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By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press David Hogg said Wednesday he will not fight to hold onto his leadership role in the Democratic National Committee after igniting a firestorm over his push to target long-serving Democrats in safe congressional seats. Hogg announced his retreat hours after the DNC removed him and another officer, Pennsylvania state

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

By FERNANDA FIGUEROA Associated Press This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors. ——— Over the past week, a sea of green, white and red Mexican flags have become a fixture of the Los Angeles protests against immigration raids. The use of Mexican and other Latin American flags during the protests are a

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom looked straight into the camera and staked out a clear choice for his Democratic Party. The governor positioned himself as not only a leader of the opposition to President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda, but a de facto champion of the immigrants

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,

By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President JD Vance on Tuesday made a brief trip to Montana, where he spoke to media mogul Rupert Murdoch; his son Lachlan Murdoch, the head of Fox News and News Corp.; and a group of other Fox News executives, according to two people familiar with

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

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

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

By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press LACONIA, N.H. (AP) — A political consultant told a New Hampshire jury Wednesday that he doesn’t regret sending voters robocalls that used artificial intelligence to mimic former President Joe Biden and that he’s confident he didn’t break the law. Steven Kramer, 56, of New Orleans, has long admitted to orchestrating

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — About 500 of the National Guard troops deployed to the Los Angeles protests have been trained to accompany agents on immigration operations, the commander in charge said Wednesday. And while some troops have already gone on such missions, he said it’s too early to say if

By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — That perfect slice of Jersey pizza. Garden State puns about putting down roots. A whirlwind lesson on Navy helicopters. And diners, lots of diners. If you’re paying attention to New Jersey’s race for governor between Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill and Republican Jack Ciattarelli and looking for

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — As President Donald Trump focuses on global trade deals and dispatching troops to aid his immigration crackdown, his lawyers are fighting to erase the hush money criminal conviction that punctuated his reelection campaign last year and made him the first former — and now current

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

By The Associated Press The United States is reducing the number of people deemed nonessential to operations in the Middle East, the State Department has announced. The U.S. is also authorizing nonessential personnel and family members to leave Bahrain and Kuwait, which will give them a choice on whether to leave those countries. The State

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A government watchdog group in Wisconsin filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to prohibit billionaire Elon Musk from ever again offering cash payments to voters in the battleground state like he did in this spring’s hotly contested Supreme Court race. Musk handed out $1 million checks to

By BERNARD CONDON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The world’s most powerful politician and its richest businessman stepped back from their war of words that stunned Washington and Wall Street alike last week, but it’s unclear if the peace will hold. Early Wednesday, Musk wrote on X, “I regret some of my posts

By The Associated Press Protests that sprang up in Los Angeles over immigration enforcement raids have begun to spread across the country, with more demonstrations planned. ___ This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” in Congress includes more than tax breaks and spending cuts — it also seeks to pour billions of dollars into the administration’s mass deportation agenda. Republican leaders capitalized Tuesday on the demonstrations in Los Angeles, where people are protesting Trump’s

By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Republican Jack Ciattarelli, who had President Donald Trump’s endorsement, and Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill won their primary elections in New Jersey’s race for governor, setting the stage for a November election, poised to be fought in part over affordability and the president’s policies. Sherrill emerged from

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has vetoed a proposal that would have banned teaching antisemitism at the state’s public K-12 schools, universities and colleges and exposed educators who violate the new rules to discipline and lawsuits. The proposal would have prohibited teachers and administrators from teaching or promoting antisemitism or antisemitic actions that

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Republicans at the North Carolina legislature gave final approval Tuesday to two pieces of legislation that would compel state agencies to participate in President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown and would toughen a recent law that required sheriffs to help federal agents seeking criminal defendants. The

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NORTH BERGEN, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey primary voters chose their nominees — and President Donald Trump notched a win in his endorsement belt — in one of two high-stakes governor’s races being held this year. While officials from both parties say November’s general election will hinge on local, pocketbook