It was just a few sentences in a meandering, hourlong presidential speech on a Friday afternoon. Along with talk about falling egg prices and a vow to expel “corrupt forces” […]
Georgia lawmakers’ sudden exit came as some Senate measures languished in the House
ATLANTA — Here’s how a Georgia legislative session is supposed to end: After a last-minute rush of negotiations, lawmakers jam through final agreements on a few more bills as the […]
Ex-assistant says filmmaker Paul Schrader sexually assaulted her and backed out of settlement deal
NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — Paul Schrader, the writer of “Taxi Driver” and director of “American Gigolo,” has been accused in a lawsuit of sexually assaulting his former […]
IRS plans to cut up to 25% of staff, starting with closing its civil rights office, AP sources say
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — The IRS plans to cut as many as 20,000 staffers — up to 25% of the workforce — as part of layoffs that began Friday, […]
A timeline of US-China tit-for-tat tariffs since Trump’s first term
TAIPEI, Taiwan — China is retaliating in a determined and at times highly detailed manner to U.S. President Donald Trump’s new tariffs, led by a retaliatory 34% tax on all […]
Georgia bill would compensate the wrongfully convicted and let Trump recover costs of election case
ATLANTA — A repeated attempt to fix Georgia’s inefficient system for compensating people wrongfully convicted of crimes almost died. Then it got tacked onto a bill that could compensate former […]
Maya Angelou memoir, Holocaust book are among those pulled from Naval Academy library in DEI purge
WASHINGTON — Books on the Holocaust, histories of feminism, civil rights and racism, and Maya Angelou’s famous autobiography, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” were among the nearly 400 […]
2 US Border Patrol officers are charged with taking bribes to wave in people without documents
SAN DIEGO — Two U.S. border inspectors in Southern California have been charged with taking thousands of dollars in bribes to allow people to enter the country through the nation’s […]
Columbia must give 30 days’ notice before sharing student records with Congress’ antisemitism probe
NEW YORK — Columbia University must give detained activist Mahmoud Khalil and other students 30 days’ notice before handing over any more documents to Congress as it investigates antisemitism on […]
More torrential rain and flash flooding expected in heavily waterlogged South and Midwest
HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. — Another round of torrential rain and flash flooding was expected to hit Saturday in parts of the South and Midwest already heavily waterlogged by days of severe […]