Utah Democrats gather to select congressional nominees

In this April 10, 2017, file photo, Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams, right, listens during a committee hearing in Salt Lake City. Democrats in deep-red Utah are looking to McAdams to flip one of the state's four Republican-controlled congressional districts and help take control of the U.S. House.

Ex-con candidate compounding GOP woes in West Virginia

In this Jan. 18, 2018, file photo, former Massey CEO and West Virginia Republican Senatorial candidate, Don Blankenship, speaks during a town hall to kick off his campaign in Logan, W.Va. Blankenship doesn't care if his party and his president don't think he can beat Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin this fall.

White House: Jackson allegations not backed up by records

In this April 24, 2018, file photo, Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson, President Donald Trump's choice to be secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, leaves a Senate office building after meeting individually with some members of the committee that would vet him for the post, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

The Latest: Kobach aide calls Kansas House measure ‘flawed’

Kansas state Rep. Joe Seiwert, left, R-Pretty Prairie, confers with House Speaker Ron Ryckman Jr., right, R-Olathe, as Ryckman's chief of staff, Paje Resner, center, watches, Friday, April 27, 2018, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Lawmakers are considering budget measures and tax cuts.

Poll: Nikki Haley may be nation’s most broadly-approved official

Poll: Nikki Haley may be nation's most broadly-approved official - KXXV-TV News Channel 25 - Central Texas News and Weather for Waco, Temple, Killeen In this April 13, 2018, photo, Nikki Haley, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, speaks during a Security Council meeting at the United Nations. United Nations Ambassador and former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley might be the country's most respected official, according to a poll released this week.

Texas court preserves voter I.D. law

A Federal appellate court upheld a Texas voter identification law, thus reversing a lower court ruling that had found it allegedly discriminated against racial minorities. On Friday, a three-judge panel of the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals thus approved on a 2-1 vote Texas legislators' efforts to address faults previously found by the courts.

The Latest: Kansas House advances spending legislation

Kansas state Rep. Joe Seiwert, left, R-Pretty Prairie, confers with House Speaker Ron Ryckman Jr., right, R-Olathe, as Ryckman's chief of staff, Paje Resner, center, watches, Friday, April 27, 2018, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Lawmakers are considering budget measures and tax cuts.

Education group launches ballot initiative to tax wealthy

Ignored by the governor and GOP lawmakers, a coalition of teachers, parents and education advocates are taking their case for more state dollars for classrooms directly to voters even as Ducey and legislative leaders say they've reached a budget deal -- one that ignores those demands. An initiative filed Friday would put a surcharge on the earnings of individuals who earn more than $250,000 a year -- $500,000 for couples.

Abortion, Ten Commandments on Alabama’s ballot in November

Alabama voters will decide this November whether the state will become anti-abortion and will allow the Ten Commandments to be displayed on state property such as courts and schools. The two proposed constitutional amendments, passed by lawmakers during this year's legislative session, will appear as referendums on the general-election ballot.

Lawyer: Suspect in serial killing case being tried in press

T. Abbott, left, and John Lopes, right, from the Sacramento County Sheriff's crime scene investigation office, conference about boxes of evidence gathered from the home of murder suspect Joseph DeAngelo, Thursday, April 26,... . This undated photo released by the FBI shows a home invasion ransacking by an attacker who became known as the "East Area Rapist" at an unknown location in California.

Stefan Alexandru Barabas, 32, a native of Iasi, Romania, has an…

Stefan Alexandru Barabas, 32, a native of Iasi, Romania, has an active federal warrant for his arrest on the charges of attempt to interfere with commerce by extortion, conspiracy to interfere with commerce by extortion and possession of a stolen vehicle. less Stefan Alexandru Barabas, 32, a native of Iasi, Romania, has an active federal warrant for his arrest on the charges of attempt to interfere with commerce by extortion, conspiracy to interfere with commerce by ... more State police posted a flyer on social media Thursday, depicting a man wanted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an incident in Connecticut.

Here Are the Biggest Stories in American Politics This Week

Whether it was President Trump's first state dinner, the visits of two prominent European leaders, the withdrawal of the president's nominee to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs or a summit meeting between the leaders of North and South Korea, it was a big week in American politics and diplomacy. Here's a look back at what you might have missed.

Age discrimination act applies to outside job applicants: Court

A federal appeals court held Thursday that the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 applies to outside job applicants as well as current employees, in a ruling that disagrees with another circuit court on the issue. "We hold that protects both outside job applicants and current employees," said the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago in a 2-1 ruling in Dale E. Kleber v.

President Trump says of Comey: ‘He’s either very sick or very dumb’

President Donald Trump insists he "won't be involved" in any attempt to interfere with the investigation into Russian election meddling - unless he changes his mind. Trump also is renewing his attacks on James Comey, the FBI director he fired last year, accusing him of lying about Trump's trip to Moscow in 2013 that has received fresh scrutiny.