Zelenskyy signals openness to three-way meeting with Trump and Putin
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President Donald Trump expressed hope that Monday’s critical talks with Ukrainian and European leaders at the White House could lead to trilateral talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin to bring an end to
What to know about redistricting fights as Texas Democrats return and California starts work
Republicans can move ahead with redrawing Texas’ congressional districts now that Democratic lawmakers have returned to the state. Efforts to thwart President Donald Trump’s push to tilt the political map for next year’s midterm elections in his
Mississippi becomes fourth state to send National Guard troops to DC in expanding federal crackdown
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joining forces from three other Republican-led states, the Mississippi National Guard will deploy 200 troops to Washington as part of the Trump administration’s ongoing federal policing and immigration overhaul in the nation’s capital. Mississippi
What to know about powerful Hurricane Erin as it heads toward the US East Coast
Island communities off the coast of North Carolina are bracing for flooding ahead of the year’s first Atlantic hurricane, Hurricane Erin. Although forecasters are confident that the storm won’t make direct landfall in the United States, authorities
Maryland’s first-in-the-nation tax on digital ads violated Big Tech’s free speech, judges say
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland’s first-in-the-nation tax on digital advertising violated the Constitution, a federal appeals court says, because blocking Big Tech from telling customers about the tax violates the companies’ right to free speech. Supporters say
Former Sinaloa cartel kingpin Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada set to plead guilty
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Mexican cartel kingpin Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada is set to plead guilty next week in a drug trafficking case that accuses him of ordering torture, plotting murders and flooding the U.S. with
2 gunmen among 3 killed in New York City bar shooting, police say; 2 other shooters still at large
NEW YORK (AP) — Two of the three people killed in a bar shooting in the New York City borough of Brooklyn were among the four shooters who opened fire inside the building, the city’s police commissioner
Soho House agrees to go private again in a deal led by hotel giant MCR
NEW YORK (AP) — After a shaky four years on Wall Street, Soho House is ready to go private again. The luxury members club operator has struck a deal with an investor group led by hotel giant
Texas Democrats end walkout as Republicans try to pass redrawn map
By Maiya Keidan and Brad Brooks (Reuters) -Democratic lawmakers in Texas returned to the state on Monday, ending a walkout that broke quorum and blocked Republican efforts to redraw congressional maps at the behest of U.S. President
New York City police say to avoid Times Square due to investigation
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The New York City Police Department on Monday advised people to avoid Times Square in midtown Manhattan “due to an active police investigation.” “Avoid the area of West 43rd Street and 7th Avenue
