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By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday marked the fourth anniversary of the suicide bombing that killed 13 U.S. service members during the chaotic withdrawal at the end of the Afghanistan War by signing a proclamation honoring the fallen. Surrounded by about 35 family members of those killed, including

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Efforts by U.S. immigration officials to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda, a country to which the Salvadoran national has no ties, has again focused attention on efforts by the Trump administration to send people to countries other than their own. The administration’s agreements with so-called

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Oversight Committee subpoenaed the estate of the late Jeffrey Epstein on Monday as congressional lawmakers try to determine who was connected to the disgraced financier and whether prosecutors mishandled his case. The committee’s subpoena is the latest effort by both Republicans and Democrats to respond

By MELISSA GOLDIN Associated Press President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday threatening to withhold or revoke federal funding to local and state governments that offer cashless bail, arguing that it is a threat to public safety. “No cash. Come back in a couple of months, we’ll give you a trial. You never

By GABRIELA AOUN ANGUEIRA Associated Press More than 180 current and former employees of the Federal Emergency Management Agency published a letter Monday warning that debilitating cuts to the agency charged with handling federal disaster response risks a catastrophe like the one seen after Hurricane Katrina. “Our shared commitment to our country, our oaths of

By STEPHANIE SCARBROUGH and KT KANAZAWICH Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Kilmar Abrego Garcia turned himself in at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Baltimore on Monday. He was accompanied by his wife, brother and supporters who were protesting the Trump administration’s plan to deport him to Uganda. Abrego Garcia was wrongfully

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer A Democratic U.S. lawmaker sent a letter to leaders at the more than 350 Division I schools across the country Monday, warning of a two-tier college sports system with haves and have-nots if a proposed bill to regulate the industry passes without changes. In the letter, Sen. Maria Cantwell

By BRIAN WITTE, TRAVIS LOLLER, MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and BEN FINLEY Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose case has become a flashpoint in President Donald Trump’s aggressive effort to remove noncitizens from the U.S., was detained by immigration authorities in Baltimore on Monday to face renewed efforts to deport him after a brief

By The Associated Press President Donald Trump says he’s firing Lisa Cook, a member of the Federal Reserve’s board of governors, amid mortgage fraud allegations, opening a new front in the fight over America’s central bank. The president’s announcement came Monday night, days after Cook said she wouldn’t leave her post despite Trump calling for

BALTIMORE (AP) — Please disregard US–Deportation-Error-Abrego-Garcia, published on Aug. 25, 2025, and datelined in BALTIMORE. It is duplicative of US—Deportation Error-Agreements, which moved at 7:50 a.m.

By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Politics Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Ken Martin is in the fight of his life. The low-profile political operative from Minnesota, just six months on the job as chairman of the Democratic National Committee, is charged with leading his party’s formal resistance to President Donald Trump and fixing the Democratic brand.

By JONATHAN J. COOPER, LEAH ASKARINAM and KONSTANTIN TOROPIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Some National Guard units patrolling the nation’s capital at the direction of President Donald Trump have started carrying firearms, an escalation of his military deployment that makes good on a directive issued late last week by his defense secretary. A Defense

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A posthumous and “unsparing” memoir by one of Jeffrey Epstein’s most prominent accusers, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, will be published this fall, publishing house Alfred A. Knopf said Sunday. “Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice” is scheduled for release Oct. 21,

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer ATLANTA (AP) — President Donald Trump says he will be at the opening round of the high-charged Ryder Cup next month in New York, and he thinks U.S. captain Keegan Bradley should be playing. Trump posted Saturday night on his social media site that he would be there on

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Religious colleges that require students to sign a statement of faith cannot be excluded from a popular Minnesota program that lets high school students take college courses for credit, a federal judge has ruled, tossing a state law that she called an unconstitutional violation of religious freedom.

By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Immigration officials said they intend to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda after he declined an offer to be sent to Costa Rica in exchange for remaining in jail and pleading guilty to human smuggling charges, his defense attorneys told a court Saturday. The Costa Rica

By ISABELLA O’MALLEY Associated Press The Trump administration halted construction on a nearly complete offshore wind project near Rhode Island as the White House continues to attack the battered U.S. offshore wind industry that scientists say is crucial to the urgent fight against climate change. Danish wind farm developer Orsted says the Revolution Wind project

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press Donald Trump ran on a promise to use the powers of the government for revenge against those he believed wronged him. He now appears to be fulfilling that campaign promise while threatening to expand his powers well beyond Washington. On Friday, the FBI searched the home of John Bolton, Trump’s

By JIM VERTUNO, JOEY CAPPELLETTI and HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Saturday promised to quickly sign off on a new, Republican-leaning congressional voting map gerrymandered to help the GOP maintain its slim majority in Congress. “One Big Beautiful Map has passed the Senate and is on its

By BYRON TAU Associated Press COLORADO SPRINGS (AP) — Administrators at the state university’s campus in Colorado Springs thought they stood a solid chance of dodging the Trump administration’s offensive on higher education. That optimism turned out to be misplaced. An Associated Press review of thousands of pages of emails from University of Colorado-Colorado Springs

By BYRON TAU Associated Press COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Administrators at the state university’s campus in Colorado Springs thought they stood a solid chance of dodging the Trump administration’s offensive on higher education. Located on a picturesque bluff with a stunning view of Pikes Peak, the school is far removed from the Ivy League

By BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Amy Kremer was an early tea party leader who supported Donald Trump for president in 2016. She ran for Congress from Georgia in 2017 and got less than 1% of the Republican primary vote. In 2021, she organized the rally near the White House that took place