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Month: July 2025

Kentucky Senate hopeful says Mitch McConnell doesn’t deserve lifetime achievement award

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Republican businessman Nate Morris has declared that Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell doesn’t deserve a lifetime achievement award from their home state political party, as the first-time candidate ratchets up his attacks against the former Senate leader he hopes to succeed in next year’s election. Morris, a

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What the Justice Department’s push to bring denaturalization cases means

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is ramping up its plans to revoke the citizenship of immigrants who’ve committed crimes or pose a national security risk, according to a recent memo underscoring the Trump administration’s hardline immigration agenda. Efforts to identity and go after those suspected of cheating to

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Gov. Newsom signs housing bill overhauling California’s landmark environmental law

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law an overhaul of California’s landmark environmental protection rules that he says is essential to address the state’s critical housing shortage and long-running homeless crisis. The Democratic governor widely seen as a potential 2028 presidential candidate called

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Musk proposes a new political party, Trump suggests DOGE ‘might have to go back and eat Elon’

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press Elon Musk’s feud with President Donald Trump — and seemingly any congressional Republicans who support the president’s massive tax cuts and spending package — has reignited, with the tech billionaire threatening to launch a new political party, and Trump suggesting Musk could be punished for his opposition. The dispute has

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UPenn updates swimming records set by Lia Thomas, settling with feds on transgender athletes case

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The University of Pennsylvania on Tuesday modified a trio of school records set by transgender swimmer Lia Thomas and said it would apologize to female athletes “disadvantaged” by her participation on the women’s swimming team, part of a resolution of a federal civil rights case. The

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Mexican banks face cascading consequences following US sanctions

By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Three Mexican financial institutions sanctioned by the Trump administration last week have felt a cascade of economic consequences following the allegations that they helped launder millions of dollars for drug cartels. The U.S. Treasury Department announced that it was blocking transactions between U.S. banks and Mexican

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What the key witnesses at Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ sex trafficking trial told the jury

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The jury deliberating at Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex trafficking trial heard testimony from 34 witnesses over the last seven weeks. They included Combs’ ex-girlfriends Cassie and Jane, who said he forced them into drug-fueled sex marathons they called “freak-offs” and “hotel nights,”

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Great Plains News Digest

To see stories that have already moved, please visit AP Newsroom. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan ——————————-— MINNESOTA ————-——————— US–Wild Foal Adoption Rejected by his mother, a rare wild Asian horse foal finds a new mom in a grieving domestic mare SUMMARY: A

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