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Anti-science bills hit statehouses, stripping away public health protections built over a century

More than 420 anti-science bills attacking longstanding public health protections – vaccines, milk safety and fluoride – have been introduced in statehouses across the U.S. this year, part of an organized, politically savvy campaign to enshrine a conspiracy theory-driven agenda into law. An Associated Press investigation found that the wave of legislation has cropped up in most states, pushed by people with close ties […]

OCT. 22, 2025

Silicon Valley enabled brutal mass detention and surveillance in China, internal documents show

The body camera hung from the top of the IV drip, recording the slightest twitch made by Yang Guoliang as he lay bloody and paralyzed in a hospital bed after a police beating with bricks. By then, surveillance was nothing new for the Yang family in rural China, snared in an intricate network based on […]

SEPT. 9, 2025

US government allowed and even helped US firms sell tech used for surveillance in China, AP finds

U.S. lawmakers have tried four times since September last year to close what they called a glaring loophole: China is getting around export bans on the sale of powerful American AI chips by renting them through U.S. cloud services instead. But the proposals prompted a flurry of activity from more than 100 lobbyists from tech […]

OCT. 29, 2025

Statement on why AP deletes Clinton tweet

The Associated Press today is deleting a 2-week-old tweet about Hillary Clinton’s meetings as Cabinet secretary after concluding the tweet fell short of AP standards by omitting essential context.

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Action, uproar after AP exposes mistreatment of migrant kids

In a memo to staff, Managing Editor Brian Carovillano explained how members of AP’s award-winning immigration beat team used deep source work to reveal reports of neglected migrant children at a remote Border Patrol facility in Clint, Texas: 

Editorials criticize FBI’s impersonation

The FBI's recent admission that it fabricated an Associated Press story and impersonated an AP reporter during an investigation of bomb threats in the Seattle area continues to generate criticism of the agency's actions.

Securing video exclusives in Paris attack, Philippines plot

Quick thinking and persistence enabled The Associated Press to lead with its video coverage of terrorism on two continents in the same week: an attack on Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, and Islamic militants plotting an assault in the Philippines.

Reporter reveals disparity in state salaries

As the only news agency with reporters in all 50 statehouses across the country, The Associated Press is well-positioned to break important state government news. A recent report by an enterprising journalist in Minnesota revealed that 145 local officials earn more than the governor. A staff memo from Senior Managing Editor Michael Oreskes explains:

Calling the 2024 presidential race state by state

At 5:34 a.m. ET on Wednesday, The Associated Press declared Donald Trump the winner of the U.S. presidential race.

Zeina Karam named deputy Europe news director

In a memo to staff on Tuesday, Vice President and Head of Global News Gathering Paul Haven and News Director for Europe and Africa James Jordan announced a key appointment: