TYLERTOWN, Miss. (AP) — Survivors of major natural disasters in the U.S. are having to wait longer to get aid from the federal government, according to a new Associated Press analysis of decades of data. On average, it took less than two weeks for a governor’s request for a major disaster declaration to be granted […]
TYLERTOWN, Miss. (AP) — As an ominous storm approached Buddy Anthony’s new home, he took shelter in his Ford F-250 pickup parked under a nearby carport. Seconds later, a tornado tore apart the one-story brick house and damaged the truck while lifting it partly in the air. Anthony emerged unhurt. But he had to replace […]
Texas state Rep. James Talarico, a Democrat and former schoolteacher with a rising national profile, joined a widening race for U.S. Senate on Tuesday that already has two prominent challengers trying to unseat Republican Sen. John Cornyn. Talarico, 36, has gained popularity in the Texas House through viral social media posts challenging Republican-led policies such […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The top-elected official in Milwaukee County, who rose out of poverty in one of the state’s poorest neighborhoods, launched a bid for Wisconsin governor on Tuesday, saying his background and experience in office make him uniquely prepared for the job. Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley joins the battleground state’s Lt. Gov. […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Most U.S. adults think personal choices are a major driver of poverty and homelessness, according to a new poll, while fewer blame a lack of government support. However, just over half also think the government spends too little on those in need, the new poll from the University of Chicago Harris School […]
BOSTON (AP) — Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, the city’s first Asian and female leader, is expected to take a critical step to securing a second term when voters on Tuesday narrow the field to the top two candidates. The expectation is that Wu will face against nonprofit leader Josh Kraft, son of Patriots owner Robert […]
Virginia voters on Tuesday are set to choose their congressional candidate to succeed the late U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly, filling a vacant seat to represent a deep-blue, Washington-area suburb in a closely divided House. In a special election in Virginia’s 11th Congressional District, home to more than 700,000 people, Democrat James Walkinshaw will go up […]
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — An initial United Nations assessment of the impact of Afghanistan’s recent deadly earthquake found 5,230 homes destroyed and 672 damaged in 49 villages — but the U.N. hasn’t been able to get to the vast majority of the remote villages. Shannon O’Hara, the coordination chief for the U.N. humanitarian office in […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. and European officials met at U.S. Treasury Department on Monday evening to discuss various forms of economic pressure to exert on Russia, including new sanctions and tariffs on Russian oil purchases, a person familiar with the meeting told The Associated Press. The person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic lawmakers on the House Intelligence Committee asked the Trump administration on Monday about its reasons for revoking the security clearances of 37 current and former national security officials. In a letter to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, the lawmakers asked for the specific reasons for each revocations, and whether standard […]
CHICAGO (AP) — The Department of Homeland Security trumpeted the start of a new immigration operation Monday in Chicago, stirring up fresh confusion and anxiety as the city remained on alert for a federal intervention President Donald Trump has touted for days. Blasting so-called sanctuary laws in Chicago and Illinois, the latest effort targets people […]
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Two North Carolina constitutional amendments approved by voters — including a photo voter identification mandate — are enforceable, a trial court panel ruled three years after appeals judges declared they could be nullified because state lawmakers who helped put them on 2018 ballots came from districts tainted by illegal racial bias. […]
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Sept. 5 The New York Times says Trump’s trade policies are damaging U.S. economy and it’s global leadership When the United States pushed to reduce tariffs and other trade barriers in the wake of World War II, much of the world followed its lead, […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard detects and detains scores of drug-running vessels in the Caribbean every year in its role as the world’s drug police on the high seas. Now, that anti-narcotics mission may look vastly different after a U.S. military strike on a vessel off Venezuela. Trump administration officials asserted last week […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released on Monday a sexually suggestive letter to Jeffrey Epstein purportedly signed by President Donald Trump, which he has denied. Trump has said he did not write the letter or create the drawing of a curvaceous woman that surrounds the letter. He filed a $10 billion […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democrats are accusing one of their own of threatening to kill three of her colleagues, an allegation that the lawmaker has told local media stems from “poorly worded hyperbole.” Democratic leaders said in a statement Saturday that state Rep. Sylvia Ortiz-Velez made a comment about shooting three caucus members with […]
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrived in Puerto Rico on Monday as the U.S. steps up its military operations against drug cartels in the Caribbean. The arrival comes more than a week after ships carrying hundreds […]
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Researchers have confirmed the presence of an invasive species of tick in Maine for the first time, marking the farthest northeast in the United States the pest has been discovered. The University of Maine and state conservation officials said Monday they confirmed the presence of the Asian longhorned tick in the […]
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal judge on Monday approved a plan to settle a lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump’s Justice Department that demanded North Carolina election officials accumulate identification numbers lacking on the records of more than 100,000 registered voters. U.S. District Judge Richard Myers signed the proposed consent agreement filed a few […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump celebrated news on Monday that an alumni group from West Point canceled an award ceremony set to honor Tom Hanks, with the president calling the famous actor “destructive” and “WOKE.” Hanks was scheduled to receive the 2025 Sylvanus Thayer Award on Sept. 25, but the U.S. Military Academy’s alumni […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — do The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for federal agents to conduct sweeping immigration operations in Los Angeles, the latest victory for President Donald Trump’s administration at the high court. The justices lifted a restraining order from a judge who found that “roving patrols” were conducting indiscriminate arrests in LA. […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader John Thune says he’s ready to change the chamber’s rules to allow quick confirmations of dozens of President Donald Trump’s executive branch nominees, moving this week to speed up votes after months of Democratic delays. Thune says he’ll start the process of changing the rules when the Senate goes […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — For years, Republicans have disparaged their political rivals by describing them as socialists. But that may not be the insult it once was for rank-and-file Democrats, who have warmed to socialism and increasingly see “capitalism” as a barb. A new Gallup poll finds that while U.S. adults overall are more likely to […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts let President Donald Trump remove a member of Federal Trade Commission on Monday, the latest in string of high-profile firings allowed for now at the Supreme Court. Trump moved to fire Rebecca Slaughter in the spring, but lower courts ordered her reinstated after she sued because the law […]
