WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� Consumer sentiment increased in June for the first time in six months, the latest sign that Americans鈥� views of the economy have improved as inflation has stayed tame and the Trump administration has reached a truce in its trade fight with China. The preliminary reading of the University of Michigan鈥檚 closely watched […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� The United States is shifting military resources, including ships, in the Middle East in response to Israel鈥檚 strikes on Iran and a possible retaliatory attack by Tehran, according to two U.S. officials Friday. The Navy has directed the destroyer USS Thomas Hudner to begin sailing toward the Eastern Mediterranean and has directed […]
ATLANTA (AP) 鈥� A judge in Atlanta has blocked President Donald Trump鈥檚 election executive order, siding with Democratic state attorneys who called it overreach.
The new Israeli military operation against Iran is giving President Donald Trump a fresh test of his campaign promise to disentangle the U.S. from foreign conflicts. It lands as he’s dealing with domestic turmoil: Opponents of his administration are set to rally in hundreds of cities on Saturday during the military parade in Washington to […]
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) 鈥� Protesters outside a New Jersey federal immigration detention center locked arms and pushed against barricades as vehicles passed through gates, inmates inside relayed word that meals had been delayed, and Newark’s mayor cited reports of a possible uprising and escape as disorder broke out at the facility. Much is still unclear […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� Tech billionaire Elon Musk has lost some of his luster with Republicans since his messy public falling-out with President Donald Trump last week, a new survey finds. Fewer Republicans view Trump’s onetime government efficiency bulldog 鈥渧ery favorably鈥� compared with April, according to the poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) 鈥� California lawmakers will vote Friday on a budget proposal to freeze enrollment in a state-funded health care program for immigrants without legal status to help close a $12 billion deficit. Their plan is a scaled-back version of a proposal Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom introduced in May. California, with the largest state […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) 鈥� Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem pledged to carry on with the Trump administration鈥檚 immigration crackdown despite waves of unrest across the U.S. Hours after her comment Thursday, a judge directed the president to return control to California over National Guard troops he deployed after protests erupted over the immigration crackdown, but […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� Just hours before Israel launched strikes on Iran early Friday, President Donald Trump was still holding onto tattered threads of hope that a long-simmering dispute over Tehran鈥檚 nuclear program could be resolved without military action. But with the Israeli military operation called 鈥淩ising Lion鈥� now underway 鈥� something Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) 鈥� A Tennessee judge is scheduled to hear arguments Friday about whether Kilmar Abrego Garcia can be released from jail pending the outcome of a trial on human smuggling charges. In a motion asking U.S. Magistrate Judge Barbara Holmes to order Abrego Garcia detained, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� Eight years after President Donald Trump was dazzled by a grand military parade down the Champs-脡lys茅es in Paris, he is finally getting a chance to try to top the spectacle. His long-delayed dream is expected to be realized Saturday with an extravaganza of American military might featuring tanks and other armored vehicles […]
More than 75 years after Flag Day became U.S. law, the stars and stripes grab our gaze these days in constant portraits of how Americans see their country’s promise 鈥� sometimes dotted along historic graves of military veterans, draped upside down over a protester, or painted on a barn. Flag Day commemorates the 1777 approval […]
Zohran Mamdani has rocketed from relative obscurity to become one of the top contenders in the New York City mayor’s race. In a debate Thursday, he started catching heat for his place among the top of the heap. Mamdani, a 33-year-old democratic socialist, found himself the target of jabs from the crowded field of Democratic […]
SEATTLE (AP) 鈥� President Donald Trump on Thursday pulled the U.S. out of an agreement with Washington, Oregon and four American Indian tribes to work together to restore salmon populations and boost tribal clean energy development in the Pacific Northwest, deriding the plan as 鈥渞adical environmentalism鈥� that could have resulted in the breaching of four […]
Protests that sprang up in Los Angeles over immigration enforcement raids have spread across the country. The Trump administration said it would continue the raids and deportations despite the protests. More demonstrations are planned throughout the U.S. on Saturday to coincide with Trump鈥檚 planned military parade in Washington. ___ This is a photo gallery curated […]
LAS VEGAS (AP) 鈥� Nevada Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo unexpectedly vetoed a bill on Thursday that would have required voters in the swing state to show a photo ID at the polls 鈥� a conservative priority across the country and something that has long been on the governor鈥檚 legislative wish list. The move brings a […]
Israel attacked Iran鈥檚 capital early Friday, with explosions booming across Tehran. The attack comes as tensions have reached new heights over Tehran鈥檚 rapidly advancing nuclear program. The Board of Governors at the International Atomic Energy Agency for the first time in 20 years on Thursday censured Iran over it not working with its inspectors. Iran […]
Baton Rouge, La. (AP) 鈥� Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill announced Thursday she is investigating whether pharmaceutical giant CVS improperly used customers’ personal information to send out text messages lobbying against a proposed state law. Murrill also said she plans to issue a cease-and-desist letter to the company to stop the messages. As lawmakers debated […]
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) 鈥� President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered government agencies to consolidate their wildland firefighting into a single program, despite warnings from former federal officials that it could be costly and increase the risk of catastrophic blazes. The order aims to centralize firefighting efforts now split among five agencies and two Cabinet departments. […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� When videos first rocketed around the Internet Thursday afternoon showing security officers forcibly removing Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla from a press conference with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in California, senators in both parties were already gathered together for a long series of votes. There are strict rules against using cellphones on […]
MIAMI (AP) 鈥� The Department of Homeland Security said Thursday that it has begun notifying hundreds of thousands of Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans that their temporary permission to live and work in the United States has been revoked and that they should leave the country. The termination notices are being sent by email to […]
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) 鈥� The high-level negotiations over China’s export controls of rare earths is giving U.S. businesses some relief, even though it may be only for now. China has approved 鈥渁 certain number鈥� of export permits for rare earth elements and related items, its commerce ministry said on Thursday, one day after U.S. President […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� The Republican tax bill approved by the U.S. House of Representatives would cost the poorest Americans roughly $1,600 a year while increasing the income of the wealthiest households by an average of $12,000 annually, according to a new analysis released Thursday by the Congressional Budget Office. Middle-income households would see a boost […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) 鈥� Democratic U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla on Thursday was forcefully removed from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem鈥檚 news conference in Los Angeles and handcuffed by officers as he tried to speak up about immigration raids that have led to protests in California and around the country. Video shows a Secret Service agent […]
