SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Artificial intelligence company Anthropic is asking a federal judge on Tuesday to temporarily halt the Pentagon’s “unprecedented and stigmatizing” designation of the company as a supply chain risk. A hearing scheduled for Tuesday in a California federal court marks a critical step in the feud between Anthropic and the Trump administration […]
MIAMI (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio is testifying Tuesday over his interactions with former Miami congressman David Rivera nearly a decade ago, when his longtime friend was accused of secretly lobbying on behalf of Venezuela’s government. Rivera and an associate were charged in 2022 with money laundering and failing to register as a […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to France this week to try to sell America’s skeptical Group of Seven allies on the strategy of the Iran war that has sent global fuel prices soaring, the State Department said Tuesday. Rubio will attend a G7 foreign ministers meeting near Versailles outside of […]
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma’s governor on Tuesday appointed energy executive Alan Armstrong to serve in the U.S. Senate through the end of the year and finish the term of Republican Markwayne Mullin, the new homeland security secretary. The choice by Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt, who had pledged to pick a “conservative voice” to fill […]
Senators are discussing a proposal to end the Homeland Security budget stalemate by funding much of the department, including Transportation Security Administration airport workers who are going without pay. The deal would exclude U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s removal operations, which have been core to the dispute. As U.S. airports remain jammed with long lines […]
President Donald Trump has cast another mail ballot in Florida as he continues to publicly bash the voting method as a source of fraud and push Congress to curtail the practice. Palm Beach County voter records show the president voted by mail in a Tuesday special election for state legislative seats and that his ballot […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Long before he became Iran’s parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf went on a charm offensive for almost two decades, portraying himself as a hard-liner the West could do business with in the Islamic Republic. “I would like the West to change its attitude to Iran and trust Iran, and […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian missiles and drones targeted Israel and Gulf Arab states Tuesday, even as U.S. President Donald Trump said the U.S. was in talks with the Islamic Republic to end the war. Trump also delayed a deadline for Iran to open the strategic Strait of Hormuz for shipping or see […]
Hopes rose that the Iran war could begin winding down as U.S. President Donald Trump claimed that his government was holding productive talks with Tehran, but fighting showed no signs of slowing and Iran denied there were talks. Trump extended his deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, saying the U.S. […]
As he left the chambers of the U.S. Supreme Court, where justices had just heard arguments Monday over whether to prevent states from counting mail ballots that arrive after Election Day, Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar texted his staff 3,000 miles away. His directive: Get ready to plan how to run November’s midterm elections […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans’ outlook on the job market has turned increasingly pessimistic, a surprisingly negative shift given the low unemployment rate but one that likely reflects an ongoing hiring drought. Just 28% of workers in a quarterly Gallup survey conducted late last year said now is a “good time” to find a quality job, […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators are discussing a proposal to end the Homeland Security budget stalemate by funding much of the department, including the Transportation Security Administration airport workers going without pay, but excluding ICE’s enforcement and removal operations that have been core to the dispute. The potential breakthrough came after a group of Republican senators […]
As states that already ban abortion look to further restrict access this year, much of the focus is on pills sent by out-of-state providers. A survey released Tuesday helps explain the emphasis. It suggests that more women in states with bans obtained abortions last year using the pills prescribed via telehealth than by traveling to […]
Just before an Air Canada jet collided with an airport fire truck, air traffic controllers at New York’s LaGuardia Airport were juggling a developing late night emergency on the runway. A United Airlines flight had twice aborted takeoff and reported an odor coming from the back of the plane. But with no gate immediately available, […]
The U.S. Defense Department will issue new press credentials but remove media offices from the Pentagon after a judge sided with The New York Times in a lawsuit regarding limits on reporters’ access to the building, a department official announced Monday. Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said the agency disagrees with the ruling and will appeal. […]
Video footage of federal officers detaining a crying woman at San Francisco International Airport drew outrage Monday from local officials, although it was unrelated to President Donald Trump’s deployment of immigration officers to short-staffed airports during a partial government shutdown. One video posted on social media showed a woman crying and yelling as officers held […]
A veteran federal prosecutor was appointed Monday as U.S. attorney for New Jersey, ending a dispute between the judiciary and President Donald Trump over control of the office that included the disqualifications of the administration’s previous picks for the position. A U.S. District Court judge issued a one-sentence order naming Robert Frazer as the top […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have been deployed to select airports across the country, where they are meant to help mitigate long lines fueled by staffing shortfalls caused by a partial government shutdown. But ICE officers are not trained in aviation safety and their central role in President Donald Trump’s contentious immigration […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump started the fourth week of his war against Iran by offering the world some guarded optimism that the U.S. could soon be winding operations down, a claim that markets cheered but Iranian officials dismissed as a ploy to buy time for a conflict that is causing economic pain around […]
Even though some doubts have been raised about its effectiveness, the U.S. Census Bureau is trying out whether to use U.S. postal carriers as census takers this spring during a test of the 2030 head count in two southern cities — a practice run already facing criticism over last-minute changes by the Trump administration. Starting […]
A birthday beach trip. Weekend jaunts with the kids. Even a bedtime beer. As gas prices remain high, people around the globe are stretching their paychecks, giving up small comforts as everyday costs bloat and they try to keep up with their biggest bills. “For now, we’re still managing to hold on,” said Luis Catalano, […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — President Donald Trump, who for years has played Elvis Presley’s music at his campaign rallies across the country and who has often compared himself to Presley, said on Monday he’s heading to the King of Rock and Roll’s Memphis home while in town for an official event. “I’m going to see […]
The Trump administration will pay $1 billion to a French company to walk away from two U.S. offshore wind leases as the administration ramps up its campaign against offshore wind and other renewable energy. TotalEnergies has agreed to what’s essentially a refund of its leases for projects off the coasts of North Carolina and New […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A coalition of cultural and historic preservation groups is suing to block further physical changes to the Kennedy Center ahead of a two-year closure that President Donald Trump insists is necessary to renovate the prominent performing arts venue. The lawsuit against Trump, the Kennedy Center and others in the administration, doesn’t dispute […]
