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By DAVID FISCHER and MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A federal judge heard arguments Thursday on whether Florida’s attorney general should be held in contempt or sanctioned for not following her order prohibiting the enforcement of a new state law making it a misdemeanor for people in the U.S. illegally to enter Florida.

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Dr. Annie Andrews, the South Carolina Democrat who unsuccessfully challenged U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace in 2022, says she’s running against Republican U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham in 2026, challenging the four-term incumbent in part due to what she characterized as his waffling positions over the course of

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By PAUL WISEMAN and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has audaciously claimed virtually unlimited power to bypass Congress and impose sweeping taxes on foreign products. Now a federal court has thrown a roadblock in his path. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of International Trade ruled Wednesday that Trump

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Competition for the Democratic nomination for governor in New Mexico is heating up as former four-term Las Cruces mayor Ken Miyagishima launched a campaign with a centrist focus on public safety, affordable housing and efforts to shore up the state’s health care workforce. Miyagishima hopes

By MATTHEW BROWN and MEAD GRUVER Associated Press ROUNDUP, Mont. (AP) — Former ranch hand Pat Thiele has spent years fighting a losing battle against a massive coal mine creeping underground toward his central Montana property. Mine owner Signal Peak Energy sits atop a billion-ton reserve of coal in the Bull Mountains, not far from

By The Associated Press Elon Musk is leaving his government role as a top adviser to President Donald Trump after spearheading efforts with the Department of Government Efficiency to reduce and overhaul the federal bureaucracy. The billionaire entrepreneur posted Wednesday about his decision on X, his social media website. This is a photo gallery curated

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal court on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs on imports under an emergency-powers law, swiftly throwing into doubt Trump’s signature set of economic policies that have rattled global financial markets, frustrated trade partners and raised broader fears about inflation

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump issued a series of pardons on Wednesday, awarding them to a former New York congressman, a Connecticut governor, a rapper known as “NBA YoungBoy,” a labor union leader and a onetime Army officer who flouted safety measures during the coronavirus pandemic. Trump’s actions mixed

WASHINGTON (AP) — Elon Musk leaves Trump administration after turbulent effort to slash government, AP source says.

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press The Trump administration said in court filings Wednesday that it was working to bring back a Guatemalan man who was deported to Mexico in spite of his fears of being harmed there, days after a federal judge ordered the administration to facilitate his return. The man, who is gay, was

By ANNIE MA and COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday the U.S. will begin revoking the visas of some Chinese students, including those studying in “critical fields.” China is the second-largest country of origin for international students in the United States, behind only India. In the

By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has pardoned former U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm, a New York Republican who resigned from Congress after a tax fraud conviction. The pardon was disclosed Wednesday by a White House official who requested anonymity before an official announcement. Grimm, a former Marine and FBI agent,

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — George Santos ′ former campaign treasurer was sentenced Wednesday to three years’ probation for her role in fabricating campaign finance reports for the disgraced ex-congressman from New York. Nancy Marks, addressing a federal judge on Long Island, said she’d learned from her mistakes, walked away

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Former Navy SEAL Jared Hudson on Wednesday launched a campaign to run for a U.S. Senate seat representing Alabama, promising to be “a warrior for President Trump’s America First Agenda” if he is elected. The written announcement came just a day after current Republican U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville announced that he

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump wants the world to know he’s no “chicken” just because he’s repeatedly backed off high tariff threats. The U.S. Republican president’s tendency to levy extremely high import taxes and then retreat has created what’s known as the “TACO” trade, an acronym coined by The

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina General Assembly likely met for the last time this year Wednesday, easily passing a budget that included what is effectively an $18,000-a-year raise for all of its members. If the governor does not veto it, lawmakers will see their “in-district compensation” — money

By BEN FINLEY Associated Press The Trump administration has asked a federal judge to dismiss the lawsuit overKilmar Abrego Garcia ’s mistaken deportation to El Salvador, arguing the court lacks jurisdiction because he’s no longer in the United States. The request for dismissal late Tuesday was a procedural move by the U.S. government, which was

By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Elon Musk is leaving his government role as a top adviser to President Donald Trump after spearheading efforts to reduce and overhaul the federal bureaucracy. His departure, announced Wednesday evening, marks the end of a turbulent chapter that included thousands of layoffs, the evisceration of government agencies

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Voters will again see two sitting Ohio Supreme Court justices pitted against each other in 2026, after Justice Pat Fischer announced a bid Wednesday to unseat Justice Jennifer Brunner with two years left on his current term. The seven-member high court holds final sway over

By CEDAR ATTANASIO and AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Dressed in a pink pullover, the 17-year-old girl rested her head in her hands, weighing her bleak options from the empty room of a shelter in Poughkeepsie, New York. During a video call into an immigration courtroom in Manhattan, she listened as a lawyer

By The Associated Press The Trump administration has asked federal agencies to cancel contracts with Harvard University worth about $100 million, intensifying the president’s clash with the nation’s oldest and wealthiest university. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump’s campaign against the legal profession hit another setback Tuesday as a federal judge struck down an executive order that

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Sen. Cory Booker has expanded upon his historic Senate floor speech from last month into an upcoming book. “Stand” will be published Nov. 11, St. Martin’s Press announced Wednesday. In April, the New Jersey Democrat made headlines by delivering the country’s longest continuous Senate floor

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Trump administration accused North Carolina’s election board on Tuesday of violating federal law by failing to ensure voter registration records of some applicants contained identifying numbers. The Justice Department sued in federal court also asking a judge to force board officials to create a

BY ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With the nation’s capital facing a pair of overlapping budget crises, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has unveiled a budget proposal that bets heavily on business-friendly policies designed to boost investment and move the city away from dependence on a dwindling number of federal jobs. “We have a

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump set to pardon reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley, who were convicted on fraud and tax evasion charges.

By SOPHIE BATES Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi lawmakers are headed back to the state Capitol after failing to pass a budget in their regular session, called back by Gov. Tate Reeves for a special session starting Wednesday. Reeves summoned the lawmakers earlier in the week, saying a proposed $7.1 billion deal before

By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The governing board for California high school sports is changing its competition rules at this weekend’s state track-and-field championships to allow more girls to take part amid controversy over the participation of a trans student-athlete. The California Interscholastic Federation said it was extending access