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McConnell endorses Trump for president. He once blamed Trump for 'disgraceful' Jan. 6, 2021, attack 03/06/2024 03:40pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell endorsed Donald Trump for president on Wednesday, a remarkable turnaround from the onetime critic who blamed the then-president for “disgraceful” acts in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack but now supports his bid to return to the White Few Americans want US more involved in current wars in Ukraine and Gaza, AP-NORC poll finds 03/06/2024 02:03pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — As the U.S. navigates involvement in the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, few Americans want the country to take a more active role in solving the world's problems, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. While an American role as the � From Herschel Walker to Russell Wilson, here's a look at some of the worst NFL trades ever 03/06/2024 01:43pm • In a span of just a few days in the 2022 offseason, the Denver Broncos and Cleveland Browns made aggressive trades to acquire what they hoped would be franchise-altering quarterbacks. The results so far have been underwhelming. The Broncos are cutting ties already with Russell Wilson after investing Who's running for president? See a rundown of the major 2024 candidates 03/06/2024 01:33pm • Donald Trump is the last major Republican presidential candidate after former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley's exit from the race. The former president dominated the early-state contests and romped through elections held on Super Tuesday. On the Democratic side, President Joe Biden has easily won his A new IRS program is helping its first users file their income taxes electronically. And it's free 03/06/2024 12:38pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Texan Dixie Warden is quick to say she's “not a numbers girl.” But as the first user of the government's new free electronic tax return filing system, Warden reports she completed her taxes this year in about an hour using the program. “I don’t want to call myself a dumm Independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona says she won’t seek reelection, avoiding a 3-way race 03/06/2024 09:16am • PHOENIX (AP) — Independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona announced on Tuesday that she won’t run for a second term after her estrangement from the Democratic Party left her politically homeless and without a clear path to reelection. Sinema’s announcement comes after Senate Republicans blocke Teamsters vote to ratify a 5-year labor agreement with Anheuser-Busch, avoiding strike 03/05/2024 09:24pm • ST. LOUIS (AP) — Teamsters working for Budweiser brewer Anheuser-Busch on Tuesday voted to ratify a labor agreement with the company, the union said. The five-year contract was ratified with 86% support, the Teamsters said. The deal covers 5,000 unionized employees at Anheuser-Busch, including br DC Council approves sweeping anti-crime bill 03/05/2024 09:10pm • In response to troubling crime trends, the D.C. Council voted nearly unanimously on Tuesday to approve a sweeping bill that covers carjackings, gun crimes and DNA collection, among other things. Council members voted 12-0 in support of the legislation, with Ward 8 Council member Trayon White voti The Spanish region of Catalonia offers women and girls free and reusable menstruation products 03/05/2024 05:29pm • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s Catalonia region rolled out a pioneering women’s health initiative this week that offers reusable menstruation products for free. About 2.5 million women, girls, transgender and nonbinary people who menstruate can receive one menstrual cup, one pair of underwear Illegally imported goose intestines hidden under rattlesnakes, federal authorities say 03/05/2024 03:04pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Six people were arrested in New York on Tuesday on charges of illegally importing goose and duck intestines from China, in some cases by hiding them under packaged rattlesnakes or mislabeling them as pet grooming products on customs forms, federal officials announced. The scheme, w US sanctions spyware company and executives who targeted American journalists, government officials 03/05/2024 01:31pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department announced Tuesday it has sanctioned two people and a Greece-based commercial spyware company headed by a former Israeli military officer that developed, operated and distributed technology used to target U.S. government officials, journalists and policy ex Taylor Swift struck a deal with Singapore not to perform in any other Southeast Asian country 03/05/2024 10:23am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Taylor Swift stole the show at an Asian summit Tuesday when Singapore’s leader was prompted to defend his tiny country's exclusive concert deal with the singer that risks bad blood in the region by preventing her from performing in neighboring nations. Singapore is a Virginia Democrats fast-track marriage equality, gun bills headed to Youngkin 03/05/2024 09:44am • Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has until the end of this week to act on dozens of bills the Democratic-controlled General Assembly sent to him on a faster-than-normal timeline. The governor has until 11:59 p.m. Friday to take action on a batch of more than 80 bills that includes measures to preserv China sets an economic growth target of around 5% but acknowledges it will not be easy to achieve 03/05/2024 06:19am • BEIJING (AP) — China aims to achieve 5% economic growth this year, Premier Li Qiang said Tuesday, acknowledging that it will be a challenging goal in difficult times. In his address to the annual session of the National People's Congress, Li outlined plans to boost spending on developing advanced Sierra blizzard provides ammo for critics of US Postal Service plan to downsize mail hub in Nevada 03/04/2024 10:18pm • RENO, Nev. (AP) — A U.S. Postal Service plan to downsize a regional mail hub in Reno and move package and letter processing to Sacramento, California, already had Nevadans worried Monday about service delays and potential impacts on elections in the key swing state where most voters now cast their