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This Jan. 10. 2021 image provided but the Youngkin for Governor campaign shows Glenn Youngkin in Richmond, Va. The GOP gubernatorial candidate will be chosen during the party's May 8 nominating convention. (Kate Magee Joyce/Youngkin for Governor Campaign via AP)
GOP seeks a candidate that can end its exile in Virginia

By Matthew Barakat And Bill Barrow May. 07, 2021 04:11 PM EDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, March 25, 2015 file photo, StoryCorps founder Dave Isay holds a smartphone in the Brooklyn borough of New York. One Small Step, which Isay established in 2018, is among a growing number of nonprofit initiatives whose aim is to narrow America's increasingly toxic political divide. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
A key to bridging the political divide: Sit down and talk?

By Glenn Gamboa Mar. 29, 2021 10:51 AM EDT

Today in History

By The Associated Press Feb. 26, 2021 12:00 AM EST
Today in History Today is Friday, Feb. 26, the 57th day of 2021. There are 308 days left in the year. Today’s...

In this Jan. 26, 2021, image from video, Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., the president pro tempore of the Senate, who is presiding over the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, swears in members of the Senate for the impeachment trial at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (Senate Television via AP)
EXPLAINER: What's ahead as Trump impeachment trial begins

By Mary Clare Jalonick Feb. 09, 2021 12:17 AM EST

In this Jan. 26, 2021, image from video, Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., the president pro tempore of the Senate, who is presiding over the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, swears in members of the Senate for the impeachment trial at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (Senate Television via AP)
EXPLAINER: What's ahead as Trump impeachment trial begins

By Mary Clare Jalonick Feb. 08, 2021 05:57 PM EST

Bill would support partnerships to train people for jobs

Jan. 26, 2021 12:35 PM EST
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire has introduced her first bill in the new congressional session, an act that would provide grants...

FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2020 file photo, former ecretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack speaks at a campaign stop for Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden at the LOFT on Jefferson, in Burlington, Iowa. President-elect Joe Biden has selected Vilsack to reprise that role in his administration. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
Tom Vilsack faces new challenges as he returns to old job

By Mary Clare Jalonick And Thomas Beaumont Dec. 12, 2020 12:10 AM EST

President Donald Trump tosses a cap during a campaign stop in Waterford Township, Mich., Friday Oct. 30, 2020. (Nicole Hester/Ann Arbor News via AP)
After year of disruption, America set to choose a path ahead

By Julie Pace Oct. 31, 2020 08:34 AM EDT

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at Michigan State Fairgrounds in Novi, Mich., Friday, Oct. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Biden's lessons learned: spending time, money in Midwest

By Thomas Beaumont Oct. 21, 2020 11:35 AM EDT

Graphic shows process for confirming Supreme Court justices.;
Trump caps judiciary remake with choice of Barrett for court

By Zeke Miller, Lisa Mascaro And Mary Clare Jalonick Sep. 27, 2020 12:08 AM EDT

FILE - In this May 3, 2020 photo, the setting sun shines on the Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
The Latest: Graham: Court vote could be week before election

Sep. 26, 2020 06:24 PM EDT

Graphic shows process for confirming Supreme Court justices.;
Trump taps 'eminently qualified' Barrett for Supreme Court

By Zeke Miller, Lisa Mascaro And Mary Clare Jalonick Sep. 26, 2020 04:12 PM EDT

Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden walks from the podium after speaking at the Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020, about the Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Biden to focus on health care in Supreme Court debate

By Alexandra Jaffe Sep. 20, 2020 01:26 PM EDT

FILE - In this Aug. 31, 2019, file photo, the Big Ten logo is displayed on the field before an NCAA college football game between Iowa and Miami of Ohio in Iowa City, Iowa. Big Ten presidents voted 11-3 to postpone the football season until spring, bringing some clarity to a key question raised in a lawsuit brought by a group of Nebraska football players. The vote breakdown was revealed Monday, Aug. 31, 2020, in the Big Ten's court filing in response to the lawsuit. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
School leader: B1G football on hold until questions answered

By Ralph D. Russo Sep. 15, 2020 02:38 PM EDT

Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Harris' mostly virtual campaign to get Wisconsin road test

By Kathleen Ronayne Sep. 05, 2020 09:40 AM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2015, file photo, Vice President Joe Biden administers the Senate oath to Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., as Coons' wife, Annie Coons, watches during a ceremonial re-enactment swearing-in, in the Old Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington. When Coons speaks to the Democratic National Convention on Thursday, Aug. 20, before Biden’s speech accepting the party’s presidential nomination, his remarks will focus on faith — attesting in highly personal fashion to his longtime friend’s belief in God. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
Biden friend Sen. Coons to elevate faith on convention stage

By Elana Schor Aug. 20, 2020 01:06 AM EDT

FILE - In this July 28, 2020, file photo, Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event in Wilmington, Del. Despite all the secrecy, the speculation and the fierce jockeying behind the scenes, presidential running mates rarely sway an election. But as the political world awaits the imminent announcement of Biden’s vice presidential pick, there is a real sense among his allies and adversaries that this decision may matter more in 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
Why choice of running mate matters more than usual this year

By Steve Peoples And Alexandra Jaffe Aug. 10, 2020 07:35 AM EDT

FILE- In this Jan. 12, 2017 file photo State Sen. Jennifer McClellan, D-Richmond, smiles as she is applauded by members of the Virginia House of Delegates during a warm send-off from the chambers at the Capitol in Richmond, Va. McClellan announced Thursday, June 18, 2020 that she's launching a bid to be the state's next governor, which if successful would make her the nation's first ever African-American woman to ever lead a state. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
Democrat McClellan announces bid to be Virginia governor

By Alan Suderman Jun. 18, 2020 07:07 AM EDT

Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., left, and Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., greet each other with an elbow bump before the Senate Committee for Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing, Tuesday, May 12, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington. Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is to testify before the committee. (Win McNamee/Pool via AP)
Sen. Kaine tests positive for coronoavirus antibody test

May. 28, 2020 12:03 PM EDT

In this May 7, 2020, photo, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks via teleconference during a Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on new coronavirus tests on Capitol Hill in Washington. The coronavirus is reaching into the lives of Congress as lawmakers debate the nation's recovery. Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren's brother died from the virus. Florida congressman Mario Diaz-Balart contracted it. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)
Feeling your pain? Virus reaches into the lives of Congress

By Laurie Kellman May. 09, 2020 01:06 AM EDT