WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� President Donald Trump on Tuesday downplayed the possibility of sending Ukraine long-range weapons as Kyiv awaits an injection of U.S. weaponry that it hopes will help it beat back an intensifying Russian air offensive. Trump offered a more cautious tone on what to expect after he threatened Russia a day earlier with […]
The federal agency responsible for enforcing laws against workplace discrimination will allow some complaints filed by transgender workers to move forward, shifting course from earlier guidance that indefinitely stalled all such cases, according to an email obtained by The Associated Press. The email was sent earlier this month to leaders of the U.S. Equal Employment […]
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) 鈥� Attorney General Pam Bondi suggested Tuesday that she has no plans to step down as she dodged questions about Jeffrey Epstein and her clash with a top FBI official, seeking to press ahead with a business-as-usual approach in the face of right-wing outrage that has plunged the Justice Department into turmoil. […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� Six months into his second term, President Donald Trump has gotten almost everything he has wanted from the Supreme Court that he reshaped during his first. The justices, three of whom were appointed by Trump, have cleared the way for stripping legal protections from more than 1 million immigrants, firing thousands of […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he is pushing Texas Republicans to redraw the state’s congressional maps to create more House seats favorable to his party, part of a broader effort to help the GOP retain control of the chamber in next year鈥檚 midterm elections. The president鈥檚 directive signals part of the […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� Seventeen immigration court judges have been fired in recent days, according to the union that represents them, as the Trump administration pushes forward with its mass deportations of immigrants in the country. The International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, which represents immigration court judges as well as other professionals, said in […]
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) 鈥� A federal grand jury indicted a Minnesota man Tuesday on charges that he fatally shot a prominent Minnesota state representative and her husband and seriously wounded a state senator and his wife while he was allegedly disguised as a police officer. The indictment handed up lists murder, stalking and firearms charges against […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� The University of Michigan is under federal scrutiny after two Chinese scientists linked to the school were separately charged with smuggling biological materials into the United States. The Education Department on Tuesday opened an investigation into the university鈥檚 foreign funding, citing the pair of cases that were announced days apart in June. […]
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) 鈥� The Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida is seeking to join a federal lawsuit aimed at halting the construction and operation of a new immigration detention facility in the Everglades, which tribal members consider their sacred ancestral homelands. Miccosukee leaders had already condemned the makeshift compound of trailers and tents that […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� Tuesday’s special election for the Ward 8 seat on the D.C. Council will determine whether the council will turn the page on an awkward and embarrassing chapter or remain locked in an uncomfortable dynamic with a political figure whose popularity has rendered him almost impervious to scandal. Trayon White, the former Ward […]
MP Materials, which runs the only American rare earths mine, announced a new $500 million agreement with tech giant Apple on Tuesday to produce more of the powerful magnets used in iPhones as well as other high-tech products like electric vehicles. This news comes on the heels of last week鈥檚 announcement that the U.S. Defense […]
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) 鈥� Voters hoping to open up Pennsylvania’s closed primary system to independents asked the state Supreme Court on Tuesday to declare the current system violates the state constitution’s right to free and fair elections. Four independent voters asked the justices to take up the case directly, arguing that in many districts and […]
As Mike Waltz, President Donald Trump鈥檚 nominee for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, appears before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Tuesday for his confirmation hearing, focus returns to his ousting as national security adviser over what some referred to as 鈥淪ignalgate.鈥� The former Florida Republican congressman served mere weeks in Trump’s administration before revelations […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� Senate Republicans were exploring changes Tuesday to President Donald Trump’s request to cancel $9.4 billion in previously approved spending targeted by his Department of Government Efficiency, signaling potential difficulties ahead of an important test vote. The president is looking to claw back $1.1 billion of funding authority from the Corporation for Public […]
A federal judge barred the Trump administration from using its ban on travelers from some countries to keep 80 already-vetted refugees from entering the United States. In a decision late Monday, U.S. District Judge Jamal Whitehead in Seattle said President Donald Trump’s June order banning the entry of people from 12 countries 鈥渆xpressly states鈥� that […]
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) 鈥� South Carolina Republican Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette has kicked off her bid for governor in 2026, highlighting several years of what she considers pushing outgoing Gov. Henry McMaster鈥檚 agenda, and an already-formed connection with President Donald Trump. Evette, first elected as McMaster鈥檚 running mate in 2018, spoke to hundreds of supporters […]
NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� As his supporters erupt over the Justice Department鈥檚 failure to release much-hyped records in Jeffrey Epstein鈥檚 sex trafficking investigation, President Donald Trump鈥檚 strategy has been to downplay the issue. His problem? That nothing-to-see-here approach doesn鈥檛 work for those who have learned from him that they must not give up until the […]
GENEVA (AP) 鈥� A team of three independent experts working for the U.N.’s top human rights body with a focus on Israel and Palestinian areas say they are resigning, citing personal reasons and a need for change. The resignations, announced Monday by the U.N.-backed Human Rights Council that set up the team, come as violence […]
TOKYO (AP) 鈥� Asian shares were mostly lower in early Tuesday trading, as worries about President Donald Trump鈥檚 latest updates to his tariffs weighed on investor sentiments. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 rose 0.1% in morning trading to 39,507.28. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 added 0.4% to 8,602.70. South Korea’s Kospi edged down 0.2% to 3,195.72. Hong Kong’s […]
UNITED NATIONS (AP) 鈥� Mike Waltz, President Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, will face questioning from lawmakers Tuesday for the first time since he was ousted as national security adviser in the weeks after he mistakenly added a journalist to a private Signal chat used to discuss sensitive military plans. […]
ATLANTA (AP) 鈥� Immigration authorities are demanding that landlords turn over leases, rental applications, forwarding addresses, identification cards and other information on their tenants, a sign that the Trump administration is targeting them to assist in its drive for mass deportations. Eric Teusink, an Atlanta-area real estate attorney, said several clients recently received subpoenas asking […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� President Donald Trump and Sen. David McCormick of Pennsylvania will jointly announce roughly $70 billion of energy investments in the state Tuesday as the president travels to Pittsburgh for a conference with dozens of top executives to promote his energy and technology agenda. The Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit will be held […]
BANGKOK (AP) 鈥� Nvidia鈥檚 CEO Jensen Huang says the technology giant has won approval from the Trump administration to sell its advanced H20 computer chips used to develop artificial intelligence to China. The news came in a company blog post late Monday and Huang also spoke about the coup on China鈥檚 state-run CGTN television network […]
ATLANTA (AP) 鈥� Voters head to the polls Tuesday to choose a Democratic nominee for one of the posts on the Georgia Public Service Commission, which oversees utilities including Georgia Power Co. Keisha Waites and Peter Hubbard are competing in a runoff after neither won a majority on June 17. Waites finished first and Hubbard […]
