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POLITICS/GOVERNMENT


The U.S. Capitol is reflected in a puddle outside of the Rayburn House Office Building, Wednesday, July 16, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
9 minutes ago

House votes on trio of cryptocurrency bills aimed at legitimizing the industry

Read full article: House votes on trio of cryptocurrency bills aimed at legitimizing the industry
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt arrives to speak with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Thursday, July 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
11 minutes ago

Trump is checked for swelling in legs and was diagnosed with a common condition in older adults

Read full article: Trump is checked for swelling in legs and was diagnosed with a common condition in older adults
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., leaves the chamber at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 17, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
37 minutes ago

What's in the Republican bill cutting $9 billion from public broadcasting and foreign aid

Read full article: What's in the Republican bill cutting $9 billion from public broadcasting and foreign aid
FILE - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a campaign event on May 31, 2023, in Salix, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
1 hour ago

Florida congressional districts that eliminated a majority-Black seat upheld by state Supreme Court

Read full article: Florida congressional districts that eliminated a majority-Black seat upheld by state Supreme Court

Florida's Supreme Court has upheld the state's current congressional redistricting map, rejecting a challenge over the elimination of a majority-Black district that was pushed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought speaks with reporters at the White House, Thursday, July 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
53 minutes ago

The House is poised to OK Trump's $9 billion cut to public broadcasting and foreign aid

Read full article: The House is poised to OK Trump's $9 billion cut to public broadcasting and foreign aid

The House is expected to approve President Donald Trump’s request to claw back about $9 billion for public broadcasting and foreign aid.

Special needs teacher Deja Nebula sets up an art installation displaying names and faces of people who have been detained, deported, or sent to offshore camps during ICE raids in Southern California, at Olvera Street Plaza in Los Angeles, on Thursday, July 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
2 hours ago

Trump administration hands over Medicaid recipients' personal data, including addresses, to ICE

Read full article: Trump administration hands over Medicaid recipients' personal data, including addresses, to ICE

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials will gain access to personally identifiable information for all of the nation’s 79 million Medicaid enrollees.

FILE - Assistant U.S. Attorney Maurene Comey is outside court during the Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking trial, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)
32 minutes ago

'Fear is the tool of a tyrant', fired federal prosecutor Maurene Comey tells colleagues

Read full article: 'Fear is the tool of a tyrant', fired federal prosecutor Maurene Comey tells colleagues

Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI director James Comey who as a federal prosecutor in Manhattan worked on cases against Sean “Diddy” Combs and Jeffrey Epstein, has told colleagues in a note that “fear is the tool of a tyrant” and that her firing without reason should fuel “a fire of righteous indignation at abuses of power.”.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., walks to his office from the Senate chamber as Senate Republicans vote on President Donald Trump's request to cancel about $9 billion in foreign aid and public broadcasting spending, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, July 16, 2025.(AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
4 minutes ago

The Latest: House prepares to advance cuts on public broadcasting and foreign aid

Read full article: The Latest: House prepares to advance cuts on public broadcasting and foreign aid

The House is expected to approve President Donald Trump’s request to claw back about $9 billion in already appropriated funding for public broadcasting and foreign aid.

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6 hours ago

Economics expert explains President Trump’s flip-flop on Fed Chair Powell

Read full article: Economics expert explains President Trump’s flip-flop on Fed Chair Powell

Brad Hershbein, a senior economist for the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, said the president and Powell disagree on economic policy, but firing Powell could cause a major ripple in global markets.

FILE - Kentucky State Senator Ralph Alvarado makes a statement to the Senate body at the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort, Ky., March 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)
7 hours ago

Alvarado, Kentucky's first Hispanic state legislator, echoes Trump in launching a congressional bid

Read full article: Alvarado, Kentucky's first Hispanic state legislator, echoes Trump in launching a congressional bid

Republican Ralph Alvarado has reentered Kentucky politics by announcing his bid for a congressional seat targeted by Democrats in 2026.

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6 hours ago

Detainees sue Trump administration over conditions at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

Read full article: Detainees sue Trump administration over conditions at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

Detainees held at Florida’s controversial immigration detention facility known as “Alligator Alcatraz” are suing the Trump administration, alleging inhumane conditions and unlawful confinement.

