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Dee Cahill of Margate, Fla., holds a "No Kings" sign as she participates in a pro-democracy, anti-T...

Photos of ‘Good Trouble’ protests across the US, from Chicago to Mar-a-Lago

The “ Good Trouble Lives On ” national day of action took place around the United States to protest President Donald Trump’s controversial policies such as mass deportations and Medicaid cuts. This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
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Man accused of stockpiling bombs, using Biden photo for target practice, pleads guilty

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A Virginia man pleaded guilty Friday in a federal case that accused him of stockpiling the largest number of finished explosives in FBI history and of using then-President Joe Biden’s photo for target practice. Brad Spafford pleaded guilty in federal court in Norfolk to possession of an unregistered short barrel rifle […]
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Police: 4 dead in a San Antonio crash involving a bus and a stolen vehicle

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A speeding stolen car smashed into a bus on an interstate in San Antonio on Thursday, causing a multi-vehicle crash that left four people dead and more than a dozen injured, police said. Two people traveling on the bus were pronounced dead at the scene on Interstate 35 and two died […]
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Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks to reporters as President Donald Trump listens, Friday, June 27, ...

Trump administration seeks release of Epstein grand jury records but not Justice Department files

WASHINGTON (AP) — Under intense pressure from President Donald Trump’s own supporters, his administration now says it will push a court to unseal secret documents related to Jeffrey Epstein’s case in an effort to put to rest for good a political crisis largely of its own making. But even if those records become public, it’s […]
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What to know about Ayman Soliman, the detained Muslim chaplain whose supporters were arrested

More than a dozen people protesting the detainment of a Muslim chaplain were arrested Thursday night in Cincinnati. Video from the demonstration shows some protesters blocking the Roebling Bridge that carries traffic between Ohio and Kentucky, as well as one officer punching a protester while others wrestle him to the ground. At least 13 people […]
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FILE - A general view of the Delaney Hall Detention Facility in Newark on Monday, June 16, 2025, in...

Last of 4 detainees recaptured after escape from New Jersey immigration detention center

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The final detainee who escaped in June from a New Jersey federal immigration detention center has been found in California. Andres Felipe Pineda Mogollon, originally from Colombia, was arrested following a traffic stop in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Silver Lake, the FBI’s Los Angeles division said in a social media […]
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FILE - Mairelise Robinson, a U.S. citizen who is 6 months pregnant, attends a protest in support of...

Trump’s birthright citizenship order remains blocked as lawsuits march on after Supreme Court ruling

BOSTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s plan to end birthright citizenship for the children of people who are in the U.S. illegally will remain blocked as an order from one judge went into effect Friday and another seemed inclined to follow suit. U.S. District Judge Joseph LaPlante in New Hampshire had paused his own decision […]
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FILE - A Missouri and American flag fly outside Planned Parenthood in St. Louis, June 24, 2022. (AP...

Planned Parenthood seeks to keep Medicaid funds flowing during legal fight

BOSTON (AP) — Attorneys for Planned Parenthood clinics nationwide argued in federal court Friday that cutting off Medicaid funding to its abortion providers would hurt vulnerable patients who already have limited health care options. Planned Parenthood Federation of America and its affiliates in Massachusetts and Utah are fighting to block part of President Donald Trump’s […]
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Education Secretary Linda McMahon, talks to her staff as they wait on the North Lawn of the White H...

Education Department will release some frozen grants supporting after-school and summer programs

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Education Department will release some previously withheld grant money for after-school programs, days after 10 Republican senators sent a letter imploring the Office of Management and Budget to allow the funds to be sent to states. President Donald Trump’s administration on July 1 withheld more than $6 billion in federal grants […]
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Slave descendants still fighting for Georgia court to hear discrimination claims from 2023

DARIEN, Ga. (AP) — Black landowners from a tiny island community returned to a Georgia courtroom Friday urging a judge to let them move forward with a lawsuit that accuses local officials of illegally weakening protections for one of the South’s last Gullah-Geechee communities founded by freed slaves. Residents and landowners of Hogg Hummock on […]
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17-year-old charged with murder in paddleboarder’s killing at a pond in rural Maine

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Authorities in Maine said Friday they have charged a 17-year-old with murder in the death of a paddleboarder who went missing on a rural pond. The body of Sunshine Stewart, 48, of Tenants Harbor, was found this month on Crawford Pond in Union, about 80 miles (130 kilometers) north of Portland. […]
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Attorney General Bondi says at least 3 dead after incident at LA sheriff facility

LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi says at least three people are dead after an incident at a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department facility. There was a reported explosion at the facility Friday morning. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has not confirmed any deaths. The U.S. Attorney’s Office did not immediately […]
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President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khal...

