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Georgia Democrat gains traction in special election for state Senate seat in deeply GOP district 09/13/2025 12:03am • CANTON, Ga. (AP) ��� A lone Democrat competing for a state senate seat in a deeply Republican Atlanta suburb snagged nearly 40% of votes in a special primary election last month, amplifying her party's optimism that discontent with President Donald Trump could spur future wins. Yet it's unclear whet What to know about the killing of Charlie Kirk, the co-founder of Turning Point USA 09/12/2025 11:38pm • A 22-year-old Utah man was arrested in the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk during an event on a college campus, authorities said Friday. ���We got him,��� Gov. Spencer Cox told reporters at a news conference announcing the arrest of Tyler Robinson in Wednesday's killing of Kirk at Utah Fed Governor Lisa Cook claimed 2nd residence as 'vacation home,' undercutting Trump fraud claims 09/12/2025 08:07pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook referred to a condominium she purchased in June 2021 as a ���vacation home" in a loan estimate, a characterization that could undermine claims by the Trump administration that she committed mortgage fraud. President Donald Trump has sought to f Brazil braces for new US sanctions after Bolsonaro's conviction angers Trump administration 09/12/2025 05:57pm • SAO PAULO (AP) ��� Brazil braced Friday for possible new U.S. sanctions linked to former President Jair Bolsonaro 's conviction on coup charges, after the administration of President Donald Trump warned it would respond ���accordingly.��� Trump said he was ���very unhappy��� with the conviction, an Unemployment, inflation and GDP growth will be worse this year than projected, budget office says 09/12/2025 04:24pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Donald Trump���s tariff policy, immigration crackdowns and sweeping tax and spending law are expected to increase jobless rates and inflation and lower overall growth this year before they improve next year, according to a new report from the nonpartisan Congressional B SHA ���knowingly charged��� $360 million in unauthorized expenses to federal projects 09/12/2025 03:33pm • A troubling audit of State Highway Administration finances could draw the scrutiny of a legislative oversight panel in Annapolis later this year, lawmakers said Thursday. State Highway Administration officials ���knowingly charged��� nearly $360 million in unauthorized expenses to federal fund pr Schumer warns of a shutdown if Republicans don���t accept Democrats��� health care demands 09/12/2025 12:23pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer weathered backlash from Democrats earlier this year when he voted with Republicans to keep the government open. But he���s now willing to risk a shutdown at the end of the month if Republicans don���t accede to Democratic demands. Schumer sa Trump approves federal disaster aid for storms and flooding in 6 states 09/12/2025 12:15pm • President Donald Trump has approved federal disaster aid for six states and tribes following storms and floods that occurred this spring and summer. The disaster declarations, announced Thursday, will allow federal funding to flow to Kansas, North Carolina, North Dakota and Wisconsin, and for tribes The late Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani instructs heirs to sell stakes in his empire 09/12/2025 09:08am • MILAN (AP) ��� After a lifetime of spurning would-be business suitors, the late Italian designer Giorgio Armani instructed his heirs to sell an initial 15% minority stake in his vast fashion empire, with priority to the French conglomerate LVMH, the eyewear giant Essilor-Luxottica or the cosmetics c UK fires ambassador to the US Peter Mandelson over his links to Jeffrey Epstein 09/11/2025 08:47pm • LONDON (AP) ��� U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday fired the country's ambassador to the United States, Peter Mandelson, over his links to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Just days before the arrival of President Donald Trump to the U.K. on his second state visit, Starmer dismi Appeals court allows Trump's administration to block Medicaid funds to Planned Parenthood 09/11/2025 07:28pm • BOSTON (AP) ��� A U.S. appeals court panel on Thursday allowed President Donald Trump���s administration to block Medicaid funds to Planned Parenthood while legal challenges continue. A federal judge in July ruled Planned Parenthood clinics nationwide must continue to be reimbursed for Medicaid fund The Latest: Pentagon 9/11 ceremony moved inside due to security concerns 09/11/2025 05:27pm • President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump marked 24 years since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks at a service at the Pentagon on Thursday. While traditionally observed near the building���s memorial outside the Pentagon���s walls, it was moved to the internal courtyard following the ���heartbre Immigrant detainees begin arriving at former prison in rural Tennessee town 09/11/2025 04:56pm • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) ��� Immigrant detainees have started arriving at a former Tennessee prison that's been turned into a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center, the facility's operator said. CoreCivic Inc. said late Wednesday that it has begun receiving detainees at the West Tenne Disputed charter school funding measure gets a pivotal hearing before the Kentucky Supreme Court 09/11/2025 04:52pm • School choice resurfaced Thursday as a hotly debated issue in Kentucky, where the state's highest court heard arguments in a bitter dispute over the constitutionality of a measure to publicly fund charter schools. The measure, known as House Bill 9, was enacted by the state's GOP-dominated legislatu Former exec of Mars candy subsidiary pleads guilty to stealing $28M from company 09/11/2025 04:12pm • BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) ��� A former executive for a subsidiary of candymaker Mars Inc. pleaded guilty Thursday to fraud and tax charges in connection with his theft of $28 million from the company, federal prosecutors said. Paul Steed, 58, appeared in federal court in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He als