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President Donald Trump arriving before speaking at a ceremony to sign the "Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act," in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, July 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
3 hours ago

Trump's approval rating on immigration and government spending has slipped, new AP-NORC poll finds

Read full article: Trump's approval rating on immigration and government spending has slipped, new AP-NORC poll finds

Just 1 in 4 U.S. adults say President Donald Trump’s policies have helped them.

FILE - Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell listens during a Senate Committee on Banking hearing, June 25, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)
15 hours ago

Republican senators caution Trump against firing Fed chair Jerome Powell

Read full article: Republican senators caution Trump against firing Fed chair Jerome Powell

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is gaining some key backing on Capitol Hill from Republican senators.

President Donald Trump listens during a briefing with the media, Friday, June 27, 2025, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
3 hours ago

In their own words: Trump, Patel, Bongino and Bondi on the Epstein scandal

Read full article: In their own words: Trump, Patel, Bongino and Bondi on the Epstein scandal

When Jeffrey Epstein died in prison, then-President Donald Trump speculated that authorities might be wrong in ruling it a suicide.

State Department employees applaud as their colleagues walk outside of the State Department headquarters in the Harry S Truman Building, Friday, July 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
15 hours ago

State Department layoffs affect key Trump priorities like intelligence, energy and China

Read full article: State Department layoffs affect key Trump priorities like intelligence, energy and China

The roles of some of the State Department employees fired last week overlap with priorities that President Donald Trump has laid out.

FILE - Assistant U.S. Attorney Maurene Comey is outside court during the Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking trial, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)
11 hours ago

Justice Department fires Maurene Comey, prosecutor on Epstein case and daughter of ex-FBI director

Read full article: Justice Department fires Maurene Comey, prosecutor on Epstein case and daughter of ex-FBI director

The Justice Department has fired Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI director James Comey and a prosecutor in the federal cases against Sean “Diddy” Combs and Jeffrey Epstein, three people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.

FILE - Former President Donald Trump drinks a Diet Coke during the ProAm of the LIV Golf Team Championship at Trump National Doral Golf Club, Oct. 27, 2022, in Doral, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
20 hours ago

Trump says Coca-Cola will use real sugar in its US flagship drink. The company isn't confirming that

Read full article: Trump says Coca-Cola will use real sugar in its US flagship drink. The company isn't confirming that

President Donald Trump says that Coca-Cola had agreed to use real cane sugar in its flagship soft drink in the U.S. at his suggestion.

President Donald Trump arriving before speaking at a ceremony to sign the "Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act," in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, July 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
19 hours ago

Trump tries to blame others as tensions rise around handling of Epstein case

Read full article: Trump tries to blame others as tensions rise around handling of Epstein case

President Donald Trump is countering criticism of the Justice Department’s failure to release much-hyped records around the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case, accusing former government officials including Barack Obama, Joe Biden and James Comey of tampering with related documents.

FILE - Demonstrators holds up a banner during a citizenship rally outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
20 hours ago

Federal judge says she would block Trump's birthright citizenship order nationwide

Read full article: Federal judge says she would block Trump's birthright citizenship order nationwide

A federal judge in Maryland may soon become the second to block President Donald Trump’s order restricting birthright citizenship from taking effect nationwide.

FILE - Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear delivers his State of The Commonwealth address in the House chamber at the State Capitol in Frankfort, Ky., Jan. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)
22 hours ago

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear tells South Carolina Democrats his record is a red state success story

Read full article: Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear tells South Carolina Democrats his record is a red state success story

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says Democrats can win back disaffected voters by focusing on their everyday concerns to counter the anticipated fallout from President Donald Trump’s budget-and-policy package.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem arrives for a news conference where she announced that most airline passengers will no longer have to remove their shoes at security checkpoints on Tuesday, July 8, 2025, at Reagan National Airport in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
22 hours ago

First the shoes went back on. Now, at US airport security, more liquid in carry-ons may be at hand

Read full article: First the shoes went back on. Now, at US airport security, more liquid in carry-ons may be at hand

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem suggests changes to the amount of liquids travelers can carry on planes may be coming.

FILE - President Donald Trump speaks at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Sept. 1, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
23 hours ago

20 states sue FEMA for canceling grant program that guards against natural disasters

Read full article: 20 states sue FEMA for canceling grant program that guards against natural disasters

Twenty Democratic-led states have filed a lawsuit against the Federal Emergency Management Agency over the cancellation of a disaster mitigation grant program.

