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By ALEXANDRA OLSON and CLAIRE SAVAGE AP Business Writers WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — The acting chair of the federal agency that enforces workers rights acknowledged Wednesday that transgender workers are protected under civil rights laws but defended her decision to drop lawsuits on their behalf, saying her agency is not independent and must comply with

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Jay Jones, a former Virginia delegate, wins Democratic nomination for the state’s attorney general.

By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana state Sen. Blake Miguez officially launched his bid on Tuesday to unseat fellow Republican U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy in 2026. Miguez is the latest GOP challenger to Cassidy, who has been chastised by his party for being one of seven GOP senators who voted

By REBECCA SANTANA and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem was taken to the hospital on Tuesday after experiencing an allergic reaction, her spokeswoman said. “She is alert and recovering,” said the statement from department spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin, who said the hospital treatment was out of an

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A jury found Monday that MyPillow founder Mike Lindell defamed a former employee of a prominent voting equipment company by calling him a traitor, telling Lindell and his online media platform to pay $2.3 million in damages. The decision came after a two-week trial

By MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency told a federal appeals court it will reconsider the Biden administration’s ban on the last type of asbestos used in the United States to determine whether it went “beyond what is necessary.” Asbestos is linked to tens of thousands of deaths annually and

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Alex Padilla on Tuesday encouraged Americans to peacefully protest against President Donald Trump’s administration and said it’s “it’s time to wake up” in his first extended remarks in the Senate since he was forcibly removed from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has given 36 countries, most of them in Africa, a Wednesday deadline to commit to improve vetting of travelers or face a ban on their citizens visiting the United States. A weekend diplomatic cable sent by the State Department instructs embassies and consulates

By FATIMA HUSSEIN and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s tax cuts package would increase deficits by $2.8 trillion over the next decade after including other economic effects, according to a fuller analysis of the House-passed measure released Tuesday by the Congressional Budget Office. The report, produced by the nonpartisan CBO

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An Illinois toy company challenged President Donald Trump’s tariffs in front of the Supreme Court on Tuesday in a long shot bid to press the justices to quickly decide whether they are legal. Learning Resources Inc. filed an appeal asking the Supreme Court to take up the

By MEG KINNARD and THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press A schism has opened among President Donald Trump’s most devout MAGA supporters and national security conservatives over the Israel-Iran conflict, as some longtime defenders of the president’s America First mantra call him out for weighing a greater U.S. role in the region. Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene,

By ALEXA ST. JOHN Associated Press Tax credits for clean energy and home energy efficiency would still be phased out, albeit less quickly, under Senate Republicans’ latest proposed changes to a massive tax bill. Electric vehicle incentives and other provisions intended to move the United States away from fossil fuels would be gutted rapidly. Senate

By CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Comptroller and Democratic mayoral candidate Brad Lander was arrested by federal agents at an immigration court Tuesday after he linked arms with a person authorities were attempting to detain. A reporter with The Associated Press and other journalists witnessed Lander’s arrest at a

By MARK SHERMAN and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson received more than $2 million last year for her best-selling memoir, “Lovely One,” according to her annual financial disclosure, released Tuesday. Jackson’s outside income exceeded that of her court colleagues combined, the reports showed. Justice Neil Gorsuch reported

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will sign an executive order this week to extend a deadline for TikTok’s Chinese owner to divest the popular video sharing app, the White House announced Tuesday. Trump had signed an order in early April to keep TikTok running for an additional 75 days

By ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A former GOP state lawmaker who served as speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives is joining a crowded bench seeking the Republican nomination for the 2026 gubernatorial race in the battleground state. Tom Leonard, who served in the state Legislature from 2013 to 2018, announced

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press CHAPIN, S.C. (AP) — Alan Wilson, the four-term Republican attorney general of South Carolina, is set to enter the state’s open gubernatorial race in 2026, setting up a primary contest likely to be a multi-candidate competition for President Donald Trump’s endorsement. Long expected to run, Wilson is expected to officially

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday ruled out calling Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz after the targeted shootings of two state lawmakers, saying that to do so would “waste time.” A spokesperson for Walz said the governor wishes Trump “would be a President for all Americans.” One lawmaker and

By The Associated Press President Donald Trump said Tuesday the U.S. knows where Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is hiding during the Israel-Iran conflict but doesn’t want him killed “for now.” Trump urged, in a social media posting, Iran’s “UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER” as the five-day conflict continues to escalate. “We know exactly where the so-called

By STEVE KARNOWSKI, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The man charged with killing one Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another in what prosecutors have described as a meticulously planned attack, had dozens of apparent targets, including officials in at least three other states. Vance Boelter allegedly made it to the

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Threats to members of Congress are on the rise, security officials told senators on Tuesday at an emergency briefing in the wake of the killing of a Minnesota state lawmaker in her home over the weekend. U.S. Capitol Police leaders and Senate security

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez arrived at a federal prison on Tuesday to begin serving an 11-year sentence for accepting bribes of gold and cash and acting as an agent of Egypt. The New Jersey Democrat has been mocked for the crimes

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A federal jury in Colorado on Monday found that one of the nation’s most prominent election conspiracy theorists, MyPillow founder Mike Lindell, defamed a former employee for a leading voting equipment company after the 2020 presidential election. The jury found that two of Lindell’s statements about Eric

ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia man accused of leaving threatening voicemails for two Republican U.S. senators appeared in federal court to face charges Monday. Robert Davis Forney, 25, of Duluth, Georgia, was arraigned in Atlanta on two federal counts of communicating threats in interstate commerce, according to court records. A grand jury indicted him last

By MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A panel of North Carolina judges dismissed one of Democratic Gov. Josh Stein’s cases against Republican legislative leaders Monday, upholding part of a power-shifting law that prevents Stein from selecting the State Highway Patrol commander. Three Superior Court judges made the decision unanimously. The judges’ decision

By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press The NAACP announced Monday the group will not invite President Donald Trump to its national convention next month in Charlotte, North Carolina, the first time the prominent civil rights organization has opted to exclude a sitting president in its 116-year history. NAACP President Derrick Johnson announced the move at an

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Justice Department charges man suspected of shooting of 2 Minnesota lawmakers with federal murder, stalking offenses.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutor says suspect in Minnesota shooting went to 4 homes as he sought to kill lawmakers but some were not home.

By The Associated Press President Donald Trump will depart the G7 summit in Canada to Washington on Monday night, a day earlier than planned, due to the intensifying conflict between Israel and Iran. During the summit, Trump posted to his social media platform about tensions in the Mideast, writing, “Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!” Trump