By JILL COLVIN Associated Press The election to fill a Wisconsin Supreme Court seat has become a referendum not only on the new administration, but on Elon Musk, the billionaire who has become one of President Donald Trump ‘s top financial backers and the architect of his efforts to slash the federal workforce. The April
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By JILL COLVIN Associated Press Wisconsin’s upcoming Supreme Court race is just entering its final stretch and it’s already breaking records as the most expensive judicial election in the nation’s history. The April 1 contest between liberal Dane County Judge Susan Crawford and conservative Waukesha County Judge Brad Schimel has drawn millions of dollars in
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The following AP stories are planned for today or have moved. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS —————————— US–SENATOR ARRESTED-MINNESOTA Feds seek to block release of ex-Minnesota lawmaker accused of soliciting minor for prostitution SUMMARY: Federal
Continue Reading The following AP stories are planned for today or have moved. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS —————————— US–SENATOR ARRESTED-MINNESOTA Feds seek to block release of ex-Minnesota lawmaker accused of soliciting minor for prostitution SUMMARY: Federal
Continue Reading The following AP stories are planned for today or have moved. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS —————————— US–SENATOR ARRESTED-MINNESOTA Feds seek to block release of ex-Minnesota lawmaker accused of soliciting minor for prostitution SUMMARY: Federal
Continue Reading The following AP stories are planned for today or have moved. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS —————————— US–SENATOR ARRESTED-MINNESOTA Feds seek to block release of ex-Minnesota lawmaker accused of soliciting minor for prostitution SUMMARY: Federal
Continue Reading All Times EDT FIRST FOUR Wednesday, March 19 At Purcell Pavilion South Bend, Ind. Iowa St. 68, Princeton 63 At Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles Southern U. 68, UC San Diego Tritons 56 Thursday, March 20 At Carmichael Arena Chapel Hill, N.C. Columbia 63, Washington 60 At Moody Center Austin, Texas William & Mary 69, High
Continue Reading By JON GAMBRELL and ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. negotiators worked on a proposed partial ceasefire in the 3-year-old war in Ukraine on Monday, meeting representatives from Russia one day after holding separate talks with a team from Kyiv. It has been a struggle to reach even a limited,
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By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday lamented Canada’s lost friendship with the United States as he visited the town that sheltered thousands of stranded American airline passengers after the 9/11 attacks. Carney’s visit to Gander, Newfoundland on the second day of a national election campaign comes
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By The Associated Press Top national security officials for President Donald Trumptexted war plans for upcoming military strikes in Yemen to a group chat in a secure messaging app that included Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief for The Atlantic, the magazine reported in a story published Monday. The National Security Council said the text chain “appears to
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Heathrow Airport executives on Monday defended their response to a fire that shut down Europe’s busiest air hub for almost a day, after Britain’s energy system operator suggested that the facility had enough electricity from other sources to keep running. More than 1,300 flights were canceled on
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By JAMEY KEATEN and VANESSA GERA Associated Press Greenland’s people are bracing for another visit from U.S. President Donald Trump’s inner circle, with second lady Usha Vance set to travel to the autonomous Danish territory this week as her husband ratchets up talk about U.S. security and “territorial” interests in the vast Arctic island coveted
Continue Reading By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press EDITORS/NEWS DIRECTORS: Since the #MeToo movement shined a spotlight on sexual misconduct by public figures, numerous state legislatures across the U.S. have taken steps to establish or strengthen sexual harassment policies governing the behavior of lawmakers and staff. In the meantime, the number of female state lawmakers has reached
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By The Associated Press Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip killed more than 65 Palestinians over the past day, including women and children, the Gaza Health Ministry said Monday. In less than a week of air and ground operations since Israel broke the ceasefire with Hamas, its forces have killed hundreds of people in Gaza
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By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said Monday the claim that white people are being persecuted in his country is a “completely false narrative.” It was his latest attempt to push back against allegations made by U.S. President Donald Trump, Elon Musk and some white
