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By THOMAS BEAUMONT and GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Democrats still in the dumps over last year’s elections have found cause for optimism in North Carolina, where former Gov. Roy Cooper jumped into the race for that state’s newly open seat with a vow to address voters’ persistent concerns about making

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For weeks, President Donald Trump was promising the world economy would change on Friday with his new tariffs in place. It was an ironclad deadline, administration officials assured the public. But when Trump signed the order Thursday night imposing new tariffs, the start date of the punishing

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order that set new tariffs on a wide swath of U.S. trading partners to go into effect on Aug. 7 — the next step in his trade agenda that will test the global economy and sturdiness of American alliances

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Judge extends protected status ended by Trump administration for 60,000 people from Central America and Nepal.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump signs order for new tariffs to go into effect in 7 days on wide swath of US trading partners.

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — After months of uncertainty, the race to become California’s next governor started Thursday. Former Vice President Kamala Harris’ decision Wednesday to bypass the 2026 contest pushed the campaign into a new phase, lacking its biggest potential star and the presumptive early favorite. Harris’ formal

By GARY D. ROBERTSON, ERIK VERDUZCO and THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press GASTONIA, N.C. (AP) — Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley launched his campaign for North Carolina’s open U.S. Senate seat Thursday, equipped with President Donald Trump’s endorsement and a large fundraising network for a potential general election bid against formidable Democrat Roy Cooper. A

By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The agency responsible for carrying out President Donald Trump’s mass deportations agenda says it has already made tentative job offers to more than 1,000 people as it ramps up hiring following the passage of legislation earlier this month giving the agency a massive infusion of cash. The

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Numerous countries around the world are facing the prospect of new tariffs on their exports to the United States on Aug. 7, a potential blow to the global economy, because they haven’t yet reached a trade deal with the Trump administration. President Donald Trump had threatened

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Jeffrey Clark, the former Justice Department official who aided President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, should be stripped of his law license, a Washington disciplinary panel ruled on Thursday. Clark, who is now overseeing a federal regulatory office, played a

By JAIMIE DING and DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Pentagon said Thursday it is ending the deployment of all but 250 National Guard troops that were originally sent to Los Angeles to deal with protests over the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered 1,350 National Guard members to