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The Army turns 250. Trump turns 79. Cue funnel cakes, festive bling, military might — and protest
Read full article: The Army turns 250. Trump turns 79. Cue funnel cakes, festive bling, military might — and protestThere were funnel cakes, stands of festival bling and American flags aplenty.
Political violence is threaded through recent US history. The motives and justifications vary
Read full article: Political violence is threaded through recent US history. The motives and justifications varyThe attacks on two Democratic Minnesota state lawmakers at home are the latest in a grim and alarming spike in political violence.
Trump curbs immigration enforcement at farms, meatpacking plants, hotels and restaurants
Read full article: Trump curbs immigration enforcement at farms, meatpacking plants, hotels and restaurantsThe Trump administration has directed immigration officers to pause arrests at farms, restaurants and hotels after President Donald Trump expressed alarm about the impact of aggressive enforcement.
Minnesota's slain Democratic leader lived the political divisions in the US every day
Read full article: Minnesota's slain Democratic leader lived the political divisions in the US every dayMelissa Hortman lived the deep partisan divide that Americans talk about every day as a Minnesota House member.
Live updates: Military parade rolls through DC as ‘No Kings’ protests decry Trump across the US
Read full article: Live updates: Military parade rolls through DC as ‘No Kings’ protests decry Trump across the USA massive military parade has been held to celebrate the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary, requested by President Donald Trump to coincide with his birthday.
What’s left for the Supreme Court to decide? 21 cases, including state bans on transgender care
Read full article: What’s left for the Supreme Court to decide? 21 cases, including state bans on transgender careThe Supreme Court is in the homestretch of a term that has lately been dominated by the Trump administration’s emergency appeals of lower court orders seeking to slow President Donald Trump’s efforts to remake the federal government.
Anti-Trump demonstrators crowd streets, parks and plazas across the US. Organizers say millions came
Read full article: Anti-Trump demonstrators crowd streets, parks and plazas across the US. Organizers say millions cameDemonstrators came out in cities across the U.S. to protest President Donald Trump.
LIVE | Military parade kicks off in nation’s capital as protesters around the country decry Trump
Read full article: LIVE | Military parade kicks off in nation’s capital as protesters around the country decry TrumpThe grand military parade that President Donald Trump wanted for eight years has barreled down Constitution Avenue in Washington with tanks, troops and a 21-gun salute.
US military parade has global counterparts in democracies, monarchies and totalitarian regimes
Read full article: US military parade has global counterparts in democracies, monarchies and totalitarian regimesThe military parade to mark the Army’s 250th anniversary and its convergence with President Donald Trump’s 79th birthday are combining to create a peacetime outlier in U.S. history.
Trump clears path for Nippon Steel investment in US Steel, so long as it fits the government's terms
Read full article: Trump clears path for Nippon Steel investment in US Steel, so long as it fits the government's termsPresident Donald Trump has signed an executive order paving the way for a Nippon Steel investment in U.S. Steel, so long as the Japanese company complies with a “national security agreement” submitted by the federal government.
Appeals court won't reconsider ruling that Trump must pay E. Jean Carroll $5M in sex abuse case
Read full article: Appeals court won't reconsider ruling that Trump must pay E. Jean Carroll $5M in sex abuse caseA federal appeals court won’t reconsider its ruling upholding a $5 million civil judgment against President Donald Trump in a civil lawsuit alleging he sexually abused a writer in a Manhattan department store in the mid-1990s.
Judge blocks State Department from firing workers while injunction is in effect
Read full article: Judge blocks State Department from firing workers while injunction is in effectA federal judge in San Francisco has stopped Secretary of State Marco Rubio from proceeding with plans to downsize the State Department.
New Hampshire jury acquits consultant behind AI robocalls mimicking Biden on all charges
Read full article: New Hampshire jury acquits consultant behind AI robocalls mimicking Biden on all chargesA political consultant who sent robocalls that used artificial intelligence to mimic former President Joe Biden has been acquitted of 22 criminal charges in New Hampshire.
Trump’s recent moves risk politicizing the military, which has long strived to stay above politics
Read full article: Trump’s recent moves risk politicizing the military, which has long strived to stay above politicsPresident Donald Trump has already eroded many of the U.S.’s democratic safeguards and traditions in the initial months of his second term.
