LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nearly 150,000 California voters had their mail-in ballots rejected for the state’s June primary, a spike from recent elections even as the state attempts to make voting easier with the goal of boosting participation and counting every ballot. California has become notorious for its ponderously slow vote counts that can drag […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Will President Donald Trump ’s name grace one of the most famous — and sometimes maligned — landmarks in his hometown of New York City? The Republican administration this week urged leading U.S. Senators to rename Penn Station as it undertakes a projected $8 billion redesign of the dreary, underground Manhattan […]
OGUNQUIT, Maine (AP) — Giant metal roosters are popping up on lawns in and around a coastal Maine community and as far away as New Zealand in support of a 6-year-old autistic girl and her love of the colorful creations. David and Sara LeBlanc had a rotating display of the roughly 6-foot-tall (1.8-meter-tall) ornaments decorating […]
Two descendants of Black people once enslaved by a Native American tribe are asking a federal court in Oklahoma to force tribal leaders to issue them citizenship cards as ordered a year ago by a tribal court. A lawsuit filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Oklahoma City on behalf of Rhonda Grayson and Jeffrey […]
BUCKHANNON, W.Va. (AP) — Two people have died in flash floods caused by torrential rains in West Virginia this week, the governor’s office said Wednesday. An emailed statement from Lars Dalseide, communications director for Gov. Patrick Morrisey, did not provide details on where the bodies were found or how the people died. Their identifies were […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The Senate health committee delayed a planned vote Thursday on whether to advance the nomination of Dr. Erica Schwartz to lead the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The committee plans to vote next week on whether to forward Schwartz’s nomination to the full Senate. The committee’s chair, Sen. Bill […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats want a watchdog at the Internal Revenue Service to investigate the recent departure of a high-ranking IRS attorney who clashed with President Donald Trump’s White House after the attorney raised concerns about influence over taxpayer audits. Kenneth Kies, an assistant Treasury Department secretary and acting chief counsel of the IRS, […]
Some Democrats are squaring off with President Donald Trump’s administration over one of the most potent political issues in the country ahead of this year’s midterm elections: Social Security. The social safety net program that financially supports more than 70 million people — mostly retirees but also those with disabilities — was at the center […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Already feeling pinched since the start of the Iran war, consumers are likely to feel more pain ahead as oil prices pushed past $100 a barrel Thursday amid renewed fighting and military strikes that have left global oil supplies stranded in the Middle East. The elevated price marked a turn from […]
KYIV (AP) — Laura Loomer, an ardent ally of President Donald Trump with a reputation for incendiary social media commentary, met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday after a dramatic turnaround on the war that could have political reverberations back in Washington. Loomer had spent years minimizing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and amplifying Russian […]
BOSTON (AP) — More than two dozen states on Thursday sued the Trump administration for requiring them to comply with election and immigration conditions in order to receive billions of dollars in federal funding for disasters. The lawsuit, filed in Rhode Island and challenging Federal Emergency Management Agency and Department of Homeland Security policies, argued […]
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Gun Owners of America and Gun Owners Foundation are suing the government of the U.S. Virgin Islands and its police commissioner as a fight over the Second Amendment deepens. The nonprofits are asking a federal judge to allow nonresidents to apply for and be issued licenses to carry concealed […]
McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A nun who was taken into immigration custody after being arrested while walking to Mass in her habit last month in Texas pleaded Thursday for people to have the chance to be heard before being taken into custody, saying she was speaking out to help others. “There are many others in […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A member of Vice President JD Vance ’s security detail is being investigated over allegations tied to a suspected news leak, the U.S. Secret Service said Thursday. Anthony Guglielmi, a Secret Service spokesperson, said the security-team member faces an internal investigation and potential criminal inquiry over allegations involving compromised “operational and information […]
MIAMI (AP) — A tugboat captain has pleaded guilty to causing a deadly Miami collision that killed three girls from a sailing camp last summer. Yusiel Lopez Insua, 47, of Miami, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to seaman’s manslaughter, according to court records. The charge carries up to 10 years in federal prison, but prosecutors have […]
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Four years after being stabbed on an amphitheater stage, Salman Rushdie sat across a courtroom from his convicted attacker Thursday and told jurors for a second time about the ambush that nearly killed him. The prize-winning writer recalled feeling what he thought was a punch under his chin, then feeling blood […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is welcoming Shohei Ohtani and the reigning World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers to the White House on Thursday with a Rose Garden event celebrating their second title in as many years. The Dodgers edged the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 7 last October to become the first repeat […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday will have governors and electricity companies join a voluntary pledge to shield U.S. consumers from higher utility bills from data centers — a sign of how the artificial intelligence build- out has become a lightning rod of controversy before the midterm elections. The president first announced the […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Thursday narrowly passed a resolution to halt U.S. military action in Iran, sending a warning to President Donald Trump for the second time as the war has escalated and the future of the conflict is increasingly uncertain. The 214-208 vote requiring congressional approval for the war comes as the […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The police shooting death of a man who injured an officer with a knife while resisting arrest has roiled the city of Madison, Wisconsin, with Gov. Tony Evers calling for “transparency and accountability” in any investigation and community members gathering Thursday at a growing memorial for the man. Protesters marched Wednesday […]
President Donald Trump on Thursday said an agreement being reached with Saudi Arabia for a civilian nuclear program requires the kingdom to normalize relations with Israel through the Abraham Accords. In a post on social media, the Republican president said the deal doesn’t allow for enrichment of uranium. Nonproliferation experts have raised concerns that the […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says the Saudi nuclear agreement requires the kingdom to normalize relations with Israel through the Abraham Accords.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A key Republican lawmaker says he believes that special counsel Jack Smith may have lied to Congress while testifying about his investigation of President Donald Trump and that the Justice Department should consider prosecuting him. Lawyers for Smith deny the allegation and say he testified truthfully. Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, the […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Data collected from 30 American cities showed an 18% decrease in the homicide rate from 2025 compared to the same period in 2026, translating to about 215 fewer homicides this year, according to a new report from the independent Council on Criminal Justice. Should the trend continue, it would push the […]
