HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — President Donald Trump says he doesn’t think North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was involved in the mistreatment of American college student Otto Warmbier (WARM’-beer), who died after being detained in the isolated country. Trump says of Kim: “He tells me that he didn’t know about it, and I will take Read more about Trump: I don’t think NK’s Kim had role in US student’s death[…]

The Latest on the Democratic presidential candidates (all times local): 10:40 a.m. Sen. Cory Booker is kicking off his first visit to New Hampshire with a personal touch, sharing his family’s story with about 100 voters in the Democratic-leaning town of Portsmouth. Booker is one of five sitting Democratic senators already running in the jam-packed Read more about The Latest: Booker kicks off first visit to New Hampshire[…]

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Top defense officials toured sections of the U.S.-Mexico border Saturday to see how the military could reinforce efforts to block drug smugging and other illegal activity, as the Pentagon weighs diverting billions of dollars for President Donald Trump’s border wall. Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan, accompanied by the Joint Chiefs Read more about Pentagon chief getting firsthand look at US-Mexico border[…]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Donald Trump will declare a national emergency and take other executive action to allow construction of the president’s long-promised southern border wall, after bipartisan congressional negotiations provided less than a quarter of the $5.7 billion Trump wanted to start building more than 200 miles of wall. There Read more about AP Explains: Can Trump declare emergency to build his wall?[…]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen (all times local): 3:40 p.m. The Florida Bar has opened an investigation into a U.S. congressman from Florida after it received a complaint about a taunting tweet he made hours before Presidnet Donald Trump’s former attorney, Michael Cohen, testified before a Read more about The Latest: Florida Bar opens probe into Gaetz tweet[…]

The Latest on the presidential candidates (all times EST): 8:50 p.m. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is stopping short of agreeing with fellow New York Democrat Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez’s comments celebrating Amazon’s plans to cancel building a second headquarters in the state. A freshman House member, Ocasio-Cortez hailed the cancellation as a day “dedicated, everyday New Yorkers and Read more about The Latest: Gillibrand says Amazon deal was ‘outrageous’[…]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seemed inclined Wednesday to rule that a 40-foot-tall cross that stands on public land in Maryland is constitutional, but shy away from a sweeping ruling. The case is being closely watched because it involves the place of religious symbols in public life, but the particular memorial at issue in Read more about Supreme Court seems inclined to retain cross on public land[…]

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The Latest on the summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (all times local): 7:45 p.m. The White House is restricting press access to President Donald Trump’s summit in Vietnam with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un. Four print reporters, including one from The Associated Press, were Read more about The Latest: Press access to Trump restricted at Kim meeting[…]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Robert Mueller’s sentencing memorandum for former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was not publicly available late Friday, suggesting the document may still be under seal. Mueller’s team was to have weighed in by the end of the day on Manafort’s punishment in one of his two criminal cases. But the Read more about Mueller sentencing memo in Manafort case not yet public[…]

The sprawling field of Democratic presidential hopefuls is on the move — to places other than the traditional early voting states of Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire and South Carolina. Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren has hopscotched from Puerto Rico to Georgia, where she met with rising Democratic star Stacey Abrams. Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar stopped in Read more about Expanding the map: 2020 Dems push past early voting states[…]