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By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland officials sued President Donald Trump’s administration Thursday for blocking the previously-approved construction of new FBI headquarters just outside the nation’s capital. Gov. Wes Moore joined other Maryland leaders to criticize the plan to move the FBI’s headquarters several blocks from its current home in Washington

By MATT SEDENSKY and WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Travelers braced for canceled flights, scrambled plans and holidays stranded in airports as a U.S. government shutdown threatened to snarl trips across the country. News that the Federal Aviation Administration will reduce air traffic at 40 airports beginning Friday set off a flurry

By CHRISTINE FERNANDO and SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge in Chicago on Thursday issued an extensive injunction restricting federal agents’ use of force, saying Thursday that a top Border Patrol official leading an immigration crackdown repeatedly lied about threats posed by protesters and reporters. The preliminary injunction came in response

The Associated Press Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi announced on Thursday that she will not seek reelection to the U.S. House. Pelosi, a Democrat who was the first woman in the speaker’s office and who has represented San Francisco for nearly 40 years, said she would finish out her final year in office. This is a

By The Associated Press President Donald Trump is hosting leaders of five Central Asian countries at the White House as he intensifies his hunt for rare earth metals needed for high-tech devices, including smartphones, electric vehicles and fighter jets. Trump and the officials from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan are holding an evening summit.

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi will not seek reelection to the U.S. House, bringing to a close her storied career as not only the first woman in the speaker’s office but arguably the most powerful in American politics. Pelosi, who has represented San Francisco for nearly 40

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has warned that the United States will be rendered “defenseless’’ and possibly “reduced to almost Third World status” if the Supreme Court strikes down the tariffs he imposed this year on nearly every country on earth. The justices sounded skeptical during oral arguments

By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Within hours of Zohran Mamdani’s election as New York’s first Muslim mayor, the Anti-Defamation League, which combats antisemitism, launched an initiative to track policies and personnel appointments of the incoming administration, part of a swift and harsh reaction from his Jewish critics. The ADL said

By JOSH BOAK and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump got a serious warning from voters that he’s out of touch with their fears about a deteriorating U.S. economy. Democrats cruised in key races across the country Tuesday by harnessing some of the same populist fervor that helped get Trump reelected

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A jury began deliberating Wednesday in the Justice Department’s assault case against a man who threw a sandwich at a federal agent, turning him into a symbol of resistance to President Donald Trump’s law-enforcement surge in the nation’s capital. Jurors deliberated for roughly two hours at Sean

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine Democratic Rep. Jared Golden, who represents one of the most competitive U.S. House districts in the country, said Wednesday he will not seek reelection. Golden was first elected to Congress in 2018 and has carved out a space as a Democrat who is willing to

By GARY FIELDS and MIKE PESOLI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An anti-fascism protest in Washington, D.C., planned weeks ago to mark the one-year anniversary since President Donald Trump was elected took on added vigor Wednesday, fueled by a night of sweeping wins by Democrats in prominent races around the country. Several thousand people, energized

By GABRIELA AOUN ANGUEIRA Associated Press Eleven states and Kentucky’s governor are suing the Trump administration over what they call “unlawful terms” placed on federal funding critical to supporting local disaster and terrorism preparedness. The predominantly Democratic-led states, which include Michigan, Oregon and Arizona, along with Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear sued the Department of Homeland

By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — For a day, at least, beleaguered Democrats are hopeful again. But just beneath the party’s relief at securing its first big electoral wins since last November’s drubbing lay unresolved questions about its direction heading into next year’s midterm elections. The Election Day romp of Republicans

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — IRS Direct File, the electronic system for filing tax returns for free, will not be offered next year, the Trump administration has confirmed. An email sent Monday from IRS official Cynthia Noe to state comptrollers that participate in the Direct File program said that “IRS Direct File

By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Republicans filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday to block a new U.S. House map that California voters decisively approved at the ballot. Proposition 50, backed by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, is designed to help Democrats flip as many as five congressional House seats in the midterm

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis Democratic Mayor Jacob Frey defeated democratic socialist Omar Fateh and 13 other challengers Wednesday during the final round of counting in the city’s ranked-choice voting election. Frey, who secured a third term, led Fateh by about 10 percentage points after Tuesday night’s first round of counting

By MARIAM FAM Associated Press Zohran Mamdani’s historic election as New York City’s first Muslim mayor has sparked excitement and hope among American Muslims. Many are relieved and proud that anti-Muslim vitriol directed at Mamdani during the campaign didn’t discourage New Yorkers from voting for him. “For the first time in a very long time

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Voters in North Carolina’s largest city reelected their Democratic mayor, keeping her in place even as safety concerns in Charlotte have risen since the August stabbing death of a young Ukrainian woman on a commuter train. Vi Lyles won comfortably on Tuesday over Republican and Libertarian challengers in a city that

By The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday on whether President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs overstep federal law. The case puts a key tool at the center of Trump’s economic and foreign policy agendas in front of a conservative-led court that has so far been reluctant to put a

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Two Democrats romped to wins over Republican incumbents in elections to the Georgia Public Service Commission on Tuesday, delivering the largest statewide margins of victory by Democrats in more than 20 years. Wins by Democrats Peter Hubbard and Alicia Johnson over Republicans Fitz Johnson and Tim Echols

By The Associated Press A day after Democrats dominated the first major Election Day since Donald Trump returned to the White House, the president is in Miami to speak at a forum of business leaders and global athletes about what he sees as his economic achievements. While a debate about the future of the Democratic

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press The new congressional map that California voters approved marked a victory for Democrats in the national redistricting battle playing out ahead of the 2026 midterm election. But Republicans are still ahead in the fight. The unusual mid-decade redistricting fray began this summer when President Donald Trump urged Republican-led states

By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — President Donald Trump is in Miami on Wednesday — the anniversary of his reelection to a second term — to speak to a forum of business leaders and global athletes about what he sees as his economic achievements. He began his remarks by proclaiming his love