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BREAKING NEWS

Sheriff Waters releases bodycam video of JSO traffic stop that went viral, says officers’ actions weren’t criminal

POLITICS/GOVERNMENT


FILE - President Donald Trump walks from Marine One after arriving on the South Lawn of the White House, Tuesday, July 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
1 hour ago

Banishing a reporter: Trump escalates battle with Wall Street Journal over Epstein story

Read full article: Banishing a reporter: Trump escalates battle with Wall Street Journal over Epstein story
President Donald Trump holds his signed signature bill of tax breaks and spending cuts at the White House, Friday, July 4, 2025, in Washington, as House Speaker Mike Johnson of La., left, watches and Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., takes a photo. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
2 hours ago

Budget office says Trump's tax law will add $3.4 trillion to deficits, leave 10 million uninsured

Read full article: Budget office says Trump's tax law will add $3.4 trillion to deficits, leave 10 million uninsured
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Thursday, July 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
4 hours ago

Trump 'caught off guard' by recent Israeli strikes, White House says

Read full article: Trump 'caught off guard' by recent Israeli strikes, White House says
FILE - The Rev. Ralph Abernathy, right, and Bishop Julian Smith, left, flank Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., during a civil rights march in Memphis, Tenn., March 28, 1968. (AP Photo/Jack Thornell, File)
50 minutes ago

Trump administration releases FBI records on MLK Jr. despite his family’s opposition

Read full article: Trump administration releases FBI records on MLK Jr. despite his family’s opposition

Martin Luther King Jr.'s two living children are urging people to tread lightly with a newly released trove of records related to their father's assassination.

FILE - Easterseals Head Start program teaching assistant Tania Ortiz helps a student practice writing his name, Jan. 29, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)
5 hours ago

Lawsuit challenges restrictions on Head Start for kids in the US illegally

Read full article: Lawsuit challenges restrictions on Head Start for kids in the US illegally

A coalition of 21 Democratic state attorneys general filed a lawsuit Monday challenging the Trump administration’s restrictions on social services for immigrants in the country illegally, including the federal preschool program Head Start, health clinics and adult education.

Attorney Ben Crump, left, stands beside Tamika Palmer, mother of Breonna Taylor, center; and Kenneth Walker, Taylor's boyfriend, center right, outside the federal courthouse in Louisville, Ky., Monday, July 21, 2025, after the sentencing of former Louisville Police officer Brett Hankinson in the raid that led to Taylor's death in 2020. (AP photo/Dylan T. Lovan)
5 minutes ago

Judge gives ex-officer nearly 3 years in Breonna Taylor raid, rebuffs DOJ call for no prison time

Read full article: Judge gives ex-officer nearly 3 years in Breonna Taylor raid, rebuffs DOJ call for no prison time

A federal judge has sentenced an ex-Kentucky police officer to nearly three years in prison for using excessive force during the 2020 deadly Breonna Taylor raid, declining a U.S. Justice Department recommendation that no prison time be given.

President Donald Trump greets supporters during a dinner for Republican senators in the State Dining Room of the White House, Friday, July 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
1 hour ago

The Latest: Trump administration releases records on FBI’s surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr.

Read full article: The Latest: Trump administration releases records on FBI’s surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr.

The Trump administration has released records of the FBI’s surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr., despite opposition from the slain Nobel laureate’s family and the civil rights group that he led until his 1968 assassination.

This courtroom sketch depicts Kilmar Abrego Garcia sitting in court during his detention hearing on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn. (Diego Fishburn via AP)
4 hours ago

Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s lawyers ask judge to delay release from jail over deportation fears

Read full article: Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s lawyers ask judge to delay release from jail over deportation fears

Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia have asked a federal judge in Tennessee to delay releasing him from jail while he awaits trial on human smuggling charges.

FILE - The Food and Drug Administration seal is seen at the Hubert Humphrey Building Auditorium in Washington, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
8 hours ago

FDA names former pharmaceutical company executive to oversee US drug program

Read full article: FDA names former pharmaceutical company executive to oversee US drug program

The Food and Drug Administration named a longtime pharmaceutical executive to run the agency’s drug program.

Juanita poses for a portrait in prayer inside the chapel of Holy Family Services, a birth center and women's clinic in the Rio Grande Valley, Wednesday, June 18, 2025, in Weslaco, Texas. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
4 hours ago

As Trump's raids ramp up, a Texas region's residents stay inside — even when they need medical care

Read full article: As Trump's raids ramp up, a Texas region's residents stay inside — even when they need medical care

Immigrants in Texas's Rio Grande Valley are avoiding medical care due to intensified deportation efforts under the Trump administration.

