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By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump hosted the Kennedy Center ‘s leadership at the White House on Monday night, reinforcing how much attention he’s devoting to remaking a premier cultural center as part of a larger effort to overhaul the social and ideological dynamics of the national arts scene. The

WASHINGTON (AP) — New Jersey US Attorney says she’s dropping trespassing charge against Newark mayor over immigration center arrest.

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey US attorney says she’s charging Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver with assault after skirmish at ICE facility.

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer President Donald Trump on Monday signed the Take It Down Act, bipartisan legislation that enacts stricter penalties for the distribution of non-consensual intimate imagery, sometimes called “revenge porn,” as fell as deepfakes created by artificial intelligence. The measure, which goes into effect immediately, was introduced by Sen. Ted Cruz,

By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A group that successfully defeated an anti-abortion ballot measure in Kansas has filed a federal lawsuit against a new state law aimed at curbing foreign influence in elections, saying it violates free speech rights and would keep the group from waging future campaigns. Kansans for Constitutional

By GARY FIELDS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration from moving forward with its dismantling of the U.S. Institute of Peace, an organization taken over in March by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency. U.S. District Court Judge Beryl Howell ruled that the think tank, which was

By KEVIN FREKING, LISA MASCARO and LEAH ASKARINAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will look to build momentum for his sweeping tax cut and immigration bill on Tuesday, taking a trip to Capitol Hill to address House Republicans as they try to work out their differences before a planned floor vote later

By ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has agreed to pay just under $5 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit that Ashli Babbitt’s family filed over her shooting by an officer during the U.S. Capitol riot, according to a person with knowledge of the settlement. The person

BEND, Ore. (AP) — John Thompson, who guided preparations for the 2020 census as director of the U.S. Census Bureau, has died. Thompson died May 9 at his home in Bend, Oregon. He was 73. Thompson was confirmed in 2013 as the Census Bureau’s 24th director after being nominated by President Barack Obama. He departed

By COLLEEN SLEVIN and JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — In the run-up to the 2023 mayoral election in Colorado Springs, a racial slur was scrawled across a Black candidate’s sign and a cross set on fire in front of it. It was a stunt to generate sympathy and support for the Black candidate,

By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona prosecutors pressing the case against Republicans who are accused of trying to overturn the 2020 election results in President Donald Trump’s favor were dealt a setback when a judge ordered the case be sent back to a grand jury. Arizona’s fake elector case remains alive after

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence spoke Monday in North Carolina against the Trump administration’s zealous efforts to impose tariffs on trading partners worldwide — another effort that shows his willingness to split at times with his former boss. The education arm of Pence’s political advocacy