POLITICS
Not just Big Bird: Things to know about the Center for Public Broadcasting and its funding cuts
Read full article: Not just Big Bird: Things to know about the Center for Public Broadcasting and its funding cutsThe Corporation for Public Broadcasting has long helped pay for PBS, NPR and 1,500 local radio and television stations and programs like “Sesame Street.
Who is Erika McEntarfer, the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner fired by Trump?
Read full article: Who is Erika McEntarfer, the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner fired by Trump?Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, has been fired after releasing a jobs report that angered President Donald Trump.
Judge allows the National Science Foundation to withhold hundreds of millions of research dollars
Read full article: Judge allows the National Science Foundation to withhold hundreds of millions of research dollarsThe National Science Foundation can continue to withhold hundreds of millions of dollars from researchers in several states until litigation aimed at restoring it plays out.
Judge pauses Trump administration's push to expand fast-track deportations
Read full article: Judge pauses Trump administration's push to expand fast-track deportationsA federal judge has agreed to temporarily block the Trump administration’s efforts to expand fast-track deportations of immigrants who legally entered the U.S. under a process known as humanitarian parole.
AMA and other medical associations are kicked out of CDC vaccine workgroups
Read full article: AMA and other medical associations are kicked out of CDC vaccine workgroupsU.S. health officials have told more than a half-dozen of the nation’s top medical organizations that they will no longer help establish vaccination recommendations.
Washington Commanders' return to DC clears another hurdle with preliminary council approval
Read full article: Washington Commanders' return to DC clears another hurdle with preliminary council approvalThe Washington Commanders' plan to return to the site of their former home at RFK Stadium has cleared another significant hurdle.
Lawyer says he's not been allowed to see 5 immigrants deported by the US to a prison in Eswatini
Read full article: Lawyer says he's not been allowed to see 5 immigrants deported by the US to a prison in EswatiniA lawyer says five men who were deported by the United States to Eswatini last month had served their criminal sentences before they were sent to a prison in the African country.
Corporation for Public Broadcasting to shut down after being defunded by Congress, targeted by Trump
Read full article: Corporation for Public Broadcasting to shut down after being defunded by Congress, targeted by TrumpThe Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been a cornerstone of American culture for three generations.
Senate delays August recess for now as Trump presses for more confirmations
Read full article: Senate delays August recess for now as Trump presses for more confirmationsA stalemate over the pace of confirmations has delayed the Senate’s yearly August recess for now as President Donald Trump declares that his nominees “should NOT BE FORCED TO WAIT.”.
Trump removes official overseeing jobs data after dismal employment report
Read full article: Trump removes official overseeing jobs data after dismal employment reportPresident Donald Trump on Friday had his team remove the head of the agency that produces the monthly jobs figures, after a weak report showed hiring slowed and was much weaker in April and May than previously reported.
Democrats say a GOP plan to redraw House districts in Texas harms Black and Hispanic voters
Read full article: Democrats say a GOP plan to redraw House districts in Texas harms Black and Hispanic votersDemocrats are arguing that a Republican plan for redrawing districts in Texas to create more winnable U.S. House seats for the GOP is an attack on Black and Hispanic voters.
Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, is transferred to a prison camp in Texas
Read full article: Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, is transferred to a prison camp in TexasJeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, has been moved from a federal prison in Florida to a prison camp in Texas as her criminal case generates renewed public attention.
States sue Trump, saying he is intimidating hospitals over gender-affirming care for youth
Read full article: States sue Trump, saying he is intimidating hospitals over gender-affirming care for youthDemocratic attorneys general and others are accusing President Donald Trump of intimidating hospitals into dropping gender-affirming care for transgender youth.
The Smithsonian removes a Trump impeachment reference from an exhibit but says it's temporary
Read full article: The Smithsonian removes a Trump impeachment reference from an exhibit but says it's temporaryThe Smithsonian Institution has removed a reference to President Donald Trump's impeachments from an exhibit.
What consumers can expect from import taxes as the US sets new tariff rates
Read full article: What consumers can expect from import taxes as the US sets new tariff ratesAmerican businesses and consumers are finding the contours of President Donald Trump’s foreign trade agenda taking shape.
Researchers forecast what Trump’s bill will mean for patients: Debt and delayed care
Read full article: Researchers forecast what Trump’s bill will mean for patients: Debt and delayed careDelayed treatments, canceled doctor visits and skipped prescriptions: Researchers say all will increase because of the tax and spending bill signed into law by President Donald Trump earlier this summer.
The Latest: US stock market and global trade partners react to Trump’s new tariffs
Read full article: The Latest: US stock market and global trade partners react to Trump’s new tariffsPresident Donald Trump’s latest tariff moves have drawn worry from Wall Street as stocks slumped and Treasury yields fell sharply.
