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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Republican National Committee has vastly outpaced Democrats in the crush for cash ahead of the midterm elections, holding a nearly $100 million advantage at the close of 2025, according to year-end filings to the Federal Election Commission.
The New York Stock Exchange is working on a digital platform that would enable investors to trade digital tokens around the clock.
MIAMI (AP) -- On a warm Sunday morning in Miami, Sen. Ruben Gallego stepped out of a car and approached parishioners exiting a church beneath palm trees, handing out flyers in this Dominican neighborhood. Gallego left some of his staff members behind as he drummed up support for a fellow Democrat running to be the next mayor of the majority-Hispanic...
ATLANTA (AP) -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Friday announced it would send $350 million in funding to localities and electric cooperatives for relief efforts following Hurricane Helene and Tropical Storm Debby. The announcement comes two months after Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia released a report that nearly $500 million in Hurricane Helene disaster relief was unpaid.
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- The acting chief of the Federal Emergency Management Agency left his job Monday after just six months, according to the Department of Homeland Security, the latest disruption in a year of mass staff departures, program cuts and policy upheaval at the agency charged with managing federal disaster response.
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) -- Former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey is going another round in his attempted political comeback, more than two decades after he resigned from office.
President Donald Trump urged his supporters in New Jersey late Friday to cast a ballot for the Republican candidate for governor, Jack Ciattarelli, ahead of the Saturday start of early voting in the state.
President Donald Trump will speak at a telephone rally late Friday on the eve of early voting in support of Republican candidate for New Jersey governor, Jack Ciattarelli, to boost the GOP's chances of defeating Democrat Mikie Sherrill and flipping the state next month.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- These photos show archival images of the White House East Wing, which housed several offices, including those of the first lady. It was built in 1942.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- These photos show archival images of the White House East Wing, which houses several offices, including those of the first lady. It was built in 1942.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- California will become the first state in the nation requiring restaurants to list major food allergens on their menus starting in 2026 under a new law.
As Israel and Hamas traded hostages and prisoners on Monday, taking a first step toward peace, U.S. President Donald Trump addressed the Knesset, Israel's parliament, telling them he had ended his eighth war.
The federal government is nearing a partial shutdown, with a range of effects on public services and the broader U.S. economy.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that he says will allow TikTok to continue operating in the United States in a way that meets national security concerns laid out by the law.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump has signed an executive order declaring that a proposed deal allowing TikTok to continue operating in the United States will be a qualified sale that meets national security concerns laid out by the law.
President Donald Trump wants to do away with the quarterly earnings report.
OREM, Utah, EE.UU. (AP) -- Fuente de AP dice que hay un sospechoso de 22 anos detenido por la muerte de Charlie Kirk.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Members of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s family are calling for him to step down as health secretary following a contentious congressional hearing this past week, during which the Trump Cabinet official faced bipartisan questioning about his tumultuous leadership of federal health agencies.
Now that Florida is taking steps to be the first state to get rid of school vaccine mandates, some states are looking at following its lead while others are promising to protect vaccines for children and adults.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Washingtonians are responding with protests during the fourth week of National Guard troops and federal agents patrolling D.C.'s streets.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Washingtonians are responding with protests during the fourth week of National Guard troops and federal agents patrolling D.C.'s streets.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he will direct federal law enforcement intervention to Chicago and Baltimore, despite local officials in both places opposing such moves.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Trump dice que ordenara la intervencion federal en Chicago y Baltimore, a pesar de la oposicion local.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A federal appeals court is set to decide whether a Texas law to give police broad powers to arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the U.S. can take effect.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The FBI searched the home and office of former Trump ally and national security adviser John Bolton on Friday as part of an investigation into the handling of classified information. Bolton became an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump since his 2019 firing and is the author of a scathing book about his White House experience.
Before he battled his way back to the White House, President Donald Trump was in court battling a slew of civil lawsuits and criminal charges that threatened to upend his finances and take away his freedom. Those cases have mostly abated since his return to office, albeit with some loose ends.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgia Insurance Commissioner John King dropped out of the 2026 Republican race for the US Senate Thursday, admitting on X that he likely wouldn't earn the nomination to face Democratic incumbent Jon Ossoff, considered the Senate's most vulnerable Democratic incumbent coming up for reelection.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie has stockpiled more than $1.7 million for his re-election bid as the Kentucky Republican gears up to face President Donald Trump's vaunted political operation, Massie's campaign announced Monday.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump says he is considering "taking away" the U.S. citizenship of a longtime rival, actress and comedian Rosie O'Donnell, despite a decades-old Supreme Court ruling that expressly prohibits such an action by the government.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Court records show that the Trump administration has agreed to spare from deportation a key witness in the federal prosecution of Kilmar Abrego Garcia in exchange for his cooperation in the case.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former President Joe Biden will be attending a Juneteenth celebration at a historic African Methodist Episcopal church in Galveston, Texas.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem was taken to the hospital on Tuesday after experiencing an allergic reaction, her spokeswoman said.
