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Trump says he’ll keep extending TikTok shutdown deadline
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump is calling national security and privacy concerns related to TikTok and its Chinese parent company “highly overrated” and said...
National Guard members on DC streets for Trump’s crackdown will soon be armed, military says
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.President Donald Trump speaks with members of law enforcement and National Guard soldiers, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025,...
Powell signals Fed may cut rates soon even as inflation risks remain
JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. – Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday opened the door ever so slightly to lowering a key interest rate in...
The Latest: FBI searches home of ex-Trump national security adviser John Bolton, AP source says
The FBI is searching the Maryland home of John Bolton, who served in President Donald Trump’s first administration as national security adviser but later...
Trump embraces tough-on-crime mantra amid DC takeover as he and Democrats claim political wins
NEW YORK – President Donald Trump stood among several hundred law enforcement officers, National Guard troops and federal agents at a U.S. Park Police...
Florida must stop expanding ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ immigration center, judge says
MIAMI – A federal judge on Thursday issued a preliminary injunction halting further expansion of an immigration detention center built in the middle of...
Defamation case against Fox News highlights role of its hosts in promoting 2020 election falsehoods
NEW YORK – Court papers in a voting technology company's $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News point to Maria Bartiromo, Lou Dobbs and...
Supreme Court lets Trump administration cut $783 million of research funding in anti-DEI push
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration can slash hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of research funding in its push to cut federal diversity, equity...
Trump blames renewable energy for rising electricity prices. Experts point elsewhere
WASHINGTON – With electricity prices rising at more than twice the rate of inflation, President Donald Trump has lashed out at renewable energy sources...
Northwestern reaches settlement with football coach who was fired amid hazing scandal
CHICAGO – Northwestern University has reached a settlement with former longtime football coach Pat Fitzgerald two years after he sued the prestigious school amid...