Search

The Latest: FBI arrests a judge accused of helping a man evade immigration agents 04/25/2025 07:37pm • The FBI on Friday arrested Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan, saying she ���intentionally misdirected��� federal immigration agents away from a man they were trying to take into custody at her courthouse. The judge's arrest escalates a clash between the Trump administration and the judiciary over the Rep Fears of racial profiling swirl over registration policy for immigrants in the US illegally 04/25/2025 03:32pm • PHOENIX (AP) ��� The Trump administration's plan to strictly require anyone illegally in the U.S. to register with the government and carry documentation is stirring up fears of heightened racial profiling even among legal residents, immigrants' rights advocates say. For some, it's a return to a cli How the public's shift on immigration paved the way for Trump's crackdown 04/25/2025 09:56am • PASSAIC, N.J. (AP) ��� Alleged gang members without criminal records wrongly sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador. International students detained by masked federal agents for writing opinion columns or attending campus demonstrations. American citizens, visa holders and visitors stopped at ai USDA withdraws a plan to limit salmonella levels in raw poultry 04/24/2025 04:39pm • The Agriculture Department will not require poultry companies to limit salmonella bacteria in their products, halting a Biden Administration effort to prevent food poisoning from contaminated meat. The department on Thursday said it was withdrawing a rule proposed in August after three years of dev From banning tech to ending sister-city ties, US states have at least 240 anti-China proposals 04/24/2025 01:24pm • TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) ��� State lawmakers across the U.S. have introduced at least 240 anti-China proposals this year, aiming to ensure public funds don't buy Chinese technology or even T-shirts, coffee mugs and key chains for tourists. They're also targeting sister-city relationships between American a US filings for jobless benefits inch up as labor market remains strong despite fears of downturn 04/24/2025 09:09am • U.S. applications for jobless benefits rose modestly last week as business continue to retain workers despite fears of a possible economic downturn. Jobless claim applications inched up by 6,000 to 222,000 for the week ending April 19, the Labor Department said Thursday. That���s just barely more th Kenyan president vows closer ties to China during visit amid Trump's trade war 04/24/2025 02:20am • BEIJING (AP) ��� Kenyan President William Ruto pledged to build closer ties with China on Thursday, a day after saying a global trade war triggered by Washington could deal a ���death blow��� to the current world order. Ruto is on a five-day visit to China, his third trip to Beijing since taking off Worries about flying seem to be taking off. Here's how to cope with in-flight anxiety 04/23/2025 06:28pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Adelynn Campbell���s last plane trip ended with a panic attack that she got through largely with the help of a kind flight attendant. That was last year ��� before 67 people died in January when an American Airlines jet collided with a helicopter over Washington, D.C., in the dead Army suspends Wisconsin training base's first female commander after Trump portrait flipped to wall 04/23/2025 11:16am • MADISON, Wis. (AP) ��� The U.S. Army has suspended a Wisconsin training base's first female commander after discovering portraits of President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had been flipped around to face a wall. The Army has posted an undated statement on Fort McCoy's website sayi The Latest: Vance calls for greater ties with India as he meets with Modi to discuss trade deal 04/22/2025 07:06pm • While in India on Tuesday, U.S. Vice President JD Vance called for enhanced engagement with the South Asian country. He said India should buy more defense equipment and energy from the U.S. and allow Washington greater access to its market, lending momentum to an expected bilateral trade deal. Meanw Rubio unveils a massive overhaul of the State Department that would cut staff and bureaus 04/22/2025 05:01pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Secretary of State Marco Rubio unveiled a massive overhaul of the State Department on Tuesday, with plans to reduce staff in the U.S. by 15% while closing and consolidating more than 100 bureaus worldwide as part of the Trump administration's ���America First��� mandate. The reor The Latest: Pope Francis lies in state ahead of his funeral, set for Saturday 04/22/2025 01:47pm • Pope Francis ��� funeral has been set for Saturday at 10 a.m. in St. Peter���s Square, and a viewing of his body will begin on Wednesday in St. Peter���s Basilica, days after the popular pontiff died of a stroke at age 88. He is currently lying in state in the Santa Marta Domus in a private viewing Aftershocks and lack of resources hinder recovery work 3 weeks after Myanmar's deadly earthquake 04/19/2025 05:35am • BANGKOK (AP) ��� Basic services have yet to be restored to the areas of Myanmar worst hit by a huge earthquake three weeks ago, and emergency workers recovering bodies and clearing debris are contending with regular aftershocks and lack of resources, humanitarian services say. A situation report iss China���s leader ends Southeast Asia tour touting Beijing's reliability vs. US tariff threats 04/18/2025 10:50am • PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) ��� Chinese President Xi Jinping capped a three-nation Southeast Asia tour in Cambodia on Friday, promoting Beijing's reliability as the region faces economic uncertainty due to U.S. President Donald Trump���s tariff proposals. China has been strongly increasing its influen FDA hiring contractors to replace fired staff who supported safety inspections 04/18/2025 09:21am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� When Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced sweeping job cuts at his department last month, he said that safety inspectors who oversee U.S. foods and drugs wouldn't be impacted. Those employees remain at the Food and Drug Administration, but dozens of others who support