By CHRIS MEGERIAN and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s budget office on Wednesday rescinded an order freezing spending on federal grants, less than two days after it sparked widespread confusion and legal challenges across the country, according to two people familiar with the matter. The …
Read More »White House says Colombia agrees to take deported migrants after Trump tariff showdown
By REGINA GARCIA CANO, ZEKE MILLER and ASTRID SUÁREZ Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The White House claimed victory in a showdown with Colombia over accepting flights of deported migrants from the U.S. on Sunday, hours after President Donald Trump threatened steep tariffs on imports and other sanctions on …
Read More »Teen fatally shoots a female student and himself at Antioch High School in Nashville, police say
By KRISTIN M. HALL and TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A female student was killed and another student was wounded Wednesday in shooting in a Nashville high school cafeteria, police said. The 17-year-old shooter, who was also a student at Antioch High School, later shot and killed …
Read More »Trump issues sweeping pardon of 1,500 Jan. 6 defendants, including rioters who attacked police
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned or commuted the prison sentences of all of the 1,500-plus people charged with crimes in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot, including people convicted of seditious conspiracy and assaulting police officers, …
Read More »Trump, in his inaugural address, rips into the country’s past leaders and makes sweeping promises
By STEVE PEOPLES, NICHOLAS RICCARDI and BILL BARROW Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s second inaugural address featured similar themes to his first: a sweeping indictment of the country he inherits and grand promises to fix its problems.Eight years ago, Trump described “American carnage” and promised to …
Read More »With a US ban on TikTok hours away, Trump says he ‘most likely’ will grant an extension
By HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press The clock is ticking toward a U.S. ban on TikTok, but users seeking clarity on what that will mean did not get much Saturday from the company that runs the popular video-sharing platform or the tech giants that offer the TikTok app in their digital …
Read More »FDA bans red dye No. 3 from foods
By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer U.S. regulators on Wednesday banned the dye called Red 3 from the nation’s food supply, nearly 35 years after it was barred from cosmetics because of potential cancer risk. Food and Drug Administration officials granted a 2022 petition filed by two dozen food safety …
Read More »Mediators herald Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal. Israel says final details are in flux
By NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMY MAGDY and JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Israel and Hamas have agreed to pause the devastating war in the Gaza Strip, mediators announced Wednesday, raising the possibility of winding down the deadliest and most destructive fighting between the bitter enemies. The three-phase ceasefire …
Read More »Rubio Confirmation Hearing
Rubio vows to place US interests ‘above all else’ as Trump’s top diplomat By FARNOUSH AMIRI and MATTHEW LEE Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Florida Sen. Marco Rubio promised on Wednesday to implement President-elect Donald Trump’s “America First” vision as secretary of state, vowing in his confirmation hearing that the incoming …
Read More »A retro blue VW van miraculously survives deadly Los Angeles fire
By JANIE HAR Associated Press Preston Martin figured the retro blue Volkswagen van he slept in for a year during college was a goner, given that he parked it in a Malibu neighborhood just before the Palisades fire ripped through, reducing homes and cars to rubble and charred metal. So …
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