The Democratic governors of California and Illinois are threatening to leave the National Governors Association because of its silence on President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops across state lines despite objections from the receiving states’ leaders. “If we cannot come together, on a bipartisan basis, on this basic principle of state sovereignty, what […]
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Two men last weekend were wrongly charged under a far-reaching Florida immigration law that’s currently suspended by a judicial order, according to a Monday report from the state attorney general’s office. Both men were charged in separate instances in Bradenton under a Florida law that outlaws people living in the U.S. […]
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Oct. 5 The Washington Post on militarization of Portland being blocked by a Trump-appointed judge The 10th Amendment says that powers not delegated to the federal government by the Constitution belong to the states. A federal judge, nominated by President Donald Trump, ruled Saturday […]
CHICAGO (AP) — Officials in Illinois braced Tuesday for the possible arrival of the National Guard while a legal challenge to President Donald Trump’s plan to send hundreds of troops to the Chicago area still simmers and critics vigorously pan the deployment as an assault on the city. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, a Democrat, has […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul announced Tuesday that he will not run for governor, opting instead to seek a third term as the state’s top law enforcement official. The governor’s race is wide open after Democratic incumbent Tony Evers, 73, announced this summer that he won’t seek reelection. The race […]
Attorney General Pam Bondi is sparring with members of the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday as federal agents surge into American cities. Senators are questioning her about political influence over a Justice Department that has already criminally charged one of President Donald Trump’s longtime foes and is facing intense White House pressure to prosecute others. It’s […]
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Miami activist alleges that city officials violated Florida’s open government law when they gifted a sizable plot of prime downtown real estate to the state, which then transferred it to the foundation for Donald Trump’s future presidential library. The nearly 3-acre (1.2-hectare) property is a developer’s dream and is valued […]
Attorney General Pam Bondi goes before the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday as federal agents surge into American cities. Senators are sure to question her about political influence over a Justice Department that has already criminally charged one of President Donald Trump’s longtime foes and is facing intense White House pressure to prosecute others. It’s now […]
CAIRO (AP) — Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen have detained nine employees of the United Nations as part of a long-running crackdown on the organization, the U.N. said. The detentions brings the number of detained U.N. workers in Houthi-held territories in Yemen to 53 since 2021, U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a statement late Monday. […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats believe health care is an issue that resonates with a majority of Americans as they demand an extension of subsidies in exchange for their votes to reopen the shuttered U.S. government. But it is also one of the most intractable issues in Congress — and a real compromise amid the government […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Pam Bondi will face lawmakers at a congressional hearing Tuesday amid growing questions about political influence over a Justice Department that has already criminally charged one of President Donald Trump’s longtime foes and is facing intense White House pressure to prosecute others. The testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee comes […]
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Norwegian Crown Prince Haakon is marking the 200th anniversary of organized emigration from his homeland to the United States, highlighting the deep connections between the two countries with a visit to the heart of Norwegian America. The Upper Midwest has some of the largest concentrations of Scandinavian Americans in the U.S., and […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States under the Biden and Trump administrations has provided at least $21.7 billion in military assistance to Israel since the start of the Gaza war two years ago, according to a new academic study published Tuesday, the second anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks in Israel that provoked […]
TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher Tuesday in quiet holiday trading, while Japan’s benchmark rose to new records on hope for more government spending and lower taxes under Japan’s first woman prime minister. U.S. futures slipped and oil prices rose. Markets in mainland China and South Korea were closed. Over the weekend, Japan’s […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Matt Van Epps, a former commissioner in Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s administration, won a crowded Republican primary Tuesday in the special election to replace a GOP congressman who left office this summer. Van Epps clinched the victory with an endorsement from President Donald Trump that came after in-person early voting ended. […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Tuesday at a time when one of the world’s most durable and amicable alliances has been fractured by Trump’s trade war and annexation threats. Carney’s second visit to the White House comes ahead of a review […]
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Monday said he has asked Pope Leo XIV to help maintain peace in the South American country. Maduro’s comments come as the United States military continues to strike alleged drug-carrying boats in the waters off Venezuela in what President Donald Trump has declared an “armed conflict” […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former member of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’ senior staff was sentenced Monday to a year of probation for calling in a fake bomb threat to City Hall while attending a virtual meeting in 2024. During his sentencing hearing in U.S. District Court, Brian K. Williams admitted that he falsely […]
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Twenty-five years after a landmark U.N. resolution demanded equal participation for women in all efforts to promote peace, the United Nations chief said Tuesday that far too often women remain absent. At the same time, sexual violence against women and girls is on the rise and 676 million women live within […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI in 2023 analyzed phone records of more than a half dozen Republican lawmakers as part of an investigation into efforts by President Donald Trump to overturn the results of the 2020 election, according to information released Monday by GOP senators. The records enabled investigators to see basic information about the […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday ordered approval of a proposed 211-mile road through an Alaska wilderness to allow mining of copper, cobalt, gold and other minerals. The long-debated Ambler Road project was approved in the first Trump administration, but was later blocked by the Biden administration after an analysis determined the project […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s Republican-led Legislature approved a revised congressional map Monday that could give Democrats an improved chance at flipping a seat as the party fights to topple the GOP’s slim majority in the U.S. House. But in a state overwhelmingly dominated by Republicans, it remains a long-shot that Democrats could win […]
A mid-decade battle over congressional redistricting is playing out in state capitals, in courtrooms and on the ballot. The efforts to redraw U.S. House districts for partisan advantage got jump-started when President Donald Trump called upon Republican-led Texas to reshape districts so that the GOP could win more seats in next year’s elections. Since then, […]
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Authorities in Maine are investigating an allegation that dozens of unmarked ballots that were to be used in this November’s election arrived inside a woman’s Amazon order. The town of Ellsworth reported to the state last week that it was missing a shipment of 250 absentee ballots, Secretary of State Shenna […]