FILE - A sheet of new $1 bills is seen, Nov. 15, 2017, at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
11 hours ago

More Americans shift money from checking and savings to accounts with investment income, study says

Read full article: More Americans shift money from checking and savings to accounts with investment income, study says

New research finds that more Americans are shifting their money from checking and savings accounts into financial vehicles that pay an investment income.

POLITICAL DRILL DOWN

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FILE - President Joe Biden speaks to the media in North Charleston, S.C., Jan. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough, File)
10 hours ago

Republicans can't stop talking about Joe Biden. That may be a problem

Read full article: Republicans can't stop talking about Joe Biden. That may be a problem

Republicans can't stop talking about former President Joe Biden.

Protestors gather outside the Moakley Federal Courthouse, where Harvard University appeared to challenge $2.6 billion in funding cuts by the Trump administration, Monday, July 21, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
3 hours ago

Harvard seeks billions in funding restored at a pivotal hearing in its standoff with Trump

Read full article: Harvard seeks billions in funding restored at a pivotal hearing in its standoff with Trump

Harvard University has appeared in federal court, challenging $2.6 billion in funding cuts by the Trump administration.

U.S. Ambassador to Turkey and Special Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the U.S. Embassy in Aukar, northern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, July 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
11 hours ago

US envoy doubles down on support for Syria's government and criticizes Israel's intervention

Read full article: US envoy doubles down on support for Syria's government and criticizes Israel's intervention

A U.S. envoy is reaffirming Washington's support for Syria's new government and telling The Associated Press in an exclusive interview that there is "no Plan B" for uniting the country.

FILE - Kansas Senate President Ty Masterson, R-Andover, testifies during a committee hearing, Feb. 25, 2025, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kans. (AP Photo/John Hanna, File)
1 day ago

Kansas Republican senate president announces 2026 gubernatorial bid

Read full article: Kansas Republican senate president announces 2026 gubernatorial bid

Kansas Senate President Ty Masterson has entered the 2026 race for governor as the Republican primary field gets more crowded.

FILE - Workers finish installing the Cleveland Guardians sign above the scoreboard at Progressive Field, March 17, 2022, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Ron Schwane, file)
8 hours ago

Trump’s latest demand: Washington football and Cleveland baseball teams should change names back

Read full article: Trump’s latest demand: Washington football and Cleveland baseball teams should change names back

President Donald Trump is threatening to hold up a stadium deal for Washington's football team if it doesn't restore its old name.

FILE - This photo combination shows from top left, Assistant U.S. Attorney Maurene Comey listening in New York, July 8, 2019, attorney Todd Blanche after a hearing, Sept. 5, 2024, in Washington, Attorney General Pam Bondi speaking during a news conference at the Justice Department, June 6, 2025, in Washington and and President Donald Trump speaking at an event in the East Room of the White House, July 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, Jose Luis Magana, Julia Demaree Nikhinson, Alex Brandon, file)
1 day ago

Request to unseal Epstein grand jury transcripts likely to disappoint, ex-prosecutors say

Read full article: Request to unseal Epstein grand jury transcripts likely to disappoint, ex-prosecutors say

Ex-federal prosecutors say a Justice Department request to unseal grand jury transcripts in the prosecution of chronic sexual abuser Jeffrey Epstein and his former girlfriend is unlikely to produce much, if anything, to satisfy the public's appetite for new revelations about the financier's crimes.

FILE - Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
1 day ago

The 2026 Senate map is tough for Democrats, but Republicans have their own headaches

Read full article: The 2026 Senate map is tough for Democrats, but Republicans have their own headaches

Republicans are encountering some early headaches in Senate races viewed as pivotal to maintaining the party’s majority next year.

FILE - Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House, Feb. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
3 hours ago

Texas Republicans aim to redraw House districts at Trump's urging, but there's a risk

Read full article: Texas Republicans aim to redraw House districts at Trump's urging, but there's a risk

Texas Republicans are poised to redraw the state’s congressional map during a special session that starts Monday.

Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy testifies during a House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Oversight hearing on the Department of Transportation's Policies and Programs and Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Request on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, July 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
2 days ago

Trump administration imposes limits on Mexican flights and threatens Delta alliance in trade dispute

Read full article: Trump administration imposes limits on Mexican flights and threatens Delta alliance in trade dispute

The Trump administration has imposed new restrictions on flights from Mexico and threatened to end a longstanding partnership between Delta Air Lines and Aeromexico.

