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What a gas tax suspension could mean for drivers and the prices they see at the pump
NEW YORK — As steep fuel prices strain household budgets during the war with Iran, U.S. President Donald Trump wants to suspend his government’s tax on gasoline. It’s a move Trump can’t do on his own — and the president has yet to specify how long he’d like such pause...
Pete Hegseth gets bipartisan grilling on rising costs of the Iran war and Trump’s end gameVideo
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced tough questions Tuesday from Republican and Democratic lawmakers about the Trump administration’s end game for the Iran war, the conflict’s rising $29 billion cost and its impact on diminishing U.S. weapons stockpiles. While the Pentagon chief softened his tone from hearings before Congress...
DOT leader Sean Duffy facing ethics scrutiny over Toyota-backed road trip
WASHINGTON — U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is facing scrutiny over potential conflicts of interest and misuse of public resources associated with a road trip reality show filmed with his family over the past year. The official’s “Great American Road Trip” program will feature Duffy, his wife Rachel, and their...
Ralph Lauren designs commemorative stamps for nation’s 250th anniversary
The U.S. Postal Service has found a unique way to honor the nation’s 250th anniversary, and it involves the creative expression of American fashion designer Ralph Lauren. USPS announced Tuesday that the designer, best known for his iconic polo shirt and preppy American style, has put together a collection of...
Southern California mayor resigns, will plead guilty to acting as agent for Chinese government
LOS ANGELES — A Southern California mayor has agreed to plead guilty to acting as an illegal agent for the Chinese government, and has resigned from her city position, officials said. Eileen Wang, the mayor of Arcadia, was charged in April with one count of acting in the United States...
Trump FDA chief leaving after angering pharma CEOs, vaping lobbyists and anti-abortion groups
WASHINGTON — The head of the Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Marty Makary, is resigning after a rocky tenure that drew months of complaints from health industry executives, anti-abortion activists, vaping lobbyists and other allies of President Donald Trump. News of Makary’s departure Tuesday came just 13 months after he...
Man with an assault rifle sprays rounds at drivers near Boston, wounding 2 before being shot
BOSTON — A man previously convicted of shooting at police strode down a busy road outside Boston, firing an assault-style rifle at passing cars, shooting two drivers and sending others scrambling until he was wounded when a state trooper and a former Marine opened fire, authorities said. As bullets tore...
Iran war hits home as gasoline prices fuel inflation surge of 3.8% in the U.S.
WASHINGTON — U.S. consumer prices climbed sharply again last month as the 10-week war with Iran delivered higher gasoline prices and more pain for Americans. The Labor Department’s consumer price index rose 3.8% from April 2025, the biggest jump in three years, and up from a 3.3% year-over-year gain in...
Denver airport security initially missed trespasser who was killed by plane on runway
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — A 41-year-old man struck and killed by a plane in a fiery collision at Denver International Airport was intending to end his own life when he scaled an 8-foot fence and walked onto a runway — a security breach that airport personnel initially missed, authorities said...
Delcy Rodríguez pushes back on Trump’s Venezuela statehood remarks
President Donald Trump’s repeated musings about Venezuela becoming the 51st U.S. state drew a sharp response Monday from interim Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez, who said the country would never surrender its independence. “That is not contemplated. It would never be contemplated because if there is one thing Venezuelan men and...
Ship operator and employee are charged in crash that caused the deadly collapse of Baltimore bridgeVideo
BALTIMORE — The Singapore-based operator of the ship that crashed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing it to collapse and killing six people, has been indicted along with a key employee, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. The indictment names Synergy Marine Pte Ltd., based in Singapore, and Synergy Maritime Pte...
Trump set to meet with Xi in Beijing as war and inflation weigh on his presidency
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is set to arrive in Beijing on Wednesday for his highly anticipated summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at a restless moment for a world worried about war, trade and artificial intelligence. “We’re the two superpowers,” Trump told reporters as he departed the White House...
