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FILE - Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle attends a news conference, June 4, 2024, in Chicago.  Cheatle and the Secret Service are under intense scrutiny following an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump during a rally Saturday, July 13, in Pennsylvania. He was injured and people across the political spectrum are wondering how a gunman could get so close to the presumptive Republican presidential nominee when he was supposed to be carefully guarded.

Secret Service chief noted a ‘zero fail mission.’ After Trump rally, she’s facing calls to resign

FILE - Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle attends a news conference, June 4, 2024, in Chicago.  Cheatle and the Secret Service are under intense scrutiny following an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump during a rally Saturday, July 13, in Pennsylvania. He was injured and people across the political spectrum are wondering how a gunman could get so close to the presumptive Republican presidential nominee when he was supposed to be carefully guarded.

July 21, 2024, 4:58pm Nation & World

When Kimberly Cheatle led the Secret Service's operations to safeguard the American president and other dignitaries, she said she would talk to agents in training about the “awesome responsibility” of their job. Read story

Female giant panda Xiang Xiang, born in Japan&rsquo;s Ueno Zoo in 2017 and returned to China in 2023, enjoys a birthday treat June 12 at the Bifengxia Panda Base of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Ya&rsquo;an, China.

Panda diplomacy: Biggest winner in China’s loan program is the pandas themselves

Female giant panda Xiang Xiang, born in Japan&rsquo;s Ueno Zoo in 2017 and returned to China in 2023, enjoys a birthday treat June 12 at the Bifengxia Panda Base of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Ya&rsquo;an, China.

July 20, 2024, 6:03am Life

China’s panda diplomacy may have one true winner: the pandas themselves. Read story

President Barack Obama presents Vice President Joe Biden with the Presidential Medal of Freedom during a ceremony in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Jan. 12, 2017.

Obama’s dilemma: Balancing Democrats’ worry about Biden and maintaining influence with president

President Barack Obama presents Vice President Joe Biden with the Presidential Medal of Freedom during a ceremony in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Jan. 12, 2017.

July 19, 2024, 1:42pm Latest News

Former President Barack Obama has a delicate balance to strike: how to weigh the mounting opposition to President Joe Biden continuing his campaign with his loyalty to his former running mate. Read story

Vice President Kamala Harris arrives for an Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote Town Hall, Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Philadelphia.

Majority of Democrats think Kamala Harris would make a good president, AP-NORC poll shows

Vice President Kamala Harris arrives for an Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote Town Hall, Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Philadelphia.

July 19, 2024, 9:45am Politics

As President Joe Biden faces a growing drumbeat of pressure to drop his reelection bid, a majority of Democrats think his vice president would make a good president herself. Read story

Massachusetts lawmakers call on the Pentagon to ground the Osprey again until crash causes are fixed

July 19, 2024, 9:41am Politics

Three Massachusetts lawmakers are pressing Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to ground the V-22 Osprey aircraft again until the military can fix the root causes of multiple recent accidents, including a deadly crash in Japan. Read story

This June 3, 2022 still image taken from video provided by the Bethel Park School District shows student Thomas Matthew Crooks in the 2022 Bethel Park High School Commencement in Bethel Park, Pa.

Rally shooter had photos of Trump, Biden and other US officials on his phone, AP sources say

This June 3, 2022 still image taken from video provided by the Bethel Park School District shows student Thomas Matthew Crooks in the 2022 Bethel Park High School Commencement in Bethel Park, Pa.

July 18, 2024, 3:40pm Latest News

The 20-year-old Pennsylvania man who tried to assassinate Donald Trump had photos on his phone of the former Republican president, President Joe Biden and other officials, including Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI Director Chris Wray, according to two people familiar with the matter. Read story

FILE &mdash; Hunter Biden arrives at federal court with his wife, Melissa Cohen Biden, June 11, 2024, in Wilmington, Del.

Hunter Biden seeks dismissal of tax, gun cases, citing decision to toss Trump’s classified docs case

FILE &mdash; Hunter Biden arrives at federal court with his wife, Melissa Cohen Biden, June 11, 2024, in Wilmington, Del.

July 18, 2024, 3:09pm Nation & World

President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, asked a federal judge Thursday to dismiss tax and gun cases against him, citing a ruling in Florida this week that threw out a separate prosecution of former President Donald Trump. Read story

FILE - Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump arrives for a campaign rally, Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. Two very different conspiracy theories are spreading in the days following former Trump&rsquo;s attempted assassination. For some Trump supporters, the failure of the Secret Service to stop the shooter before he fired at Trump suggests a conspiracy orchestrated by President Joe Biden. For some Trump critics, however, the same video footage is being used to suggest Trump staged the shooting.

‘One screen, two movies’: Conflicting conspiracy theories emerge from the Trump rally shooting

FILE - Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump arrives for a campaign rally, Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. Two very different conspiracy theories are spreading in the days following former Trump&rsquo;s attempted assassination. For some Trump supporters, the failure of the Secret Service to stop the shooter before he fired at Trump suggests a conspiracy orchestrated by President Joe Biden. For some Trump critics, however, the same video footage is being used to suggest Trump staged the shooting.

July 18, 2024, 1:35pm Latest News

A former president is wounded in a shooting, the gunman quickly neutralized, and all of it is caught on camera. But for those who don’t believe their eyes, that’s just the start of the story. Read story

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks about student loan debt, April 8, 2024, in Madison, Wis. A federal appeals court has blocked the implementation of the Biden administration's student debt relief plan, which would have lowered monthly payments for millions of borrowers. In a ruling Thursday, July 18, the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals granted a request by a group of Republican-led states seeking to invalidate the administration's entire loan forgiveness program.

Federal appeals court blocks remainder of Biden’s student debt relief plan

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks about student loan debt, April 8, 2024, in Madison, Wis. A federal appeals court has blocked the implementation of the Biden administration's student debt relief plan, which would have lowered monthly payments for millions of borrowers. In a ruling Thursday, July 18, the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals granted a request by a group of Republican-led states seeking to invalidate the administration's entire loan forgiveness program.

July 18, 2024, 1:31pm Latest News

A federal appeals court blocked the implementation of the Biden administration's student debt relief plan, which would have lowered monthly payments for millions of borrowers. Read story

FILE - Bonnie Raitt arrives at the Billboard Women in Music Awards, March 2, 2022, at the YouTube Theater in Los Angeles. The 47th Kennedy Center class will be honored with an evening of tributes, testimonials and performances on Dec. 8 at Washington&rsquo;s John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

The Grateful Dead and Francis Ford Coppola are among the newest Kennedy Center Honors recipients

FILE - Bonnie Raitt arrives at the Billboard Women in Music Awards, March 2, 2022, at the YouTube Theater in Los Angeles. The 47th Kennedy Center class will be honored with an evening of tributes, testimonials and performances on Dec. 8 at Washington&rsquo;s John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

July 18, 2024, 8:36am Entertainment

An iconoclastic filmmaking legend and one of the world’s most enduring musical acts headline this year’s crop of Kennedy Center Honors recipients. Read story