President Donald Trump and Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa speak in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, July 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
16 hours ago

Trump hosts Persian Gulf leaders at White House as new violence raises questions about peace efforts

Read full article: Trump hosts Persian Gulf leaders at White House as new violence raises questions about peace efforts

President Donald Trump has hosted Bahrain's crown prince and Qatar's prime minister at the White House.

FILE - Florence Makumene holds HIV medication that she received through funding from the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), along with her hospital records book, at her home in Harare, Zimbabwe, Feb. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Ufumeli, File)
1 day ago

PEPFAR keeps millions of people with HIV alive and may be spared from Trump spending cuts

Read full article: PEPFAR keeps millions of people with HIV alive and may be spared from Trump spending cuts

The program known as PEPFAR is one of the most effective and popular U.S. foreign aid projects in history, and the government says it has saved the lives of over 25 million people around the world with HIV.

President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, July 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
1 day ago

Trump says he's 'highly unlikely' to fire Fed's Powell after floating that idea in private

Read full article: Trump says he's 'highly unlikely' to fire Fed's Powell after floating that idea in private

President Donald Trump says he's “highly unlikely” to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., walks to his office from the Senate chamber as Senate Republicans vote on President Donald Trump's request to cancel about $9 billion in foreign aid and public broadcasting spending, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, July 16, 2025.(AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
12 hours ago

Senate passes $9 billion in spending cuts to public broadcasting, foreign aid requested by Trump

Read full article: Senate passes $9 billion in spending cuts to public broadcasting, foreign aid requested by Trump

The Senate has passed Donald Trump’s request to cancel about $9 billion in foreign aid and public broadcasting spending, moving forward on one of the president’s top priorities despite concerns from several Republican senators.

FILE - First lady Jill Biden talks with senior adviser Anthony Bernal before her speech at the Carondelet Palace in Quito, Ecuador, May 19, 2022. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP, Pool, File)
1 day ago

Jill Biden aide invokes Fifth to decline testimony in Republican investigation

Read full article: Jill Biden aide invokes Fifth to decline testimony in Republican investigation

A former senior aide to first lady Jill Biden has declined to answer questions as part of a House Republican probe into former President Joe Biden's mental state.

Jennifer Vasquez Sura, right, wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, attends a news conference outside the federal courthouse Wednesday, July 16, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
20 hours ago

Judge won't rule this week on releasing Kilmar Abrego Garcia from jail

Read full article: Judge won't rule this week on releasing Kilmar Abrego Garcia from jail

A federal judge in Tennessee says he won't immediately rule on whether to release Kilmar Abrego Garcia from jail as he awaits trial on human smuggling charges.

President Donald Trump greets Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa at the White House, Wednesday, July 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
19 hours ago

The Latest: Justice Department fires prosecutor on Epstein case and daughter of ex-FBI director

Read full article: The Latest: Justice Department fires prosecutor on Epstein case and daughter of ex-FBI director

The Justice Department has fired Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI director James Comey and a prosecutor in the federal cases against Sean “Diddy” Combs and Jeffrey Epstein.

FLORIDA LEGISLATURE


FILE - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a public event where he announced he would sign a bill banning the use of fluoride in public water systems, Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, file)

Florida state senators discuss Gov. DeSantis’ budget vetoes and Northeast Florida priorities

Read full article: Florida state senators discuss Gov. DeSantis’ budget vetoes and Northeast Florida priorities
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New Florida law requires teens to take driver’s education course to get learner’s permit

Read full article: New Florida law requires teens to take driver’s education course to get learner’s permit
Rep. Angie Nixon, D-Jacksonville, was one of only 2 votes against the budget in the House

Florida lawmakers pass $115.1B budget, end contentious legislative session

Read full article: Florida lawmakers pass $115.1B budget, end contentious legislative session
Negotiations between the House and Senate wrapped up Friday

Florida lawmakers approve state budget after weeks of gridlock and a missed deadline

Read full article: Florida lawmakers approve state budget after weeks of gridlock and a missed deadline
Plan for AP, other program budget cuts drew vocal opposition from students, some local lawmakers

Lawmakers appear to back off plan to cut funds for advanced placement programs in Florida public schools

Read full article: Lawmakers appear to back off plan to cut funds for advanced placement programs in Florida public schools
Questions remain about whether lawmakers, DeSantis will be on same page for finalized budget

Florida lawmakers begin ironing out budget differences as July 1 deadline looms

Read full article: Florida lawmakers begin ironing out budget differences as July 1 deadline looms
President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, July 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
19 hours ago

Trump slams his own supporters as 'weaklings' for falling for what he now calls the Epstein 'hoax'

Read full article: Trump slams his own supporters as 'weaklings' for falling for what he now calls the Epstein 'hoax'

President Donald Trump is lashing out at his own supporters as he tries to clamp down on criticism over his administration’s handling of much-hyped records in Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking investigation.