President Donald Trump holds a gavel after he signed his signature bill of tax breaks and spending cuts at the White House, Friday, July 4, 2025, in Washington, surrounded by members of Congress. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
2 days ago

With gavel in hand, Trump chisels away at the power of a compliant Congress

Read full article: With gavel in hand, Trump chisels away at the power of a compliant Congress

When House Speaker Mike Johnson gifted to President Donald Trump the gavel used to enact the Republicans' tax breaks and spending bill, it was a memorable moment at the White House.

This combination of photos boarding Air Force One shows President Donald Trump, left, April 29, 2025, at Joint Base Andrews, Md., and President Joe Biden, April 16, 2024, at Wilkes-Barre Scranton International Airport in Scranton, Pa.. (AP Photo)
2 days ago

Trump's pace of early travel largely mirrors Biden's, but with more sports events and golf

Read full article: Trump's pace of early travel largely mirrors Biden's, but with more sports events and golf

Moving at the “speed of Trump” is one of the White House’s favorite phrases, but when it comes to presidential travel, Donald Trump’s pace is about the same as that of his Democratic predecessor, Joe Biden.

A plane carrying migrants deported months ago by the United States to El Salvador under the Trump administration's immigration crackdown lands at Simn Bolvar International Airport in Maiqueta, Venezuela, Friday, July 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
2 days ago

Makeup artist is one of the US deportees sent from El Salvador to Venezuela, congressman says

Read full article: Makeup artist is one of the US deportees sent from El Salvador to Venezuela, congressman says

Andry Hernández Romero, a makeup artist from Venezuela who was deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration and held in a notorious mega-prison, was among the scores of migrants sent back to Venezuela in a three-nation exchange Friday.

FILE - EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin attends a Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission Event in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, May 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
2 days ago

EPA eliminates research and development office, begins layoffs

Read full article: EPA eliminates research and development office, begins layoffs

The Environmental Protection Agency said Friday it is eliminating its research and development arm and reducing agency staff by thousands of employees.

FILE - A voter fills out a ballot at the MetraPark events center, June 4, 2024, in Billings, Mont. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, FIle)
3 days ago

Judge limits a small part of a court order blocking Trump's election overhaul as lawsuits continue

Read full article: Judge limits a small part of a court order blocking Trump's election overhaul as lawsuits continue

A federal judge has modified part of a previous ruling that blocked much of President Donald Trump’s sweeping executive order seeking to overhaul elections in the U.S. The minor change affects just one aspect of a preliminary injunction that U.S. District Court Judge Denise J.

President Donald Trump arrives for an event to sign the GENIUS Act, a bill that regulates stablecoins, a type of cryptocurrency, in the East Room of the White House, Friday, July 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
2 days ago

Trump sues Wall Street Journal and media mogul Rupert Murdoch over reporting on Epstein ties

Read full article: Trump sues Wall Street Journal and media mogul Rupert Murdoch over reporting on Epstein ties

President Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and media mogul Rupert Murdoch, a day after the newspaper published a story reporting on his ties to wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein.

A message written by a protester is seen on the ground outside the Ed Sullivan theater, where "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" is filmed, Friday, July 18, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
3 days ago

Did money or politics cause Colbert cancellation? Either way, the economics are tough for TV

Read full article: Did money or politics cause Colbert cancellation? Either way, the economics are tough for TV

CBS parent Paramount insists that this week's decision to cancel Steven Colbert's “Late Show” was strictly financial, and had nothing to do with politics.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks during a meeting with Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz at the Pentagon, Friday, July 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
3 days ago

Hegseth tells lawmakers about plan to detain immigrants at bases in Indiana and New Jersey

Read full article: Hegseth tells lawmakers about plan to detain immigrants at bases in Indiana and New Jersey

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says military bases in Indiana and New Jersey could house detained immigrants without affecting their military operations.

FILE - Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell listens during a Senate Committee on Banking hearing, June 25, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)
3 days ago

Trump's attacks on Powell threaten the Fed's independence. Here's why it matters

Read full article: Trump's attacks on Powell threaten the Fed's independence. Here's why it matters

President Donald Trump has opened up a new front in his attack on the Federal Reserve and its chair, Jerome Powell: He says the alledged mismanagement of a building renovation project could be grounds for firing Powell.

