Month: September 2025

By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — In a pointed show of solidarity against President Donald Trump, state and local leaders walked through one of Baltimore’s most historically underserved neighborhoods Friday evening amid ongoing efforts to curb gun violence. Those efforts are working, Gov. Wes Moore said. Homicides in Baltimore have reached historic lows

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is drawing swift condemnation from gun rights groups and LGBTQ advocates alike after floating that it was considering restricting transgender people from owning guns — a move that would all but certainly face immediate constitutional challenges if ever implemented. The discussions come in

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is expected to allow President Donald Trump’s temporary takeover of Washington’s police department to expire next week as the 30-day limit comes to an end and Mayor Muriel Bowser pledges to maintain close coordination with federal law enforcement. Trump took control of the Metropolitan Police

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration said Friday that it is exploring whether the federal government can take control of the 9/11 memorial and museum in New York City. The site in lower Manhattan, where the World Trade Center’s twin towers were destroyed by hijacked jetliners on Sept.

By BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — President Donald Trump’s push to rename the Department of Defense goes beyond subjective word choices about whether to change a name that’s been in place since 1949. On one hand is Trump’s argument that the historical name – War Department – more plainly reflects the bottom-line mission.

By STEVE PEOPLES, MIKE CATALINI and OLIVIA DIAZ Associated Press GARFIELD, N.J. (AP) — Democrats and Republicans are testing dueling playbooks in fall elections that will decide the leadership of Virginia and New Jersey — and perhaps a new direction for the parties heading into next year’s midterms. In both states, Democratic candidates for governor

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams said Friday that he won’t succumb to pressure to end his reelection campaign and insisted he is the only candidate strong enough to beat the Democratic nominee, Zohran Mamdani. Adams declared his intention to stay in the

By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday that would let the U.S. designate nations as state sponsors of wrongful detention, using the threat of associated sanctions to deter Americans from being detained abroad or taken hostage. The designation, similar to the state sponsors of

By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from ending temporary legal protections that have granted more than 1 million people from Haiti and Venezuela the right to live and work in the United States. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Edward Chen of San

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Department prosecutors are dropping their federal case against a woman who was charged with threatening to kill President Donald Trump — the latest in a string of self-inflicted setbacks for prosecutors during President Donald Trump’s law-enforcement surge in the nation’s capital. A grand jury refused to

Associated Press Now that Florida is taking steps to be the first state to get rid of school vaccine mandates, some states are looking at following its lead while others are promising to protect vaccines for children and adults. Florida’s announcement Wednesday along with U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy’s attempts to advance anti-vaccine policies