Democratic nominee Scott Colom has defeated Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi’s closely contested U.S. Senate race after a prolonged ballot-counting process, giving the state its first Black U.S. senator since post-Civil War Reconstruction. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump’s administration wants to sell public lands to states, tribes and local governments as part of an effort […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — There’s a scene in Melania Trump’s documentary in which she enters the room as Donald Trump is rehearsing his inaugural address. When he says the line about how “my proudest legacy will be that of a peacemaker,” she offers a quick, verbal edit. “Peacemaker and unifier,” she tells her husband to say […]
MOSCOW (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoys arrived at the Kremlin on Thursday for talks with President Vladimir Putin, as Washington sought to generate new momentum in peace efforts after two days of U.S.-mediated negotiations between the Russian and Ukrainian delegations. Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, who is also Trump’s son-in-law, brokered the talks […]
DENVER (AP) — Fresh off the best electoral performance in half a century, Democratic officials and strategists will converge on Denver starting Thursday to plot a further course for the party and revel in their gains. The two-day What’s Next conference, hosted by a new group called Majority Democrats, was put on politicos’ calendars months […]
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A judge in Alaska ruled Wednesday that a request by Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mary Peltola’s campaign for a list of absentee voters whose ballots have been rejected is “not reasonable,” particularly given the time crunch election officials face as the state continues counting ballots from last week’s election. Ballots are […]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Democratic nominee Scott Colom has defeated Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi’s closely contested U.S. Senate race after a prolonged ballot counting process, giving the state its first Black U.S. senator since post-Civil War Reconstruction. Colom’s narrow victory is a seismic shift in Mississippi, which has been controlled mostly by white […]
PINE CITY, N.Y. (AP) — When New York wildlife officers euthanized a couple’s pet squirrel, Peanut, two years ago, Republicans including JD Vance seized on the critter’s killing as just another example of government overreach from meddling Democrats. “The same government that doesn’t care about hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrant criminals coming into our […]
President Donald Trump’s administration is planning to make it harder to get food aid through the federal government’s big grocery assistance program that serves about 1 in 10 Americans. The administration says the proposed rule would close a loophole by no longer allowing some people who receive benefits under the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A soldier guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier issued a verbal reprimand to a group of advisers and staffers with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth following a Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. Video shows Hegseth taking photos on the empty steps in front of the tomb with his wife, Jennifer, […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Several Republican senators are complicating a White House plan to leave an enduring imprint on the judiciary long after President Donald Trump leaves office by throwing up obstacles for a handful of his judicial nominees in the final weeks of their Senate majority. In Texas, outgoing Sen. John Cornyn has expressed reservations […]
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration wants to sell public lands to states, tribes and local governments as part of an effort to “decrease the size of the federal estate,” according to a new five-year plan presented by the Interior Department. Agency officials said the sale of federal property would allow the government […]
MOSCOW (AP) — Alexander Darchiev, Russia’s ambassador to the United States, died Wednesday at age 66, the Foreign Ministry in Moscow said in an online statement. It did not disclose where the diplomat died or give a cause of death, saying only that he died “suddenly.” The statement described Darchiev as “an outstanding diplomat, experienced […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent recently was forced to relocate to a military base over concerns for his safety. The move comes as Bessent has spent the last several months executing a massive economic campaign against Iran aimed at severing all of Tehran’s remaining financial ties around the world. A person familiar with […]
ATLANTA (AP) — Joe Biden says he did not know he had cancer while he was president and would not have sought a second term if he already had been diagnosed. The former Democratic president’s comments came in an interview with People magazine before the release of his White House memoir on Tuesday. “If I […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has issued a warning to Democrats over their planned probes into the Trump administration, going as far as claiming that such investigations — a standard oversight function of Congress — may amount to “blatant criminality.” White House counsel Will Scharf issued the warning in a letter dated Monday to […]
The House has turned aside a resolution to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over his conduct in office and handling of the war against Iran, which some Republicans blame for sweeping midterm losses. More than a dozen House and Senate races remain undetermined one week after Election Day. Democrats could have 56 Senate seats when […]
MEXICO CITY (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump’s impact on Latin America in the last two years has been enormous, from immigration and deportations to boat strikes that have killed hundreds to the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. Now analysts are trying to get a read on whether the sweeping wins by Democrats in […]
It’s business as usual for President Donald Trump’s deportation offensive despite the Republican wipeout in the midterm elections. In Los Angeles, masked immigration officers in body armor blocked a hospital emergency room driveway in a heavily Latino neighborhood early Saturday. In central Alabama, twin 19-year-old brothers from Venezuela were arrested while driving back to college […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Extramarital affairs are usually private matters. Jensen Huang’s has global implications. The 63-year-old is the leading face of the artificial intelligence revolution with his black leather jackets and fluff of grey hair. He runs the company Nvidia, which produces highly coveted computer chips. That’s landed him on a late-night-phone-call basis with President […]
DESTIN, Fla. (AP) — An ocean liner that is longer than the Titanic and was once the fastest on the seas is headed to a final home on the floor of the Gulf of Mexico as the world’s largest artificial reef. The S.S. United States is scheduled to be sunk Wednesday off the coast of […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, speaking ahead of U.S.-China talks, called Tuesday for a “more balanced relationship” between the two countries, saying Americans have grown too dependent on imports. Addressing a gala hosted by the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations at a New York ballroom, Bessent extolled the countries’ bond as “one […]
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A state judge said Tuesday that he expects to issue a swift decision in a lawsuit filed by the campaign of Alaska Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mary Peltola, which is seeking a list of absentee voters whose ballots have been rejected in one of the most closely watched races of the […]
