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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

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press CHAPIN, S.C. (AP) — Federal officials on Friday said they are taking steps that will give state and federal prisons the right to jam the signals of cellphones smuggled to inmates, devices they argue allow prisoners to plot violence and carry out crimes. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said Friday during

By JACK BROOK and SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry agreed Friday to pay a $900 fine for failing to disclose a free plane ride to Hawaii and other free flights, ending a yearslong ethics investigation into his travels. The Republican also revealed he accepted nearly 20 complimentary

By MATT O’BRIEN and THALIA BEATY Associated Press The attorneys general of California and Delaware on Friday warned OpenAI they have “serious concerns” about the safety of its flagship chatbot, ChatGPT, especially for children and teens. The two state officials, who have unique powers to regulate nonprofits such as OpenAI, sent the letter to the

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Washingtonians are responding with protests during the fourth week of National Guard troops and federal agents patrolling D.C.’s streets. See photos of week one, two and three of the Trump administration crime and homelessness crackdown in D.C. and read what the law allows. This is a photo gallery curated by

By The Associated Press Some 475 people were detained during an immigration raid at a sprawling Georgia site where South Korean auto company Hyundai manufactures electric vehicles, according to a Homeland Security official. Steven Schrank, Special Agent in Charge, Homeland Security Investigations, said at a news briefing Friday that the majority of the people detained

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press Members of California’s Sikh trucking community say a deadly crash involving one of its own, which triggered heated national debates over immigration, has led to a spike in anti-Sikh rhetoric. On Aug. 12, Harjinder Singh, an India-born truck driver, made a U-turn on the Florida Turnpike that authorities say

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Boston voters will narrow the field of candidates for mayor on Tuesday in a municipal primary that pits incumbent Michelle Wu against a deep-pocketed challenger with one of the most famous last names in New England. Wu seeks a second term as President Donald Trump has threatened

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Voters in the northern Virginia suburbs of Washington will choose a replacement Tuesday for the late Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly, who died in May after battling cancer. Control of the U.S. House doesn’t hang in the balance in the special congressional election, but it could narrow

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press FLETCHER, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein has taken an unusual approach with Republican political opponents in his first eight months leading a highly competitive state where divided government has become the norm. He’s trying to get along with them. Stein, who succeeded fellow Democrat Roy Cooper

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Twice recently, the people who run Fox News were reminded of their biggest nightmare. The conservative network Newsmax’s $67 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems over false claims after the 2020 election recalled Fox’s own $787.5 million deal with the same company more than two

By SEUNG MIN KIM and MEG KINNARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump launched Operation Warp Speed in the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic, an effort he has credited with saving tens of millions of lives. During a Cabinet meeting last week, he likened it to “one of the greatest achievements ever.” Sitting

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will attend Sunday’s men’s final of the U.S. Open, returning to a tournament he once frequently attended for the first time in a decade. The White House confirmed the visit Thursday night. Trump is expected to make a daytrip to New York and return

By MICHELLE L. PRICE, SEUNG MIN KIM and ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press WASHINGTON D.C. (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he thinks Democrat Zohran Mamdani is likely to become New York City’s next mayor unless two of the three major candidates running against him drop out of the race. But the Republican didn’t

By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press The Trump administration sued the city of Boston and its leaders Thursday in its latest attempt to invalidate policies seen as interfering with immigration enforcement. The suit alleges that Boston’s sanctuary city policies are illegal under federal law and the city’s refusal to cooperate with immigration authorities has resulted in

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s governor is calling on state lawmakers to shore up safety net programs in response to federal spending cuts enacted by President Donald Trump, in an announcement Thursday that highlighted reduced federal support for Medicaid and food assistance programs. More than 40% of New

By MARK SCHIEFELBEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced pointed bipartisan questioning during a contentious three-hour Senate hearing Thursday addressing his efforts to pull back COVID-19 vaccine recommendations and the turmoil he has created at federal health agencies. ___ This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A former top elections official who made a name for himself defending Georgia’s 2020 presidential election tally against threats from supporters of President Donald Trump is now running to be the state’s elections chief. Republican Gabriel Sterling, 54, filed paperwork Tuesday to run for secretary of state