Here’s what to expect at the Army’s 250th anniversary parade on Trump’s birthday
Read full article: Here’s what to expect at the Army’s 250th anniversary parade on Trump’s birthdayThe Army will celebrate its 250th anniversary with a parade on Saturday, which happens to be President Donald Trump’s 79th birthday.
Trump administration gives personal data of immigrant Medicaid enrollees to deportation officials
Read full article: Trump administration gives personal data of immigrant Medicaid enrollees to deportation officialsPresident Donald Trump's administration has released to deportation officials the personal data for millions of Medicaid enrollees, including their immigration status.
Judge blocks Trump’s election executive order, siding with Democrats who called it overreach
Read full article: Judge blocks Trump’s election executive order, siding with Democrats who called it overreachThe attorneys general for California and New York are praising a federal judge's decision to block President Donald Trump’s executive order on elections.
The Latest: Hundreds of 'No Kings' protests and rallies planned for Saturday over Trump’s policies
Read full article: The Latest: Hundreds of 'No Kings' protests and rallies planned for Saturday over Trump’s policiesRallies against President Donald Trump are expected across the U.S. on Saturday to coincide with the military parade in Washington marking the Army’s 250th anniversary, which also falls on Trump’s birthday.
AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Virginia's primaries
Read full article: AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Virginia's primariesVirginia Democrats will settle a crowded six-way primary for lieutenant governor on Tuesday as well as a contested nomination fight for state attorney general.
Republican enthusiasm for Musk cools after his feud with Trump, a new AP-NORC poll finds
Read full article: Republican enthusiasm for Musk cools after his feud with Trump, a new AP-NORC poll findsA new poll finds Elon Musk has lost some of his luster with Republicans since his public falling-out with President Donald Trump.
‘Rule of law seems to be ignored’: Local organizer of ‘No Kings’ protest says they are calling out abuse of power
Read full article: ‘Rule of law seems to be ignored’: Local organizer of ‘No Kings’ protest says they are calling out abuse of powerOne of the nearly 2,000 locations for Saturday’s nationwide “No Kings” protest against President Donald Trump’s administration will be right in the heart of Jacksonville’s Southside.
California Legislature OKs proposal to freeze health care access for some immigrants
Read full article: California Legislature OKs proposal to freeze health care access for some immigrantsThe California Legislature approves a proposal Friday to freeze enrollment in a state-funded health care program for immigrants without legal status.
Trump says Iran has 'second chance' to come to nuclear deal as Israel and Iran exchange blows
Read full article: Trump says Iran has 'second chance' to come to nuclear deal as Israel and Iran exchange blowsPresident Donald Trump is urging Iran to make a nuclear deal now that Israel has launched strikes against the country.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia pleads not guilty to human smuggling charges in Tennessee federal court
Read full article: Kilmar Abrego Garcia pleads not guilty to human smuggling charges in Tennessee federal courtKilmar Abrego Garcia has pleaded not guilty to human smuggling charges in federal court in Tennessee.
Trump is finally getting his chance to try to top France with a grand military parade in DC
Read full article: Trump is finally getting his chance to try to top France with a grand military parade in DCEight years after Donald Trump was dazzled while watching a grand military parade in Paris, the president is finally getting a chance to try to top the spectacle.
Nevada GOP governor vetoes voter ID bill that he pushed for in a deal with Democrats
Read full article: Nevada GOP governor vetoes voter ID bill that he pushed for in a deal with DemocratsNevada Gov. Joe Lombardo has vetoed a bill that would have required voters in the swing state to show a photo ID at the polls.
'Shocked' and 'sickened' Democrats react with fury to video of Padilla's removal
Read full article: 'Shocked' and 'sickened' Democrats react with fury to video of Padilla's removalSenate Democrats were shaken to the core after seeing videos of officers aggressively pushing California Sen. Alex Padilla out of a news conference with the Homeland Security secretary and eventually restraining him on the floor outside the room.
