Close
MyNorthwest
News
Opinion
Sports
Tools
Connect

NATIONAL NEWS

Photos show workers rally for senior CDC officials forced off Atlanta headquarters

Aug 28, 2025, 1:55 PM

Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, left, and Dr. Debra Houry is greeted by friends as workers and supporters r...

Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, left, and Dr. Debra Houry is greeted by friends as workers and supporters rally for departing scientific leaders at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention outside the CDC headquarters, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)
Credit: ASSOCIATED PRESS

(AP Photo/Ben Gray)

Associated Press's Profile Picture

BY ASSOCIATED PRESS


ATLANTA (AP) — Three senior officials were escorted off the CDC’s Atlanta campus as the White House moves to oust the agency’s director. Workers and supporters rallied outside in their defense.

___

This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.

Please follow our Community Guidelines

National News

Associated Press

Pennsylvania shooter who killed 8 was family’s patriarch, slain toddler’s dad says

ERIE, Pa. (AP) — A man whose toddler was among eight people killed in a mass shooting in Erie, Pennsylvania, said Sunday that the gunman was a grandfather who never seemed distressed or out of the ordinary. “I think that was a front for him,” Julius Windham said as he stood at a memorial to […]

59 minutes ago

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he arrives on Air Force One, Saturday, Oct. 10, 202...

Associated Press

Six senators call for Trump administration to ‘immediately reverse course’ on Russian diesel plan

WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of six senators on Sunday called for President Donald Trump’s administration to “immediately reverse course” on a plan to purchase diesel from Russia as part of an effort to lower high fuel prices. Trump shocked lawmakers when he announced on social media Friday that he struck a deal with […]

5 hours ago

U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle speak during a dedication ceremony at the chancery of ...

Associated Press

AP source: Trump, Rubio weigh firing U.S. envoy to Greece after mounting reports of improper conduct

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are considering firing U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle after a series of reports alleging she has engaged in improper and possibly illegal conduct before and during her tenure in Athens. A senior U.S. official said Sunday that Trump and Rubio are “extremely […]

6 hours ago

Associated Press

Fugitive businessman taken into US custody in Venezuela bribery case

MIAMI (AP) — A businessman wanted for years in the U.S. for allegedly paying bribes to top Venezuelan officials in exchange for lucrative state contracts in Venezuela has been taken into custody. Alvaro Pulido was indicted in Miami federal court in 2019 and again in 2021 as part of an investigation into his longtime business […]

7 hours ago

An apartment complex which had its roof ripped off is seen in the aftermath of Hurricane Isaias in ...

Associated Press

Some in Florida and Alabama without power as Isaias moves north to Appalachians and Mid-Atlantic

Nearly 396,000 customers across the Florida Panhandle and southern Alabama remained without power early Sunday as remnants of Isaias moved north, where widespread moderate to heavy rainfall was expected across the central Appalachians and mid-Atlantic region. Heavy rainfall associated with the storm could bring isolated flash flooding and strong wind gusts and remain a threat […]

10 hours ago

FILE - President Donald Trump speaks during an event to announce new tariffs in the Rose Garden at ...

Associated Press

Trump sticks with tariffs even as US voters turn against them before the midterms

NEW YORK (AP) — Maybe President Donald Trump really does believe that “tariff” is the most beautiful word in the dictionary. Despite higher prices, criticism from trade experts and displeasure among voters, Trump holds fast to his belief that imposing the highest import duties on U.S. trading partners since the Great Depression is a winner. […]

11 hours ago

Photos show workers rally for senior CDC officials forced off Atlanta headquarters