Tag: Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018 photo, an Iraqi soldier watches smoke rising after an airstrike by US-led International coalition warplanes against ISIS, on the border between Syria and Iraq in Qaim, Anbar province, Iraq. More than a year after this Iraqi town was freed from the Islamic State group, booms from airstrikes still echo and columns of smoke are visible, rising beyond the earthen berms and concrete walls marking the border with Syria. On the other side, the fight is raging to capture one of the militant groupâs last enclaves.

National Security

After defeat in Iraq, ISIS fights on in last enclave in Syria

Associated Press · December 8, 2018 9:45 pm

Demonstrators run away from tear gas fired by riot police during clashes in Paris, France, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018. Crowds of protesters angry at President Emmanuel Macron and France's high taxes tried to converge on the presidential palace Saturday, some scuffling with police firing tear gas, amid exceptional security measures aimed at preventing a repeat of last week's rioting.

French police fire tear gas in Paris to halt angry protests

Associated Press · December 8, 2018 3:15 pm

In this Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018 photo, Iraqi soldiers stand guard with their weapons on the border crossing with Syria, in Qaim, Anbar province, Iraq. More than a year after this Iraqi town was freed from the Islamic State group, booms from airstrikes still echo and columns of smoke are visible, rising beyond the earthen berms and concrete walls marking the border with Syria. On the other side, the fight is raging to capture one of the militant groupâs last enclaves.

National Security

ISIS fights to hang on a year after defeat in Iraq

Associated Press · December 8, 2018 1:24 pm

People protest the legislature's extraordinary session during the official Christmas tree lighting ceremony at the Capitol in Madison, Wis., Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018. Demonstrators booed outgoing Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker on Tuesday during the Christmas tree-lighting ceremony, at times drowning out a high school choir with their own songs in protest of a Republican effort to gut the powers of his Democratic successor.

Wisconsin Senate passes bill limiting governor’s powers

Associated Press · December 5, 2018 2:02 pm

Flowers are placed at the foot of a statue of George H.W. Bush outside the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018, in College Station. Bush has died at age 94. Family spokesman Jim McGrath says Bush died shortly after 10 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30, 2018, about eight months after the death of his wife, Barbara Bush.

AP deletes controversial tweet on George H.W. Bush’s death

Daniel Chaitin · December 2, 2018 9:33 pm

Nate Silver sits on the stairs at Allegro hotel in downtown Chicago, Friday, Nov. 9, 2012.

Nate Silver rips Associated Press for ‘ass-covering’ after it retracts call in California House race

Daniel Chaitin · November 27, 2018 3:51 am

CNN reporter Jim Acosta had tweeted on Monday that his sources were telling him they viewed the conclusion of the partial government shutdown as a victory, and Acosta himself was not calling the move a win for the GOP.

Media bands together to back CNN and Jim Acosta in lawsuit against Trump

Melissa Quinn · November 14, 2018 6:54 pm

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses members of his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018.

Turkish president: Saudis plotted writer’s killing for days

Associated Press · October 23, 2018 1:31 pm

President Donald Trump talks to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House before departing for his Bedminster, N.J. golf club, Friday, July 5, 2019, in Washington.

Trump says ‘fake news’ Associated Press screwed up his election comment

Katelyn Caralle · October 17, 2018 12:31 pm

Pat Cipollone is pictured.

Trump confirms White House counsel Don McGahn’s successor

Katelyn Caralle · October 16, 2018 11:18 pm

Senate Armed Services Committee member Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. questions Navy Secretary nominee Richard Spencer on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 11, 2017, during Spencer's confirmation hearing before the committee.

Beltway Confidential

AP finds a way to make Elizabeth Warren’s disastrous DNA test into something negative about Trump

Becket Adams · October 16, 2018 7:18 pm

In this March 1, 2018, photo a rack displaying various models of semi-automatic sporting rifles is shown at Duke's Sport Shop in New Castle, Pa.

Beltway Confidential

Confirmed again: Journalists don’t understand firearms

Becket Adams · September 12, 2018 1:47 am