Trump administration tells immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela they have to leave
Read full article: Trump administration tells immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela they have to leaveThe Department of Homeland Security is notifying hundreds of thousands of Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans that their temporary permission to live and work in the United States has been revoked and they should leave the country.
GOP tax bill would cost poor Americans $1,600 a year and boost highest earners by $12,000, CBO says
Read full article: GOP tax bill would cost poor Americans $1,600 a year and boost highest earners by $12,000, CBO saysThe Republican tax bill approved by the House would cost the poorest Americans roughly $1,600 a year while increasing the income of the wealthiest households by an average of $12,000 annually.
Sen. Padilla is forcefully removed from Noem's news conference on immigration raids and handcuffed
Read full article: Sen. Padilla is forcefully removed from Noem's news conference on immigration raids and handcuffedDemocratic U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla of California has been forcefully removed from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s news conference in Los Angeles and handcuffed by officers as he tried to speak up about immigration raids that have led to protests in California and elsewhere.
Officers sue to compel Congress to install a Jan. 6 riot memorial at Capitol
Read full article: Officers sue to compel Congress to install a Jan. 6 riot memorial at CapitolTwo of the police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol from a mob of Trump supporters have filed a lawsuit to compel Congress to follow one of its own laws and install a memorial to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack.
Illinois officials investigate license-plate data shared with police seeking woman who had abortion
Read full article: Illinois officials investigate license-plate data shared with police seeking woman who had abortionIllinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias has asked for an investigation into a suburban Chicago police department for allegedly sharing data from automatic license-plate readers with a Texas sheriff seeking a woman who had an abortion.
Trump administration moves to lift Biden-era mining restrictions near Boundary Waters in Minnesota
Read full article: Trump administration moves to lift Biden-era mining restrictions near Boundary Waters in MinnesotaPresident Donald Trump’s administration is moving to lift restrictions on copper-nickel mining that the Biden administration imposed near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northeastern Minnesota.
Utah Republican proposes sale of more than 2 million acres of US lands
Read full article: Utah Republican proposes sale of more than 2 million acres of US landsMore than 2 million acres of federal lands would be sold to states or other entities under a budget proposal from Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee.
Ex-congressman Billy Long confirmed as commissioner of the IRS, an agency he once sought to abolish
Read full article: Ex-congressman Billy Long confirmed as commissioner of the IRS, an agency he once sought to abolishFormer congressman Billy Long of Missouri has been confirmed to lead the Internal Revenue Service, an agency he once sought to abolish.
Hegseth says the Pentagon has contingency plans to invade Greenland if necessary
Read full article: Hegseth says the Pentagon has contingency plans to invade Greenland if necessaryDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth is appearing to acknowledge that the Pentagon has developed plans to take over Greenland and Panama by force if necessary.
Abrego Garcia's lawyers ask judge to fine Trump administration for contempt
Read full article: Abrego Garcia's lawyers ask judge to fine Trump administration for contemptLawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia have asked a federal judge in Maryland to impose fines and other sanctions against the Trump administration.
Trump signs measure blocking California's ban on new sales of gas-powered cars
Read full article: Trump signs measure blocking California's ban on new sales of gas-powered carsPresident Donald Trump signed a resolution on Thursday that blocks California’s first-in-the-nation rule banning the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035.
Former Jacksonville radio host Mark Kaye announces he’s running for Congress, bashes current Rep. John Rutherford
Read full article: Former Jacksonville radio host Mark Kaye announces he’s running for Congress, bashes current Rep. John RutherfordFormer Jacksonville radio host and current conservative podcaster Mark Kaye is running for Congress in 2026.
Supreme Court win for girl with epilepsy expected to make disability lawsuits against schools easier
Read full article: Supreme Court win for girl with epilepsy expected to make disability lawsuits against schools easierA teenage girl with a rare form of epilepsy has won a unanimous Supreme Court ruling that’s expected to make it easier for families of children with disabilities to sue schools over access to education.
Robert F. Kennedy met with the CIA after a trip to the Soviet Union, newly declassified files show
Read full article: Robert F. Kennedy met with the CIA after a trip to the Soviet Union, newly declassified files showThe CIA has released 1,500 pages of previously classified documents relating to the assassination of New York Sen. Robert F.