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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer D-N.Y., speaks during "Hands Off Social Security " rally on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
20 minutes ago

Schumer is vowing to hold up Justice Department nominees for answers about luxury plane from Qatar

Read full article: Schumer is vowing to hold up Justice Department nominees for answers about luxury plane from Qatar
President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman gesture as they meet delegations at the Royal Palace in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, May 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
25 minutes ago

Golden swords and Arabian horses: Saudi Arabia's crown prince gives Trump a lavish royal welcome

Read full article: Golden swords and Arabian horses: Saudi Arabia's crown prince gives Trump a lavish royal welcome
FILE - Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg speaks before President Joe Biden during a visit to the U.A. Local 190 Training Center in Ann Arbor, Mich., Sept. 6, 2024. Buttigieg returns to Iowa Tuesday for an event focused on veterans, six years after he burst onto the national political stage with a strong run in the state's leadoff presidential caucuses. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
29 minutes ago

Buttigieg returns to Iowa for veterans' town hall amid talk of another White House bid

Read full article: Buttigieg returns to Iowa for veterans' town hall amid talk of another White House bid
Minnesota Farm Bureau president Dan Glessing loads soybeans into his planter on Thursday, May 8, 2025 near Waverly, Minn. (AP Photo/Mark Vancleave)
59 minutes ago

Farmers weigh Trump's trade war like they watch the weather, waiting to see how things go

Read full article: Farmers weigh Trump's trade war like they watch the weather, waiting to see how things go

Farm country voted heavily for Donald Trump last November.

President Donald Trump looks on as he leaves the Royal Palace after a signing ceremony with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, May 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
29 minutes ago

Trump says he will ease sanctions on Syria, moves to restore relations with new leader

Read full article: Trump says he will ease sanctions on Syria, moves to restore relations with new leader

President Donald Trump said Tuesday he will move to normalize relations and lift sanctions on Syriaโ€™s new government to give the country โ€œa chance at peace.โ€.

The Harvard University logo is displayed on a building at the school, Tuesday, April 15, 2025, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
2 hours ago

Harvard loses another $450 million in grants in escalating battle with Trump administration

Read full article: Harvard loses another $450 million in grants in escalating battle with Trump administration

President Donald Trump's administration is cutting another $450 million in grants to Harvard University a day after the Ivy League school pushed back against government allegations itโ€™s a hotbed of liberalism and antisemitism.

Former U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at the Advocates, Counselors, and Representatives for the Disabled conference in Chicago, Tuesday, April 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
2 hours ago

Nodule found in former President Joe Bidenโ€™s prostate during routine physical exam

Read full article: Nodule found in former President Joe Bidenโ€™s prostate during routine physical exam

A small nodule has been found in the prostate of former President Joe Biden during a routine physical exam.

Workers walk by as shipping containers are stacked at Jakarta International Container Terminal (JICT) at Tanjung Prior Port in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, April 11, 2025.(AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
3 hours ago

Trump's tariffs have launched global trade wars. Here's a timeline of how we got here

Read full article: Trump's tariffs have launched global trade wars. Here's a timeline of how we got here

Long-threatened tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump have plunged the country into trade wars abroad โ€” all while on-again, off-again new levies continue to escalate uncertainty.

FILE - A first printing of the United States Constitution is displayed at Sotheby's auction house during a press preview on Nov. 5, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
3 hours ago

Ken Griffin will loan his copies of the Constitution and Bill of Rights so the public can see them

Read full article: Ken Griffin will loan his copies of the Constitution and Bill of Rights so the public can see them

Citadel CEO Ken Griffin believes American prosperity is a testament to the power of the Constitution.

A container ship is moored at the port of the port of New York & New Jersey in Elizabeth, N.J., Monday May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
2 hours ago

Trump trade war faces legal challenge as businesses, states argue his tariffs exceeded his power

Read full article: Trump trade war faces legal challenge as businesses, states argue his tariffs exceeded his power

President Donald Trump is waging a trade war without getting approval from Congress: He declared a national emergency to slap import taxes โ€” tariffs โ€” on almost every country on earth.

