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By GISELA SALOMON Associated Press DORAL, Fla. (AP) — Venezuelans in “Little Venezuela” — the largest home for the country’s natives in the United States — are welcoming the news that opposition leader Maria Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize with bittersweetness as deportation threats loom. The Trump administration has ended Temporary Protected Status

By JACK BROOK Associated Press/Report for America NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans city councilmember Helena Moreno was elected mayor Saturday in the race to succeed LaToya Cantrell, who is ending a turbulent second term shadowed by federal corruption charges. Moreno, 48, secured an outright victory with 55% of the vote with all precincts reporting,

By MORIAH BALINGIT AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A food aid program that supports millions of low-income mothers and their young children received a $300 million infusion from the Trump administration this week, alleviating some anxiety that it would run out of money during the government shutdown. The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women,

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — It was January 2004 and Donald Trump and Letitia James, a fellow New Yorker who would become his nemesis, were embarking on new ventures that would launch their political careers. Trump’s show “The Apprentice,” which introduced him to a new generation of Americans, premiered on

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — AstraZeneca on Friday became the second major pharmaceutical manufacturer to announce it had agreed to lower the cost of prescription drugs for Medicaid under a deal struck with the Trump administration that avoided its threats of steep tariffs. President Donald Trump made the announcement in the Oval

By JOSH BOAK and DIDI TANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to place an additional 100% tax on Chinese imports starting on Nov. 1 or sooner, potentially escalating tariff rates close to levels that in April fanned fears of a global recession. The president expressed frustration with new export

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press A federal judge ruled Friday that the Trump administration cannot put conditions on grants that fund efforts to combat domestic violence, including barring groups from promoting diversity, equity and inclusion or providing abortion resources. U.S. District Court Judge Melissa DuBose in Providence, Rhode Island, granted a motion by 17 statewide

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina state legislator accused this week of sex-related crimes involving a 15-year-old appeared in court remotely from a hospital bed while still in custody Friday, and a judge set his bond at just over $1 million. Democratic state Rep. Cecil Brockman of High Point, who was arrested Wednesday, had

By PHILIP MARCELO and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York Attorney General Letitia James, a longtime political foe of President Donald Trump, was indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday on mortgage fraud charges. It’s a case she says is bogus, cooked up by the Justice Department to cater to