By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal judge in Tennessee on Monday warned of possible sanctions against top Trump administration officials if they continue to make inflammatory statements about Kilmar Abrego Garcia that could prejudice his coming ...
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press With the federal government shutdown nearing the one-month mark, Americans are starting to see the cascading effects of programs shuttered by lapses in federal funding. Some states are scrambling to find ways to account for shortfalls in food and child ...
By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Two decades after a Republican-controlled Congress gave gun manufacturers immunity from being sued over crimes committed with their firearms, blue state Democrats upset about gun violence think they've found a way to penetrate that ...
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump's lawyers have asked a New York state appeals court to toss out his hush money criminal conviction, saying federal law preempts state law and there was no intent to commit a crime. The lawyers filed their written arguments with the state's mid-level ...
By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Republican Congressman Randy Feenstra on Tuesday confirmed that he is running for governor after a monthslong exploratory campaign in which he amassed support and raised money for an open election in a high stakes midterm ...
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Citing a chronic shortage of financial backing for independent publishers and nonprofits dedicated to writing and reading, a coalition of seven charitable foundations has established a Literary Arts Fund that will distribute a minimum ...
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve will almost certainly cut its key interest rate on Wednesday and could signal it expects another cut in December as the central bank seeks to bolster hiring. A cut Wednesday would be the second this year ...
By DAVID FISCHER Associated Press STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man convicted of raping and killing his next-door neighbor is scheduled to be executed Tuesday evening. Norman Mearle Grim Jr., 65, is set to receive a lethal injection starting at 6 p.m. at Florida State Prison near Starke. ...
By PAUL WISEMAN, DIDI TANG and JOSH FUNK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and China are not going to resolve all the issues that divide them before presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping meet Thursday in Busan, South Korea. But they are likely to make enough progress ...
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday confirmed the names of five candidates to replace Jerome Powell as chair of the powerful Federal Reserve next year. On an Air Force One flight to Asia with President Donald Trump, ...
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The 22-year-old Utah man charged with killing Charlie Kirk can appear in court wearing street clothes but must be physically restrained due to security concerns, a judge ruled Monday. Attorneys for Tyler Robinson argued images ...
The Trump administration must release millions of dollars in grants meant to address the shortage of mental health workers in schools, a federal judge ruled Monday. Congress funded the mental health program after the 2022 school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. The grants were intended to help ...
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Not even a year out from the last presidential election, the Democratic National Committee has begun setting up a framework for the party's next round of presidential primary elections, which could upend the early-voting calendar yet ...
NEW YORK (AP) — A majestic Norway spruce now growing in upstate New York has been chosen to be this year's Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, officials announced Monday. The 75-foot (22-meter) tree is to be cut down Nov. 6 in East Greenbush, outside the state capital of Albany, and arrive by ...
By CHRISTOPHER WEBER, MATTHEW LEE and REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sami Hamdi, a British political commentator, was being held Monday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after he was detained by ICE officers at San Francisco International Airport, according ...
By RIO YAMAT AP Airlines and Travel Writer A shortage of air traffic controllers caused more flight disruptions Monday around the country as controllers braced for their first full missing paycheck during the federal government shutdown. The Federal Aviation Administration reported ...
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press Federal funds could begin running dry Saturday that help tens of millions of Americans to buy food for their families and send their toddlers to preschool if Congress doesn't reach a deal by then to end the U.S. government shutdown. Funding for another ...
NEW YORK (AP) — A lawsuit filed Monday seeks to redraw the boundaries of the only congressional district in New York City represented by a Republican, arguing that its current configuration unconstitutionally dilutes the power of Black and Latino voters. The case, filed by an election law ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — A judge in northeast Ohio sentenced a woman to life in prison without the possibility of parole Monday for the fatal stabbing of a 3-year-old boy as he sat in a grocery cart outside a supermarket. Bionca Ellis, 34, of Cleveland, sat expressionless as Cuyahoga County Common ...
By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Cincinnati's mayor seeks a second term in a municipal election next week against a challenger with notable family ties. Mayor Aftab Pureval, a Democrat, is running against Republican Cory Bowman in this Democratic stronghold on Nov. 4. ...