FILE - People stand in line to vote inside Brookside Engine Company 1 firehouse, June 7, 2016, in Mendham Township, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)
4 hours ago

To reach Latinos, some Democrats pivot to talk more about the economy and less about immigration

Read full article: To reach Latinos, some Democrats pivot to talk more about the economy and less about immigration

Democrats have long focused on immigration when courting Latino voters in states like Arizona, Nevada, New Jersey and Florida, where generations of Latin American immigrants have settled and gained permanent legal status.

Texas lawmakers' public education agenda for this year's legislative session goes beyond school vouchers and school finance. Legislation still under consideration includes a ban on DEI initiatives in K-12 schools and a bill that would require the Ten Commandments to be displayed in classrooms.
3 hours ago

Itโ€™s not just about vouchers and school funding. Here are other Texas public education bills you should track.

Read full article: Itโ€™s not just about vouchers and school funding. Here are other Texas public education bills you should track.

Student discipline, uncertified teachers and school bans on DEI and cellphones are some of the topics being debated at the Texas Legislature this session.

A toll road in Austin on Dec. 17, 2019.
3 hours ago

โ€œA gift to our mothersโ€: Moms could drive solo in car pool lanes under Texas House bill

Read full article: โ€œA gift to our mothersโ€: Moms could drive solo in car pool lanes under Texas House bill

The bill originally allowed pregnant women to drive in HOV lanes, to be consistent with Texas abortion laws, but legislators extended it to all mothers.

President Donald Trump speaks with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during an arrival ceremony at the Royal Terminal of King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, May 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
28 minutes ago

Live updates: Trump pushes for new Iran nuclear deal as he starts 4-day trip to the Middle East

Read full article: Live updates: Trump pushes for new Iran nuclear deal as he starts 4-day trip to the Middle East

President Donald Trump is in Saudi Arabia for the first leg of his three-nation visit to the Middle East this week.

FILE - A New York City police officer keeps watch on the campus of Columbia University in New York, Monday, May 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
13 hours ago

Campus protests flare on a smaller scale than last spring, but with higher stakes

Read full article: Campus protests flare on a smaller scale than last spring, but with higher stakes

Campus protests have been smaller and more scattered compared with last year's pro-Palestinian tent encampments, but the stakes are far higher.

This combination photos shows Pope Leo XIV at the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, May 11, 2025, left, and President Donald Trump during an event in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, May 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo)
13 hours ago

Trump and Pope Leo are now Earth's most powerful Americans. They lead in different roles and realms

Read full article: Trump and Pope Leo are now Earth's most powerful Americans. They lead in different roles and realms

The contrast between President Donald Trump and Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV couldnโ€™t be more stark, politically, personally or in their world views.

Passengers walk in front of Mesa Gateway Airport, where Avelo Airlines started making deportation flights on behalf of the federal government on Monday, May 12, 2025, in Mesa, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
29 minutes ago

Budget airline begins deportation flights for ICE with start of Arizona operations

Read full article: Budget airline begins deportation flights for ICE with start of Arizona operations

A U.S. budget airline has begun making deportation flights out of an Arizona airport, an unusual and controversial move for a company that depends heavily on its consumer brand.

President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman pose for a photo at the Saudi-U.S. Investment Forum at the King Abdulaziz International Conference Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, May 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
34 minutes ago

Trump in Saudi speech urges Iran toward a 'new and a better path' as he pushes for nuclear deal

Read full article: Trump in Saudi speech urges Iran toward a 'new and a better path' as he pushes for nuclear deal

President Donald Trump in a speech in Saudi Arabia has urged Iran to take a โ€œnew and a better pathโ€ as he pushes for a new nuclear deal.

