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By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press A Trump appointee has been picked to be the acting head of the U.S. Census Bureau, replacing a career economist in the interim job, at a time when the Republican president is calling for a new census that excludes people in the U.S. illegally. George Cook, who is chief of

By OLIVIA DIAZ and STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press CHESTERFIELD, Va. (AP) — With President Donald Trump noticeably absent from Virginia’s race for governor, Republican Winsome Earle-Sears turned to a prominent Trump ally to help energize supporters Friday night. And Democrats may have been more excited than Republicans to welcome the special guest. Vivek Ramaswamy, the

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in southern Arizona will send a new representative to Congress after Tuesday’s special election to replace the late Democratic U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva, who died in March of complications from cancer treatment. The winner will serve out the remaining 15 months of Grijalva’s term in the

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer At first, Clemson University took a stand for free speech. It condemned employees’ remarks that made light of Charlie Kirk’s death on social media, but the school said it was committed to protecting the Constitution. Three days later, under pressure from conservatives in the Statehouse, it fired one of

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate rejected competing measures on Friday to fund federal agencies for a few weeks when the new budget year begins on Oct. 1, increasing prospects for a partial government shutdown on that date. Leaders of the two parties sought to blame the other side for the

By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When it was all over, Kamala Harris couldn’t believe it. “I could barely breathe,” she writes in her new book about learning she had lost the 2024 presidential election to Donald Trump. One of her aides peeled “Madame President” off celebratory cupcakes before serving them to crushed

By YUKI IWAMURA and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — More than a dozen elected officials were arrested Thursday while protesting conditions at a New York City immigration holding facility where a federal judge this week extended a court order requiring the government to shape up its treatment of detainees. The officials

By ISABELLA VOLMERT and OBED LAMY Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg rallied Democrats against redistricting in his home state of Indiana Thursday as pressure grows on Republican state lawmakers to redraw the state’s congressional districts. Buttigieg — a contender to represent Democrats aiming to win back the presidency in 2028

By AUDREY McAVOY and HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers hosted their late-night shows Thursday using a mix of humor and solidarity with suspended ABC host Jimmy Kimmel. Stewart opted for satire to critique ABC suspending “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” indefinitely following comments he made about the assassination of

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Jimmy Kimmel returned to his late-night show on Tuesday, just under a week after ABC pulled the host off the air indefinitely in the wake of criticism over his comments related the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk earlier this month. Kimmel was emotional during

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has confirmed 48 of President Donald Trump’s nominees at once, voting for the first time under new rules to begin clearing a backlog of executive branch positions that had been delayed by Democrats. Frustrated by the stalling tactics, Senate Republicans moved last week to

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A veteran water expert from Arizona says the Trump administration withdrew his nomination to lead the federal agency that oversees water management in the western U.S., leaving the Bureau of Reclamation without permanent leadership this year. Ted Cooke told The Associated Press late Wednesday that

By SOPHIA TAREEN and CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — As encounters with federal immigration agents around Chicago increase, tactics used by activists and immigrant leaders to fight back are also escalating. The Trump administration has singled out Chicago as its latest mark for immigration enforcement, using traffic stops in immigrant-heavy areas and targeting

By JILL COLVIN and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Turning Point USA, the organization Charlie Kirk founded to mobilize young, Christian conservatives, has seen a massive surge in interest and support since the activist’s assassination last week. As conservatives mourn Kirk’s death, the group appears poised to remain a MAGA juggernaut as

By GARY FIELDS and MATT BROWN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Thursday defended her policies to Congress as President Donald Trump’s law enforcement surge is in its second month and lawmakers act to further limit the city’s authority. She was invited to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

By PHILIP MARCELO and ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Texas man has been charged with making death threats against New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, prosecutors announced Thursday. Jeremy Fistel, 44, was arrested in Texas and brought to New York for an arraignment on charges that he sent a series

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Jimmy Kimmel’s television future hung in the balance Thursday after ABC suspended his late-night show following the host’s comments about the assassination of Charlie Kirk, leaving the network’s parent company to decide whether supporting him is worth the risk to its business. Two other companies

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC took comic Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show off the air indefinitely Wednesday, just hours after Federal Communications Commission chairman Brendan Carr called his comments about Charlie Kirk’s assassination “truly sick.” Carr is a longtime FCC commissioner named as chairman by President Donald Trump in November. In the months since, he has launched

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press A U.S. Census Bureau advisory committee made up of scientific experts that was axed by the Trump administration earlier this year is resurrecting itself and meeting Thursday with no official blessing or formal ties to the statistical agency. The reconstitution of the Census Scientific Advisory Committee, rechristened with an “Independent”

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Kamala Harris says she would have picked Pete Buttigieg as her running mate last year but America wasn’t ready for the pairing, according to an excerpt of her new book. Harris writes in an excerpt of “107 Days” published Wednesday in The Atlantic that former President Joe Biden’s transportation

By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said early Thursday that he plans to designate antifa as a “major terrorist organization.” Antifa, short for “anti-fascists,” is an umbrella term for far-left-leaning militant groups and is not a singular entity. They consist of groups that resist fascists and neo-Nazis, especially at

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — It’s another blow to Rudy Giuliani’s withered wallet: A judge has ordered the former New York City mayor to pay $1.36 million in legal fees he racked up during investigations into his efforts to overturn President Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss. Judge Arthur Engoron made

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent The House declined late Wednesday to punish one of its own over commentary in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, but the effort showed the reach of President Donald Trump’s push for political retribution and set the stage for more to come. The 214-213 roll call shelved a resolution