By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent BANGOR, Maine (AP) — Ever the optimist, Speaker Mike Johnson said he believes Republicans will hold on to their U.S. House majority, defying a surge of Democratic momentum in the final stretch of the midterm elections that will determine ...
By JULIE WATSON, GABRIELA AOUN ANGUEIRA and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Sixteen people were rescued from the Pacific Ocean off Mexico's Baja California coast on Friday after the U.S. Coast Guard responded to a mayday call reporting their boat was sinking. Another ...
By AMY TAXIN and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A fast-moving fire fueled by high winds burned at least six homes in Southern California on Friday, engulfing expensive coastal properties and prompting thousands to evacuate. Black smoke — visible from ...
By WILL WEISSERT and MEG KINNARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order that puts on hold a sweeping new sanctions package targeting the Russian economy, telling Congress the pause was in the national interest. Trump personally ...
By SAFIYAH RIDDLE and GENE JOHNSON Associated Press BEND, Ore. (AP) — In the middle of an October day, a 16-year-old boy tossed a shotgun over a low chain-link fence. Then he climbed over it himself. There was a playground and a broad grass field leading to an elementary school he ...
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorneys for Rep. Ilhan Omar asked the Justice Department on Friday to immediately return property that federal agents seized from her home this week, arguing that the search stemming from an immigration fraud investigation ...