A new Senate bill filed by Sen. Bob Hall, R-Edgewood, would abolish the Texas Lottery Commission and move supervision of the state-sponsored game under the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.
14 hours ago

New Senate bill offers last-minute reprieve for troubled Texas Lottery

Read full article: New Senate bill offers last-minute reprieve for troubled Texas Lottery

A key Senate critic threw a lifeline to the Texas Lottery when he proposed moving its oversight to a new agency instead of eliminating it entirely.

An Austin Bail Bonds II sign near Interstate 35 on Feb. 5, 2021.
14 hours ago

Proposals to require judges to deny bail more often advance through House panel, signaling a broader agreement

Read full article: Proposals to require judges to deny bail more often advance through House panel, signaling a broader agreement

Amending the Texas Constitution to crack down on the stateโ€™s bail practices has been an elusive priority of Gov. Greg Abbottโ€™s for three consecutive sessions.

President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Md., on his way to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
11 hours ago

White House correspondents protest lack of wire reporters on Air Force One

Read full article: White House correspondents protest lack of wire reporters on Air Force One

The White House Correspondents Association says it is disturbed that no reporters from either The Associated Press, Bloomberg or Reuters were allowed on Air Force One to cover President Donald Trump's trip to the Middle East on Monday.

Workers sort strawberry-passionfruit CBD gummies at the Texas Original facility on Sept. 26, 2024. Texas Original is Texas first licensed medical cannabis distributor.
18 hours ago

Texas House signals expanding stateโ€™s medical marijuana program

Read full article: Texas House signals expanding stateโ€™s medical marijuana program

House Bill 46 would increase the number of health conditions eligible and would offer smokeable products under the stateโ€™s medical marijuana program.

The Texas House gave preliminary approval Monday to a bill that would eliminate the STAAR test.
18 hours ago

Texas bill to overhaul STAAR test clears the House but faces a skeptical Senate

Read full article: Texas bill to overhaul STAAR test clears the House but faces a skeptical Senate

House Bill 4 would make the test shorter and base scores on how studentsโ€™ performance compares to national averages.

President Donald Trump gestures while answering a reporter's question during an event in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, Monday, May 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
19 hours ago

House Republicans propose $5 billion for private school vouchers

Read full article: House Republicans propose $5 billion for private school vouchers

House Republicans want to set aside up to $5 billion a year for scholarships to help families send their children to private and religious schools, marking an unprecedented effort to use public money to pay for private education.

FILE - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers use a chain to more comfortably restrain a detained person using handcuffs positioned in front, Jan. 27, 2025, in Silver Spring, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, file)
16 hours ago

Judge refuses to block IRS from sharing tax data to identify and deport people illegally in U.S.

Read full article: Judge refuses to block IRS from sharing tax data to identify and deport people illegally in U.S.

A federal judge is refusing to block the Internal Revenue Service from sharing immigrantsโ€™ tax data with Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the purpose of identifying and deporting people illegally in the U.S. In a win for the Trump administration, U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich denied a preliminary injunction Monday in a lawsuit filed by nonprofit groups.

FILE - Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., joined from left by House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., talks to reporters about his push for a House-Senate compromise budget resolution to advance President Donald Trump's agenda, even with opposition from hard-line conservative Republicans, at the Capitol in Washington, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
3 hours ago

Trump's $4.9 trillion tax plan targets Medicaid to offset costs

Read full article: Trump's $4.9 trillion tax plan targets Medicaid to offset costs

House Republicans have revealed the sweeping tax provisions for President Donald Trumpโ€™s big bill.

President Donald Trump answers a reporter's question during an event in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, Monday, May 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
4 hours ago

Trump's plan to accept free Air Force One replacement from Qatar raises ethical and security worries

Read full article: Trump's plan to accept free Air Force One replacement from Qatar raises ethical and security worries

For President Donald Trump, accepting a free Air Force One replacement from Qatar is a no-brainer.

