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Trump administration announces a $825 million arms sale to Ukraine
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration has approved a $825 million arms sale to Ukraine that will include extended-range missiles and related equipment to boost...
Federal judge blocks Trump administration from removing Voice of America director
WASHINGTON – A federal judge on Thursday blocked the Trump administration from removing Michael Abramowitz as director of Voice of America, the government-run news...
Alabama town’s first Black mayor, who had been locked out of office, wins election
NEWBERN, Ala. – The first Black mayor of a tiny Alabama town overwhelmingly won election this week, four years after white residents locked him...
Trump fires Democratic member of Surface Transportation Board ahead of huge rail merger decision
President Donald Trump has fired one of two Democratic members of the U.S. Surface Transportation Board to break a 2-2 tie before the body...
Fed Gov. Lisa Cook sues Trump administration to block her attempted firing
WASHINGTON – Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook has sued the Trump administration in an effort to overturn the president’s attempt to fire her, launching...
Al Sharpton to lead pro-DEI march through Wall Street on anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington
NEW YORK – The Rev. Al Sharpton will lead a protest march on Wall Street to urge corporate America to resist the Trump administration’s...
ABC’s Robin Roberts retraces her post-Hurricane Katrina journey back to hometown
Revisiting the time she broke down on “Good Morning America” while covering Hurricane Katrina's destruction of her hometown Pass Christian, Mississippi, Robin Roberts said...
Dispatcher shakes it off after announcing Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s engagement over scanner
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Police dispatcher Julia Jordan accidentally added a dash of celebrity gossip to her public service this week when she shared...
Jury awards more than $2 million to protester shot in face with nonlethal projectile
LOS ANGELES – A jury has awarded at least $2.2 million to a protester who was shot in the face with a less-lethal munition...
Georgia’s Fulton County fined $10,000 a day for not appointing Republican election board nominees
ATLANTA – The government of Georgia’s most populous county must pay $10,000 a day until it appoints two Republican nominees to its election board...