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Trump administration takes down rainbow flag at the Stonewall National Monument
NEW YORK — The Trump administration has stopped flying a rainbow flag at the Stonewall National Monument, angering activists who see the change as a symbolic swipe at the country’s first national monument to LGBTQ+ history. The multicolored flag, one of the world’s most well known emblems of LGBTQ+ rights,...
U.S.-Canada bridge brouhaha deepens as White House says Trump could amend a permit for the projectVideo
WASHINGTON — The White House says President Donald Trump has the right to amend a permit for a new bridge between Canada and Michigan, prolonging the latest dispute between the U.S. and its northern neighbor hours after its prime minister signaled there could be a detente. The Gordie Howe International...
FBI search of Georgia offices relied on years-old claims of fraud, affidavit shows
ATLANTA — The FBI relied on years-old claims of fraud, many of them thoroughly investigated, to obtain a search warrant to seize ballots from election offices in Fulton County, Georgia, according to an affidavit unsealed Tuesday that shows the investigation began with a referral from an administration official who tried...
U.S. to expand passport revocations for parents who owe child support, AP sources say
WASHINGTON — Parents who owe a significant amount of child support soon could lose their ability to travel internationally as the Trump administration expands and steps up enforcement of a 30-year-old law that allows the federal government to revoke American passports until payments are made, three U.S. officials told The...
King Charles III seeks ‘moral high ground’ with pledge to help police as Epstein scandal deepensVideo
LONDON — In an earlier era, Britain’s royal family might have tried to bury the scandal surrounding Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s friendship with Jeffrey Epstein. Not during the reign of King Charles III. Since October, the king has stripped his younger brother of the right to be called prince, forced him to...
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick acknowledges meetings with Epstein that contradict previous claimsVideo
WASHINGTON — Under questioning from Democrats on Tuesday, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick acknowledged that he had met with Jeffrey Epstein twice after the late financier’s 2008 conviction for soliciting prostitution from a child, reversing Lutnick’s previous claim that he had cut ties with him after 2005. Lutnick again downplayed his...
Health care workers want ICE out of hospitals, and blue states are responding
Last month, the parents of a 7-year-old girl whose nose wouldn’t stop bleeding took her to Portland Adventist Health in Portland, Oregon, for urgent care. Before the family could get through the doors, federal immigration agents reportedly detained them in the parking lot and took them to a detention center...
Governors won’t hold Trump meeting after White House only invited Republicans
WASHINGTON — The National Governors Association will no longer hold a formal meeting with President Donald Trump when the group of state leaders meet in Washington later this month after the White House planned to invite only Republicans. “NGA staff was informed that the White House intends to limit invitations...
A person has been detained for questioning in the disappearance of Nancy GuthrieVideo
TUCSON, Ariz. —A person has been detained for questioning in the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, according to two people familiar with the matter. The people said the person was detained Tuesday in an area south of Tucson. They did not immediately provide additional details, and it wasn’t clear if the...
Man convicted of killing a traveling salesman scheduled for 1st Florida execution of 2026
STARKE, Fla. — A man convicted of killing a traveling salesman during a robbery is set to be executed Tuesday evening in the first lethal injection this year in Florida. Ronald Palmer Heath, 64, is scheduled to receive a three-drug injection starting at 6 p.m. at Florida State Prison near...
Trump set to gut U.S. climate change policy and environmental regulations: White House official
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is expected this week to revoke a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, according to a White House official. The Environmental Protection Agency will issue a final rule rescinding a...
Syria joining anti-IS coalition ‘marks a new chapter’ in global security, U.S. envoy says
BEIRUT — The U.S.-led international coalition to fight the Islamic State group has welcomed Syria in the fight against the extremists, saying that the priorities include the swift transfer of IS detainees to Iraq and third-country repatriation of families linked to IS held in two camps in Syria. The State...
ICE chief defends his officers’ actions before Congress after the deaths of 2 protesters
WASHINGTON — Todd Lyons, the acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, defended his agency’s officers before Congress on Tuesday, standing behind their tactics and saying they would not be intimidated as they carry out the president’s mass deportation plans. Lyons was one of the three heads of agencies implementing...
