Pronouns in some reporters’ email signatures get a stony response from Trump administration

NEW YORK (AP) — You know those email signatures at the end of messages? The ones that include a range of information about the senders — phone numbers, addresses, social media handles. And in recent years, pronouns
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene bought stocks hit hard by Trump tariffs during the market meltdown

NEW YORK (AP) — Give Marjorie Taylor Greene credit where it’s due: As stocks tanked on tariff fears, she showed her faith in the president not just with words but dollar bills. The Republican congresswoman, an avid
Mourners pay tribute to merengue icon Rubby Pérez, who died in the Dominican roof collapse

Fans and countrymen on Thursday shared their remembrances of Dominican Republic music icon Rubby Pérez, who was among the scores of people killed this week after the roof at the Jet Set club in Santo Domingo collapsed.
US budget deficit grows to $1.3 trillion, the second highest six-month level on record

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. budget deficit has grown to more than $1.3 trillion in the first half of the 2025 fiscal year — the second highest six-month deficit on record, according to Treasury Department data released
RFK Jr. says HHS will determine the cause of autism by September

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s top health agency will undertake a “massive testing and research effort” to determine the cause of autism, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Thursday. Kennedy, a longtime vaccine
US regulators finish review of Hyundai plant’s Georgia water permit, finding no changes needed

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — U.S. regulators have concluded a monthslong review of their environmental permit for Hyundai’s $7.6 billion electric vehicle plant in Georgia, finding that no changes are needed. The Army Corps of Engineers agreed to
A Los Angeles woman arrested in Russia has been freed in a prisoner swap. Here’s what we know

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Moscow has freed a Russian American convicted of treason in exchange for a Russian German man jailed on smuggling charges in the U.S. The prisoner swap was completed Thursday and Ksenia Karelina was
Trump nominee for public lands post withdraws after her criticism of Jan. 6 Capitol attack surfaces

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s nominee to oversee an agency that manages a quarter-billion acres of public land has withdrawn her nomination following revelations that she criticized the Republican president in 2021 for inciting the
Helicopter crashes in Hudson River, New York police say
(Reuters) – A helicopter crashed in the Hudson River near lower Manhattan on Thursday afternoon, the New York City Police Department said on social media. ABC News said fatalities have been reported, citing law enforcement sources. The
US ambassador to Ukraine to step down as peace talks uncertain

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to Ukraine is stepping down from her post after nearly three years in Kyiv amid uncertainty over the Trump administration’s attempts to broker a peace deal to end the Russia-Ukraine war.