The Latest: Trump signs order for more tariffs on US partners to go into effect in 7 days
Read full article: The Latest: Trump signs order for more tariffs on US partners to go into effect in 7 daysPresident Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday placing tariffs on many U.S. trade partners — the next step in his trade agenda that will test the global economy and alliances.
Democrats launching summer blitz to press Republicans on Trump spending plan
Read full article: Democrats launching summer blitz to press Republicans on Trump spending planDemocrats are launching a nationwide summer blitz designed to force vulnerable Republicans to defend President Donald Trump’s big tax and spending bill, especially Medicaid cuts.
AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Detroit's mayoral primary
Read full article: AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Detroit's mayoral primaryDetroit voters will take a key step toward choosing a new mayor in the municipal primary on Tuesday, when nine candidates will appear on the ballot in the city’s first open-seat mayoral race in a dozen years.
Trump administration weighs fate of $9M stockpile of contraceptives feared earmarked for destruction
Read full article: Trump administration weighs fate of $9M stockpile of contraceptives feared earmarked for destructionThe Trump administration says it is weighing what to do with family planning supplies stored in Europe.
Trump calls on the Federal Reserve board to take full control of the central bank from Powell
Read full article: Trump calls on the Federal Reserve board to take full control of the central bank from PowellPresident Donald Trump is calling for the Federal Reserve’s board of governors to usurp the power of Fed Chair Jerome Powell.
How a rural Texas sheriff became a poster child for serving Trump’s immigration goals
Read full article: How a rural Texas sheriff became a poster child for serving Trump’s immigration goalsRoy Boyd has also become one of the loudest cheerleaders for partnerships between sheriffs and ICE to offer the federal agency unprecedented access to jails and deputies.
US envoy visits aid site in Gaza run by Israeli-backed group that has been heavily criticized
Read full article: US envoy visits aid site in Gaza run by Israeli-backed group that has been heavily criticizedU.S. President Donald Trump’s Mideast envoy has visited a food distribution site in the Gaza Strip operated by an Israeli-backed American contractor whose efforts to deliver food to the hunger-stricken territory have been marred by violence and controversy.
Texas bills increasing youth camp safety face long odds, even after Hill Country floods
Read full article: Texas bills increasing youth camp safety face long odds, even after Hill Country floodsCompeting legislative priorities and an industry that has pushed against certain regulations could challenge a suite of camp safety bills this special legislative session.
Some rural Texans see THC as a lifeline for their health and economy
Read full article: Some rural Texans see THC as a lifeline for their health and economyAs lawmakers continue to debate banning hemp-derived THC, some rural Texans say it helps ease addiction, health concerns and economic woes that hit their communities the hardest.
FBI director says a new office in New Zealand will counter China's sway, provoking Beijing's ire
Read full article: FBI director says a new office in New Zealand will counter China's sway, provoking Beijing's ireFBI Director Kash Patel has provoked diplomatic discomfort in New Zealand by saying the opening of a new office in Wellington aims to counter China's influence.
Trump's new tariffs give some countries a break, while shares and US dollar sink
Read full article: Trump's new tariffs give some countries a break, while shares and US dollar sinkU.S. President Donald Trump's new tariff rates of up to 41% on U.S. imports from dozens of countries have drawn expressions of relief from some countries that negotiated a deal or managed to whittle them down from rates announced in April.
North Carolina US Senate race turns into a battle for the middle class
Read full article: North Carolina US Senate race turns into a battle for the middle classDemocrats still in the dumps over last year’s elections have found cause for optimism in North Carolina, where former Gov. Roy Cooper jumped into the race for that state’s newly open seat with a vow to address voters’ persistent concerns about making ends meet.
Kerr County officials failed to follow certain aspects of disaster plan during Texas floods
Read full article: Kerr County officials failed to follow certain aspects of disaster plan during Texas floodsThe five-year-old plan, required by the state, detailed when additional monitoring was to take place and who was responsible for alerting the public to evacuate.
Trump injects a new dose of uncertainty in tariffs as he pushes start date back to Aug. 7
Read full article: Trump injects a new dose of uncertainty in tariffs as he pushes start date back to Aug. 7President Donald Trump's order imposing new tariffs on scores of countries and the European Union starting in seven days has injected a new dose of uncertainty in an already uncertain process.
“Nobody came”: Hill Country flooding survivors recount anguish, neglect during emotional hearing
Read full article: “Nobody came”: Hill Country flooding survivors recount anguish, neglect during emotional hearingResidents told state lawmakers about what they’ve lost and the hardships they’re experiencing almost a month after the July 4 disaster devastated the region.