The program known as PEPFAR is one of the most effective and popular U.S. foreign aid projects in history, and the government says it has saved the lives of over 25 million people around the world with HIV. But despite years of bipartisan support, PEPFAR has faced a severe threat as the Trump administration dismantles […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he was 鈥渉ighly unlikely鈥� to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, a public statement made less than 24 hours after suggesting in a private meeting that he was leaning in favor of dismissing the head of the nation’s central bank. Trump confirmed that in a White […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� President Donald Trump’s request to cancel about $9 billion in foreign aid and public broadcasting spending is nearing passage in the Senate, an action that would have a tiny impact on the nation’s rising debt but could have major ramifications for future spending fights in Congress. Spending bills generally need bipartisan support […]
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) 鈥� A Minnesota man plans to plead not guilty to charges he killed the top Democratic leader in the state House and her husband after wounding another lawmaker and his wife, his attorney said. Vance Boelter, 57, is due in federal court for his arraignment on Sept. 12 under an order issued late […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� A former senior aide to Jill Biden on Wednesday became the second person to invoke the Fifth Amendment and decline to answer questions from House Republicans who are investigating President Joe Biden’s mental state and use of the autopen while in office. Anthony Bernal, who previously served as chief of staff to […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) 鈥� A federal judge in Tennessee could rule Wednesday on whether to release Kilmar Abrego Garcia from jail to await trial on human smuggling charges, a decision that could allow President Donald Trump鈥檚 administration to try to deport the Maryland construction worker for a second time. Lawyers for the Justice Department have […]
NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� A former New York City interim police commissioner filed a civil racketeering lawsuit Wednesday against his one-time boss, Mayor Eric Adams, and other top department officials, alleging they showered loyalists with unearned promotions, buried allegations of misconduct and gratuitously punished whistleblowers. In a lawsuit filed in federal court, the ex-commissioner, Thomas […]
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) 鈥� At least two people have been wrongly charged under a Florida law that outlaws people living in the U.S. illegally from entering the state since a federal judge halted its enforcement, according to a report Florida’s attorney general is required to file as punishment for defying the judge’s ruling. Both men […]
President Donald Trump will welcome Bahrain Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa to the White House on Wednesday. It鈥檚 the latest example of how the president has courted Arab leaders from the Gulf, where Trump recently visited. The United States and Bahrain have signed an agreement that will pave the way for the two […]
NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� President Donald Trump is lashing out at his own supporters as he tries to clamp down on criticism over his administration’s handling of much-hyped records in the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking investigation, which Trump now calls a 鈥淗oax.鈥� 鈥淭heir new SCAM is what we will forever call the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax, […]
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland (AP) 鈥� President Donald Trump is not getting a British Open to the Turnberry course he owns in the near future, an issue the R&A’s new chief executive said Wednesday was more about transportation than politics. Turnberry is regarded as the most beautiful of the links on the Open rotation, set along […]
Two Republican senators and a broad bipartisan coalition of funders and nonprofits prevented a 600% increase in taxes levied on the endowments of the largest private foundations as part of President Donald Trump鈥檚 the tax and spending legislation. Thanks to their support, when Trump signed the bill into law on July 4, taxes went up […]
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) 鈥� The United States has sent five men to the small African nation of Eswatini in an expansion of the Trump administration’s third-country deportation program, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday. The U.S. has already deported eight men to another African nation, South Sudan, after the Supreme Court […]
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) 鈥� Dozens of Native American radio stations across the country vital to tribal communities will be at risk of going off the air if Congress cuts more than $1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, according to industry leaders. The U.S. Senate is set to vote this week on whether to […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� President Donald Trump says he has finally found a way to achieve his goal of removing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, accusing him of mismanaging the U.S. central bank鈥檚 $2.5 billion renovation project. The push comes after a monthslong campaign by Trump to try to rid himself of the politically independent central […]
Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday will head to the swing political turf of northeastern Pennsylvania to begin selling President Donald Trump鈥檚 sweeping budget-and-policy package in a working-class district that could see a ferocious congressional campaign next year. Vance, whose tiebreaking vote got the bill through the Senate, has promoted the bill鈥檚 passage as another […]
UNITED NATIONS (AP) 鈥� The United Kingdom, France and Germany have agreed to restore tough U.N. sanctions on Iran by the end of August if there has been no concrete progress on a nuclear deal, two European diplomats said Tuesday. The three countries’ ambassadors to the United Nations met Tuesday at Germany鈥檚 U.N. Mission to […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� A trio of cryptocurrency bills that had been expected to pass the House this week stalled on Tuesday after a bloc of Republicans unexpectedly joined with Democrats to prevent the legislation from coming up for debate and votes. The procedural snafu brought the House鈥檚 so-called 鈥渃rypto week鈥� to a standstill 鈥� and […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� President Donald Trump told reporters Tuesday that he plans to place tariffs of over 10% on smaller countries, including nations in Africa and the Caribbean. 鈥淲e鈥檒l probably set one tariff for all of them,鈥� Trump said, adding that it could be 鈥渁 little over 10% tariff鈥� on goods from at least 100 […]
PHOENIX (AP) 鈥� Democrats are latching on to the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, demanding records be released and trolling Republicans on social media, news shows and in the U.S. House as they revel in a rare fissure between President Donald Trump and his fiercely loyal base. Conspiracy theories over Epstein’s death in prison and potential evidence […]
SAN DIEGO (AP) 鈥� U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has moved to detain far more people than before by tapping a legal authority to jail anyone who entered the country illegally without allowing them a bond hearing. Todd Lyons, ICE’s acting director, wrote employees on July 8 that the agency was revisiting its 鈥渆xtraordinarily broad […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) 鈥� The Trump administration said Tuesday it is ending the deployment of 2,000 National Guard troops in Los Angeles. Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell announced the decision in a statement. Roughly 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines had been deployed. It wasn鈥檛 immediately clear how long the rest would stay in […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� Views of China and its leader, Xi Jinping, have improved in many countries worldwide, while those of the U.S. and President Donald Trump have deteriorated, according to a new survey of about two dozen countries by the Pew Research Center. Released Tuesday, the survey shows that international views of the two superpowers […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� House Republicans on Tuesday grilled the leaders of Georgetown University, the City University of New York and the University of California, Berkeley in the latest hearing on antisemitism in higher education, accusing the schools of failing to respond adequately to allegations of bias or discrimination. In their appearance before the House Committee […]
