WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is a video that called on troops to resist unlawful orders, according to a court filing on Tuesday. Justice Department officials filed a notice that they wil ask a panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to review the Feb. 12 ruling […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — If politicians write memoirs to generate online buzz and headlines, California Gov. Gavin Newsom is getting plenty of both — favorable and not. Just a few days into a national book tour, the two-term Democrat who is widely expected to seek the presidency in 2028 is taking heat from conservatives who […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is suing the University of California over allegations that UCLA failed to protect Jewish employees from antisemitic harassment amid pro-Palestinian protests that roiled the campus in 2023 and 2024. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in California, is the latest escalation in the Trump administration’s campaign to punish top universities that […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — More than a dozen states sued the Trump administration Tuesday over its rollback of vaccine recommendations for children, calling the move an illegal threat to public health. The states argue that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention put children’s lives at risk when it announced last month that it would […]
JERUSALEM (AP) — The U.S. embassy in Jerusalem plans to offer consular services for the first time at an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank. A statement posted Wednesday to the U.S. embassy’s account on the social platform X said consular officers “will be providing routine passport services” to U.S. citizens Friday in the […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. State Department has expressed its displeasure about Ukraine’s recent attacks on the Russian port of Novorossiysk on the Black Sea that have impacted U.S. oil interests in Kazakhstan, Kyiv’s chief envoy to Washington said on Tuesday. Ambassador Olga Stefanishyna noted the U.S. concern on the fourth anniversary of Russia’s […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The former Los Angeles fire chief has filed a lawsuit against the city, alleging that her ouster was part of an orchestrated effort to smear her conduct and decision-making so Mayor Karen Bass could avoid accountability for the most destructive wildfire in LA history. Bass sacked Kristin Crowley a month after […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Central Intelligence Agency offered help to potential informants in Iran on Tuesday, providing Farsi-language instructions on ways to safely contact the U.S. spy agency as President Donald Trump mulls possible military strikes. The in Farsi, Korean, Russian and Mandarin that offered secure ways to contact the CIA. The Farsi-language message posted […]
CHANIA, Greece (AP) — Protesters gathered on the Greek island of Crete late Tuesday following the arrival of a U.S. aircraft carrier that is part of a major buildup of American forces in the Middle East. The USS Gerald R. Ford, the world’s largest aircraft carrier, docked Monday at the American naval base at Souda […]
The gold-medal-winning U.S. men’s Olympic hockey team has touched down at Joint Base Andrews on its way to the Capitol for President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday night. Forward Matthew Tkachuk posted pictures on social media of members of the team celebrating on what appears to be a U.S. government plane […]
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Caribbean leaders prepared to meet Tuesday in St. Kitts and Nevis to debate pressing issues including the region’s relationship with the U.S. government, which has continued to strike suspected drug boats in the area, killing local fishermen. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is expected to meet with Caribbean leaders on […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A coalition of Wisconsin school districts, teachers’ unions, advocacy groups, parents, students and others announced a lawsuit Tuesday against the state Legislature, alleging that it’s failing to adequately fund public schools. The lawsuit, filed Monday in Eau Claire County Circuit Court, argues that schools are in crisis, with high-needs students facing […]
HOUSTON (AP) — U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas faced growing calls Tuesday from fellow congressional Republicans to resign over a report of an alleged affair with a former staffer who later died after she set herself on fire. Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky joined Reps. Lauren Boebert of Colorado, Anna Paulina Luna of Florida […]
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The Trump administration is suing New Jersey over a state order that prohibits federal immigration agents from making arrests in nonpublic areas of state property, such as correctional facilities and courthouses. The Justice Department lawsuit, filed Monday in federal court in Trenton, challenges Gov. Mikie Sherrill ’s Feb. 11 executive order, […]
President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address tonight at 9 p.m. ET is likely to be a test run of the message Republicans will give to voters in November’s elections for control of the House and the Senate. The president and his party appear vulnerable, with polls showing much of America distrusts how Trump […]
MONTREAL (AP) — Canadian regulators have approved Gulfstream G700 and G800 business jets in a move that comes weeks, after new tariff threats from U.S. President Donald Trump over the planes’ status in Canada. A Transport Canada database shows that it certified the American company’s latest private planes on Monday, roughly a week after green-lighting […]
HARLINGEN, Texas (AP) — Only about a dozen people were in a side room of a barbeque joint in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley when Mayra Flores arrived. The former Republican congresswoman was given just one minute to say why she should be sent back to Washington, so she rushed through her stump speech in three […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he has a lot to talk about tonight. He’s returning to Congress to deliver a State of the Union address at a consequential moment in his presidency, with his approval ratings near an all-time low and restive supporters waiting for him to deliver more tangibly on their struggles […]
U.S. President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post Saturday that he would deploy a hospital ship to Greenland, alleging many people there are sick and not receiving care, even though both of the U.S. Navy’s hospital ships are undergoing maintenance at a shipyard in Alabama. The announcement prompted a defense of Greenland’s health […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — As the United States assembles its greatest military firepower in decades in the Middle East, Iranians are warily awaiting the next round of talks with the U.S. in Geneva this week — negotiations that many see as a last chance for their ruling theocracy to strike a deal with […]
FedEx is suing the U.S. government, requesting a full refund on what it paid for tariffs set by President Donald Trump last year after the Supreme Court ruled that the tariffs are illegal. FedEx said in a filing with the U.S. Court of International Trade that they have “suffered injury” from having to pay the […]
A House vote expected Tuesday will likely determine whether airline jets and every other plane flying around busy airports will be required to install locator technology that the head of the National Transportation Safety Board said would have prevented last year’s tragic midair collision near Washington, D.C., that killed 67 people. The bill that already […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger offered a sharp contrast to President Donald Trump’s depiction of the nation as being in a “golden age” during his State of the Union, arguing in her Democratic rebuttal that costs remain high for many Americans more than a year into his second term. Her message, that families […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. military forces boarded a third sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean after tracking it from the Caribbean Sea in an effort to target illicit oil connected to Venezuela, the Pentagon said Tuesday. U.S. Southern Command said in a post on X that U.S. forces boarded the Bertha overnight, conducting “a […]
