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 […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� The children’s savings program included in President Donald Trump’s tax break-and-spending cut law 鈥渋s a back door for privatizing Social Security,鈥� Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday. Bessent’s remarks, which he made at a forum hosted by Breitbart News, were striking after Trump’s repeated promises that he would not touch Social Security. […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� President Donald Trump signed an threatened 50% tariffs on Brazil, setting a legal rationale that Brazil鈥檚 policies and criminal prosecution of former President Jair Bolsonaro constitute an economic emergency under a 1977 law. Trump had threatened the tariffs July 9 in a letter to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. But the […]
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) 鈥� An Ohio city whose Haitian migrants were disparaged by President Donald Trump last year as he pitched voters on his plans for an immigration crackdown is now bracing to defend the community against possible deportation. A group of about 100 community members, clergy and Haitian leaders in Springfield, Ohio, gathered this […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) 鈥� Former Vice President Kamala Harris will not run for California governor next year, leaving open the possibility that she could mount a third run for the White House in 2028. 鈥淥ver the past six months, I have spent time reflecting on this moment in our nation鈥檚 history and the best way […]
UNITED NATIONS (AP) 鈥� Malta told a high-level U.N. meeting Wednesday that it will formally recognize the state of Palestine in September, joining France and the United Kingdom in stepping up pressure to end the nearly 80-year Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Christopher Cutajar, the permanent secretary at Malta鈥檚 Foreign Ministry, made the announcement at the U.N. General […]
DANVILLE, Va. (AP) 鈥� A city councilmember in Virginia was set on fire by a man who entered a local magazine office, police said Wednesday. Investigators believe the attack stemmed from a 鈥減ersonal matter鈥� and was unrelated to his politics or work as councilman, authorities said. Lee Vogler, 38, is an elected official in Danville, […]
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) 鈥� The U.S. Treasury Department said Wednesday it was imposing sanctions on Brazil鈥檚 Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes over alleged suppression of freedom of expression and the ongoing trial of former President Jair Bolsonaro. Bolsonaro is accused of masterminding a plot to stay in power despite his 2022 election defeat […]
NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� A U.S. Senate committee voted Wednesday to advance President Donald Trump鈥檚 pick to lead the agency that secures the nation鈥檚 critical infrastructure, including election systems. Members of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted 9-6 to recommend Sean Plankey 鈥檚 nomination for director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� The Trump administration is freezing $108 million in research funding to Duke University as the federal government accuses the school of racial discrimination in the form of affirmative action, according to a person familiar with the matter. The National Institutes of Health halted the funding to the private university in North Carolina, […]
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) 鈥� The U.S. Treasury is seeking to recoup COVID-19 pandemic relief funds from hundreds of local governments that received millions of dollars but never complied with requirements to report how they used the money. The federal government distributed $350 billion to state, local, territorial and tribal governments as part of the […]
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) 鈥� Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro ‘s administration says billions of dollars in aid to Pennsylvania’s schools and human services will be delayed, as he and the politically divided Legislature struggle to end what is now a month-long budget stalemate. State-supported universities, libraries, early-childhood education programs and county health departments also will see […]
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) 鈥� Texas Republicans proposed a new U.S. House map Wednesday with more winnable GOP seats as Democrat-led states weigh what they can do to counter the effort. Republicans currently hold 25 of the state鈥檚 38 seats, and the new map ups the total they could win to 30. All of those new […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� The Food and Drug Administration鈥檚 polarizing vaccine chief is leaving the agency after a brief tenure that drew the ire of biotech companies, patient groups and conservative allies of President Donald Trump. Dr. Vinay Prasad 鈥渄id not want to be a distraction鈥� and was stepping down from his role as the FDA鈥檚 […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� The White House has acknowledged that President Donald Trump now meets with candidates for promotion to the rank of four-star general, in a break with past practice. A White House spokesperson said the Republican president has the meetings because he wants to make sure the U.S. military retains its superiority and its […]
NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� A long-rumored and 鈥渦napologetic鈥� memoir by Sen. John Fetterman will be released this fall, his publisher said. Crown, an imprint of Penguin Random House, announced on Wednesday that 鈥淯nfettered鈥� is scheduled for Nov. 11. In the memoir, the Democrat will open up about his rise from mayor of Braddock, Pennsylvania, to […]
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the U.S. will partner with Israel to run new food centers in Gaza to address the worsening humanitarian crisis there, but few details have been offered amid a growing outcry at home and abroad to do more to address starvation in Gaza. Trump said during his return from golfing […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced 25% tariff on India starting Aug. 1, plus unspecified penalties for continuing to buy Russian energy.
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� On this day in 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed legislation into law that launched Medicaid, creating a U.S. health care safety net for millions of low-income Americans in what would become one of the crowning achievements of his domestic legacy. A year earlier, he did the same for food stamps, drawing […]
ROME (AP) 鈥� An independent U.N. investigator and outspoken critic of Israel鈥檚 policies in Gaza says that the sanctions recently imposed on her by the Trump administration will have serious impacts on her life and work. Francesca Albanese, the U.N. special rapporteur for the West Bank and Gaza, is a member of a group of […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) 鈥� Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is set to headline the latest iteration of an event previously billed as the largest annual gathering of Republicans in South Carolina, a state traditionally key to picking the GOP’s presidential nominees, and one in which she already has deep relationships. Rep. Sheri Biggs of South […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� In a rare public outburst on the Senate floor Tuesday, New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker took his Democratic colleagues to task, declaring his party 鈥渘eeds a wake-up call!鈥� Angrily screaming at two of his shocked Democratic colleagues, his words all but reverberating off the chamber walls, Booker blocked the passage of several […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� The Taiwanese government has called off a plan for its president to transit through the United States on his way to Latin America, The Associated Press has learned 鈥� a decision leading to conflicting accounts of the reason for the cancellation. Amid speculation that the Trump administration had opposed a proposed stopover […]
