OREM, Utah. (AP) — The 22-year-old man accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk during an event at Utah Valley University has been charged with murder, prosecutors announced Tuesday. Evidence presented by prosecutors when announcing charges against Tyler Robinson included an alleged text message confession to his partner and a note left beforehand saying he had the […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s tariff policy, immigration crackdowns and sweeping tax and spending law are expected to increase jobless rates and inflation and lower overall growth this year before they improve next year, according to a new report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. The CBO on Friday released new economic projections for […]
Some West Africans who were deported from the U.S. to Ghana were held in “straitjackets” for 16 hours on a flight during which all passengers were shackled and given only bread and water, according to a lawsuit filed Friday. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Washington on behalf of five migrants, says passengers were […]
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly Friday to support a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict and urge Israel to commit to a Palestinian state, which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vehemently opposes. The 193-member world body approved a nonbinding resolution endorsing the “New York Declaration,” which sets out a phased plan […]
ATLANTA (AP) — A judge has rejected an attempt by the state of Georgia and a local development agency to force people who unsuccessfully sued to block an electric vehicle plant to pay the government’s legal fees. State government and the development authority demanded that six Morgan County property owners who challenged the zoning for […]
A judge on Friday released a heavily redacted document used to justify a recent search of the home of John Bolton, who was national security adviser during the first Trump administration, saying that revealing more could harm a criminal investigation. The FBI’s search warrant affidavit said there was probable cause to believe classified information and […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Family members of the young Utah man accused of shooting Charlie Kirk told authorities he had recently become “more political” and saw the ally of President Donald Trump as a person spreading hate, according to charging documents. Tyler James Robinson, 22, of Washington, Utah, was arrested on suspicion of aggravated murder, felony […]
The governors of Arizona and Maine on Friday joined the growing list of Democratic officials who have signed orders intended to ensure most residents can receive COVID-19 vaccines at pharmacies without individual prescriptions. Unlike past years, access to COVID-19 vaccines has become complicated in 2025, largely because federal guidance does not recommend them for nearly […]
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Republicans handed President Donald Trump a political victory Friday, giving final legislative approval to a redistricting plan that could help Republicans win an additional U.S. House seat in next year’s elections. The Senate vote sends the redistricting plan to Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe for his expected signature to make […]
CHICAGO (AP) — The Department of Homeland Security said an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer opened fire and killed a suspect in a Chicago suburb Friday after the suspect tried to evade arrest by driving his car at the officers and dragged one of them. The department said in a news release that the officer […]
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday dismissed Curtis Sliwa — his own party’s New York City mayoral candidate — as “not exactly prime time” and even disparaged his affinity for cats, as pressure mounts for Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani ‘s rivals to drop out of the race. Trump has warned that Mamdani, […]
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — No formal agreement has been signed to convert a remote state prison in Nebraska into the latest immigration detention center for President Donald Trump’s sweeping crackdown, more than three weeks since the governor announced the plan and as lawmakers and nearby residents grow increasingly skeptical. Corrections officials insist the facility could […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration must update its immigration services website to reflect that 600,000 Venezuelans with temporary protected status are legally allowed to live and work in the United States, a federal judge ordered. U.S. District Judge Edward Chen ordered Trump’s Republican administration to change its U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox made an impassioned plea on Friday for Americans and young people to use the horror of conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s public assassination as an inflection point to turn the country away from political violence and division. “This is our moment: Do we escalate or do we find an […]
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — The United States on Friday suspended talks with Kosovo, saying the actions by its caretaker government were to blame for rising tensions and instability in the small Balkan country and the region. Seven months after parliamentary elections in February, Kosovo still doesn’t have a functioning parliament because the governing left-wing Self-Determination […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will travel to Madrid this weekend for negotiations with his Chinese counterparts over tariffs and national security issues related to the ownership of social media platform TikTok. Bessent is slated to meet Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in Madrid to discuss national security and economic issues, a […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Brett Kavanaugh says the genius of the American system of government is that no one should have too much power, even as he and other conservatives on the Supreme Court are facing criticism for deferring repeatedly to President Donald Trump. Invoking the list of grievances against King George III that the […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio will visit Israel next week in a show of support for the country before the UN meets for what is expected to be a contentious debate on the creation of a Palestinian state, the State Department said Friday. Despite tensions between President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime […]
President Donald Trump said Friday he’ll send the National Guard to Memphis to address crime concerns there with the support of the mayor and the governor. Since sending the National Guard to Los Angeles and Washington, the Republican president has openly mused about sending troops to other cities, claiming they’re needed to crack down on […]
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday he’ll send the National Guard to Memphis to address crime concerns there with the support of the mayor and the governor.
President Donald Trump said Friday “with a high degree of certainty” that the suspect in the Charlie Kirk killing has been caught. Federal investigators and state officials on Thursday had released photos and a video of the person they believe is responsible. Kirk was shot as he spoke to a crowd gathered in a courtyard […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer weathered backlash from Democrats earlier this year when he voted with Republicans to keep the government open. But he’s now willing to risk a shutdown at the end of the month if Republicans don’t accede to Democratic demands. Schumer says he and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries […]
OREM, Utah (AP) — A palm print. A shoe impression. And a high-powered rifle found in a wooded area. Those are among the clues authorities laid out as they pleaded for the public’s help to find the person who assassinated conservative activist Charlie Kirk before dropping from a Utah university campus roof and vanishing. The […]
The governor of Utah struggled to find the right words to describe the question so many have been asking: What is happening in America? The silence lasted nearly 10 seconds. He looked down. He opened and closed his mouth. “Our nation is broken,” Spencer Cox finally said, hours after the public killing of Charlie Kirk. […]
