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GOP

Wisconsin’s Walker exits ’16 race with harsh words for Trump

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Warning that the Republican presidential race has become too nasty, Scott Walker exited the 2016 campaign on Monday and urged others to quit, too, and "clear the field" so someone can emerge to take down front-runner Donald Trump. The announcement marked a dramatic fall for

Abortion

Planned Parenthood and government shutdown: Things to know

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Republicans are racing to avert a government shutdown next week when the budget year ends and a temporary funding bill is required to keep agencies operating. But the once-routine job of passing a stopgap measure known as a continuing resolution has been drawn into a battle over

Democratic primary

A woman on the ticket?

The question dogs any woman who writes about politics: "Don't you want to see the first woman elected president of the United States?" The unstated premise, always obvious, is that you are some sort of traitor to your sex if your hand isn't itching

terrorism

UN agency: Iran’s role in nuclear probe meets standards

VIENNA (AP) — The chief of the U.N. nuclear agency acknowledged Monday that samples used to determine whether Iran tried to develop a nuclear weapon were collected by the Iranians instead of agency experts, but insisted the probe stands up to strict agency standards. Such sampling of soil, air or

Catholic

Francis in Cuba: The whole world is watching

The eyes of the world will be on Pope Francis as he arrives in Cuba on Saturday to begin the first leg of his apostolic journey to North America. That the pontiff plans to visit the hemisphere's only one-party communist country just before he arrives in the U.

Fidel Castro

US mulls abstention on Cuba embargo vote at UN

Written by Bradley Klapper and Matthew Lee WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, the United States may be willing to accept a United Nations condemnation of the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba without a fight, The Associated Press has learned.

Donald Trump

GOP wants to broaden appeal; will candidates get in the way?

Written by Kevin Freking and Julie Pace WASHINGTON (AP) — Anyone in America can grow up to be president, as the saying goes — unless you happen to be a Muslim, a leading Republican presidential candidate believes.

Catholic

GOP candidate Carson: Muslim shouldn’t be elected president

Written by Hope Yen WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson says Islam is antithetical to the Constitution, and he doesn't believe that a Muslim should be elected president.