President Donald Trump suggested on Tuesday that he would likely extend a deadline for TikTok's Chinese owner to divest the popular video sharing app.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) -- Iowa state Rep. J.D. Scholten, a Democrat, announced a run for U.S. Senate on Monday, a decision he says he made after U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst made a retort about Medicaid cuts that prompted swift backlash.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Romanian citizen pleaded guilty on Monday to engaging in a plot to use "swatting" calls and bomb threats to intimidate and threaten dozens of people with bogus police emergencies, including a former U.S. president and several members of Congress.
CHARLES CITY, Va. (AP) -- Harrison Ruffin Tyler, the last living grandson of U.S. President John Tyler born 83 years after his grandfather left the White House in 1845, died. He was 96.
President Donald Trump's media company said Tuesday that institutional investors will buy $2.5 billion in the company's stock with the proceeds going to build up a bitcoin reserve.
A Louisiana lawmaker is facing criminal charges after striking a concrete barrier while allegedly driving impaired with his three children in the vehicle, state police said on Wednesday.
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A Las Vegas man who made antisemitic threats against Nevada U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen and her family has been sentenced to just under four years in federal prison.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A man accused of stealing a purse from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was charged Monday in federal court with aggravated identity theft, robbery and fraud.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Iowa's governor on Friday sued the Des Moines Register over the newspaper's open records request, asking the court to validate her office's withholding of certain emails she claims are protected.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's purse was stolen at a Washington, D.C. restaurant Sunday night, according to department officials.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- An Afghan teenager accused of taking part in an Oklahoma plot to carry out an Election Day attack has pleaded guilty, federal prosecutors said Thursday.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S Treasury Department on Wednesday issued new sanctions targeting Iran's nuclear program, just days before senior American and Iranian officials are expected to hold talks in the Middle East sultanate of Oman.
NEW YORK (AP) -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a challenge to gun laws in New York that ban firearms from certain "sensitive" locations and require that handgun owners be of "good moral character."
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Trump administration on Monday asked the Supreme Court to block a court order requiring it to return a Maryland man who was sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador.
HYATTSVILLE, Md. (AP) -- Lawyers for a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador will ask a federal judge on Friday to order the Trump Administration to return him to the U.S.
It's International Fact-Checking Day, an event to highlight the work of fact-checkers around the world.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal judge in Virginia blocked the Trump administration's move to fire more than a dozen intelligence agency employees who worked on diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
Trevor Milton, the founder of electric vehicle start-up Nikola who was sentenced to prison last year, was pardoned by President Donald Trump late Thursday, the White House confirmed Friday.
BOGOTA (AP) -- U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem landed in Colombia on Thursday as part of a tour of three Latin American nations to discuss immigration, crime and deportation.
BOGOTA (AP) -- U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is visiting Colombia on Thursday as part of a tour of three Latin American nations to discuss immigration, crime and deportation.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump has signed into law legislation funding the government through the end of September, ending the threat of a partial government shutdown and capping off a struggle in Congress that deeply divided Democrats.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow restrictions on birthright citizenship to partly take effect while legal fights play out.
Donald Trump's efforts to help Tesla could end up hurting it.
After one of the worst single day sell-offs in Tesla's history, President Donald Trump threw his support behind his advisor, billionaire Elon Musk, vowing to buy one of his cars on Tuesday.
The Trump administration has unveiled an overhauled cellphone app once used to let migrants apply for asylum, turning it into a system that allows people living illegally in the U.S. to say they want to leave the country voluntarily.
WAITSFIELD, Vt. (AP) -- Crowds protesting Vice President JD Vance the day after an Oval Office blowout over Ukraine lined roadways Saturday near a Vermont ski resort where he planned a weekend vacation with his family.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Conservative political commentators were spotted at the White House Thursday holding binders that read "The Epstein Files" hours after Attorney General Pam Bondi promised the release of documents about wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein, who sexually abused underage girls.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Apple announced Monday that it plans to invest more than $500 billion in the United States over the next four years, including plans to hire 20,000 people and build a new server factory in Texas.