PHOENIX (AP) 鈥� Voters in southern Arizona are selecting nominees Tuesday to succeed the late U.S. Rep. Ra煤l Grijalva, who was one of the most senior and progressive power brokers on Capitol Hill. His death in March left the seat wide open for the first time in over two decades. Grijalva was a champion of […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� The Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump鈥檚 first judicial pick of his second term, voting to approve Whitney Hermandorfer as a judge for the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The confirmation of Hermandorfer, who worked for Tennessee鈥檚 attorney general, comes after the Democratic-led Senate under former President Joe Biden confirmed 235 […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie has stockpiled more than $1.7 million for his re-election bid as the Kentucky Republican gears up to face President Donald Trump’s vaunted political operation, Massie’s campaign announced Monday. Massie was one of two House Republicans to vote against Trump’s massive tax bill and he said Trump lacked authority […]
Federal authorities now say they arrested more than 360 people at two Southern California marijuana farms last week, characterizing the raids as one of the largest operations since President Donald Trump took office in January. One farmworker died after falling from a greenhouse roof during the chaotic raids on Thursday after the Department of Homeland […]
NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� The lights are on at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau across the street from the White House, and employees still get paid. But, in practice, the bureau has been mostly inoperable for nearly six months. CFPB employees say they essentially spend the workday sitting on their hands, forbidden from doing any […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� President Donald Trump has endorsed a plan to have European allies buy billions of dollars worth of U.S. military equipment that can be transferred to Ukraine as Kyiv looks for way to better defend itself against intensified Russian attacks. Trump announced the effort Monday during an Oval Office meeting with NATO Secretary-General […]
Ninety trade deals in 90 days didn’t happen early in President Donald Trump’s second term. 鈥淟iberation Day鈥� panicked the financial markets in April. And bespoke trade agreements with dozens of countries, he has said, takes too much time. 鈥淭here鈥檚 200 countries,鈥欌�� the president acknowledged. 鈥淵ou can鈥檛 talk to all of them.鈥欌�� So Trump repackaged his […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for the Trump administration to continue unwinding the Education Department, allowing it to move ahead with mass layoffs and a plan to outsource the department鈥檚 operations to other agencies. The justices paused a lower court order that had halted nearly 1,400 layoffs and had […]
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ July 11 The Washington Post says the costs of Trump’s tariffs have become more clear To many Americans, President Donald Trump鈥檚 tariffs might seem costless. That鈥檚 because it takes time for them to ripple through the economy. This was the week that the tariff […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� Temporary measures that allowed nearly 12,000 Afghans to work in the U.S. and be protected from deportation are expiring Monday as part of the Trump administration’s efforts to make more people eligible for removal from the country. The Department of Homeland Security in May said it was ending Temporary Protected Status for […]
A broken promise to release more information about the Jeffrey Epstein case has sparked outrage among some of President Donald Trump鈥檚 loyal supporters. The Justice Department last week said Epstein, who was facing charges of sex trafficking, did not leave behind a 鈥渃lient list.鈥� Attorney General Pam Bondi suggested in February it was on her […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� The Supreme Court is allowing President Donald Trump to put his plan to dismantle the Education Department back on track and go through with laying off nearly 1,400 employees. With the three liberal justices in dissent, the court on Monday paused an order from U.S. District Judge Myong Joun in Boston, who […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� President Donald Trump’s foreign aid cuts, tariffs on allies and restrictions on international students have 鈥渄eeply鈥� undermined America’s ability to compete with China, Senate Democrats say. In a report released Monday, Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee called for congressional action toward restoring the country’s global reputation and influence to ensure […]
NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he will campaign for mayor of New York City as an independent candidate, staying in a crowded field running against surging left-wing Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani.
MILWAUKEE (AP) 鈥� A Milwaukee man has pleaded guilty to carrying a concealed pistol outside the Republican National Convention’s security perimeter last year. Federal agents stopped Donnell Tinsley as he was walking near the convention’s security zone on the gathering’s first day in July 2024, according to a criminal complaint. Tinsley was wearing black pants […]
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) 鈥� Another former Republican lawmaker and ally of Gov. Ron DeSantis is officially taking the helm of one of Florida’s public universities. Manny Diaz, who DeSantis previously appointed to be his state commissioner of education, started his first day on the job Monday as the interim president of the University of West […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has asked an inspector general to review the cost of the central bank’s building renovations that White House officials have attacked as 鈥渙stentatious.鈥� A spokesperson for the inspector general, an independent watchdog, confirmed the request and declined further comment. The request was previously reported by CNBC. The […]
U.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly said during his campaign that, if elected to a second term, he would be able to end the war between Russia and Ukraine 鈥渋n 24 hours.鈥� But since his Jan. 20 inauguration, the road to a peace deal has been fraught with changing dynamics between the U.S. leader, Ukrainian President […]
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte will be in Washington today and tomorrow for talks with President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as well as members of Congress. Trump said Russian President Vladimir Putin 鈥溾�檛alks nice and then he bombs everybody” as he confirmed the U.S. is sending Patriot missiles […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� Senate Republicans will test the popularity of Department of Government Efficiency spending cuts this week by aiming to pass President Donald Trump鈥檚 request to claw back $9.4 billion in public media and foreign aid spending. Senate Democrats are trying to kill the measure but need a few Republicans uncomfortable with the president’s […]
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) 鈥� After driving through a downpour to take her son to day camp, Darleen Reyes told camp administrators the rain would have kept her away but her son insisted on going. As she marked her son’s name present on a clipboard at the Boys and Girls Club camp, she laughed about […]
BRUSSELS (AP) 鈥� European trade ministers are meeting in Brussels on Monday, following U.S. President Donald Trump鈥檚 surprise announcement of 30% tariffs on the European Union. The EU is America鈥檚 biggest business partner and the world鈥檚 largest trading bloc. The U.S. decision will have repercussions for governments, companies and consumers on both sides of the […]
BANGKOK (AP) 鈥� Shares were mixed in Asia on Monday after the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq composite edged away from the records they set last week. An announcement over the weekend by U.S. President Donald Trump that he plans 30% tariffs on goods from Mexico and the European Union had scant immediate impact, as […]
SENECA, S.C. (AP) 鈥� The first presidential primary votes won’t be cast for another two and a half years. And yet, over the span of 10 days in July, three Democratic presidential prospects are scheduled to campaign in South Carolina. Nearly a half dozen others have made recent pilgrimages to South Carolina, New Hampshire and […]
