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 […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) 鈥� Five people have been charged in a bloody, late-night brawl in downtown Cincinnati over the weekend that involved dozens of people and raised concerns about crime in the Ohio city. A video of the fight early Saturday shows a crowd milling about before several people start throwing punches. One man falls […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Susan Monarez to be President Donald Trump鈥檚 director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Monarez, 50, was named acting director in January and then tapped as the nominee in March after Trump abruptly withdrew his first choice, David Weldon. The Atlanta-based federal agency, tasked […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� Senate Democrats reintroduced a bill Tuesday to restore and expand protections enshrined in the Voting Rights Act of 1965, their latest long-shot attempt to revive the landmark law just days before its 60th anniversary and at a time of renewed debate over the future administration of American elections. Sen. Raphael Warnock of […]
A Marine Corps veteran’s wife has been released from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention following advocacy from Sen. John Kennedy, a Louisiana Republican who backs President Donald Trump’s hardline immigration crackdown. Until this week, Mexican national Paola Clouatre had been one of tens of thousands of people in ICE custody as the Trump administration […]
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) 鈥� North Carolina Republican lawmakers on Tuesday overrode several vetoes by Democratic Gov. Josh Stein, getting just enough votes from Stein鈥檚 own party to enact some laws while falling short on others. The votes were key tests for Republican General Assembly leaders since they narrowly lost their veto-proof majority following last fall鈥檚 […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� 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 he and U.S. officials offered few additional details about the plan or how it would differ from existing food distribution centers. Trump told reporters aboard […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) 鈥� More than 20 mostly Democratic-led states sued the Trump administration Tuesday over its efforts to cut Medicaid payments to the nation’s largest abortion provider 鈥� Planned Parenthood. The move comes in response to the package of tax breaks and spending cuts Trump signed earlier this month. A portion of the new […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� The Senate is set to vote as soon as Tuesday evening to confirm former Trump lawyer Emil Bove for a lifetime appointment as a federal appeals court judge despite vocal Democratic opposition and a new whistleblower complaint against him. The whistleblower provided Congress with an audio recording of Bove that runs contrary […]
ATLANTA (AP) 鈥� U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced Tuesday that she won鈥檛 run for governor in Georgia in 2026, putting an end to her flirtation with the race in a long social media post saying she was turned off by a political 鈥済ood ole boy鈥� system and alleging that it was endangering Republican control […]
UNITED NATIONS (AP) 鈥� High-level representatives at a U.N. conference on Tuesday urged Israel to commit to a Palestinian state and gave 鈥渦nwavering support鈥� to a two-state solution, signaling widespread international determination to end one of the world鈥檚 longest conflicts. The 鈥淣ew York Declaration鈥� sets out a phased plan to end the nearly eight-decade conflict […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� The Trump administration is pressing for a deal with Harvard University that would require the Ivy League school to pay far more than the $200 million fine agreed to by Columbia University to resolve multiple federal investigations, according to two people familiar with the matter. Harvard would be expected to pay hundreds […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Jeffrey Epstein 鈥渟tole鈥� young women who worked for the spa at Mar-a-Lago, the latest evolution in his description of how their highly scrutinized relationship ended years ago. One of the women, he acknowledged, was Virginia Giuffre, who was among Epstein鈥檚 most well-known sex trafficking accusers. Trump’s […]
BOSTON (AP) 鈥� Officials in Massachusetts’ Nantucket island on Tuesday accused the developer of the nation’s first utility-scale offshore wind project of not responding to their safety queries since Donald Trump’s election after a massive wind turbine broke apart last year and its fragments washed up on beaches. Nantucket鈥檚 select board gave Vineyard Wind two […]
FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) 鈥� A judge ordered that eight public university board members tapped by Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin be removed from their posts in a victory for Virginia Senate Democrats who rejected the appointees in a June committee vote. Fairfax Circuit Court Judge Jonathan D. Frieden severed the newly appointed members from their governing-board […]
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) 鈥� Retailers scrambling to stock up ahead of anticipated stiff tariffs on imports boosted the Port of Savannah, one of the top U.S. container ports, to its second-busiest year ever, Georgia officials said Tuesday. The Savannah port moved 5.7 million container units of imports and exports across its docks in the 2025 […]
President Donald Trump cut the ribbon at a ceremony for his family鈥檚 second golf course in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Trump has been visiting Scotland on what the White House has called a working trip, which has included meetings with world leaders and time playing golf at properties his family owns. Trump will be the new course鈥檚 […]
CARY, N.C. (AP) 鈥� A former congressman will no longer seek an open U.S. Senate seat in North Carolina next year now that fellow Democrat Roy Cooper is running for the post. Tuesday’s announcement by ex-U.S. Rep. Wiley Nickel came the day after Cooper, a former two-term governor, kicked off his own campaign to succeed […]
MONTREAL (AP) 鈥� Throughout his new term, starting with his inaugural address, President Donald Trump has said he was 鈥渟aved by God鈥� to make America great again. In Canada, Prime Minister Mark Carney rarely evokes religion in public; his victory speech in April never used the word God. 鈥淐anada forever. Vive le Canada,鈥� he ended. […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� It’s become tradition. Congressional leaders from both major political parties blame each other for a potential government shutdown as the budget year draws to a close. But this year, the posturing is starting extraordinarily early. The finger-pointing with more than two months to go in the fiscal year indicates the threat of […]
BRUSSELS (AP) 鈥� France鈥檚 prime minister described it as a 鈥渄ark day鈥� for the European Union, a 鈥渟ubmission鈥� to U.S. tariff demands. Commentators said EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen鈥檚 handshake with President Donald Trump amounted to capitulation. The trouble is, Europe depends mightily on the United States, and not just for trade. Mirroring […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� As President Donald Trump prepares to announce new tariff increases, the costs of his policies are starting to come into focus for a domestic manufacturing sector that depends on global supply chains, with a new analysis suggesting factory costs could increase by roughly 2% to 4.5%. 鈥淭here鈥檚 going to be a cash […]