FILE - Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker speaks during the McIntyre-Shaheen 100 Club Dinner, Sunday April 27, 2025, in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/Reba Saldanha, File)
20 hours ago

Illinois governor is first in US to block federal access to personal data on autism

Read full article: Illinois governor is first in US to block federal access to personal data on autism

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has signed an executive order protecting the privacy of autism-related health data.

President Donald Trump answers a reporter's question during an event in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, Monday, May 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
20 hours ago

What's next with Trump's trade war truce with China

Read full article: What's next with Trump's trade war truce with China

President Donald Trumpโ€™s agreement with China to temporarily slash tariffs for 90 days offered the world a bit of welcome relief.

President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Md., on his way to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
13 hours ago

Trump starts his foreign trip with a crush of problems โ€” and outsized certainty he has the answers

Read full article: Trump starts his foreign trip with a crush of problems โ€” and outsized certainty he has the answers

President Donald Trump is on his way to the Middle East, where he had intended to focus on pressing wealthy Gulf nations to pour billions in new investment into the United States.

FILE - Karen Ortiz, an administrative judge at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, poses for photos, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, file)
19 hours ago

Civil rights agency moves to fire judge fighting Trump directives

Read full article: Civil rights agency moves to fire judge fighting Trump directives

The federal agency tasked with protecting workersโ€™ civil rights has moved to terminate a New York administrative judge who has resisted compliance with President Donald Trumpโ€™s directives for the agency.

FILE - Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks during the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing on the nomination of Martin Makary to serve as Commissioner of Food and Drugs at the Department of Health and Human Services, on Capitol Hill Thursday, March 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, file)
21 hours ago

Sen. Paul points to business-sector resistance to Trump's tariffs in solidly red Kentucky

Read full article: Sen. Paul points to business-sector resistance to Trump's tariffs in solidly red Kentucky

Sen. Rand Paul says resistance to President Donald Trumpโ€™s trade wars has sprung up in Kentucky from a cross-section of business sectors.

Afrikaner refugees from South Africa arrive, Monday, May 12, 2025, at Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Va. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
20 hours ago

Trump administration welcomes 59 white South Africans as refugees

Read full article: Trump administration welcomes 59 white South Africans as refugees

The Trump administration is welcoming a small group of white South Africans as refugees, saying they face discrimination and violence at home.

President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Md., on his way to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
1 day ago

What is the Emoluments Clause? And how might it apply to Qatar giving Trump a plane?

Read full article: What is the Emoluments Clause? And how might it apply to Qatar giving Trump a plane?

President Donald Trumpโ€™s readiness to accept a luxury jet as a gift from the ruling family of Qatar for conversion into a presidential aircraft has revived the conversations around emoluments and the notion of a president otherwise allegedly profiting off of the office.

FILE - White South Africans demonstrate in support of U.S. President Donald Trump in front of the U.S. embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)
21 hours ago

Episcopal Church says it won't help resettle white South Africans granted refugee status in US

Read full article: Episcopal Church says it won't help resettle white South Africans granted refugee status in US

The Episcopal Churchโ€™s migration service is refusing a directive from the U.S. federal government to help resettle white South Africans granted refugee status, citing the churchโ€™s longstanding commitment to racial justice and reconciliation.

FILE - Todd Blanche, attorney for President-elect Donald Trump, departs court, Jan. 7, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)
17 hours ago

Deputy attorney general who defended Trump in hush money trial is named acting librarian of Congress

Read full article: Deputy attorney general who defended Trump in hush money trial is named acting librarian of Congress

President Donald Trump's onetime defense attorney has been appointed acting librarian of Congress.

FILE - An entrance to the Arizona PBS offices in the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication in Phoenix is seen Friday, May 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Katie Oyan, File)
1 day ago

A landscape transformed: As it responds to cuts in federal programs, the arts community reels

Read full article: A landscape transformed: As it responds to cuts in federal programs, the arts community reels

Behind so many award-winning careers, high-profile productions, beloved institutions and in-depth research projects there is often a quieter story of early support from the government.

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