FLORIDA LEGISLATURE


FILE - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a public event where he announced he would sign a bill banning the use of fluoride in public water systems, Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, file)

Florida state senators discuss Gov. DeSantis’ budget vetoes and Northeast Florida priorities

Read full article: Florida state senators discuss Gov. DeSantis’ budget vetoes and Northeast Florida priorities
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New Florida law requires teens to take driver’s education course to get learner’s permit

Read full article: New Florida law requires teens to take driver’s education course to get learner’s permit
Rep. Angie Nixon, D-Jacksonville, was one of only 2 votes against the budget in the House

Florida lawmakers pass $115.1B budget, end contentious legislative session

Read full article: Florida lawmakers pass $115.1B budget, end contentious legislative session
Negotiations between the House and Senate wrapped up Friday

Florida lawmakers approve state budget after weeks of gridlock and a missed deadline

Read full article: Florida lawmakers approve state budget after weeks of gridlock and a missed deadline
Plan for AP, other program budget cuts drew vocal opposition from students, some local lawmakers

Lawmakers appear to back off plan to cut funds for advanced placement programs in Florida public schools

Read full article: Lawmakers appear to back off plan to cut funds for advanced placement programs in Florida public schools
Questions remain about whether lawmakers, DeSantis will be on same page for finalized budget

Florida lawmakers begin ironing out budget differences as July 1 deadline looms

Read full article: Florida lawmakers begin ironing out budget differences as July 1 deadline looms
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3 days ago

Jacksonville NAACP supports Councilman Peluso after committee removal, calls action ‘political agenda’

Read full article: Jacksonville NAACP supports Councilman Peluso after committee removal, calls action ‘political agenda’

The Jacksonville Branch of the NAACP says it stands with City Councilman Jimmy Peluso after he boycotted a committee meeting, resulting in his removal.

Migrants deported months ago by the United States to El Salvador under the Trump administration's immigration crackdown arrive at Simon Bolvar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, Friday, July 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
2 days ago

Venezuela releases jailed Americans in deal that frees migrants deported to El Salvador by US

Read full article: Venezuela releases jailed Americans in deal that frees migrants deported to El Salvador by US

Venezuela has released 10 jailed U.S. citizens and permanent residents in exchange for getting home scores of migrants deported by the United States to El Salvador months ago under the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

FILE - This image provided by U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Virginia shows a stockpile of homemade explosives Federal agents seized when they arrested Brad Spafford, a Virginia man on a firearms charge in Dec. 2024. (U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Virginia via AP)
3 days ago

Man accused of stockpiling bombs, using Biden photo for target practice, pleads guilty

Read full article: Man accused of stockpiling bombs, using Biden photo for target practice, pleads guilty

A Virginia man has pleaded guilty in a federal case that accused him of stockpiling the largest number of finished explosives in FBI history.

Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks to reporters as President Donald Trump listens, Friday, June 27, 2025, in the briefing room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
2 days ago

Trump administration seeks release of Epstein grand jury records but not Justice Department files

Read full article: Trump administration seeks release of Epstein grand jury records but not Justice Department files

Under intense pressure from President Donald Trump’s own supporters, his administration now is asking a federal court to unseal secret documents related to Jeffrey Epstein’s case.

FILE - Mairelise Robinson, a U.S. citizen who is 6 months pregnant, attends a protest in support of birthright citizenship, outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
3 days ago

Trump's birthright citizenship order remains blocked as lawsuits march on after Supreme Court ruling

Read full article: Trump's birthright citizenship order remains blocked as lawsuits march on after Supreme Court ruling

A federal judge’s order blocking former President Donald Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship has taken effect.

FILE - Attendees of the after school nutrition program, Milwaukee Public Library Snack Hack, line up to get a slice of pizza made from scratch, Nov. 19, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Devi Shastri, File)
3 days ago

Education Department will release some frozen grants supporting after-school and summer programs

Read full article: Education Department will release some frozen grants supporting after-school and summer programs

The Education Department plans to release previously withheld grant money for after-school programs.

FILE - The Federal Trade Commission building is seen, Jan. 28, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
3 days ago

Judge restores Democrat to Federal Trade Commission, ruling her firing by Trump was illegal

Read full article: Judge restores Democrat to Federal Trade Commission, ruling her firing by Trump was illegal

A federal judge has restored a Democrat to the Federal Trade Commission, ruling that President Donald Trump illegally fired her earlier this year in his efforts to exert control over independent agencies across the government.

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3 days ago

Could Epstein case prove to be President Trump’s Achilles’ heel?

Read full article: Could Epstein case prove to be President Trump’s Achilles’ heel?

Jos Joseph, who wrote an opinion piece in “The Hill,” believes the Jeffrey Epstein case may prove to be President Donald Trump’s Achilles’ heel.

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3 days ago

Heart & vascular expert explains President Trump’s ‘chronic venous insufficiency’

Read full article: Heart & vascular expert explains President Trump’s ‘chronic venous insufficiency’

Dr. Majdi Ashchi, a renowned heart and vascular expert with Ashchi Heart and Vascular Center, joined us on The Morning Show to answer your questions about "chronic venous insufficiency."

