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Former longtime Illinois legislative leader Michael Madigan is convicted in corruption trial

CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago Democrat who once set much of Illinois' political agenda as the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history was convicted of some charges Wednesday in a mixed verdict i...

Feb 12, 2025

Senate confirms Gabbard as Trump's director of national intelligence after Republicans fall in line

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Tulsi Gabbard as President Donald Trump's director of national intelligence after Republicans who had initially questioned her experience and judgme...

Feb 12, 2025

Government watchdogs fired by Trump sue his administration and ask a judge to reinstate them

WASHINGTON (AP) - Eight government watchdogs have sued over their mass firing that removed oversight of President Donald Trump's new administration. The lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court in Was...

Feb 12, 2025

Education Department rescinds Biden memo that threatened to upend college NIL payments

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Education Department is scrapping a policy from the Biden administration that threatened to upend colleges' plans to pay athletes for their name, image and likeness by makin...

Feb 12, 2025

8 inspectors general fired by Trump file a federal lawsuit claiming their terminations were unlawful

WASHINGTON (AP) - Eight government watchdogs sued the Trump administration on Wednesday over their mass firing that removed oversight of his new administration. The lawsuit filed in federal court in W...

Feb 12, 2025

Education Department rescinds Biden memo that threatened to upend college NIL payments

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Education Department is scrapping a policy from the Biden administration that threatened to upend colleges' plans to pay athletes for their name, imagine and likeness by mak...

Feb 12, 2025

Austrian far-right leader's efforts to form a new government collapse

VIENNA (AP) - Austrian far-right leader Herbert Kickl said Wednesday that his talks on forming a coalition government with a conservative party have collapsed. Austria's president gave Kickl a mandate...

Feb 12, 2025

Kremlin says unidentified Russian freed in US in exchange for Moscow's release of Marc Fogel

The Kremlin said Wednesday that a Russian citizen was freed in the United States in exchange for Moscow's release of American Marc Fogel, but refused to identify them until they arrive in Russia. Krem...

Feb 12, 2025

A giant schnauzer named Monty has won the top prize at the Westminster Kennel Club

NEW YORK (AP) - A giant schnauzer named Monty won the top prize at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show Tuesday night. Monty's competition included a bichon fris called Neal, a Skye terrier named Arch...

Feb 11, 2025

Court sets March 19 date for first execution in Arizona in over 2 years

PHOENIX (AP) - The Arizona Supreme Court set a March 19 execution date Tuesday for a man who pleaded guilty to murder more than 17 years ago and recently said his death sentence was "long overdue." It...

Feb 11, 2025