WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed a bipartisan package of three spending bills on Thursday that would fund parts of the federal government through September, demonstrating the eagerness of lawmakers to avoid another government shutdown near the end of the month. Congress has so far passed only three of the 12 annual spending bills that […]
Colorado’s attorney general accused the Trump administration on Thursday of waging a “revenge campaign” by choking off funds and ending federal programs over the state’s refusal to accede to the Republican president’s demands to free an imprisoned elections clerk. President Donald Trump has pushed unsuccessfully for Colorado to release former Mesa County elections clerk Tina […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Officer struck by a car last month while helping a stranded motorist has died from his injuries, the department announced Thursday. Terry Bennett, 32, had been hospitalized since December 23 when he was struck by a passing vehicle as he helped a motorist who ran out of […]
PHOENIX (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords returned to the House floor Thursday on the 15th anniversary of the assassination attempt that cut short her promising political career and shocked a nation that has only seen political violence worsen in the years since. Giffords held hands with her husband, Sen. Mark Kelly, as House […]
Russia on Thursday strongly condemned the U.S. seizure of an oil tanker, heralding a new chill in relations between Moscow and Washington that could spread to other areas and affect President Donald Trump’s efforts to persuade Russia to end its nearly four-year war in Ukraine. The seizure Wednesday of the Russian-flagged tanker in the North […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve is expected to cut short-term rates in 2026, with its key interest rate settling at 3.4% towards the end of President Donald Trump ‘s term in office in 2028, according to a new report released Thursday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. Despite the Fed’s cuts, however, the budget […]
The promise of artificial intelligence was front and center at this year’s CES gadget show. But spicing up a simple machine like a refrigerator with unnecessary AI was also a surefire way to win the “Worst in Show.” The annual contest that no tech company wants to win announced its decisions Thursday. Among those getting […]
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal officers have encountered opposition in nearly all of the cities targeted by President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement campaign. But it was in Minnesota — a state that’s been in daily conflict with the Trump administration in 2026 — that a 37-year-old woman was shot and killed by an immigration officer not […]
President Donald Trump caused some commotion for investors in U.S. defense contractors this week. First, Trump criticized the companies for taking too long to produce military equipment and also failing to maintain it while at the same time paying out billions in dividends and stock buybacks to investors. But then the president proposed a $1.5 […]
PURCELL, Okla. (AP) — Severe storms moved through Oklahoma with high winds and two possible tornadoes around sunrise Thursday, damaging buildings and downing power lines and trees, authorities said. Damage in two areas outside of Oklahoma City was believed to have been caused by tornadoes, and crews were out assessing the situation, said Kaitlin Schueth, […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Investigators say a shooting outside a church building in Salt Lake City that killed two people and injured six others grew out of a dispute between people who knew each other and were attending a funeral. No arrests have been made in Wednesday’s shooting in the parking lot of a […]
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A judge disqualified a federal prosecutor from overseeing investigations into New York Attorney General Letitia James, ruling Thursday that he had been serving in his post unlawfully when he requested subpoenas. U.S. District Judge Lorna G. Schofield blocked subpoenas requested by John Sarcone, the acting U.S. attorney for the Northern District […]
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal immigration operation in Minneapolis turned deadly this week when a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good during a confrontation involving her vehicle. Cellphone video captured the shooting, which federal officials claimed was an act of self-defense but that the city’s mayor described as […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jan. 26 marks the official start date of the 2026 tax filing season, when the IRS will begin accepting and processing 2025 tax returns. April 15 is the filing deadline. Tax experts, including the IRS’ independent watchdog, have warned that this year’s filing season could be hampered by the loss of tens […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration and Louisiana officials have lifted another decades-old school desegregation order, part of a campaign to end court mandates they describe as outdated. A federal judge on Monday approved a joint motion from Louisiana and the U.S. Justice Department to dismiss a 1967 lawsuit in DeSoto Parish schools, a district […]
Minneapolis was on edge Thursday following the fatal shooting of a woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer taking part in the Trump administration’s latest immigration crackdown, with schools canceling classes and activities as a safety precaution and Minnesota’s governor calling for people to remain calm. As dawn began to break, scores of people […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is expected to vote on a resolution Thursday that would limit President Donald Trump’s ability to conduct further attacks against Venezuela, setting up a test for his expanding ambitions in the Western Hemisphere. The Nicolás Maduro, in a surprise nighttime raid and as Trump’s administration is seeking to control Venezuela’s […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is expected to share details of President Donald Trump’s planned ballroom at Thursday’s monthly meeting of the National Capital Planning Commission, months after the East Wing was demolished in preparation for the construction. The White House in December submitted its ballroom plans to the commission, one of two federal […]
More artificial intelligence is being implanted into Gmail as Google tries to turn the world’s most popular email service into a personal assistant that can improve writing, summarize far-flung information buried in inboxes and deliver daily to-do lists. The new AI features announced Thursday could herald a pivotal moment for Gmail, a service that transformed […]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — When a gunman began firing inside an academic building on the Brown University campus, students didn’t wait for official alerts warning of trouble. They got information almost instantly, in bits and bursts — through phones vibrating in pockets, messages from strangers, rumors that felt urgent because they might keep someone alive. […]
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City parents may soon have access to free child care for their 2-year-olds, under a plan set to be unveiled Thursday by Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Zohran Mamdani. The two Democrats are expected to detail the program at a news conference Thursday morning, along with a pledge from […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Quintin Sharpe considers it a duty to support those without means. Whether collecting food pantry goods through local service groups or helping out his parents’ nonprofit music school, he regularly gives back to his small-town waterside community in southeast Wisconsin. But the 27-year-old wealth manager encountered a situation last year that […]
ATLANTA (AP) — An elected leader in Georgia’s Fulton County, which drew national attention after the 2020 election when President Donald Trump claimed without proof that voter fraud there cost him victory in Georgia, announced that she is running to be the state’s top election official. Fulton County Commissioner Dana Barrett planned to hold a […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom delivers his final State of the State address to lawmakers Thursday in Sacramento, where he is expected to lay out his priorities for his last year in office as he eyes a run for president in 2028. Newsom, a Democrat, is conscious of his legacy as he […]