FILE - The Federal Reserve Board Building is seen as it undergoes renovations, June 10, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
3 days ago

Trump appointees pushed more marble in Fed building renovation White House now attacks

Read full article: Trump appointees pushed more marble in Fed building renovation White House now attacks

President Donald Trump has looked to the marble finishes and hefty price tag of the Federal Reserve headquarters to claim grounds to fire Chair Jerome Powell, with whom he has tussled for years over interest rates.

FILE - President Donald Trump signs an executive order on birthright citizenship in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
2 days ago

The Latest: Trump sues Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch over reporting on Epstein ties

Read full article: The Latest: Trump sues Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch over reporting on Epstein ties

President Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit against media mogul Rupert Murdoch and The Wall Street Journal over the newspaper’s reporting on ties between Trump and Jeffery Epstein.

FILE - People hold signs during a protest outside the annual Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference, June 3, 2025, in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
3 days ago

Most US adults think the GOP tax bill will help the wealthy and harm the poor, AP-NORC poll finds

Read full article: Most US adults think the GOP tax bill will help the wealthy and harm the poor, AP-NORC poll finds

A new AP-NORC poll shows that while Republican elected officials are promoting their recently passed tax and spending bill as a win for working Americans, everyday Americans broadly see it as a win for the wealthy.

FILE - Rep. Billy Long, R-Mo., asks questions during hearing May 14, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP, File)
3 days ago

Billy Long sworn in as IRS commissioner, taking over an agency he once sought to close

Read full article: Billy Long sworn in as IRS commissioner, taking over an agency he once sought to close

Former Missouri congressman Billy Long was ceremonially sworn in as IRS commissioner on Friday.

Adrienne Hazel, left, poses for a photo with her son Ricky on Thursday, July 17, 2025, in Southfield, Mich. (AP Photo/Sylvia Jarrus)
3 days ago

Civil rights work is slowing as Trump dismantles the Education Department, agency data shows

Read full article: Civil rights work is slowing as Trump dismantles the Education Department, agency data shows

Data from the Education Department shows the pace at which it resolves civil rights complaints has slowed as the Trump administration dismantles the agency.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., departs a news conference at the Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington, Tuesday, July 15, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
3 days ago

Under pressure, House Republicans consider vote on Epstein file

Read full article: Under pressure, House Republicans consider vote on Epstein file

House Republicans are trying to formulate a response to the Trump administration’s handling of records in the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case.

President Donald Trump speaks during a ceremony to sign the "Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act," in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, July 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
3 days ago

Trump offers regulatory relief for coal, iron ore and chemical industries

Read full article: Trump offers regulatory relief for coal, iron ore and chemical industries

President Donald Trump is granting two years of regulatory relief to coal-fired power plants, chemical manufacturers and other industries as he seeks to reverse Biden-era regulations he considers overly burdensome.

President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio listen during a meeting with Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, July 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump administration tells embassies to rein in criticism of foreign elections

Read full article: Trump administration tells embassies to rein in criticism of foreign elections

The State Department is pulling back from commenting on or criticizing elections overseas unless there's a clear and compelling U.S. foreign policy interest in doing so.

This photo provided by Kanesia McGlashan-Price shows Lauren Adams, general manager of public radio station KUCB in Unalaska, Alaska, in the broadcast studio Thursday, July 17, 2025. (Kanesia McGlashan-Price via AP)
3 days ago

Searching for pennies: With the cut in federal funding public broadcasters are looking to cope

Read full article: Searching for pennies: With the cut in federal funding public broadcasters are looking to cope

In Alaska, a public radio station general manager took a moment from a busy day warning her community about a possible tsunami for a special task — sending a text message to Sen. Lisa Murkowski urging her to vote against a measure to strip federal funding of NPR and PBS.

FILE - Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones speaks at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, Oct. 15, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

A Georgia Republican governor candidate questions legality of rival's $10M campaign loan

Read full article: A Georgia Republican governor candidate questions legality of rival's $10M campaign loan

A Republican candidate for Georgia governor accuses his rival of illegally lending $10 million to a campaign committee.

Matsapha Correctional Complex is seen in Matsapha, near Mbabane, Eswatini, Thursday July 17, 2025. (AP Photo)
3 days ago

Men deported by US to Eswatini in Africa will be held in solitary confinement for undetermined time

Read full article: Men deported by US to Eswatini in Africa will be held in solitary confinement for undetermined time

Five immigrants deported by the United States to the small southern African nation of Eswatini under the Trump administration’s secretive third-country program are in prison, where they will be held in solitary confinement for an undetermined time.

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