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FILE -Sen. Herb Kohl, D-Wis., makes a final appearance at the Wisconsin Democratic Convention in Appleton, Wis. on Saturday, June 9, 2012. Herb Kohl, a former Democratic U.S. senator from Wisconsin and former owner of the Milwaukee Bucks basketball team, has died, an email from his foundation said Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023.

Herb Kohl, chain-store scion turned U.S. senator, dies at 88

FILE -Sen. Herb Kohl, D-Wis., makes a final appearance at the Wisconsin Democratic Convention in Appleton, Wis. on Saturday, June 9, 2012. Herb Kohl, a former Democratic U.S. senator from Wisconsin and former owner of the Milwaukee Bucks basketball team, has died, an email from his foundation said Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023.

December 27, 2023, 6:59pm Business

Herbert Kohl, who ran his family’s eponymous retail and grocery stores before serving four terms as a Democratic U.S. senator, has died. He was 88. Read story

U.S. announces new weapons package for Ukraine, as funds dwindle and Congress is stalled on aid bill

December 27, 2023, 3:49pm Latest News

The U.S. on Wednesday announced what officials say could be the final package of military aid to Ukraine unless Congress approves supplemental funding legislation that is stalled on Capitol Hill. Read story

FILE - U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden attend the second and final presidential debate Oct. 22, 2020, at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn. Former President Donald Trump says he is eager to debate President Joe Biden, even if the debates are sponsored by the nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates. And he says he is open to debating a single Republican rival if a serious challenger emerges after the New Hampshire primary.

Americans sour on the primary election process and major political parties, an AP-NORC poll says

FILE - U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden attend the second and final presidential debate Oct. 22, 2020, at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn. Former President Donald Trump says he is eager to debate President Joe Biden, even if the debates are sponsored by the nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates. And he says he is open to debating a single Republican rival if a serious challenger emerges after the New Hampshire primary.

December 27, 2023, 1:52pm Latest News

With the GOP presidential primaries just about to start, many Republicans aren’t certain that votes will be counted correctly in their contest, as pessimism spreads about the future of both the Democratic and Republican parties, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Read story

FILE - President Joe Biden answers a reporter&rsquo;s question as he walks from Marine One upon arrival on the South Lawn of the White House, Dec. 20, 2023, in Washington. Biden ordered retaliatory strikes Monday, Dec. 25, against Iranian-backed militia groups after three U.S. servicemembers were injured in a drone attack in Northern Iraq.

Biden orders strikes on an Iranian-aligned group after 3 US troops injured in drone attack in Iraq

FILE - President Joe Biden answers a reporter&rsquo;s question as he walks from Marine One upon arrival on the South Lawn of the White House, Dec. 20, 2023, in Washington. Biden ordered retaliatory strikes Monday, Dec. 25, against Iranian-backed militia groups after three U.S. servicemembers were injured in a drone attack in Northern Iraq.

December 26, 2023, 7:40am Politics

President Joe Biden ordered the United States military to carry out retaliatory airstrikes against Iranian-backed militia groups after three U.S. service members were injured in a drone attack in northern Iraq. Read story

Biden orders strike on Iranian-aligned group after 3 U.S. troops injured in drone attack in Iraq

December 25, 2023, 7:51pm Latest News

President Joe Biden has ordered retaliatory strikes against Iranian-backed militia groups after three U.S. servicemembers injured in a drone attack in Northern Iraq. Read story

U.S., China tensions hurting academic ties, research

December 25, 2023, 3:50pm Nation & World

In the 1980s, Fu Xiangdong was a young Chinese virology student who came to the United States to study biochemistry. More than three decades later, he had a prestigious professorship in California and was conducting promising research on Parkinson’s disease. Read story

FILE - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, second from left, walks with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., left, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., right, at Capitol Hill on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023, in Washington. Congress broke for the holidays, not expected to return for two weeks while continued aid for Ukraine has nearly been exhausted.

As conflicts rage abroad, a fractured Congress tries to rally support for historic global challenges

FILE - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, second from left, walks with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., left, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., right, at Capitol Hill on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023, in Washington. Congress broke for the holidays, not expected to return for two weeks while continued aid for Ukraine has nearly been exhausted.

December 24, 2023, 4:45pm Nation & World

As the Senate wrapped up its work for the year, Sen. Michael Bennet took to the floor of the nearly empty chamber and made a late-night plea for Congress to redouble support for Ukraine: “Understand the stakes at this moment." Read story

FILE - Former President Donald Trump listens as he speaks with reporters while in flight on his plane after a campaign rally at Waco Regional Airport, in Waco, Texas, March 25, 2023, while en route to West Palm Beach, Fla. The Supreme Court said Friday, Dec. 22, that it will not immediately take up a plea by special counsel Jack Smith to rule on whether former President Donald Trump can be prosecuted for his actions to overturn the 2020 election results.

With the Supreme Court on sideline for now, Trump’s lawyers press immunity claims before lower court

FILE - Former President Donald Trump listens as he speaks with reporters while in flight on his plane after a campaign rally at Waco Regional Airport, in Waco, Texas, March 25, 2023, while en route to West Palm Beach, Fla. The Supreme Court said Friday, Dec. 22, that it will not immediately take up a plea by special counsel Jack Smith to rule on whether former President Donald Trump can be prosecuted for his actions to overturn the 2020 election results.

December 24, 2023, 12:05pm Latest News

Donald Trump was acting within his role as president when he pressed claims about “alleged fraud and irregularity” in the 2020 election, his lawyers told a federal appeals court in arguing that he is immune from prosecution. Read story

A North American military command is tracking Santa’s every move and kids can follow along

December 24, 2023, 11:38am Latest News

As children around the world eagerly await Santa’s arrival on Christmas, the military is closely tracking his every move. Read story

FILE - Reporters surround Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., as he walks out of the House chambers after the House met for the third day to elect a speaker and convene the 118th Congress in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023.

Punishing their own but passing few laws, a Congress in chaos leaves much to do in 2024

FILE - Reporters surround Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., as he walks out of the House chambers after the House met for the third day to elect a speaker and convene the 118th Congress in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023.

December 24, 2023, 6:00am Politics

This Congress started with showy bluster, a bitter 15-round, multi-day spectacle to elect a House speaker, a Republican who vowed to “never quit,” and then did just that. Read story