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., testifies during a House Energy and Commerce Committee, Tuesday, June 24, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)
20 hours ago

RFK Jr. and other Trump officials embrace psychedelics after FDA setback

Read full article: RFK Jr. and other Trump officials embrace psychedelics after FDA setback

Health Secretary Robert F.

FILE - King Mswati III of Eswatini arrives for the swearing-in ceremony of Cyril Ramaphosa at Loftus Versfeld stadium in Pretoria, South Africa, on May 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)
23 hours ago

US deports immigrants from Jamaica, Cuba and other countries to the African kingdom of Eswatini

Read full article: US deports immigrants from Jamaica, Cuba and other countries to the African kingdom of Eswatini

The United States says it has sent five immigrants to the small African nation of Eswatini in an expansion of the Trump administration’s third-country deportation program.

FILE - In this photo provided by Ukraine's 24th Mechanized Brigade press service, a serviceman prepares to fire a howitzer toward Russian army positions near Chasiv Yar in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, on June 14, 2025. (Oleg Petrasiuk/Ukraine's 24th Mechanized Brigade via AP, File)
1 day ago

Trump's 50-day ultimatum gives Russia a chance to wear down Ukraine

Read full article: Trump's 50-day ultimatum gives Russia a chance to wear down Ukraine

President Donald Trump’s ultimatum to Russia to accept a peace deal in Ukraine within 50 days or face bruising sanctions has given the Kremlin extra time to pursue its summer offensive.

Elayna Cunningham, a college student interning at Koahnic Broadcast Corp., records a program on July 10, 2025, at the Anchorage, Alaska, studios of KNBA, the flagship station for National Native News. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
1 day ago

Native American radio stations at risk as Congress looks to cut $1B in public broadcasting funding

Read full article: Native American radio stations at risk as Congress looks to cut $1B in public broadcasting funding

Native American radio stations could face shutdowns if Congress cuts over $1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

FILE - Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell listens during a Senate Committee on Banking hearing, June 25, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)
1 day ago

How Trump could use a building renovation to oust Fed Chair Powell

Read full article: How Trump could use a building renovation to oust Fed Chair Powell

President Donald Trump says he's found a way to achieve his goal of removing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, accusing him of mismanaging the U.S. central bank’s $2.5 billion renovation project.

Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance, greet patrons during a surprise stop at the Majestic Lunch diner in Pittston, Pa., Wednesday. July 16, 2025. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP)
22 hours ago

Vance touts tax breaks in Pennsylvania as he makes White House's first big pitch on Trump's new law

Read full article: Vance touts tax breaks in Pennsylvania as he makes White House's first big pitch on Trump's new law

Vice President JD Vance made the Trump administration’s first big pitch to sell the public on President Donald Trump’s sweeping budget-and-policy package in the swing political turf of northeastern Pennsylvania.

Houthi supporters shout slogans during a weekly, anti-U.S. and anti-Israel rally in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, July 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)
1 day ago

UN council authorizes continuing vigilance of attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels on Red Sea shipping

Read full article: UN council authorizes continuing vigilance of attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels on Red Sea shipping

The U.N. Security Council has authorized continued reporting on attacks on ships in the Red Sea by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, who have defied its previous demands to immediately halt all such attacks.

FILE - The United Nations flag flies on a stormy day at the U.N. during the United Nations General Assembly, Sept. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)
1 day ago

France, UK and Germany would restore UN sanctions on Iran next month without progress on a deal

Read full article: France, UK and Germany would restore UN sanctions on Iran next month without progress on a deal

The United Kingdom, France and Germany have agreed to restore tough U.N. sanctions on Iran by the end of August if there has been no concrete progress on a nuclear deal.

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., left, a longtime supporter of cryptocurrency, joined at right by Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., discusses legislation in the week ahead that could impact the industry, during a news conference at the Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington, Tuesday, July 15, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
1 day ago

Republicans declared it 'crypto' week in the House. It's not going as planned

Read full article: Republicans declared it 'crypto' week in the House. It's not going as planned

House Republicans are struggling with cryptocurrency legislation that they had expected to pass during what they dubbed “crypto week.”.

