Georgia Republicans push last minute bill to limit public access to lawmaker and police records
ATLANTA (AP) — With one day left of the legislative session, Georgia Republicans mustered together a proposal to limit public access to records about state lawmakers’ communications and police reports. The bill sidestepped the usual lawmaking process
FACT FOCUS: Democratic leaders’ challenge to Trump’s election executive order misrepresented online
Social media users, including elected officials, are erroneously claiming that top Democrats filed a lawsuit to allow noncitizen voting in U.S. elections. Many are also baselessly alleging the suit is further evidence of a Democratic plan to
US and Chinese military officials hold talks on maritime security in bid to lower risks
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. and Chinese military officials have met for their first working-level talks since President Donald Trump took office for the second time, with the two sides sharing their respective concerns over military safety on
Trump says he supports proxy voting for new parents in Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday endorsed a proposal that would allow new parents in Congress to vote by proxy, rather than in person. Trump’s position, articulated to reporters on Air Force One on Thursday,
Dow drops 1,600 as US stocks lead worldwide sell-off after Trump’s tariffs
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street shuddered, and a level of shock unseen since COVID’s outbreak tore through financial markets worldwide Thursday on worries about the damage President Donald Trump’s newest set of tariffs could do to
Senate confirms Mehmet Oz to take lead of Medicare and Medicaid agency
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former heart surgeon and TV pitchman Dr. Mehmet Oz was confirmed Thursday to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Oz became the agency’s administrator in a party line 53-45 vote. The 64-year-old
Nominee for South Carolina’s top doctor toppled by lingering COVID anger
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina Senate committee rejected the Republican governor’s nominee to be the state’s top doctor after hours of hearings dominated by the state’s response to the COVID pandemic. Just one of 13
Federal judge says she will temporarily block billions in health funding cuts to states
A federal judge will temporarily block President Donald Trump’s administration from cutting billions in federal dollars that support COVID-19 initiatives and public health projects throughout the country. U.S. District Judge Mary McElroy in Rhode Island said Thursday
Judge says US government may have ‘acted in bad faith’ as he weighs contempt over deportation order
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge said Thursday that the Trump administration may have “acted in bad faith” by trying to rush Venezuelan migrants out of the country before a court could block their deportations to El
Lawyers for a detained Tufts student from Turkey demand her case remain in Massachusetts
BOSTON (AP) — Lawyers for a Tufts University doctoral student from Turkey who was detained by immigration authorities argued Thursday that her case should be handled by the federal court in Massachusetts, while U.S. government attorneys said
