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Updates to AP’s Washington bureau

In a memo to staff Wednesday, AP Washington Bureau Chief Anna Johnson announced a pair of key promotions:   I am excited to announce two important promotions for two fantastic AP journalists: Zeke Miller is Washington’s deputy bureau chief for reporting teams and Tia Goldenberg is the bureau’s government policy and impact editor. As a […]

US government worked against itself to let Marine adopt Afghan girl, documents obtained by AP show

In one of the most revealing stories of the year, investigative reporters Juliet Linderman and Claire Galofaro spent three years fighting to unseal court records in a secretive Virginia adoption case involving a U.S. Marine and an Afghan war orphan — and uncovered how the U.S. government enabled an adoption process riddled with legal and […]

FEB. 13, 2026

Suicides in the US military increased in 2023, continuing a long-term trend

WASHINGTON (AP) — Suicides in the U.S. military increased in 2023, continuing a long-term trend that the Pentagon has struggled to abate, according to a Defense Department report released on Thursday. The increase is a bit of a setback after the deaths dipped slightly the previous year. The number of suicides and the rate per […]

NOV. 14, 2024

FIFA confirms Saudi Arabia as 2034 World Cup host despite human rights concerns

ZURICH (AP) — Saudi Arabia was officially confirmed Wednesday by FIFA as host of the 2034 World Cup in men’s soccer, giving the oil-rich kingdom its biggest prize yet for massive spending on global sports driven by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The Saudi bid was the only candidate and was acclaimed by the applause […]

DEC. 11, 2024

South Korea lifts president’s martial law decree after lawmakers reject military rule

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The president of South Korea early Wednesday lifted the martial law he imposed on the country hours earlier, bending to political pressure after a tense night in which troops surrounded parliament and lawmakers voted to reject military rule. President Yoon Suk Yeol, who appeared likely to be impeached over his […]

DEC. 3, 2024

Food prices worried most voters, but Trump’s plans likely won’t lower their grocery bills

Americans are fed up with the price of food, and many are looking to President-elect Donald Trump to lower their grocery bills. Trump often railed on the campaign trail against hefty price increases for bacon, cereal, crackers and other items. “We’ll get them down,” he told shoppers during a September visit to a Pennsylvania grocery […]

NOV. 14, 2024

The $1 billion Grand Egyptian Museum opens to the public

The Grand Egyptian Museum opened its doors to the public on Tuesday after an extravagant inaugural ceremony attended by royals and heads of state. The $1 billion megaproject has been promoted as the world’s largest museum dedicated to a single civilization, with nearly 50,000 artifacts. For the first time, visitors can marvel at the collection of treasures […]

NOV. 4, 2025

Additions to US News team

U.S. News Director Josh Hoffner announced Monday that several reporters, including visual journalists, are joining AP’s U.S. News reporting team, comprising journalists in all 50 states.   Here is his memo to staff:  We have three new team members joining U.S. News, and I wanted to send a quick note introducing them. We are thrilled […]

As Ukrainian POWs die in Russian prisons, autopsies point to a system of brutality

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — “Everything will be all right.” Ukrainian soldier Serhii Hryhoriev said this so often during brief phone calls from the front that his wife and two daughters took it to heart. His younger daughter, Oksana, tattooed the phrase on her wrist as a talisman. Even after Hryhoriev was captured by the Russian […]

MAY 27, 2025

Donald Trump said he wants to ban trans athletes from competing. The reality is more nuanced

One of President-elect Donald Trump ‘s most popular talking points during his campaign centered on the future of transgender athletes. Trump revisited the topic multiple times in the months and weeks before the election, suggesting at his rallies that one of the goals of his second term would be to “keep men out of women’s […]

DEC. 18, 2024

Conservatives love him. Liberals disdain him. For residents of Maine town, it’s more complicated

NORTHEAST HARBOR, Maine (AP) — When Donald Trump was elected president earlier this month, Caroline Pryor’s mind turned immediately to the man who lives down the road — Leonard Leo. Few people in America have done more to advance conservative causes than Leo. Years ago, the then-unknown conservative lawyer began executing a plan that has […]

NOV. 27, 2024

AP finds that a Pentagon-funded study on extremism in the military relied on old data

Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Defense, sat in front of a screen with the headline: “Study Disproves Military Extremism Problem.” It was Jan. 4 of this year and Hegseth told a Fox News audience the new study proved that the number of military service members and veterans involved in the […]

NOV. 26, 2024