President Donald Trump speaks to the media after arriving at Joint Base Andrews, Tuesday, July 15, 2025, in Joint Base Andrews, Md., as Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, left, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick and White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, right, look on. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
1 day ago

Trump to put tariffs of over 10% on smaller nations, including those in Africa and the Caribbean

Read full article: Trump to put tariffs of over 10% on smaller nations, including those in Africa and the Caribbean

President Donald Trump says he plans to place tariffs of over 10% on smaller countries, including nations in Africa and the Caribbean.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speaks about President Donald Trump's policies and the GOP's tax and spending cut bill that passed this month, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, July 14, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
1 day ago

Democrats are trolling Trump and the GOP over the Jeffrey Epstein case

Read full article: Democrats are trolling Trump and the GOP over the Jeffrey Epstein case

Democrats are latching on to the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.

FILE - Masked federal agents wait outside an immigration courtroom, July 8, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Olga Fedorova, File)
1 day ago

Immigration agency flexes authority to sharply expand detention without bond hearing

Read full article: Immigration agency flexes authority to sharply expand detention without bond hearing

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is moving to detain far more people than before, tapping a legal authority to jail anyone who entered the country illegally.

FILE - California National Guard are positioned at the Federal Building, June 10, 2025, in downtown Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer, File)
1 day ago

Pentagon ends deployment of 2,000 National Guard troops in Los Angeles

Read full article: Pentagon ends deployment of 2,000 National Guard troops in Los Angeles

The Trump administration said Tuesday it is ending the deployment of 2,000 National Guard troops in Los Angeles.

FILE - The American and Chinese flags wave, Feb. 2, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)
1 day ago

Global views of China and Xi improve, while they decline about the US and Trump, survey says

Read full article: Global views of China and Xi improve, while they decline about the US and Trump, survey says

Global views of China and its leader Xi Jinping have improved, while opinions of the U.S. and Donald Trump have declined.

Dr. Robert M. Groves, Interim President, Georgetown University, testifies during a House Committee on Education and Workforce Committee hearing on "Antisemitism in Higher Education: Examining the Role of Faculty, Funding, and Ideology" on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, July 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
1 day ago

Republicans press leaders of Georgetown, Berkeley and CUNY on antisemitism complaints

Read full article: Republicans press leaders of Georgetown, Berkeley and CUNY on antisemitism complaints

House Republicans on Tuesday grilled the leaders of Georgetown University, the City University of New York and the University of California, Berkeley, in the latest hearing on antisemitism in higher education, accusing the schools of failing to respond adequately to allegations of bias or discrimination.

President Donald Trump speaks at the "Inaugural Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Event" at Carnegie Mellon University, Tuesday, July 15, 2025, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
1 day ago

Trump downplays possibility of sending Ukraine long-range weapons as it struggles to repel Russia

Read full article: Trump downplays possibility of sending Ukraine long-range weapons as it struggles to repel Russia

President Donald Trump is downplaying the possibility of sending Ukraine long-range weapons as Kyiv awaits an injection of U.S. weaponry that it hopes will help it beat back an intensifying Russian air offensive.

Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks at a news conference at the Drug Enforcement Administration, Tuesday, July 15, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
1 day ago

Pam Bondi dodges questions on Epstein and Bongino amid Justice Department turmoil

Read full article: Pam Bondi dodges questions on Epstein and Bongino amid Justice Department turmoil

Attorney General Pam Bondi refused to answer questions Tuesday about investigate files related to Jeffrey Epstein and her clash with a top FBI official.

FILE - The Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill, Feb. 27, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
1 day ago

Trump reshaped the Supreme Court. Now emergency appeals are helping him reshape the government

Read full article: Trump reshaped the Supreme Court. Now emergency appeals are helping him reshape the government

President Donald Trump has achieved significant victories in the Supreme Court during the first six months of his second term.

This photo combination shows Jon Stewart, left, posing for a photo outside the Department of Veterans Affairs, July 26, 2024, in Washington and Stephen Colbert being interviewed at The Vatican, June 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, Riccardo De Luca)
1 day ago

The Paramount comics, Colbert and Stewart, are sharp critics of the '60 Minutes' deal

Read full article: The Paramount comics, Colbert and Stewart, are sharp critics of the '60 Minutes' deal

Stephen Colbert returned from vacation loaded for bear.

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