AP Online Headlines - Washington

A top White House official says a ninth U.S. telecoms firm has been confirmed to have been hacked as part of a sprawling Chinese espionage campaign that gave officials in Beijing access to private texts and phone conversations of an unknown number of Americans

The State Department says an American schoolteacher arrested in Russia on drug charges more than three years ago has been designated by the U.S. government as wrongfully detained

Most Americans believe health insurance profits and coverage denials share responsibility for the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO — although not as much as the person who pulled the trigger

U.S. officials say they asked for — and got — the retraction of an independent monitor's warning of imminent famine in north Gaza

U.S. officials say they asked for — and got — the retraction of an independent monitor's warning of imminent famine in north Gaza

Republicans in Congress plan to move quickly in their effort to overhaul the nation’s voting procedures, seeing an opportunity with control of the White House and both chambers of Congress

A lot of Americans, after an intense presidential election campaign, are looking for a break in political news

The fate of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet is still unclear after Republican senators spent much of December carefully dodging questions

President-elect Donald Trump says he'll “vigorously pursue” capital punishment after President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of most people on federal death row partly to stop Trump from pushing forward their executions

Former President Bill Clinton will be home for Christmas after being discharged from a Washington hospital where he was treated for the flu