With NCAA settlement pending, Power Four conference stakeholders lobby lawmakers on Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON (AP) — While a federal judge considers whether to approve a massive NCAA settlement that would pay athletes over $2 billion and pave the way for even more spending, a large group of industry officials returned
Republican-led House passes bill to limit nationwide orders from federal district judges
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed legislation Wednesday mostly along party lines that limits the authority of federal district judges to issue nationwide orders, as Republicans react to several court rulings against the Trump administration. In many
Lawsuit alleging environmental racism in Louisiana parish allowed to proceed, federal court says
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A civil rights lawsuit alleging a south Louisiana parish engaged in racist land-use policies by placing polluting industries in majority-Black communities can move forward, a federal appellate court says. On Thursday, the 5th
Judges bar US use of Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans held in parts of Texas and New York
McALLEN, Texas (AP) — Judges in Texas and New York on Wednesday temporarily barred the U.S. government from deporting Venezuelans jailed in parts of those two states while their lawyers challenge the Trump administration’s use of a
Trump targets ‘Anonymous’ author and former top cybersecurity official in escalation of retribution
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump intensified his efforts to punish his critics on Wednesday by signing a pair of memoranda directing the Justice Department to investigate two officials from his first administration and stripping them of
Trump’s ‘buy’ tip on social media before his tariffs pause made money for investors who listened
NEW YORK (AP) — When Donald Trump offered some financial advice Wednesday morning, stocks were wavering between gains and losses. But that was about to change. “THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!! DJT,” he wrote on
Another U-Turn: Trump reverses tariffs that caused market meltdown, but companies remain bewildered
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump delivered another jarring reversal in American trade policy Wednesday, suspending for 90 days import taxes he’d imposed barely 13 hours earlier on dozens of countries while escalating his trade war with
The United States and China are locked in a faceoff over tariffs. No one wants to blink first
WASHINGTON (AP) — The tariff fight between the world’s two largest economies spiraled into greater peril Wednesday as President Donald Trump tried to narrow his global trade war into a direct — and risky — faceoff with
Some House Republicans threaten Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ budget and tax cut bill ahead of floor vote
WASHINGTON (AP) — With a shove from President Donald Trump, House Republicans had hoped to hoist their budget framework to approval late Wednesday, but conservative GOP holdouts continued to have grave misgivings over allowing trillions of dollars
Interior Department staff, including those at national parks, offered buyouts and early retirement
Employees across the Department of the Interior have until the end of Wednesday to respond to the latest offer to take buyouts or early retirement, according to a document obtained by The Associated Press, as the Trump
