Search

The Latest: Trump drops tariffs on beef, coffee, tropical fruit as consumers face high prices 11/14/2025 07:37pm • President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday to get rid of tariffs on a broad swath of commodities, including beef, coffee and tropical fruits. It’s part of a response to pressure from consumers who are struggling with high prices. In off-year elections this month, voters economic conc Government will release September jobs report next week, ending data drought from federal shutdown 11/14/2025 05:15pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Labor Department will release its numbers on September hiring and unemployment next Thursday, a month and a half late, marking the beginning of the end of a data drought caused by the 43-day federal government shutdown. The statistical blackout meant that the Federal Reserve, Former Democratic congressman launches comeback bid in new Salt Lake City district 11/13/2025 10:24pm • SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The most recent Democrat to represent Utah in Congress announced Thursday his bid to return to Washington after a judge adopted a new congressional map creating a heavily Democratic-leaning district in the state. Former U.S. Rep. Ben McAdams will run in a new district center Nevada lawmakers consider reviving court that barred offenders from the Las Vegas Strip 11/13/2025 01:18pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada judges instituted a unique court two years ago to penalize crimes such as petty theft, assault, drug offenses and loitering committed on the Las Vegas Strip by barring offenders from the state's marquee tourist area for a year. The program was hailed as a success by the st Judge adopts Utah congressional map creating a Democratic-leaning district for 2026 11/11/2025 03:25pm • SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah judge on Monday rejected a new congressional map drawn by Republican lawmakers and adopted an alternate proposal creating a Democratic-leaning district ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Republicans hold all four of Utah’s U.S. House seats and had advanced a map po Staffing, future construction could be limbo as Loudoun Co. schools projects declining enrollment 11/10/2025 10:23pm • The number of students attending schools in Loudoun County is projected to decline over the next several years, a trend that leaders in the Northern Virginia suburb anticipate will impact staffing and construction of new school buildings. At a school board meeting last month, the school system u What's behind Stafford County's Democratic flip: Traffic, affordability, demographic shifts 11/10/2025 06:04am • One of the most dramatic results in Virginia's 2025 general election is that of Stafford County, Virginia, which voted Republican in every gubernatorial race since the turn of the century, but then this year supported Democrats Abigail Spanberger, Lt. Gov. Ghazala Hashmi, and Attorney General Jay Jo States sue Trump administration over restrictions put on FEMA emergency grants 11/05/2025 05:54pm • Eleven states and Kentucky's governor are suing the Trump administration over what they call “unlawful terms” placed on federal funding critical to supporting local disaster and terrorism preparedness. The predominantly Democratic-led states, which include Michigan, Oregon and Arizona, along wi Why California voters approved a redistricting ballot measure, according to the AP Voter Poll 11/05/2025 03:53pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Most California voters didn’t like redrawing their congressional districts to favor Democrats. But many may have felt Republicans left them with no alternative. The AP Voter Poll, an expansive survey of more than 4,000 voters in California, captured the mixed emotions of an ele What's next in the national redistricting fight after California approved a new US House map 11/05/2025 03:34pm • The new congressional map that California voters approved marked a victory for Democrats in the national redistricting battle playing out ahead of the 2026 midterm election. But Republicans are still ahead in the fight. The unusual mid-decade redistricting fray began this summer when President Dona Data scientists perform last rites for 'dearly departed datasets' in 2nd Trump administration 11/05/2025 10:06am • While some people last Friday dressed in Halloween costumes or handed out candy to trick-or-treaters, a group of U.S. data scientists published a list of “dearly departed” datasets that have been axed, altered or had topics scrubbed since President Donald Trump returned to the White House earlie California voters approve new US House map to boost Democrats in 2026 11/05/2025 12:48am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — California voters approved new congressional district boundaries Tuesday, delivering a victory for Democrats in the state-by-state redistricting battle that will help determine which party wins control of the U.S. House in 2026 and, with it, the power to thwart or advance Presid City Council President Mary Sheffield wins election to become Detroit’s first female mayor 11/04/2025 11:22pm • DETROIT (AP) — City Council President Mary Sheffield will be Detroit’s newest mayor and the first woman to lead the city. Sheffield defeated popular megachurch pastor the Rev. Solomon Kinloch in Tuesday’s general election. She will take office in January and succeed three-term Mayor Mike Dugga Brazil's Lula says he will personally call Trump if tariff talks stall 11/04/2025 05:06pm • BELEM, Brazil (AP) — Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said on Tuesday he will personally call Donald Trump if negotiations on U.S tariffs do not make progress in the near future. The U.S. government has increased tariffs on many Brazilian goods by more than 50%, but Lula and Trump dis Maryland Gov. Moore forges ahead with redistricting effort, announcing advisory commission 11/04/2025 08:37am • Maryland’s Democratic governor is pressing forward with an effort to redraw the state’s congressional districts, despite opposition from a key legislative leader of his own party. Gov. Wes Moore (D), in a statement released to Maryland Matters, announced the formation of a five-member Governo