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Elon Musk backs off from feud with Trump, saying he regrets social media posts that ‘went too far’

Elon Musk stepped back from his explosive feud with U.S. President Donald Trump, writing on X that he regrets some of his posts about his onetime ally and that they went “too far.” Early Wednesday morning, he posted “I regret some of my posts about President @realDonaldTrump last week. They went too far.” Musk earlier […]
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AP PHOTOS: Protests over immigration raids spread beyond Los Angeles

Protests that sprang up in Los Angeles over immigration enforcement raids have begun to spread across the country, with more demonstrations planned. ___ This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
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Los Angeles imposes downtown curfew as protests against Trump’s immigration crackdown continue

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles leaders imposed a downtown curfew through Wednesday morning to deal with protests against President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, while the governor accused him of drawing a “military dragnet” across the nation’s second-largest city with his escalating use of the National Guard. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom asked a court to […]
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Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during an address on Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (Office of California Governo...

California governor says ‘democracy is under assault’ by Trump as feds intervene in LA protests

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Calling President Donald Trump a threat to the American way of life, Gov. Gavin Newsom depicted the federal military intervention in Los Angeles as the onset of a much broader effort by Trump to overturn political and cultural norms at the heart of the nation’s democracy. In a speech Tuesday evening, […]
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A federal appeals court is set to hear arguments in Trump’s bid to erase his hush money conviction

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s quest to erase his criminal conviction heads to a federal appeals court Wednesday. It’s one way he’s trying to get last year’s hush money verdict overturned. A three-judge panel is set to hear arguments in Trump’s long-running fight to get the New York case moved from state court […]
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Pulse massacre survivors are set to revisit the nightclub before it’s razed

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Survivors and family members of the 49 victims killed in the Pulse nightclub massacre nine years ago are getting their first chance Wednesday to walk through the long-shuttered, LGBTQ+-friendly Florida venue before it’s razed and replaced with a permanent memorial to what was once the worst U.S. mass shooting in modern […]
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Harvey Weinstein appears at Manhattan criminal court in New York, Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (Michael ...

Weinstein jury deliberations scrutinize one accuser’s account

NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors in sex crimes retrial are drilling down on one of the three charges against him: a rape accusation from a woman who also said she had a consensual relationship with him. The seven female and five male jurors are poised to start their fifth day of deliberations Wednesday by re-hearing […]
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Perla Rios, an Indigenous community leader, at a press conference Monday, June 9, 2025, urged the r...

Raids in Southern California rattle immigrant communities — including those in the US legally

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jacob Vasquez began working at a clothing warehouse in Los Angeles soon after arriving from Mexico less than three years ago. He is among dozens of workers detained by federal immigration authorities in a series of raids in LA’s fashion district and at Home Depot parking lots in Southern California. More […]
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Big changes are being proposed for a US food aid program. Here’s a breakdown by the numbers

TPresident Donald Trump’s plan to cut taxes by trillions of dollars could also trim billions in spending from social safety net programs, including food aid for lower-income people. The proposed changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program would make states pick up more of the costs, require several million more recipients to work or lose […]
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Newspaper executive and former West Virginia lawmaker Doug Skaff Jr. dies in highway accident at 48

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Doug Skaff Jr., a West Virginia newspaper executive and former Democratic legislative leader, died Tuesday following an accident on Interstate 79. He was 48. Skaff was president of HD Media, which publishes the Charleston Gazette-Mail, the Herald-Dispatch of Huntington and several other state newspapers. The Gazette-Mail announced Skaff’s death on its […]
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Appeals court lets Trump administration keep collecting tariffs while challenges continue

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court agreed Tuesday to let the government keep collecting President Donald Trump’s sweeping import taxes while challenges to his signature trade policy continue on appeal. The decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit extends a similar ruling it made after another federal court struck down […]
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U.S Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks at Fort Bragg, N.C., Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo...

Army restores the names of seven bases that lost their Confederate-linked names under Biden

WASHINGTON (AP) — Seven Army bases whose names were changed in 2023 because they honored Confederate leaders are all reverting back to their original names, the Army said Tuesday. The announcement came just hours after President Donald Trump previewed the decision, telling troops at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, that he was changing the names back. […]
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Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-N.J., speaks at a "Get Out the Vote" rally, Saturday, June 7, 2025, in Eliza...