Trump is getting another medical checkup at the end of May, the White House says
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is scheduled to see doctors for a medical and dental checkup this month — his fourth publicized visit to medical experts since returning to office — in what the White House describes as an annual physical and regular preventive care. Trump, who turns 80 next...
Amazon looks to redefine a need for speed with 30-minute deliveries
NEW YORK — More than 20 years after it redefined fast shipping, Amazon is preparing to raise the bar on consumer expectations again by offering to fulfill customers’ most urgent product needs in a half-hour or less for an extra fee. The company, which revolutionized online shopping in 2005 with...
Deal reached with hackers to delete data stolen from the Canvas educational platform
The company that operates online learning system Canvas said it struck a deal with hackers to delete the data they pilfered in a cyberattack that created chaos for students, many of them in the middle of finals. Instructure, the parent company of Canvas, said in an online post that it...
What to know about Trump-Xi summit with trade, Taiwan and Iran on the agenda
BEIJING — As Presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump prepare for a highly anticipated summit, both China and the United States say their ties have been broadly stable in recent months — and they are planning on keeping it that way. But a long list of issues are at stake...
Survey work begins for contested Trump Triumphal Arch project in Washington
WASHINGTON — Workers began preliminary surveys and testing Monday of the proposed site of a Triumphal Arch sought by President Donald Trump, the latest step in plans for the contentious project in the nation’s capital. Workers were seen inspecting the site of the proposed arch between the Lincoln Memorial and...
Treasury Department tells U.S. banks to flag suspected Iranian money-laundering networks
WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department wants U.S. banks and other financial institutions to monitor for suspected Iranian money laundering networks that use their funds to smuggle sanctioned oil through shell companies and crypto networks. The move, which effectively deputizes the global financial system to help disrupt Iran’s sanctions-evasion infrastructure, comes...
U.S. colleges report 20% drop in foreign students over visa clampdown
The number of new foreign undergraduate students at U.S. colleges dropped by an average of 20% this spring from a year earlier, according to a study by a coalition of education groups, the latest sign that President Donald Trump’s standoff with higher education is hammering a key source of talent...
Trump administration cancels rule that made conservation a ‘use’ of public lands
BILLINGS, Mont. — The Interior Department is canceling a rule that put conservation on equal footing with development, as President Donald Trump’s administration eases restrictions on industries and seeks to boost drilling, logging, mining and grazing on taxpayer-owned land. The 2024 rule adopted under former President Joe Biden was meant...
Trump nominates David Cummins to head the TSA after a rocky period for the agency
President Donald Trump on Monday nominated David Cummins to head the Transportation Security Administration — which has had a rocky few months as employees went without paychecks and security lines grew long at airports across the country. Cummins, who worked as a senior vice president at Serco, a government contractor...
Supreme Court halts order for Alabama to use U.S. House map with 2 largely Black districts
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday set the stage for Alabama to get rid of one of two largely Black congressional districts before this year’s midterm elections, creating an opening for Republicans to gain an additional U.S. House seat in a partisan battle for control of the closely...
Trump nominates Cameron Hamilton to lead FEMA, a year after he was fired from the role
President Donald Trump nominated Cameron Hamilton Monday to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency, a surprising comeback for the former Navy SEAL who was fired from his role as FEMA’s temporary leader last year after he defended its existence. His nomination comes as the Trump administration has increasingly signaled it...
Nonprofit sues to halt Trump’s ‘American flag blue’ repaint of the Reflecting Pool
WASHINGTON — A Washington-based nonprofit is asking a judge to force the Trump administration to stop work on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and restore historic elements at one of the most iconic spots on the National Mall. In a lawsuit filed Monday, The Cultural Landscape Foundation said the administration’s...
Supreme Court temporarily extends women’s access to a widely used abortion pill
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is leaving women’s access to a widely used abortion pill untouched until at least Thursday, while the justices consider whether to allow restrictions on the drug, mifepristone, to take effect. Justice Samuel Alito’s order Monday allows women seeking abortions to continue obtaining the pill at...
