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Trump’s choice of Warsh to lead Fed could reshape the world’s most influential central bank
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s nomination of Kevin Warsh to chair the Federal Reserve could bring about sweeping changes at a central bank that dominates the global economy and markets like no other. Warsh, if approved by the Senate, will be under close scrutiny from financial markets and Congress given...
Masked agents, face scans and a question: Are you a citizen? Inside Trump’s Minnesota crackdown
Luis Martinez was on his way to work on a frigid Minneapolis morning when federal agents suddenly boxed him in, forcing the SUV he was driving to a dead stop in the middle of the street. Masked agents rapped on the window, demanding Martinez produce his ID. Then one held...
Trump sues IRS and Treasury for $10 billion over leaked tax info
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is suing the IRS and Treasury Department for $10 billion, as he accuses the federal agencies of a failure to prevent a leak of the president’s tax information to news outlets between 2018 and 2020. The suit, filed in a Florida federal court Thursday, includes...
New cold snap adds urgency to winter storm recovery across the SouthVideo
BELZONI, Miss. — Hundreds of National Guard troops in ice-stricken Mississippi and Tennessee mobilized Thursday to clear debris and assist people stranded in cars or stuck at homes still without electricity as Southern states raced to recover from a crippling winter storm before another blast of dangerous cold hits. The...
Mexico’s Sheinbaum reiterates sovereignty in Trump call after Olympic snowboarder detained
MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum reiterated that operations on Mexican soil are always carried out by Mexican forces, in her latest attempt to assuage concerns of U.S. encroachment on Mexican sovereignty. The comments made at her daily press conference Thursday come after questions surrounding the case of a...
Trump threatens Canada with 50% tariff on aircraft sold in U.S., expanding trade war
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened Canada with a 50% tariff on any aircraft sold in the U.S., the latest salvo in his trade war with America’s northern neighbor as his feud with Prime Minister Mark Carney expands. Trump’s threat posted on social media came after he threatened...
Trump’s options for Iran strike grow even with goals unclear
WASHINGTON — The arrival of a U.S aircraft-carrier strike group in the Middle East has given President Donald Trump new, more forceful options to carry out his threats to attack Iran, but the choices carry serious risks of retaliation from Tehran. At the same time, Trump’s shifting messages about his...
Venezuela’s acting president signs oil industry overhaul, easing state control to lure investors
CARACAS — Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez on Thursday signed a law that will open the nation’s oil sector to privatization, reversing a tenet of the self-proclaimed socialist movement that has ruled the country for more than two decades. Lawmakers in the country’s National Assembly approved the overhaul of the...
FBI seizure of Georgia ballots reflects pursuit of Trump’s 2020 election grievanceVideo
ATLANTA — In an extraordinary scene this week, FBI agents pulled box trucks up to a warehouse south of Atlanta and drove away with hundreds of boxes containing ballots and other documents related to the 2020 election in Georgia’s most populous county. Fulton County, which votes overwhelmingly Democratic, has been...
Sen. Susan Collins announces end to ICE large-scale operations in Maine after talks with Kristi Noem
PORTLAND, Maine — Federal immigration officials have ceased their “enhanced operations” in Maine, the site of an enforcement surge and hundreds of arrests since last week, U.S. Sen. Susan Collins said Thursday. Collins, a Republican, announced the development after saying she had spoken directly with Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi...
Waymo vehicle hits child near Santa Monica elementary school
LOS ANGELES — A Waymo self-driving taxi struck a child near a Santa Monica elementary school during drop-off hours, triggering an investigation into the incident by The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The child sustained minor injuries, Waymo said. There were other children, a crossing guard and several double-parked vehicles...
A man impersonating an FBI agent tried to get Luigi Mangione out of jail, authorities say
NEW YORK — A man falsely claiming to be an FBI agent showed up to a federal jail in New York City on Wednesday night and told officers he had a court order to release Luigi Mangione, authorities said. Mark Anderson, 36, of Mankato, Minnesota, was arrested and charged with...
Democrats, White House strike spending deal that would avert government shutdown
WASHINGTON — Democrats and White House have struck a deal to avert a partial government shutdown and temporarily fund the Department of Homeland Security as they negotiate new restrictions for President Donald Trump’s surge of immigration enforcement. As the country reels from the deaths of two protesters at the hands...
