Month: March 2025

By MICHAEL CASEY and RODRIQUE NGOWI Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — When Ash Lazarus Orr went to renew his passport in early January, the transgender organizer figured it would be relatively routine. But more than two months on, Orr is waiting to get a new passport with a name change and a sex designation reflecting

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press Since plunging during the COVID-19 pandemic, international student enrollment in the U.S. has been rebounding — a relief to American universities that count on their tuition payments. Two months into the new Trump administration, educators fear that could soon change. Unnerved by efforts to deport students over political views, students

By KATE PAYNE Associated Press/Report for America PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — As the Trump administration forges ahead with its dramatic reshaping of the federal government, voters in a northwest Florida congressional district that’s home to thousands of veterans will be among the first to put the president’s agenda to an electoral test. The state’s Chief

By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democrat Dan Goughnour handily won a special election in western Pennsylvania on Tuesday, keeping majority control of the state House in his party’s hands by a single seat. Goughnour beat Republican Chuck Davis in a district in the Mon Valley region southeast of Pittsburgh, winning a