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Pittsburgh's 'jock tax' on visiting athletes, performers at publicly funded stadiums shot down 09/25/2025 05:08pm • HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) ��� Pittsburgh���s so-called jock tax, which levies a 3% tax on income earned by visiting athletes and performers at publicly funded stadiums, discriminates against nonresidents, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Thursday. City residents who play or perform at the stadiums pa Trump-targeted GOP congressman Massie tours his Kentucky district with support from Sen. Paul 09/25/2025 03:45pm • SHELBYVILLE, Ky. (AP) ��� Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky has enlisted help from a key ally, Sen. Rand Paul, as the maverick congressman tries to fend off President Donald Trump's threats to oust him from Congress. Massie is running headlong into his toughest political fight as a super PAC Wisconsin Planned Parenthood pauses abortions amid federal Medicaid funding cut 09/25/2025 03:32pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) ��� Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin will stop scheduling patients for abortions starting next week as it works to find a way to provide the service in the face of Medicaid funding cuts in President Donald Trump's tax and spending bill, the nonprofit said Thursday. Abortion fundin Trump extends Georgia health insurance program with work requirements, despite red tape findings 09/25/2025 12:53pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Georgia's program that provides health insurance to some low-income adults that document work or other activities has been extended for 15 months by President Donald Trump's administration. Republican Gov. Brian Kemp announced Thursday that the federal government approved that the P He's the budget scorekeeper for Congress. Lately, it's been a tough job 09/25/2025 12:23pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Even for an agency accustomed to criticism, this summer���s debate over Republicans' big bill of tax breaks and spending cuts was a harsh one for the Congressional Budget Office. ���Notorious for getting it wrong,��� was the judgment of Speaker Mike Johnson. ���Making the same mi What we know about how a government shutdown would unfold 09/25/2025 11:51am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The threat of a government shutdown has become a recurring event in Washington, though most of the time lawmakers and the president are able to head it off. This time, however, prospects for a last-minute compromise look rather bleak. Republicans have crafted a short-term measur What to know about the opposition around renaming new Pell grants after Trump 09/25/2025 10:51am • PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) ��� A proposal to brand a new type of federal Pell Grant as ���Trump Grants��� has sparked pushback from Rhode Island lawmakers who want the program to retain the name of its creator ��� the state���s longest-serving U.S. senator. The name change is currently tucked inside a Ho US economy expanded at a surprising 3.8% pace in significant upgrade of second quarter growth 09/25/2025 09:38am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� An uptick in consumer spending helped the U.S. economy expand at a surprising 3.8% from April through June, the government reported in a dramatic upgrade of its previous estimate of second-quarter growth. U.S. gross domestic product ��� the nation���s output of goods and services Louisiana's $3B power upgrade for Meta project raises questions about who should foot the bill 09/25/2025 09:11am • HOLLY RIDGE, La. (AP) ��� In a rural corner of Louisiana, Meta is building one of the world's largest data centers, a $10 billion behemoth as big as 70 football fields that will consume more power in a day than the entire city of New Orleans at the peak of summer. While the colossal project is impos Fewer Americans file for jobless benefits last week despite signs of a slowing labor market 09/25/2025 08:46am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� U.S. jobless claim applications fell to their lowest level in two months last week as layoffs remain low despite mounting evidence of a softening labor market. The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits for the week ending Sept. 20 fell by 14,000 to 218,000, the Lab 'Time to say goodbye': Outdoor dining will soon look different in DC 09/25/2025 06:04am • There will soon be fewer outdoor dining options around the District. D.C.'s Temporary Streatery Program, which was created during the COVID-19 pandemic to support local businesses, will end on Nov. 30. It allowed restaurants to set up curbside dining during a time when people were barred from White House budget office tells agencies to draft mass firing plans ahead of potential shutdown 09/24/2025 11:16pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The White House is telling agencies to prepare large-scale firings of federal workers if the government shuts down next week. In a memo released Wednesday night, the Office of Management and Budget said agencies should consider a reduction in force for federal programs whose fun In his words: Trump's rhetoric about Zelenskyy and Putin has evolved 09/24/2025 09:43am • U.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly said during his campaign that, if elected to a second term, he would be able to end the war between Russia and Ukraine ���in 24 hours.��� But since his Jan. 20 inauguration, the road to a peace deal has been fraught with changing dynamics between the U.S. leade In his words: Trump's rhetoric about Zelenskyy and Putin has evolved 09/24/2025 07:05am • U.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly said during his campaign that, if elected to a second term, he would be able to end the war between Russia and Ukraine ���in 24 hours.��� But since his Jan. 20 inauguration, the road to a peace deal has been fraught with changing dynamics between the U.S. leade Build-A-Bear continues to rack up market gains, despite tariffs and teetering mall traffic 09/24/2025 05:12am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Tariffs and years of teetering mall traffic have roiled much of the toy industry. But Build-A-Bear investors are continuing to reap sizeable gains. Shares of Build-A-Bear Workshop are up more than 60% since the start of 2025, trading at just under $72 apiece as of Tuesday afternoon