President Donald Trump will sign a new cryptocurrency bill into law on Friday

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday will sign into law a new set of regulations for a type of cryptocurrency that are seen as a way to legitimize the burgeoning industry. The GENIUS Act sets initial guardrails and consumer protections for stablecoins, a type of cryptocurrency that is tied to a stable asset […]
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FILE - The Federal Trade Commission building is seen, Jan. 28, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex ...

Trump’s firing of 2 Democrats on the Federal Trade Commission was unconstitutional, judge rules

A federal judge has ruled that President Donald Trump illegally fired two Democrats on the Federal Trade Commission earlier this year in his efforts to exert control over independent agencies across the government. One of the commissioners, Alvaro Bedoya, resigned after suing to challenge the firings. The other plaintiff, Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, can now resume […]
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Journalists among at least 13 arrested during immigration-related protest in Cincinnati

Police arrested at least 13 people, including two journalists, during a protest over the immigration-related detainment of a former hospital chaplain in Cincinnati after some demonstrators blocked a two-lane bridge carrying traffic over the Ohio River. A reporter and a photography intern who were arrested while covering the protest for CityBeat, a Cincinnati news and […]
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FILE - The Federal Reserve Board Building is seen as it undergoes renovations, June 10, 2025, in Wa...

Trump appointees pushed more marble in Fed building renovation White House now attacks

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has looked to the marble finishes and hefty price tag of the Federal Reserve headquarters to claim grounds to fire Chair Jerome Powell, with whom he has tussled for years over interest rates. But the extensive use of marble in the building is, at least in part, the result […]
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FILE - Marilyn and Alan Bergman pose at their piano in their Beverly Hills home on March 17, 1980. ...

Alan Bergman, Oscar-winning lyricist who helped write ‘The Way We Were,’ dies at 99

Alan Bergman, the Oscar-winning lyricist who teamed with his wife, Marilyn, for an enduring and loving partnership that produced such old-fashioned hits as “How Do You Keep the Music Playing?,” “It Might Be You” and the classic “The Way We Were,” has died at 99. Bergman died late Thursday at his home in Los Angeles, […]
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File - Chevron logos are displayed at a gas station in Columbus, Miss., Monday, Oct. 23, 2023.(AP P...

Chevron gets go ahead for $53B Hess deal, and access to one of the biggest oil finds this decade

HOUSTON (AP) — Chevron has scored a critical ruling in Paris that has given it the go-ahead for a $53 billion acquisition of Hess and access to one of the biggest oil finds of the decade. Chevron said Friday that it completed its acquisition of Hess shortly after the ruling from the International Chamber of […]
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The Latest: House approves Trump’s $9 billion cut to public broadcasting and foreign aid

The House gave final approval to President Donald Trump’ s request to claw back about $9 billion for public broadcasting and foreign aid early Friday as Republicans intensified their efforts to target institutions and programs they view as bloated or out of step with their agenda. The vote marked the first time in decades that […]
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Ex-Raptors exec Masai Ujiri remains focused on humanitarian work as Giants of Africa Festival nears

NEW YORK (AP) — Masai Ujiri’s July is shaping up to be quite the rollercoaster ride. The recently-fired former Toronto Raptors executive is navigating his sudden departure from a franchise where he’d spent 13 seasons while also launching the second edition of his private foundation’s Giants of Africa Festival — all within a one-month span. […]
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President Donald Trump speaks during a ceremony to sign the "Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentany...

Takeaways from the AP’s reporting on Trump’s business deals

WASHINGTON (AP) — From crypto coins to bibles, overseas development deals to an upcoming line of cellphones, President Donald Trump’s family businesses have raked in hundreds of millions of dollars since his election. That flood of money — from billionaires, foreign governments and cryptocurrency tycoons, often with interests before the federal government — has permitted […]
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Most US adults think the GOP tax bill will help the wealthy and harm the poor, AP-NORC poll finds

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican elected officials are promoting their recently passed tax and spending bill as a win for working Americans, but a new survey shows that Americans broadly see it as a win for the wealthy. About two-thirds of U.S. adults expect the new tax law will help the rich, according to the poll […]
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FILE - Rep. Billy Long, R-Mo., asks questions during hearing May 14, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washi...

Billy Long will be sworn in as IRS commissioner, taking over an agency he once sought to close

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Missouri congressman Billy Long will be ceremonially sworn in as commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service on Friday, taking over a beleaguered agency that he once sought to abolish and that has since been beset with steep staffing cuts and leadership turnover. Long won confirmation in a 53-44 Senate vote last […]
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Adrienne Hazel, left, poses for a photo with her son Ricky on Thursday, July 17, 2025, in Southfiel...

Civil rights work is slowing as Trump dismantles the Education Department, agency data shows

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration insists it hasn’t wavered in its duty to protect the civil rights of America’s children even as it dismantles the Education Department. Yet its own data shows the agency has resolved far fewer civil rights cases than in past years despite families filing more complaints. The Education Department’s civil […]
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