NEW YORK (AP) 鈥 Former Vice President Kamala Harris will have a memoir out in September on her historic presidential run. The book is called 鈥107 Days,鈥 the length of her abbreviated campaign, and will be published by Simon & Schuster on Sept. 23. 鈥淛ust over a year ago, I launched my campaign for President […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥 President Donald Trump said Canada’s announcement it will recognize a Palestinian state 鈥渨ill make it very hard鈥 for the U.S. to reach a trade agreement with its northern neighbor. Trump’s threat, posted in the early hours Thursday on his social media network, is the latest way he has sought to use his […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥 Slightly less than half of U.S. adults believe that Black people face 鈥渁 great deal鈥 or 鈥渜uite a bit鈥 of discrimination in the United States, according to a new poll. That’s a decline from the solid majority, 60%, who thought Black Americans faced high levels of discrimination in the spring of 2021, […]
FLINT, Mich. (AP) 鈥 A procession of mothers wearing red sashes, pushing strollers and tending to toddlers made their way Friday to a little festival in Flint, Michigan, where families received diapers and kids played. It was called a 鈥渂aby parade.鈥 The sashes indicated the women were participants of a growing program in Michigan that […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥 Imagine getting the day off work for Donald Trump’s birthday. Receiving a $100 bill with Trump’s portrait on it. Touching down at Donald J. Trump International Airport near the nation’s capital. And taking in a show at the Donald J. Trump Center for Performing Arts. All would be possible under a flurry […]
For most Jewish Americans, whatever their political persuasion, support for Israel has been a bedrock principle. Thus it鈥檚 notable that a broad swath of U.S. Jews 鈥 reacting to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza 鈥 have been urging the Israeli government to do more to ensure the delivery of food and medicine. There is no […]
ISLAMABAD (AP) 鈥 The United States and Pakistan reached a trade agreement expected to allow Washington to help develop Pakistan鈥檚 largely untapped oil reserves and lower tariffs for the South Asian country, officials from both nations said Thursday. Officials did not specify where the exploration would take place, but most of Pakistan鈥檚 reserves are believed […]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) 鈥 Arkansas police charged a 28-year-old school teacher in the killing of a married couple who were hiking with their children at Devil鈥檚 Den State Park, finding him in a nearby city after a five-day search and public pleas for trailgoers to look through their photos. State Police arrested Andrew James […]
KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) 鈥 Texas lawmakers will take their search for answers following the deadly July 4 floods to the heart of the devastation in Kerr County, where local officials were expected to face questions over their response to the disaster that swept away homes and campers along the Guadalupe River. The hearing Thursday is […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥 The Senate rejected an effort Wednesday from Sen. Bernie Sanders to block the sale of U.S. bombs and firearms to Israel, though the vote showed a growing number of Democrats opposed to the arms sales amid widespread hunger and suffering in Gaza. Sanders, an independent from Vermont, has repeatedly tried to block […]
ATLANTA (AP) 鈥 Georgia’s Ethics Commission says a political action committee linked to what federal investigators have called a Ponzi scheme illegally sought to influence elections. The complaint, filed Wednesday, says the spending came from the now-dissolved Georgia Republican Assembly PAC between 2021 and 2024. The committee was headed by Edwin Brant Frost V, the […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥 President Donald Trump lashed out at Sen. Josh Hawley on Wednesday after the Republican’s proposal to ban stock trading by members of Congress 鈥 and the president and vice president 鈥 won bipartisan approval to advance in a committee vote. It鈥檚 the second time in as many days that Trump laid into […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥 The Senate confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the National Counterterrorism Center, Joe Kent, on Wednesday evening as Republicans looked past his connections to right-wing extremists and support for conspiracy theories about the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. Kent won confirmation on a 53-44 party-line vote. He had […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥 President Donald Trump has been getting his way on trade, strong-arming the European Union, Japan and other partners to accept once unthinkably high taxes on their exports to the United States. But his radical overhaul of American trade policy, in which he’s bypassed Congress to slam big tariffs on most of the […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) 鈥 California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order Wednesday aimed at supporting men and boys and improving their mental health outcomes, in an effort to lower suicide rates among young men and help them feel less isolated. The order directs the state Health and Human Services Agency to recommend ways to […]
A dozen Democratic members of Congress who have been blocked from making oversight visits at immigration detention centers filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against the Trump administration that seeks to ensure they are granted entry into the facilities, even without prior notice. The lawsuit, filed in the District of Columbia鈥檚 federal court, said the Department […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥 Brown University on Wednesday said it reached a deal with the Trump administration to regain access to federal research funding and end investigations into alleged discrimination. The Ivy League school agreed to pay $50 million in workforce development grants in Rhode Island over 10 years as part of the agreement. ____ The […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥 A longtime close aide to President Joe Biden on Wednesday denounced Republican investigations into the former president as 鈥渂aseless鈥 in testimony to lawmakers and defended Biden as capable of carrying out his presidential duties 鈥渁t all times.鈥 Steve Ricchetti, a senior advisor to Biden during his presidency, wrote in his opening statement […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) 鈥 President Donald Trump has downplayed the influence of Laura Loomer, a right-wing provocateur known for her incendiary social media presence, in his administration’s decision-making. But the list of administration officials who have drawn Loomer’s ire and swiftly thereafter gotten the axe from Trump has been growing. Among the latest is Dr. […]
NEW YORK (AP) 鈥 U.S. fashion retailer American Eagle Outfitters wanted to make a splash with its new advertising campaign starring 27-year-old actor Sydney Sweeney. The ad blitz included 鈥渃lever, even provocative language鈥 and was 鈥渄efinitely going to push buttons,鈥 the company鈥檚 chief marketing officer told trade media outlets. It has. The question now is […]
NEW YORK (AP) 鈥 The Secretary of the Army on Wednesday directed the U.S. Military Academy at West Point to review its hiring practices, bar outside groups from choosing employees and remove a newly announced hire who led the nation鈥檚 cybersecurity agency under President Joe Biden. The directive, shared Jen Easterly was announced as the […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥 The agency responsible for carrying out President Donald Trump’s mass deportations is launching a recruiting campaign to entice 鈥渂rave and heroic Americans鈥 to serve as new deportation officers, lawyers and investigators as the government gears up for a major expansion of immigration enforcement thanks to a recent infusion of money from Congress. […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥 President Donald Trump’s planned announcement Wednesday of a new private health tracking system that would make it easier for patients to access their health records and monitor their wellness is raising a host of privacy concerns. The collaboration between the federal government and Big Tech would allow patients to more seamlessly track […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥 Senate Republicans are considering changing Senate rules to speed up confirmation of President Donald Trump鈥檚 executive branch nominees, forcing a possible clash with Democrats as Trump pressures them to fill dozens of administration posts before they leave town for the monthlong August recess. Senate Majority Leader John Thune has already more than […]