Russia can’t attack NATO this year but plans to boost its own forces, an intelligence chief says
LONDON — Russia cannot launch an attack on NATO this year or next but is planning to increase its forces significantly along the alliance’s eastern flank, depending on the outcome of the war in Ukraine, a senior European intelligence official said. Speaking in an online briefing with journalists, Kaupo Rosin,...
Israeli drone strike kills 2 cyclists in Gaza as death toll mounts despite ceasefire
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Two Palestinians on bicycles were killed in an Israeli drone strike on Tuesday, hospital officials said, marking the latest deaths since an October ceasefire that hasn’t halted deadly attacks in the Gaza Strip. Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital said the two men were hit near the ceasefire...
When conflict meets competition: Trump’s immigration agenda roils opening days of Winter Olympics
LIVIGNO, Italy — As the Winter Olympics opened in Milan, Vice President JD Vance hailed the competition as “one of the few things that unites the entire country.” That unity didn’t last long. The early days of the Milan Cortina Games have been roiled by the tumultuous political debate in...
How Americans’ optimism about their future has changed, according to new polling
WASHINGTON — Americans’ hope for their future has fallen to a new low, according to new polling. In 2025, only about 59% of Americans gave high ratings when asked to evaluate how good their life will be in about five years, the lowest annual measure since Gallup began asking this...
Democrats say White House offer on ICE is ‘insufficient’ as Homeland Security funding set to expire
WASHINGTON — Democratic leaders say a proposal from the White House is “incomplete and insufficient” as they are demanding new restrictions on President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown and threatening a shutdown of the Homeland Security Department. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries said in a...
DOJ moves to wipe out Stephen Bannon contempt of Congress case
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department took steps Monday to unwind the contempt of Congress case against Stephen Bannon, who already served four months in prison for a conviction that he has appealed to the Supreme Court. A jury convicted the President Donald Trump ally in 2022 for his refusal to...
Trump threatens to block new bridge between Detroit and Canada from opening
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to block the opening of a new Canadian-built bridge across the Detroit River, demanding that Canada turn over at least half of the ownership of the bridge and agree to other unspecified demands in his latest salvo over cross-border trade issues. “We...
Judge blocks California’s ban on federal agents wearing masks but requires badges be clearly seen
LOS ANGELES — A federal judge on Monday blocked a California law from going into effect that would ban federal immigration agents from covering their faces, but they will still be required to wear clear identification showing their agency and badge number. California became the first state to ban most...
Trump told Palm Beach police chief ‘everyone’ knew about Epstein, Maxwell was ‘evil’
President Donald Trump has repeatedly maintained that he had no knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex crimes. But in July 2006, just as Jeffrey Epstein’s criminal case became public, Trump called then-Palm Beach police chief Michael Reiter to tell him that Epstein’s activities with teenaged girls were well known in New...
Tulsi Gabbard’s office warns attorney against sharing classified complaint with Congress
WASHINGTON — The general counsel for Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard on Monday warned the attorney for an anonymous government employee not to directly share a top-secret complaint about Gabbard’s handling of classified material with members of Congress. The letter to attorney Andrew Bakaj is the latest escalation in...
Officials deny seeking quick end to asylum claims for the Minneapolis family of 5-year-old
MINNEAPOLIS — Federal authorities have denied attempting to expedite an end to asylum claims by the family of a 5-year-old boy who was detained with his father during the immigration crackdown that has shaken the Minneapolis area. Images of Liam Conejo Ramos wearing a bunny hat and Spider-Man backpack surrounded...
Trump administration fights federal order restoring funding for Hudson River Gateway tunnel project
NEW YORK — The Trump administration on Monday filed papers to fight a court order that would restore federal funding to the $16 billion Hudson River Tunnel as a deadline looms to resume payments. Attorneys for the Department of Transportation filed a notice asking the Second Circuit federal appeals court...
