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San Francisco leaders push back against Trump's National Guard threat 10/21/2025 04:54pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Donald Trump keeps threatening to send National Guard troops to San Francisco next, blasting the California city as crime-ridden and saying its residents are clamoring for federal help. But local and state leaders say that couldn't be farther from the truth, noting Who's winning the blame game over the shutdown? Here's what a new AP-NORC poll shows 10/16/2025 11:35am • WASHINGTON (AP) — As the government shutdown drags on with no end in sight, a new AP-NORC poll finds that most Americans see it as a significant problem — and all of the major players are being blamed. Roughly 6 in 10 Americans say President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress have “a gr Trump's push for law and order shows he's no longer encumbered by government guardrails 10/16/2025 10:35am • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump was telling a Rose Garden audience about his efforts to quell violence in the nation's capital when, as if on cue, his words were drowned out by the wail of sirens from passing vehicles. “Listen to the beauty of that sound,” Trump said, grinning. “The Career experts say asking for a raise isn't off the table in a tough job market 10/16/2025 09:20am • NEW YORK (AP) — With the U.S. experiencing a significant hiring slowdown, it’s a daunting time to be looking for a job. Many workers are staying put instead of changing jobs to secure better pay. Artificial intelligence tools increasingly screen the resumes of applicants. Now may seem like an in Zion Church pastor has been detained in China, his daughter and a religion monitoring group say 10/11/2025 09:24am • A pastor of a prominent underground church in China was detained, according to his daughter, a church pastor and a group that monitors religion in the East Asian country. Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri of the Zion Church was detained at his home in Beihai in China’s southeast Guangxi province on Friday ev An old tradition finds new life as Germans flock to forests to collect mushrooms 10/11/2025 08:19am • POTSDAM, Germany (AP) — Wolfgang Bivour carefully emptied a basket of freshly collected mushrooms onto a forest floor covered with fallen autumn leaves. Brown-capped porcini and bay boletes lay beside slimy purple brittlegills and honey-colored armillaria — and, among them, the lethal green deat Speaker Johnson keeps House lawmakers away, canceling another week's session as shutdown drags 10/10/2025 02:59pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Mike Johnson is the speaker of a House that is no longer in session. The Republican leader sent lawmakers home three weeks ago after the House approved a bill to fund the federal government. They haven’t been back in working session since. And on Friday, his leadership team ann FACT FOCUS: Trump paints a grim portrait of Portland. The story on the ground is much less extreme 10/09/2025 09:24pm • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — President Donald Trump, members of his administration and conservative influencers painted a bleak portrait of Portland, Oregon, at a roundtable event at the White House Wednesday, alleging that the city has been besieged by violence perpetrated by “antifa thugs” and that Meet R360, the latest disruptor in the sports world. The rebel group is looking to shake up rugby 10/08/2025 11:27am • Golf has LIV. Soccer had the quickly aborted Super League. Athletics was confronted with the failed Grand Slam Track. Meet the latest disruptor in the sports world: R360. Rugby is having to tackle a live threat to its existing global order, an upstart co-founded by a former player married into Brita The CDC's most recent updates on COVID-19 vaccinations 10/08/2025 04:22am • The most recent recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on COVID-19 vaccines call for "vaccination based on shared clinical decision-making," according to a news release published Tuesday. "Informed consent is back," Acting Director and Deputy Secretary of Health and H CDC stops recommending COVID-19 shots for all, leaves decision to patients 10/06/2025 05:06pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has adopted recommendations by a new group of vaccine advisers, and stopped recommending COVID-19 shots for anyone — leaving the choice up to patients. The government health agency on Monday announced it has adopted recommendations m Montgomery Co. accountant sent to federal prison for $24 million COVID relief fraud scheme 10/02/2025 01:33pm • A Gaithersburg, Maryland, accountant has been sentenced to three years in federal prison, followed by six months of home confinement, for conspiring to commit wire fraud by submitting fraudulent loan applications for various COVID-19 relief benefits. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office for Ma New York City Mayor Eric Adams abandons his reelection campaign 09/29/2025 06:53am • NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams ended his struggling reelection campaign Sunday, an acknowledgment that he was no longer a credible contender after a year of scandal and political turmoil. In a video released on social media, Adams spoke proudly of his tenure as mayor. But he said h Today in History: September 28, Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin 09/28/2025 04:10am • Today is Sunday, Sept. 28, the 271st day of 2025. There are 94 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 28, 1928, Scottish medical researcher Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, the first broadly effective antibiotic. Also on this date: In 1781, American forces in the Revolutionary Saudi Arabia's crown prince freezes rents in Riyadh for 5 years after prices rapidly rose 09/25/2025 09:29am • RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia's powerful crown prince on Thursday ordered rental prices on commercial and residential properties in the kingdom's capital, Riyadh, to be frozen for five years. The decision by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman comes as rental prices have rapidly risen in R