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By LARRY NEUMEISTER and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Nadine Menendez and her prison-bound husband — former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez — were “partners in crime,” a prosecutor told a jury Monday as opening statements began in her trial over allegations that the power couple accepted bribes of cash and gold
Continue Reading By REBECCA BOONE and CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press EDITORS/NEWS DIRECTORS: Public officials and private citizens are consistently warned about hacking and data-leaks, and messaging apps that use end-to-end encryption are one popular way to reduce those risks. But those privacy-increasing technologies are also decreasing government transparency. That’s because messaging apps like Signal, Confide, WhatsApp, Telegram
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By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday named his one-time defense attorney and current White House counselor Alina Habba to be the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey. Habba, who turns 41 Tuesday, takes over the interim post from John Giordano, whom the president said he’s naming to
Continue Reading By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday named his one-time defense attorney and current White House counselor Alina Habba to be the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey. Habba, who turns 41 Tuesday, takes over the interim post from John Giordano, whom the president said he’s naming to
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By WAFAA SHURAFA, EDITH M. LEDERER and LEE KEATH Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The United Nations said Monday it will “reduce its footprint” in the Gaza Strip after an Israeli tank strike hit one of its compounds last week, killing one staffer from Bulgaria and wounding five other employees. The world
Continue Reading By DAVID KLEPPER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As President Donald Trump and his adviser Elon Musk work to overhaul the federal government, they’re forcing out thousands of workers with insider knowledge and connections who now need a job. For Russia, China and other adversaries, the upheaval in Washington as Musk’s Department
Continue Reading By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Will Smith could have let his infamous Oscar slap be his cinematic fade out with a career bruised, marriage dissected and reputation in a free fall. But instead of retreating, he turned inward for self-reflection. In the process, Smith rediscovered a long-neglected creative outlet
Continue Reading By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Will Smith could have let his infamous Oscar slap be his cinematic fade out with a career bruised, marriage dissected and reputation in a free fall. But instead of retreating, he turned inward for self-reflection. In the process, Smith rediscovered a long-neglected creative outlet
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Firefighters in North and South Carolina were battling multiple wind-driven wildfires Monday in rugged terrain that complicated containment efforts, officials said. Hundreds of miles north, the New Jersey Forest Fire Service was battling a blaze in the Wharton State Forest. Mandatory evacuations were announced over the weekend in parts of Polk
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to halt a ruling ordering the rehiring of thousands of federal workers let go in mass firings aimed at dramatically downsizing the federal government. The move comes amid concerns that a disgruntled former employee could seek to sell secrets to a foreign
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ISABELLA VOLMERT, DAVID A. LIEB and OLIVIA DIAZ Associated Press Virginia lawmaker Jackie Glass said she got a “safety brief” when she joined the Legislature. “I was told who not to go drink with, who not to be alone with and who to just watch out for,” she said on the Statehouse floor in 2024.
Continue Reading ISABELLA VOLMERT, DAVID A. LIEB and OLIVIA DIAZ Associated Press Virginia lawmaker Jackie Glass said she got a “safety brief” when she joined the Legislature. “I was told who not to go drink with, who not to be alone with and who to just watch out for,” she said on the Statehouse floor in 2024.
Continue Reading ISABELLA VOLMERT, DAVID A. LIEB and OLIVIA DIAZ Associated Press Virginia lawmaker Jackie Glass said she got a “safety brief” when she joined the Legislature. “I was told who not to go drink with, who not to be alone with and who to just watch out for,” she said on the Statehouse floor in 2024.
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By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As congressional lawmakers scramble to respond to President Donald Trump’s slashing of the federal government, one group is already taking a front and center role: military veterans. From layoffs at the Department of Veterans Affairs to a Pentagon purge of archives that documented diversity in the military,
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By MARK SHERMAN and SARA CLINE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seemed closely divided Monday over a challenge to Louisiana’s congressional map, which added a second Black majority district. Several of the court’s conservative justices suggested they could vote to throw out the map and make it harder, if not impossible, to
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