NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� With summer in full swing in the United States, retail executives are sweating a different season. It鈥檚 less than 22 weeks before Christmas, a time when businesses that make and sell consumer goods usually nail down their holiday orders and prices. But President Donald Trump’s vacillating trade policies have complicated those […]
The Trump administration imposed new restrictions Saturday on flights from Mexico and threatened to end a longstanding partnership between Delta Air Lines and Aeromexico in response to limits the Mexican government placed on passenger and cargo flights into Mexico City several years ago. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Mexico’s actions to force airlines to move […]
BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) 鈥� Florida Democratic lawmaker Joe Casello has died while in office following a heart attack, according to state House officials. He was 73. Casello, who was first elected to the Florida House in 2018 from a district in Boynton Beach, was surrounded by his girlfriend and family when he died Friday, […]
ATOP LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, Maine (AP) 鈥� The founder of Burt鈥檚 Bees envisioned a tribute to Henry David Thoreau when she began buying thousands of acres of logging company land to donate for what would become the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument. But there was a major pivot: The monument’s new welcome center tells its […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) 鈥� For nearly 20 years, Maria would call her sister 鈥� a nurse in Mexico 鈥� for advice on how to manage her asthma and control her husband鈥檚 diabetes instead of going to the doctor in California. She didn鈥檛 have legal status, so she couldn鈥檛 get health insurance and skipped routine exams, […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� 鈥淢r. President, this is the gavel used to enact the 鈥榖ig, beautiful bill,鈥欌�� House Speaker Mike Johnson said at a White House signing ceremony on the Fourth of July. 鈥淚 want you to have it,鈥� he said. Handing over the gavel delighted President Donald Trump who, seated behind a desk outdoors, immediately […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� Moving at the 鈥渟peed of Trump鈥� is one of the White House’s favorite phrases, meant to convey the administration’s attempts to bring big changes to government at breakneck speed. But when it comes to presidential travel, Donald Trump’s pace in the opening months of his second term is comparable to Joe Biden’s. […]
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) 鈥� The search for victims of deadly flooding in Texas Hill Country is headed into its third week as officials try to pin down exactly how many people remain missing and lawmakers prepare to discuss authorities’ initial response and providing better warning systems. Flash floods killed at least 135 people in Texas […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� Andry Hern谩ndez Romero, a makeup artist from Venezuela who was deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration and held in a notorious mega-prison, was among the scores of migrants sent back to Venezuela in a three-nation exchange Friday, a California congressman said. Rep. Robert Garcia posted on social media Friday night: […]
The state of New York agreed Friday to pay $450,000 to settle a lawsuit from an ex-aide to former Gov. Andrew Cuomo who alleged Cuomo sexually harassed and groped her while he was in office. The former aide, Brittany Commisso, had sued Cuomo and the state, alleging sexual harassment from the then-governor and retaliation against […]
Award-winning photo journalist Jo Ann Steck 鈥� who broke barriers in male-dominated newsrooms by capturing some of the most notable moments in recent United States history 鈥� has died. She was 73. Steck died on July 11 after a yearslong battle with ovarian cancer, according to her former Associated Press colleague and longtime friend Dan […]
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) 鈥� Iowa鈥檚 attorney general on Friday said she will withdraw her lawsuit accusing a sheriff of discouraging compliance with federal immigration law, ending a monthslong public dispute between the two Republicans days after the sheriff’s northeast Iowa constituents rallied in his defense. Attorney General Brenna Bird sued Winneshiek County Dan Marx […]
NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� A federal judge on Friday modified part of a previous ruling that blocked much of President Donald Trump’s sweeping executive order seeking to overhaul elections in the U.S. The minor change affects just one aspect of a preliminary injunction that U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper granted on June 13 […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� The Justice Department asked a federal court on Friday to unseal grand jury transcripts in Jeffrey Epstein鈥檚 case amid a firestorm over the Trump administration鈥檚 handling of records related to the wealthy financier. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche filed a motion urging the court to release the transcripts a day after President […]
CBS says its decision to end Stephen Colbert鈥檚 late-night comedy show is financial, not political. Yet even with the ample skepticism about that explanation, there’s no denying the economics were not working in Colbert’s favor. The network鈥檚 bombshell announcement late Thursday that the 鈥淟ate Show鈥� will end next May takes away President Donald Trump鈥檚 most […]
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) 鈥� Venezuela released 10 jailed Americans Friday in exchange for getting home scores of migrants deported by the United States to El Salvador months ago under the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. The resolution represents a diplomatic achievement for Venezuelan President Nicol谩s Maduro, helps President Donald Trump in his goal of bringing home […]
The 鈥� Good Trouble Lives On 鈥� national day of action took place around the United States to protest President Donald Trump鈥檚 controversial policies such as mass deportations and Medicaid cuts. This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) 鈥� A Virginia man pleaded guilty Friday in a federal case that accused him of stockpiling the largest number of finished explosives in FBI history and of using then-President Joe Biden鈥檚 photo for target practice. Brad Spafford pleaded guilty in federal court in Norfolk to possession of an unregistered short barrel rifle […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� Under intense pressure from President Donald Trump’s own supporters, his administration now says it will push a court to unseal secret documents related to Jeffrey Epstein’s case in an effort to put to rest for good a political crisis largely of its own making. But even if those records become public, it’s […]
BOSTON (AP) 鈥� President Donald Trump’s plan to end birthright citizenship for the children of people who are in the U.S. illegally will remain blocked as an order from one judge went into effect Friday and another seemed inclined to follow suit. U.S. District Judge Joseph LaPlante in New Hampshire had paused his own decision […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� The Education Department will release some previously withheld grant money for after-school programs, days after 10 Republican senators sent a letter imploring the Office of Management and Budget to allow the funds to be sent to states. President Donald Trump鈥檚 administration on July 1 withheld more than $6 billion in federal grants […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� President Donald Trump on Friday will sign into law a new set of regulations for a type of cryptocurrency that are seen as a way to legitimize the burgeoning industry. The GENIUS Act sets initial guardrails and consumer protections for stablecoins, a type of cryptocurrency that is tied to a stable asset […]
A federal judge has ruled that President Donald Trump illegally fired two Democrats on the Federal Trade Commission earlier this year in his efforts to exert control over independent agencies across the government. One of the commissioners, Alvaro Bedoya, resigned after suing to challenge the firings. The other plaintiff, Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, can now resume […]
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) 鈥� When U.S. President Donald Trump met five African leaders in Washington in July, his lack of familiarity with the continent was on display. He praised Liberian President Joseph Boakai鈥檚 English 鈥� Liberia鈥檚 official language 鈥� and gestured at another leader to wrap up remarks. But the bigger takeaway was Trump鈥檚 pledge […]
