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El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele delivers his annual address to the nation before Congress, in San Salvador, El Salvador, Tuesday, June 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)
El Salvador president wants Bitcoin as legal tender

Jun. 06, 2021 01:18 AM EDT

President Joe Biden speaks about the economy, in the East Room of the White House, Monday, May 10, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
AP-NORC poll: Biden approval buoyed by his pandemic response

By Julie Pace And Hannah Fingerhut May. 10, 2021 08:02 AM EDT

President Joe Biden turns from the podium after speaking to a joint session of Congress Wednesday, April 28, 2021, in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)
More perilous phase ahead for Biden after his 1st 100 days

By Jonathan Lemire, Josh Boak And Zeke Miller May. 01, 2021 11:50 AM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2019, file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and China's President Xi Jinping shake hands prior to their talks on the sideline of the 11th edition of the BRICS Summit, in Brasilia, Brazil. Putin and Xi have developed strong personal ties helping bolster a “strategic partnership” between the two former Communist rivals. (Ramil Sitdikov/Sputnik, Kremlin/Pool Photo via AP, File)
Leaders of Russia and China tighten their grips, grow closer

By Vladimir Isachenkov And Ken Moritsugu Apr. 07, 2021 04:56 AM EDT

A new AP-NORC poll finds that about three-quarters of Americans approve of President Joe Biden's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, while only about 4 in 10 approve of his handling of immigration and border security.
AP-NORC poll: Biden bolstered by strong marks on pandemic

By Julie Pace And Emily Swanson Mar. 31, 2021 02:00 PM EDT

In this March 19, 2021, photo, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, leads President Joe Biden into the room for a COVID-19 briefing at the headquarters for the CDC Atlanta. Walensky is making an impassioned plea to Americans not to let their guard down in the fight against COVID-19. She warned on March 29 of a potential “fourth wave” of the virus. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Next slide, please: Inside wonky White House virus briefings

By Nancy Benac And Zeke Miller Mar. 30, 2021 04:31 PM EDT

Christian Democratic Union, CDU, party chairman and Prime Minister of federal state North Rhine-Westphalia, Armin Laschet speaks at the kick-off event of the participation campaign for the party's election platform at the party's headquarters in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, March 30, 2021. On Sunday, Sept.27, 2021 general elections planed in Germany. (Michael Kappeler/dpa via AP)
Leader of Merkel's party vows to boost German voters' trust

By Geir Moulson Mar. 30, 2021 06:43 AM EDT

Demonstrators show their support for Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro in front of the Planalto presidential palace, in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, March 29, 2021. President Bolsonaro has undertaken a cabinet reshuffle underscored by recent turmoil in his administration, and who has seen his approval ratings slide this year amid a raging new coronavirus pandemic that has taken the lives of more than 300,000 Brazilians. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Bolsonaro forced into Cabinet shuffle, changes top diplomat

By David Biller And Marcelo Silva De Sousa Mar. 29, 2021 07:05 PM EDT

President Joe Biden congratulates NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Mars 2020 Perseverance team for successfully landing on Mars during a virtual call in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, Thursday, March 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
AP-NORC poll: Americans largely back Biden's virus response

By Julie Pace And Emily Swanson Mar. 05, 2021 08:00 AM EST

FILE - In this March 26, 2020, file photo Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, left, and Dr. Amy Acton, director of the Ohio Department of Health, leave the State Room before their daily update on the states response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio. DeWine is ready to mark one year of fighting the coronavirus pandemic. It was 12 months ago Wednesday, March 3, 2021, that he laid down strict attendance limits on the annual Arnold Sports Festival in Columbus, which brings thousands of people to the capital city. (Joshua A. Bickel/The Columbus Dispatch via AP, File)
DeWine faces choppy political waters 1 year into pandemic

By Andrew Welsh-Huggins And Julie Carr Smyth Mar. 03, 2021 07:53 AM EST

President Joe Biden listens as Kizzmekia Corbett, an immunologist with the Vaccine Research Center at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), right, speaks during a visit at the Viral Pathogenesis Laboratory at the NIH, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021, in Bethesda, Md. NIH Director Francis Collins is at center. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
'Overwhelm the problem': Inside Biden’s war on COVID-19

By Zeke Miller Feb. 11, 2021 12:22 AM EST

A new AP-NORC poll finds nearly all Democrats and about a quarter of Republicans approve of President Joe Biden.
AP-NORC Poll: Americans open to Biden's approach to crises

By Julie Pace, Hannah Fingerhut And Nathan Ellgren Feb. 04, 2021 08:00 AM EST

FILE - In this Dec. 25, 2020, file photo, Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga adjusts a face mask after a press conference on the COVID-19 situation in Japan at the prime minister's office in Tokyo. Prime Minister Suga came to office on a surge of popularity, pledging to combat the coronavirus and fix the languishing economy. Now his support ratings have plunged amid flaring virus outbreaks and scandals within the ruling party, even as the economy appears to be recovering. (Nicolas Datiche/Pool Photo via AP, File)
Japan virus outbreaks, scandals sap public support for Suga

By Mari Yamaguchi Dec. 29, 2020 04:24 AM EST

A health worker checks a rapid kit to test for COVID-19 in Hyderabad, India, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
Asia Today: Japan, S.Korea set new daily records, mull steps

Dec. 12, 2020 10:30 PM EST

Montana Advanced Caregivers owner Richard Abromeit talks about different strains of marijuana stored in a refrigerator at the Billings, Mont., medical marijuana dispensary on Nov. 11, 2020. Recreational marijuana initiatives passed in four states this year, from liberal New Jersey to conservative Montana and South Dakota. The results prove how broadly accepted marijuana has become throughout the country and across party lines. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)
Americans across party lines, regions embrace marijuana

By Amy Beth Hanson Nov. 16, 2020 03:00 AM EST

As virus surges in Wisconsin, GOP leader open to more aid

By Scott Bauer Oct. 28, 2020 04:26 PM EDT
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Coronavirus cases that hit record highs this week in Wisconsin continued to soar on Wednesday, and a Republican legislative leader said he...

FILE- In this May 7, 2020, file photo, a closed sign posted on the front door of the closed Tarrant's Café restaurant in Richmond, Va. Enacting restrictions to prevent the spread of the coronavirus is more important than removing them to get the economy going, according to a majority of Virginia voters polled this month. A poll conducted by Hampton University and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that 62% think the biggest priority for their community is to prevent the coronavirus from spreading, even if it hurts the economy, while 35% said removing restrictions to help the economy, even if more people get the virus, is the bigger priority. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
Poll: Virginia voters say virus, not economy, most important

By Matthew Barakat Oct. 26, 2020 08:08 AM EDT

FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2020, file photo, Yoshihide Suga is applauded after being elected as Japan's new prime minister at parliament's lower house in Tokyo. Japan's new Prime Minister Suga heads to Vietnam and Indonesia on Sunday, Oct. 18, 2020, on his first overseas foray since taking over from his former boss Shinzo Abe last month. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)
Japan's pragmatic new PM pushes Abe's vision on SE Asia trip

By Mari Yamaguchi Oct. 17, 2020 08:45 PM EDT

President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Des Moines International Airport, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
AP-NORC poll: Americans critical of Trump handling of virus

By Julie Pace, Hannah Fingerhut And Nathan Ellgren Oct. 15, 2020 10:00 AM EDT

U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham speaks at a campaign event for U.S. House candidate Nancy Mace on Monday, Sept. 21, 2020, in North Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)
South Carolina's Graham, challenger to meet in 1st debate

By Meg Kinnard Oct. 02, 2020 07:23 PM EDT