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Trump signs measure blocking California’s ban on new sales of gas-powered cars

By MICHELLE L. PRICE, SOPHIE AUSTIN and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed a resolution on Thursday that blocks California’s first-in-the-nation rule banning the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035. The state quickly announced it was challenging the move in court, with California’s attorney general holding a news

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Robert F. Kennedy met with the CIA after a trip to the Soviet Union, newly declassified files show

By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The CIA released nearly 1,500 pages of previously classified documents relating to New York Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and his 1968 assassination on Thursday, detailing the spy agency’s work to investigate his killing as well as previously unknown contacts between him and the agency. Kennedy met with

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The Latest: California senator removed after interrupting news conference by Kristi Noem

By The Associated Press Democratic California U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla was forcibly removed after he interrupted a Los Angeles press conference on immigration by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. He began shouting over her before he was removed from the room. Noem had promised to move forward with the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown across Los

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Homeland Security secretary pledges to carry on with Trump’s immigration crackdown

By KRYSTA FAURIA, OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem pledged Thursday to carry on with the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown despite waves of unrest across the U.S. Hours later a judge directed the president to return control to California over National Guard troops he

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Trump’s military parade is a US outlier in peacetime but parades and reviews have a long history

By BILL BARROW Associated Press Troops marching in lockstep. Patriotic tunes filling the air. The commander in chief watching over it all. The military parade commemorating the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary and coinciding with President Donald Trump’s 79th birthday will be a new spectacle for many Americans. This will not be the first U.S. military

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Trump’s travel ban fuels despair and disgust with politics among Arab Americans in Michigan

By ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — The ban on travel from certain countries that took effect Monday — reminiscent of President Donald Trump’s first-term restrictions that became known to many as the “ Muslim ban ” — is once again souring relationships among Arab American voters in the key battleground state of

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Troops begin detaining immigrants in national defense zone at border in escalation of military role

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press EL PASO, Texas (AP) — U.S. troops have begun directly detaining immigrants accused of trespassing on a recently designated national defense zone along the southern U.S. border, in an escalation of the military’s enforcement role, authorities said Wednesday U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Chad Campbell described in detail the first detentions

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Trump is expected to sign a measure blocking California’s nation-leading vehicle emissions rules

By MICHELLE L. PRICE and SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is expected to sign a measure Thursday that blocks California’s first-in-the-nation rule banning the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035, a White House official told The Associated Press. The resolution Trump plans to sign, which Congress approved last month,

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EPA says power plant carbon emissions aren’t dangerous. We asked 30 scientists: Here’s what they say

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday proposed a new ruling that heat-trapping carbon gas “emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants do not contribute significantly to dangerous air pollution.” The Associated Press asked 30 different scientists, experts in climate, health and economics, about the scientific

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Members of the Fulbright scholarship board resign, accusing Trump of meddling

By CHEYANNE MUMPHREY AP Education Writer Nearly all the members of a board overseeing the prestigious Fulbright scholarships resigned Wednesday in protest of what they call the Trump administration’s meddling with the selection of award recipients for the international exchange program. A statement published online by board members said the administration usurped the board’s authority

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Trump’s plan to begin ‘phasing out’ FEMA after hurricane season burdens states, experts warn

By GABRIELA AOUN ANGUEIRA Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — President Donald Trump’s plan to begin “phasing out” the federal agency that responds to disasters after the 2025 hurricane season is likely to put more responsibilities on states to provide services following increasingly frequent and expensive climate disasters, experts said. “We want to wean off

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Trump’s FAA administrator pick questioned about safety and pilot training standards at hearing

By LEAH ASKARINAM and JOSH FUNK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Aviation Administration pledged to prioritize safety and upgrade the nation’s outdated air traffic control system during a Wednesday hearing with the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. Bryan Bedford faced tough questions in the confirmation

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