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A pardon lobbyist, $500,000 demand and alleged 'enforcer' lead to extortion charge in New York 03/14/2026 03:42pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Federal authorities in New York have arrested and charged a lobbyist — one who had worked on behalf of an ex-nursing home operator pardoned recently by President Donald Trump — with attempting to force a former client and his son to pay him $500,000, according to documents. Jo A seat at the table, but no vote yet for a Democratic lawmaker in the Kennedy Center board showdown 03/14/2026 02:11pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge ruled on Saturday that a Democratic lawmaker is entitled to participate in a Kennedy Center board meeting to discuss President Donald Trump's plan to close the performing arts center for two years of renovations. But the judge is not forcing the board to let Ohio Burt Jones was the inevitable Republican nominee for Georgia governor. Then Rick Jackson showed up 03/14/2026 12:04pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Burt Jones seemed like the inevitable Republican nominee for governor in Georgia. He is the current lieutenant governor, he has lots of family money and perhaps most important, he has President Donald Trump's endorsement. But that certainty crumbled after health care tycoon Rick Jac Trump seeks to close $1.6 trillion revenue gap with raft of new tariffs 03/14/2026 09:00am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration this week stepped up its ambitious effort to replace about $1.6 trillion in lost tariff revenue that was eliminated by the Supreme Court's decision to strike down a range of the president's import taxes. Recovering that lost revenue, which the White Hous Could the Chicago Bears leave Illinois? Indiana makes a play for the historic franchise 03/14/2026 03:38am • SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A turf war over a football team is developing between two Midwestern states with a sometimes-discordant history. The storied Chicago Bears want to leave historic Soldier Field, where they've played for half a century. Indiana lawmakers are attempting to lure them from the The Latest: US is deploying Marines to Middle East as it pounds Iran 03/14/2026 12:19am • About 2,500 U.S. Marines are being deployed to the Middle East as American and Israeli strikes keep pounding Iran and the Islamic Republic keeps attacking Persian Gulf shipping and energy infrastructure. As Iranian threats choke global oil shipments, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said “we ha Montgomery County executive calls for 6% property tax rate hike to fund schools in budget proposal 03/13/2026 11:09pm • As part of his final budget proposal as Montgomery County executive, Marc Elrich (D) is recommending a 6% property tax rate increase he says is needed to fully fund Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) in the upcoming fiscal year. Elrich presented his $8 billion operating budget proposal for f Environmental groups raise concerns about possible Fairfax Co. land sale to data center developer 03/13/2026 10:54pm • Several local environmental groups are raising concerns about a possible land sale in Fairfax County they suspect could result in data center construction in Chantilly, Virginia. The proposal, which is still subject to board approval, calls for 41.7 acres to be sold to Starwood Capital Group for US eases some Russian oil sanctions but crude prices stay high 03/13/2026 10:46pm • The U.S. is temporarily easing some sanctions on Russian oil shipments, reflecting global concerns over sharply higher crude prices due to supply shortages stemming from the Iran war. The move, intended to soothe jittery markets over the disruption of Middle Eastern oil and gas supplies, underlines State Department slashes fee to renounce US citizenship by 80% to $450 03/13/2026 07:46pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department has slashed by about 80% the fee for Americans to formally renounce their U.S. citizenship. After years of legal battles with several groups representing Americans wanting to give up their citizenship, the department on Friday published a final rule in the Fe Congressional Democrats say Trump tariffs will cost US households more than $2,500 this year 03/13/2026 05:42pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is scrambling to replace the revenue the federal government lost when the Supreme Court struck down his biggest and boldest tariffs last month. If the effort succeeds, congressional Democrats warn in a study out Friday, the administration's import taxes wi California launches probe after video shows petition gatherers offering money for signatures 03/13/2026 05:15pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California election officials said Friday that they are investigating whether signature collectors in San Francisco illegally offered to pay people to sign ballot petitions using false names. A video posted Monday on X shows a sign that says “Sign petition for $5” an Brazil’s ex-President Bolsonaro is in intensive care with pneumonia, hospital says 03/13/2026 04:34pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro has pneumonia and is receiving treatment in an intensive care unit, a hospital in the capital, Brasilia, said Friday. One of his doctors, Brasil Caiado, told journalists that the 70-year-old's medical situation was serious. “Pneumo Trump signs executive orders aimed at addressing home affordability concerns ahead of midterms 03/13/2026 03:21pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday signed a pair of executive orders aimed at showing his commitment to improving home affordability — a key issue for many voters going into November’s election for control of the House and Senate. Under the first order, the federal government w Cracks emerged in a resilient US economy before war in Iran sent oil prices rocketing 03/13/2026 01:31pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The highly resilient U.S. economy was already showing signs of strain even before the launch of the Iran war, data released Friday showed, underscoring the risks that rising gasoline and energy prices may pose. The economy barely grew in the final three months of last year, the