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By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island’s Democratic-controlled state House on Friday approved legislation that would ban the sale and manufacturing of many semiautomatic rifles commonly referred to as assault weapons. The proposal now heads to the desk of Democratic Gov. Dan McKee, who said in a post

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island lawmakers pass bill to ban sales of certain semiautomatic rifles commonly referred to as assault weapons.

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Vice President JD Vance on Friday accused California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass of encouraging violent immigration protests as he used his appearance in Los Angeles to rebut criticism from state and local officials that the Trump administration fueled the

By The Associated Press President Donald Trump and his administration have tried several tactics to block Harvard University’s enrollment of international students, part of the White House’s effort to secure policy changes at the private, Ivy League college. Targeting foreign students has become the administration’s cornerstone effort to crack down on the nation’s oldest and

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Vice President JD Vance; Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Mark Kelly, D-Ariz. ___ CNN’s “State of the Union” — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem; Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.; Israeli President Isaac Herzog; former U.S. Ambassador to the United

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that his director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, was “wrong” when she previously said that the U.S. believed Iran wasn’t building a nuclear weapon, and he suggested that it would be “very hard to stop” Israel’s strikes on Iran in order to

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans suffered a sizable setback Friday on one key aspect of President Donald Trump’s big bill after their plans to gut the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and other provisions from the Senate Banking Committee ran into procedural violations with the Senate parliamentarian. Republicans in the Senate

By SARA CLINE and JACK BROOK The Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A panel of three federal appellate judges has ruled that a Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be posted in each of the state’s public school classrooms is unconstitutional. The ruling Friday marked a major win for civil liberties groups who

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Coming to court this week, a police officer’s widow wanted to prove that a man assaulted her husband during a mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol and ultimately was responsible for the officer’s suicide nine days later. A jury’s verdict Friday amounted to only a partial victory

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The family of a retired FBI agent presumed dead after vanishing in Iran 18 years ago is calling for any deal between the United States and Iran to include the return of his remains. Robert Levinson disappeared on March 9, 2007, when he was scheduled to meet

By COLLIN BINKLEY and ALBEE ZHANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to keep Harvard University from hosting international students, delivering the Ivy League school another victory as it challenges multiple government sanctions amid a battle with the White House. The order from U.S. District Judge

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A close ally of fugitive Jalisco New Generation boss known as “El Mencho” for years orchestrated a prolific drug trafficking operation, using a semi-submersible and other methods to avoid detection, and provided weapons to one of Mexico’s most powerful cartels, prosecutors say. On Friday, José González

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Federal appeals court blocks Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be posted in all public school classrooms.