 23, 2021 01:25 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Missouri

By The Associated Press Mar. 23, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
St. Louis Post-Dispatch. March 21, 2021. Editorial: Missouri lawmaker’s police-dog bill deserves to go nowhere For the...

Today in History

By The Associated Press Mar. 13, 2021 12:00 AM EST
Today in History Today is Saturday, March 13, the 72nd day of 2021. There are 293 days left in the year. Today’s...

Secretary of State Antony Blinken testifies before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on the administration foreign policy priorities on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, March 10, 2021, in Washington, (Ken Cedeno/Pool via AP)
Top US, China officials to meet over intense divides

By Matthew Lee Mar. 10, 2021 04:25 PM EST

Trump supporters hold signs and wave to motorists outside the convention center at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
Trump calls for GOP unity, repeats lies about election loss

By Jill Colvin Mar. 01, 2021 05:34 AM EST

Conference attendees pose for a photo next to a statue of former president Donald Trump at the merchandise show at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
Trump calls for GOP unity, repeats lies about election loss

By Jill Colvin Feb. 28, 2021 10:24 AM EST

FILE - In this Feb. 29, 2020 file photo, President Donald Trump pauses while speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2020, at National Harbor, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Conservative gathering to feature Trump's false fraud claims

By Jill Colvin And Steve Peoples Feb. 25, 2021 01:52 PM EST

FILE - In this June 19, 2009 file photo, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers a sermon with a picture of the late spiritual leader Ayatollah Khomeini in the background, during Friday prayers at the Tehran University campus in Tehran, Iran. Khamenei was among the first and most powerful world leaders to suggest the coronavirus could be a biological weapon created by the U.S. (Meisam Hosseini/Hayat News Agency via AP, File)
The superspreaders behind top COVID-19 conspiracy theories

By David Klepper, Farnoush Amiri And Beatrice Dupuy Feb. 15, 2021 12:10 AM EST

FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2014 file photo, Hawthi Shiite rebels chant slogans at the compound of the army's First Armored Division, after they took it over, in Sanaa, Yemen. Yemen’s war began in September 2014, when the Houthis seized the capital Sanaa. Saudi Arabia, along with the United Arab Emirates and other countries, entered the war alongside Yemen’s internationally recognized government in March 2015. The war has killed some 130,000 people and driven the Arab world’s poorest country to the brink of famine. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)
Timeline: Yemen war began in 2014 when Houthis seized Sanaa

Feb. 11, 2021 01:04 AM EST

FILE - This June 30, 2020 file photo, shows the West Bank Jewish settlement of Ma'ale Efrayim in the Jordan Valley. West Bank Jewish Population Stats, a pro-settler group says Israel’s West Bank settler population has grown at a far higher rate than the country as a whole over the last four years, a period coincides with the Trump administration’s unprecedented acceptance of settlement activity. The Palestinians and much of the international community view the settlements as illegal and an obstacle to peace. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, File)
Report: Israeli settler population surged during Trump era

By Joseph Krauss Jan. 27, 2021 05:17 AM EST

In this image made from a video screen shows and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft meeting virtually with Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen (unseen) on Wednesday night, Jan. 13, 2021. Craft's trip to Taiwan was canceled but Craft told Tsai: “The United States will always stand with Taiwan.” (The United States Mission to the United Nations via AP)
Outging US ambassador says world must end Taiwan's exclusion

By Edith M. Lederer Jan. 21, 2021 05:16 PM EST

White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
The Latest: Fireworks light up sky to celebrate inauguration

Jan. 20, 2021 07:38 AM EST

Here is the latest news from The Associated Press at 12:40 p.m. EST

Jan. 19, 2021 12:49 PM EST
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is explicitly pointing his finger at President Donald Trump for helping to spur the attack on the...

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the National Press Club in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)
US imposes new sanction on Beijing over South China Sea

By Matthew Lee Jan. 14, 2021 12:31 PM EST

Security forces stand guard in Tunis' landmark Avenue Habib Bourgiba, where massive protests took place in 2011, on the tenth anniversary of the uprising, during a national lockdown after a surge in COVID-19 cases, in Tunis, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. Tunisia is commemorating the 10th anniversary since the flight into exile of its iron-fisted leader, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, pushed from power in a popular revolt that foreshadowed the so-called Arab Spring. But there will be no festive celebrations Thursday marking the revolution in this North African nation, ordered into lockdown to contain the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
Tunisia marks revolution's 10th anniversary in lockdown

By Bouazza Ben Bouazza Jan. 14, 2021 05:33 AM EST