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By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina legislators have not been getting paid for months since a state senator sued over the first raise in the General Assembly’s compensation in three decades. The issue involves what lawmakers call “in-district compensation” which is money set aside for legislative duties but has

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press An Egyptian immigrant who has worked as a chaplain for a Cincinnati hospital was released Friday after weeks in detention. Ayman Soliman was detained in July during a check-in with immigration officials. Soliman served as an imam — a Muslim religious leader — in Egypt for 14 years before fleeing

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposal on the Nov. 4 ballot to reshape California’s U.S. House districts to add five Democratic seats in advance of the 2026 midterm elections is not a sure sale with voters, even in a state where Democrats outnumber registered Republicans by

By ALI SWENSON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A vaccine advisory committee handpicked by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. met in Atlanta this week to consider whether to revise recommendations on shots against COVID-19, hepatitis B, and a combination shot that protects children against measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox.

By DAVID BAUDER and BERNARD CONDON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The decision about whether to keep Jimmy Kimmel on his late-night ABC show depends on far more than his jokes. The choice is complicated by a web of business and regulatory considerations involving ABC’s parent company, other media companies and the Trump administration.

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press A judge has temporarily barred the federal government from collecting personal information about residents enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in 21 states and Washington, D.C. U.S. District Judge Maxine Chesney in California issued the temporary restraining order against the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Thursday, and said a

By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press PARK RIDGE, Ill. (AP) — Immigration enforcement officials have arrested almost 550 people as part of an operation in the Chicago area that launched a little less than two weeks ago, the Department of Homeland Security said Friday. The updated figure came hours after a senior immigration official revealed in

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Former Ohio State football coach and current Lt. Gov. Jim Tressel said Friday he won’t run for Ohio governor in 2026, easing the path toward a Republican nomination for biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy. A gubernatorial bid by Tressel on the GOP side could have shaken