Republican resistance to Iran war grows in the Senate as Murkowski flips
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans on Wednesday again blocked Democratic legislation that would halt President Donald Trump’s war with Iran, but the number of GOP senators voting against the war grew. Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska
United flight attendants ratify 5-year contract with 31% pay hike and boarding pay
United Airlines flight attendants have approved a new labor contract that will bring their first pay increases in six years — along with boarding pay, a long-sought change that compensates crew members for the work they do
Foreigners with World Cup tickets won’t have to pay bonds to enter US, Trump administration tells AP
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is suspending a requirement that foreign visitors from certain countries pay as much as $15,000 in bonds if they are confirmed World Cup ticket holders, the State Department told The Associated
Family of Black motorist killed in 2019 traffic stop reaches $4.8 million settlement with Louisiana officials
May 13 (Reuters) – Louisiana officials reached a tentative $4.8 million settlement with the family of Ronald Greene, an unarmed Black motorist who died in May 2019 after a violent confrontation with police officers, according to state police
US House members defy leadership, to force vote on Ukraine aid
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, May 13 (Reuters) – A U.S. House of Representatives petition to force a floor vote on providing security aid to Ukraine and imposing new sanctions on Russia reached the 218-signature threshold to move
US and China seek to repair damage from tariff war that sent trade into a freefall
WASHINGTON (AP) — During a tumultuous 2025, the United States and China proved how much they could hurt each other in a trade war. Now Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping are meeting in Beijing to repair
Fani Willis vows to sue over new Georgia law that removes party labels in Atlanta-area elections
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed a law requiring nonpartisan elections for most local officials in the five most populous counties in the Atlanta area, leading Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and another Democratic
Jury deliberations begin in Harvey Weinstein’s rape retrial in New York
NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors started deliberating Wednesday in Harvey Weinstein ’s rape retrial, weighing an unresolved piece of a case that epitomized the #MeToo movement. The jury is tasked with deciding whether the former movie mogul
Bald eagle hatchlings spotted in a Chicago park may be the city’s first for more than a century
CHICAGO (AP) — Two bald eagles hatchlings have been spotted in a nest in a Chicago park in what city officials believe is the raptors’ first successful wild breeding in the Windy City in more than a
Senate is set to confirm Trump pick Warsh as chairman of the Federal Reserve, following Powell
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Wednesday is set to confirm President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh, bringing new leadership to the world’s most powerful central bank at a fraught moment for