By WILL WEISSERT, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — They start the day often as low-profile Cabinet secretaries. They end it that way, too, God willing. But,…
Posts published in “Politics”
By ANDREW DeMILLO, Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The number of states imposing sales taxes on groceries has shrunk over the years, and…
Vance says US-Ukraine minerals deal better deterrent of Putin than ‘troops from some random country’
By AAMER MADHANI, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President JD Vance is making the case that a U.S.-Ukraine critical minerals deal is a more…
By JOSH BOAK, PAUL WISEMAN and ROB GILLIES, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s long-threatened tariffs against Canada and Mexico went into effect Tuesday, putting global markets…
Newly minted U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan swore he wouldn’t support gutting government benefits such as Medicaid that residents of his northeastern Pennsylvania district rely on.…
By JESSE BEDAYN, Associated Press President Donald Trump’s administration has begun terminating grants to organizations that enforce the Fair Housing Act by taking complaints, investigating…
Iowa’s governor signs a bill removing gender identity protections from the state’s civil rights code
By HANNAH FINGERHUT, Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa became the first U.S. state to remove gender identity protections from its civil rights…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Friday designating English as the official language of the United States,…
By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ and JOSHUA GOODMAN MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico has sent 29 drug cartel figures, including drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, who was behind…
By JANIE HAR SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge in San Francisco on Thursday found that the mass firings of probationary employees were likely…
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is abandoning cases that sought to force police and fire departments to end…
By DAVID KLEPPER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic lawmakers are demanding answers from Elon Musk about whether staffers at his Department of Government Efficiency…
By CATHY BUSSEWITZ, Associated Press Business Writer A Senate committee voted Thursday to advance the nomination of President Donald Trump’s choice to head the Department…
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily blocked a judge’s order giving the Trump administration…
By ELLIOT SPAGAT, Associated Press President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he plans to offer a “gold card” visa with a path to citizenship for $5 million,…