Takeaways from New Jersey election: Trump looms large and signs of Democratic enthusiasm

NORTH BERGEN, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey primary voters chose their nominees — and President Donald Trump notched a win in his endorsement belt — in one of two high-stakes governor’s races being held this year. While officials from both parties say November’s general election will hinge on local, pocketbook issues, the outcome will also […]
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Judge tosses lawsuit over Trump’s firing of US African Development Foundation board members

A federal judge has tossed out a lawsuit over President Donald Trump’s dismantling of a U.S. federal agency that invests in African small businesses. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon in Washington, D.C., dismissed the case on Tuesday, finding that Trump was acting within his legal authority when he fired the U.S. African Development Foundation’s board […]
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Trump administration says he has the authority to cancel national monuments that protect landscapes

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Lawyers for President Donald Trump’s administration say he has the authority to abolish national monuments meant to protect historical and archaeological sites across broad landscapes, including two in California created by his predecessor at the request of Native American tribes. A Justice Department legal opinion released Tuesday disavowed a 1938 determination […]
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Arizona governor vetoes bill to ban teaching antisemitism in Arizona’s public schools

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has vetoed a proposal that would ban teaching antisemitism at the state’s public K-12 schools, universities and colleges and expose educators who violate the new rules to discipline and lawsuits. On Tuesday, the Democratic governor said the bill is not about antisemitism but rather about attacking teachers. “It […]
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US Rep. McIver indicted on federal ‘charges from skirmish at New Jersey immigration center

U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver faces indictment for allegedly assaulting immigration officers in New Jersey.
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., joined at left by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., the GOP wh...

Trump’s actions in LA spur debate over deportation funds in his ‘big, beautiful’ bill

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” in Congress includes more than tax breaks and spending cuts — it also seeks to pour billions of dollars into the administration’s mass deportation agenda. Republican leaders capitalized Tuesday on the demonstrations in Los Angeles, where groups of protesters are demonstrating against Trump’s immigration raids at […]
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Bison gores man in Yellowstone after visitors get too close

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — A bison gored a man Tuesday after a large group of visitors got too close to the animal in Yellowstone National Park, officials said. The 30-year-old from Randolph, New Jersey, was treated for minor injuries after being gored around 9:45 a.m. in the Old Faithful area, according to a […]
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In his own words: Trump said during 2024 campaign he would use military for immigration enforcement

President Donald Trump in recent days has sent thousands of National Guard troops and 700 active duty Marines to quell Los Angeles-area protests over immigration enforcement actions, despite the objections of Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom and local leaders. Those troops soon could also be supporting immigration enforcement operations, including by holding secure perimeters around areas […]
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Country musician Conner Smith fatally hit pedestrian with truck. No charges now, but probe ongoing

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country musician Conner Smith fatally hit a pedestrian while driving his truck in Nashville over the weekend, and he currently faces no charges as an investigation continues, police said. Metro Nashville Police said Smith, 24, hit Dorothy Dobbins, 77, Sunday evening while she was crossing the road inside a marked crosswalk. […]
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World’s most popular TikTok star Khaby Lame leaves the U.S. after being detained by ICE

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Khaby Lame, the world’s most popular TikTok personality with millions of followers, has left the U.S. after being detained by immigration agents in Las Vegas for allegedly overstaying his visa. The Senegalese-Italian influencer, whose legal name is Seringe Khabane Lame, was detained Friday at Harry Reid International Airport but was allowed […]
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Coast Guard suspends search for plane that crashed into the ocean off San Diego and killed 6

The Coast Guard suspended the search Tuesday for the wreckage of a small plane that crashed into the ocean shortly after taking off from San Diego, killing all six people aboard. The National Transportation Safety Board said it will continue working to determine why the Cessna 414 crashed Sunday, but it doesn’t expect to have […]
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First signs of tariffs’ impact on inflation could appear in Wednesday’s consumer prices report

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. inflation likely picked up a bit last month as President Donald Trump’s tariffs start to bite, but lower prices for gas and possibly for air fares and used cars may limit the overall increase. The government’s inflation report, to be released Wednesday, is forecast to show that consumer prices rose 2.5% […]
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