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Trump administration plans to slash all but a fraction of USAID jobs, officials say

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration presented a plan Thursday to dramatically cut staffing worldwide for U.S. aid projects as part of its dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Develo...

Feb 06, 2025

Trump signs order imposing sanctions on International Criminal Court over investigations of Israel

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order imposing sanctions on the International Criminal Court over investigations of Israel, a close U.S. ally. Neither the U.S....

Feb 06, 2025

Baseball star Ohtani’s ex-interpreter is sentenced to 4 years and 9 months in sports betting case

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - The former interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani was sentenced Thursday to four years and nine months in prison and three years' supervised release for bank and tax frau...

Feb 06, 2025

12 states to sue over DOGE access to government payment systems containing personal data

Democratic attorneys general in several states vowed Thursday to file a lawsuit to stop Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency's from accessing federal payment systems containing Americans' s...

Feb 06, 2025

Democratic attorneys general challenging Musk's staff access to Americans' sensitive personal data

Democratic attorneys general in several states vowed Thursday to file a lawsuit to stop Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency's from accessing federal payment systems containing Americans' s...

Feb 06, 2025

NCAA changes transgender policy to limit women's competition to athletes assigned female at birth

The NCAA changed its participation policy for transgender athletes on Thursday, limiting competition in women's sports to athletes assigned female at birth only. The move came one day after President ...

Feb 06, 2025

NCAA changes transgender policy to limit women's competition to athletes assigned female at birth

The NCAA changed its participation policy for transgender athletes on Thursday, limiting competition in women's sports to athletes assigned female at birth only. The move came one day after President ...

Feb 06, 2025

2nd federal judge in 2 days blocks President Trump's birthright citizenship order

SEATTLE (AP) - A second federal judge in two days has blocked President Donald Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship for the children of parents who are in the U.S. illegally. U.S. Dis...

Feb 06, 2025

Judge temporarily blocks Trump plan offering incentives for federal workers to resign

WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump's plan to push out federal employees by offering them financial incentives. The ruling came hours before the midnight deadl...

Feb 06, 2025

Minnesota House Democratic and GOP leaders reach power-sharing agreement to end partisan stalemate

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Democratic and Republican leaders of the Minnesota House reached a power-sharing agreement Wednesday night to end a three-week stalemate that the state's chief justice said left...

Feb 06, 2025