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Pence fought an order to testify but now is a central figure in his former boss's indictment 08/02/2023 08:57pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Mike Pence fought the Department of Justice in court to try to avoid testifying against his former boss. But the former vice president plays a central role in a new federal indictment unsealed Tuesday that outlines the first criminal charges against Donald Trump connected to his ef Prosecutors may be aiming for quick Trump trial by not naming alleged conspirators, experts say 08/02/2023 08:01pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — By not naming or charging six alleged co-conspirators in the indictment this week of former President Donald Trump, federal prosecutors may be signaling their desire to expeditiously put the Republican presidential front-runner on trial for seeking to overturn the 2020 election. American fugitive who faked his death can be extradited to US to face rape charge, UK judge says 08/02/2023 03:44pm • LONDON (AP) — An American fugitive accused of faking his own death to avoid a rape charge in Utah can be extradited to the U.S., a judge in Scotland ruled Wednesday, calling the man “as dishonest and deceitful as he is evasive and manipulative.” The wanted man known in Scotland as Nicholas Ro Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 08/02/2023 01:53pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov Republican National Committee boosts polling and fundraising thresholds to qualify for 2nd debate 08/02/2023 11:50am • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Some Republican presidential candidates haven't yet met polling and fundraising thresholds for the first debate of the 2024 cycle, and now the qualifications for making it to the second one will be even higher. To get to the second debate, scheduled for Sept. 27 at the Ronald Trump indicted for efforts to overturn 2020 election and block transfer of power 08/02/2023 10:10am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump was indicted on felony charges Tuesday for working to overturn the results of the 2020 election in the run-up to the violent riot by his supporters at the U.S. Capitol, with the Justice Department acting to hold him accountable for an unprecedented effort to block th Takeaways from the Trump indictment that alleges a campaign of 'fraud and deceit' 08/02/2023 12:04am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal indictment of Donald Trump on Tuesday marks the first time that the former president has been formally held accountable for his efforts to overturn his 2020 election defeat. And it adds new details to what was already known about his actions, and those of his key alli The election-meddling indictment against Trump is sprawling. Here's a breakdown of the case 08/01/2023 10:56pm • Donald Trump for years has promoted baseless claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him. In truth, Trump was the one who tried to steal the election, federal prosecutors said Tuesday in a sprawling indictment that paints the former president as desperate to cling to power he knew had been str Mar-a-Lago property manager is the latest in a line of Trump staffers ensnared in his legal turmoil 08/01/2023 10:44am • NEW YORK (AP) — A longtime Mar-a-Lago staffer who spent years fetching luxury cars for wealthy club members is the latest person to be ensnared in former President Donald Trump's ballooning legal troubles. Carlos De Oliveira appeared in court Monday to face charges connected to what prosecutors al Trump attempt to derail Georgia election investigation rejected by judge 07/31/2023 08:24pm • ATLANTA (AP) — A judge on Monday rejected an attempt by former President Donald Trump to keep a Georgia district attorney from prosecuting him and from using certain evidence gathered in her investigation into potential illegal meddling in the 2020 election in the state. Fulton County Superior Cou Kimberly Palmer: How to stay safe from financial scams 07/31/2023 11:08am • One of the biggest mistakes you can make when it comes to protecting yourself from financial scams is thinking you’re too smart to be duped by one. “We’re all vulnerable — we can all fall for a scam given the right set of circumstances,” says Eva Velasquez, president and CEO of the Identit Trump could be indicted soon in Georgia. Here's a look at that investigation 07/31/2023 11:07am • ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia prosecutor is expected to seek a grand jury indictment in the coming weeks in her investigation into efforts by Donald Trump and his Republican allies to overturn the then-president's 2020 election loss. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis began investigating more Rapper G Herbo pleads guilty in credit card fraud that paid for private jets and designer puppies 07/28/2023 04:36pm • The rapper G Herbo pleaded guilty Friday to his role in a scheme that used stolen credit card information to pay for a lavish lifestyle including private jets, exotic car rentals, a luxury vacation rental and even expensive designer puppies. Under a deal with prosecutors, the 27-year-old Chicago ra Maryland political aide died after 2 gunshot wounds, one self-inflicted 07/28/2023 02:40pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A former Maryland political aide who failed to appear for his trial on federal corruption charges died after suffering two gunshot wounds — one of them self-inflicted — as FBI agents closed in on him in Tennessee, according to an autopsy report made public Friday. Authori Judge orders release of 3 of 'Newburgh Four' and assails FBI's role in a post-9/11 terror sting 07/28/2023 12:53am • NEW YORK (AP) — Three men convicted in a post-9/11 terrorism sting have been ordered freed from prison by a judge who deemed their lengthy sentences “unduly harsh and unjust” and decried the FBI's role in radicalizing them in a plot to blow up New York synagogues and shoot down National Guard