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Trump asks the Supreme Court for an emergency order to remove Lisa Cook from the Fed board 09/18/2025 02:08pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court for an emergency order to remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve’s board of governors. The Republican administration turned to the high court after an appeals court refused to go along with ousting Cook, part of P Charlie Kirk's Turning Point taps his widow as its next leader. Questions about its future remain 09/18/2025 01:38pm • PHOENIX (AP) — Turning Point USA, the organization Charlie Kirk founded to mobilize young, Christian conservatives, has seen a massive surge in interest and support since the activist's assassination last week. As conservatives mourn Kirk’s death, the group appears poised to remain a MAGA jugge Jimmy Kimmel the latest TV host to get into trouble. Here's a look at others 09/18/2025 01:24pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension from late night is not the first time a TV host has faced pushback or punishment for their on-air comments or off-air actions. Career fabrications, romances, racial discussions, conflicts of interest, slurs, lewd language and sexual assault: TV hosts hav No. 3 LSU aims to tune up its offense against Southeastern Louisiana 09/18/2025 01:10pm • BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Had No. 3 LSU been lighting up the scoreboard in its first three victories, this weekend's match-up with Southeastern Louisiana might have been an opportune time to rest offensive starters such as quarterback Garrett Nussmeier. Instead, LSU's top players on offense will wor Average rate on a 30-year mortgage falls again, dips to lowest level since early October 09/18/2025 12:39pm • The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage fell again this week, echoing a decline in long-term U.S. Treasury bond yields ahead of the Federal Reserve’s first rate cut this year. The rate eased to 6.26% from 6.35% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. A year ago, the rate averaged Predators captain Roman Josi on ice and says he feels 100% after POTS diagnosis 09/18/2025 12:21pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville captain Roman Josi knew something was wrong last season as he played through headaches, occasionally got dizzy standing up and felt exhausted at times for no reason. Being driven into the end boards during a game Feb. 25 gave the defenseman time to find an answer. Texas has a new abortion pill law. But at least one provider plans to keep shipping them there 09/18/2025 11:41am • Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has signed a first-of-its-kind law that lets anyone sue prescribers and others responsible for getting abortion pills into the state. Supporters are heralding the law, which Abbott signed Wednesday, as a way to enforce an existing ban. Abortion-rights advocates are Albania's AI ‘minister’ makes its debut with an address to parliament 09/18/2025 11:28am • TIRANA, Albania (AP) — An AI-generated government “minister” made its debut with an address in the Albanian parliament on Thursday, with Prime Minister Edi Rama presenting the bot as a symbol of his government’s push for transparency and innovation. The government said the bot — named Diel Saudi Arabia signs a mutual defense pact with nuclear-armed Pakistan after Israel's attack on Qatar 09/18/2025 10:39am • ISLAMABAD (AP) — Saudi Arabia and nuclear-armed Pakistan have signed a mutual defense pact that defines any attack on either nation as an attack on both — a key accord in the wake of Israel's strike on Qatar last week. The kingdom has long had close economic, religious and security ties to Paki Warsaw turns to Ukraine for drone warfare expertise after Russian drones enter Polish airspace 09/18/2025 10:37am • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Poland is drawing on Ukraine’s expertise in battle-tested drone warfare, establishing joint military training programs and manufacturing projects, officials from Warsaw and Kyiv announced Thursday, just over a week after Russian drones entered Polish airspace and exposed NAT Sarah McLachlan talks Lilith Fair, her first new album in 11 years and yes, that ASPCA commercial 09/18/2025 10:13am • NEW YORK (AP) — Sarah McLachlan's first album in over a decade was supposed to be her last. At least, it felt that way to her for a short while. Out Friday, the release, titled “Better Broken,” has been many years in the making. “It had been so long since I’d made a record,” she told The Barcelona's Sagrada Familia is ready to raise its highest tower and become Europe's tallest church 09/18/2025 09:48am • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — After well over a century under construction, Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia basilica is ready to raise its immense central tower and become the tallest Christian church in Europe. The basilica’s General Director Xavier Martínez said Thursday that “the tower will be fin How the Fed's rate cut impacts mortgage rates 09/18/2025 09:10am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hoping that mortgage rates will keep dropping following the Federal Reserve's first rate cut since last year? Don't bank on it. As expected, the central bank delivered a quarter-point cut Wednesday and projected it would lower its benchmark rate twice more this year, reflecting Things to do in the DC area: Hot Air Balloon Festival, H Street Festival … and more! 09/18/2025 09:05am • The Flying Circus is one of the oldest continuous air shows in the nation, starting in 1971. This Saturday and Sunday, on Sept. 20 and 21, the Flying Circus Annual Hot Air Balloon Festival in Bealeton, Virginia, is inviting the public to soar near the clouds with hot air balloon rides. The event US jobless aid applications retreat to 231,000 after surging to nearly 4-year high a week earlier 09/18/2025 08:57am • The number of Americans applying for jobless aid last week retreated significantly after surging to a nearly four-year high a week earlier. U.S. filings for unemployment benefits for the week ending Sept. 13 fell by 33,000 to 231,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday. That's less than the 241,