NEW YORK — Firefighters in New York were continuing to battle at least one brush fire in a wooded stretch of Long Island on Sunday as officials warned that high […]
Top US health agency makes $25,000 buyout offer to most of its employees
WASHINGTON — Most of the 80,000 federal workers responsible for researching diseases, inspecting food and administering Medicare and Medicaid under the auspices of the Health and Human Services Department were […]
Musk and DOGE try to slash government by cutting out those who answer to voters
DENVER — For decades, conservatives in Congress have talked about the need to cut government deeply, but they have always pulled back from mandating specific reductions, fearful of voter backlash. […]
Trump’s transactional approach to diplomacy is a driving force on the world stage
WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump, the real estate developer turned commander in chief, is laying bare his style of diplomacy in the early weeks of his new term: […]
Trump Organization sues Capital One for closing bank accounts after Jan. 6 attack on US Capitol
MIAMI — A company owned by President Donald Trump sued Capital One on Friday, claiming the bank unjustifiably terminated over 300 of the Trump Organization’s accounts without cause in 2021, […]
US economic worries mount as Trump implements tariffs, cuts workforce and freezes spending
WASHINGTON — With his flurry of tariffs, government layoffs and spending freezes, there are growing worries President Donald Trump may be doing more to harm the U.S. economy than to […]
Republicans try to go it alone on government funding as shutdown deadline nears
WASHINGTON — House Republicans are looking to do what, for them, is almost unheard of —- approving government funding on their terms with little help from Democrats. Speaker Mike Johnson […]
How a canoe helped turn Hawaiian culture into a source of pride and even influenced Hollywood
KANEOHE, Hawaii — Hawaii’s American colonizers once banned the Hawaiian language in schools. Some Native Hawaiians tried to lighten their skin with lye. Many people believed Polynesian voyagers had simply […]
China learned from Trump’s first trade war and changed its tactics when tariffs came again
WASHINGTON — The leaders of both Canada and Mexico got on the phone with President Donald Trump this past week to seek solutions after he slapped tariffs on their countries, […]
South Dakota law raises questions about future of massive Midwest pipeline
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A new law in South Dakota prohibiting the use of eminent domain to acquire land for carbon capture pipelines raises questions about the viability of a […]