Georgia lawmakers pass bill allowing Trump and others to recover costs of election meddling case

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s Senate passed a bill that would allow President Donald Trump and more than a dozen people to seek compensation for legal bills stemming from an attempt to overturn his 2020 election loss in
Investigation advances into Gene Hackman’s mysterious death, with update by New Mexico authorities

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Authorities are set to reveal more information about an investigation into the deaths of actor Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa, whose partially mummified bodies were discovered last month at their home
Judge deciding whether to let charges drop against NYC Mayor Eric Adams is about to get key advice

NEW YORK (AP) — A former U.S. solicitor general who was brought in to help a federal judge decide whether to accept a Justice Department request to drop corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams
Bragg to Liberty and back again: Ceremony to rechristen Army post once named for a Confederate

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — The short-lived existence of Fort Liberty is set to an end Friday when the nation’s largest Army installation officially returns to its former name: Fort Bragg. Christened a century ago in honor of
North Carolina Republicans seek to force top Democrats to fall in line with Trump agenda

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republicans who are resolved to promote President Donald Trump’s agenda now seek to compel the recently elected Democratic governor to aid the president’s immigration crackdown and stop the new Democratic attorney
US labor market seen holding steady ahead of tariffs turbulence

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. job growth likely picked up in February, with the unemployment rate expected to hold steady at 4.0%, but growing uncertainty over trade policy and deep federal government spending cuts could
Democrat-led states join legal fight over Trump’s mass firings of federal workers

By Jack Queen (Reuters) – New York’s attorney general and 19 others filed a lawsuit Thursday night against the Trump administration’s mass firings of some federal workers, the first entry of states into the legal fight over
New York corrections officials offer striking prison guards deal over objections of union leaders

NEW YORK (AP) — New York corrections officials implored striking prison guards on Thursday to take a last-chance deal to return to work without repercussions, over the objections of their union leaders. Daniel Martuscello, commissioner of the
Trump’s interior and energy secretaries cheer on natural gas export industry in Gulf Coast

PORT SULPHUR, La. (AP) — The planned expansion of a massive liquified natural gas facility in southeast Louisiana is a beacon for a U.S. energy policy that doubles down on oil and gas exports under President Donald
Trump signs executive order to establish government bitcoin reserve

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday establishing a government reserve of bitcoin, a key marker in the cryptocurrency’s journey towards possible mainstream acceptance. Under Trump’s new order, the U.S. government will retain the estimated 200,000