Rashida Tlaib
President Joe Biden arrives to speak about a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, in the Cross Hall of the White House, Thursday, May 20, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Hour-by-hour: Biden's behind-the-scenes push for cease-fire

By Aamer Madhani May. 21, 2021 01:27 AM EDT

President Joe Biden speaks after a tour of the Ford Rouge EV Center, Tuesday, May 18, 2021, in Dearborn, Mich. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Israel, Gaza violence overshadows Biden's domestic plans

By Jonathan Lemire, Darlene Superville And Josh Boak May. 18, 2021 01:54 PM EDT

Emails show Georgia dorm contractor cut maintenance

By Jeff Amy Mar. 11, 2021 04:20 PM EST
ATLANTA (AP) — Emails obtained by a campus workers' group show that a contractor who runs dormitories at eight public universities in Georgia laid off workers...

President Joe Biden signs a series of executive orders on health care, in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021, in Washington. The Democratic push to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour has emerged as an early flash point in the push for a $1.9 trillion COVID relief package, providing an early test of President Joe Biden's ability to bridge Washington's partisan divide in pursuing his first major legislative victory. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Biden, Democrats hit gas on push for $15 minimum wage

By Kevin Freking Jan. 30, 2021 12:54 AM EST

A bald eagle flying with the Lebanon flag over the Beirut port blast is depicted on Samih Zreik's house, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020, in Dearborn, Mich. Zreik painted his house in tribute to Lebanon following the blast at Beirut's port that killed nearly 200 people, wounded more than 6,000 and caused billions of dollars in damage. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
US charities raise millions in wake of Beirut port blast

By Mike Householder Nov. 24, 2020 02:08 AM EST

Editorial Roundup: US

By The Associated Press Nov. 18, 2020 04:32 PM EST
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Nov. 17 The Minneapolis Star...

FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2020, file photo, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and Detroit Pistons Vice Chairman Arn Tellem talk about voting and the upcoming elections in Detroit. NFL, NBA, NHL, Major League Baseball, Major League Soccer and college venues are serving various roles in unprecedented ways, including providing space for people to vote while social distancing on Election Day. The Henry Ford Detroit Pistons Performance Center and Ford Field, where the Lions play, will provide socially distant space for receiving boards to double check ballots after they are counted at precincts in the Motor City. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
Sports venues across country in play on Election Day

By Larry Lage Nov. 04, 2020 04:44 AM EST

Theresa Landrum is photographed near the Marathon refinery, Friday, Oct. 16, 2020, in Detroit. Landrum wasn't impressed when told that Environmental Protection Agency chief Andrew Wheeler had pledged $200,000 to promote "community health initiatives" in her section of the city during his blitz of visits to battleground states in the presidential election campaign. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
Minority communities question election-year push by EPA

By John Flesher Oct. 25, 2020 09:59 AM EDT

A man tries to vote early but can't because the machines stopped working during early voting at the State Farm Arena on Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
Arenas, stadiums find new life as safer options for voting

By Kate Brumback And Larry Lage Oct. 22, 2020 08:47 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Idaho

By The Associated Press Sep. 22, 2020 02:08 PM EDT
Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from Idaho newspapers: The Idahoan surfing the waves of partisanship ...

Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., listens to Michigan Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist II at Headliners Barbershop in Detroit, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Black voters in Detroit key for Biden, but are they engaged?

By Kat Stafford Sep. 22, 2020 12:13 AM EDT

FILE - In this Sept. 12, 2019, file photo Democratic presidential candidates former Vice President Joe Biden, left and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., talk during a Democratic presidential primary debate hosted by ABC at Texas Southern University in Houston. Warren, a Massachusetts senator and leading progressive, has become an unlikely confidant and adviser to Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. They talk every 10 days or so, according to aides to both politicians who requested anonymity to describe their relationship. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
How Sanders is helping keep the progressive movement strong

By Will Weissert Aug. 17, 2020 11:26 PM EDT

FILE - in this July 22, 2020 file photo, Antone Melton-Meaux, poses after an interview in his Minneapolis office. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)
Omar tested in Minnesota; Smith, Lewis win Senate primaries

By Steve Karnowski And Mohamed Ibrahim Aug. 11, 2020 01:32 PM EDT

FILE - In an Oct. 26, 2018, file photo, Rashida Tlaib, left, then-Democratic candidate for the Michigan's 13th Congressional District, and Brenda Jones speak during a rally in Detroit. Tlaib's approach to governing as an unapologetic fighter, taking aim at the status quo alongside three other first-term congresswomen of color who make up the "squad" has made her a target of the GOP and her own party. Now the Michigan Democrat is the squad's most vulnerable member, as she faces Detroit City Council President Brenda Jones in the Aug. 4 primary. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
Michigan primary tests Tlaib; Meijer wins GOP contest in 3rd

By David Eggert Aug. 03, 2020 11:37 PM EDT

This combo shows Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., walks Capitol Hill in Washington, on March 27, 2020, left, and Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., at the Capitol in Washington on March 28, 2017. A top House Democrat demanded an apology Tuesday, July 21, 2020, from Yoho who is accused of using a sexist slur after an angry encounter with Ocasio-Cortez. (AP Photo, File)
On House floor, Dem women call out abusive treatment by men

By Alan Fram Jul. 23, 2020 12:55 PM EDT

In this Thursday, April 30, 2020 photo, a billboard highlighting the 2020 Census is seen in Dearborn, Mich. The Arab American community checks many boxes that census and nonprofit officials say are hallmarks of the hardest-to-count communities: large numbers of young children, non-English speakers, recent immigrants and those who often live in multifamily or rental housing. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
Hard-to-count Arab Americans urged to prioritize census

By Jeff Karoub And Mike Householder May. 03, 2020 11:17 AM EDT

FILE - In this Dec. 19, 2019 file photo, Amani Al-Khatahtbeh, founder of Muslimgirl.com, sits in a Spotify recording studio as she and and a cohost record a pilot for her new potential podcast, in New York. After recently being threatened with Islamophobic and violent comments, the 27-year-old New Jersey congressional candidate was publicly supported by dozens of female leaders, including Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski, File)
Women leaders condemn threat against congressional candidate

By Luis Andres Henao Apr. 30, 2020 11:27 AM EDT