German leader hails Europe as an ‘alternative to imperialism and autocracy’
BERLIN — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz hailed the European Union on Thursday as an “alternative to imperialism and autocracy” that can forge deals with like-minded partners in a world of increasing great power rivalry. Merz underlined the continuing value of a NATO in which Europe will intensify its defense efforts,...
Former Illinois deputy sentenced to 20 years in prison for killing Sonya Massey
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A former Illinois sheriff’s deputy was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison for fatally shooting Sonya Massey, a Black woman who had dialed 911 to report a possible prowler outside her Springfield home. Sean Grayson, who is white, was convicted in October of second-degree murder in...
Justice Department charges man who squirted vinegar on Rep. Ilhan Omar
MINNEAPOLIS — The Justice Department has charged a man who squirted apple cider vinegar on Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar at an event in Minneapolis, according to court papers made public Thursday. The man arrested for Tuesday’s attack, Anthony Kazmierczak, faces a charge of forcibly assaulting, opposing, impeding and intimidating...
11 dead in South Africa minibus and truck collision days after similar crash killed 14 children
JOHANNESBURG — A collision involving a minibus taxi and a truck killed at least 11 people in South Africa on Thursday, a local government official and emergency services said, just over a week after a similar road crash left 14 schoolchildren dead. Thursday’s crash happened near the city of Durban...
Heavy rain in Afghanistan collapses a house, killing a mother and her 6 children
KABUL, Afghanistan — A mother and her six children have been killed in eastern Afghanistan after heavy rain caused their home to collapse while they were sleeping at night, authorities said Thursday — the latest of dozens of casualties caused by extreme weather in the impoverished country in recent days....
Trump’s border czar suggests a possible drawdown in Minnesota, but only after ‘cooperation’
MINNEAPOLIS — The Trump administration could reduce the number of immigration enforcement officers in Minnesota, but only if state and local officials cooperate, the president’s border czar said Thursday, noting he has “zero tolerance” for protesters who assault federal officers or impede the ongoing operation in the Twin Cities. Tom...
Trump facing growing cultural revolt against immigration crackdown
NEW YORK — No longer confined to the partisans and activists, the fierce backlash against Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown has begun to break out across American culture, spanning the worlds of business, sports and entertainment. Bruce Springsteen released a new song Wednesday that slammed “Trump’s federal thugs.” OpenAI chief executive...
U.S. life expectancy hit an all-time high in 2024, CDC says
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. life expectancy rose to 79 years in 2024 — the highest mark in American history. It’s the result of not only the dissipation of the covid-19 pandemic, but also waning death rates from all the nation’s top killers, including heart disease, cancer and drug overdoses....
New videos show Alex Pretti scuffle with federal officers in Minneapolis 11 days before his death
WASHINGTON — Alex Pretti was forcefully taken to the ground by federal immigration agents after kicking out the tail light of their vehicle during a Minneapolis protest 11 days before he was shot and killed by Border Patrol officers, videos that emerged Wednesday show. The Jan. 13 scuffle was captured...
Worries deepen in U.S. South after days of grappling with snow, ice and widespread outages
JACKSON, Miss. — Conditions were growing more dire in parts of the South still reeling from subfreezing temperatures and widespread power outages as vehicles got stranded for hours on major highways and officials warned Wednesday that people stuck at home were running out of food, medicine and other essentials. Mississippi...
FBI raid in Georgia highlights Trump’s 2020 election obsession and hints at possible future actions
DENVER — Donald Trump lost his bid for reelection in 2020. But for more than five years, he’s been trying to convince Americans the opposite is true by falsely saying the election was marred by widespread fraud. Now that he’s president again, Trump is pushing the federal government to back...
Democratic Sen. Klobuchar says she’s running for Minnesota governor after Gov. Walz dropped out
MINNEAPOLIS — U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar said Thursday she is running for governor of Minnesota, promising to take on President Donald Trump while unifying a state that has endured a series of challenges even before the federal government’s immigration crackdown. Klobuchar’s decision gives Democrats a high-profile candidate and proven statewide...
