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Trump fires chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump abruptly fired Air Force Gen. CQ Brown as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Friday, sidelining a history-making fighter pilot and respected officer as p...

Feb 21, 2025

Judge blocks Trump’s executive order ending federal support for DEI programs

WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge on Friday blocked a sweeping executive order from President Donald Trump that sought to end government support for programs promoting diversity, equity and inclusion....

Feb 21, 2025

The Supreme Court won’t allow Trump to immediately fire head of whistleblower office

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Friday temporarily kept on the job the head of the federal agency that protects government whistleblowers, in its first word on the many legal fights over Presid...

Feb 21, 2025

Netanyahu decries release of wrong body as a ceasefire violation. Hamas pledges to investigate

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed revenge Friday for what he described as a "cruel and malicious violation" of the ceasefire agreement after authorities determined that ...

Feb 21, 2025

Woman accused of drugging and robbing older men in a deadly romance scheme

LAS VEGAS (AP) - A woman lured at least four older men on online dating apps to meet in person, drugged them with sedatives and stole hundreds of thousands of dollars in a "sinister" romance scheme, F...

Feb 21, 2025

Top immigration enforcement official reassigned amid frustrations over mass deportation effort

WASHINGTON (AP) - The top official in charge of carrying out President Donald Trump's mass deportations agenda has been reassigned amid concerns that the deportation effort isn't moving fast enough. H...

Feb 21, 2025

Judge clears way for Trump administration to pull thousands of USAID staffers off the job

WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge on Friday cleared the way for the Trump administration to pull thousands of U.S. Agency for International Development staffers off the job. U.S. District Judge Carl N...

Feb 21, 2025

LA mayor dismisses fire chief over response to most destructive wildfire in city history last month

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Six weeks after the most destructive wildfire in city history, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass ousted the city's fire chief Friday amid a public rift over preparations for a potential ...

Feb 21, 2025

Man is seriously injured in attack at the Holocaust memorial in Berlin, police say

BERLIN (AP) - An assailant seriously injured a man in an attack at Berlin's Holocaust Memorial on Friday evening, police said. German media reported that the man was stabbed. Police said they were inv...

Feb 21, 2025

Condemned South Carolina killer chooses to be executed by firing squad

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Condemned South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon has chosen to die next month by a firing squad. He would be the first U.S. inmate shot to death in an execution in 15 years. Sigmon is...

Feb 21, 2025