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By The Associated Press President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking broad changes to how elections are run in the U.S. is vast in scope and holds the potential to reorder the voting landscape across the country, even as it faces almost certain litigation. He wants to require voters to show proof that they are U.S.

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Republican-backed bill touted as an attempt to bring clarity to Kentucky’s near-total abortion ban was vetoed Tuesday by Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear, who said it would do the opposite by undermining the judgment of doctors while further imperiling the lives of pregnant women in emergency

By MARC LEVY Associated Press Delaware lawmakers put aside protests from major investors and approved fast-tracked legislation Tuesday night that backers say will protect its status as the corporate capital of the world after criticism by billionaire Elon Musk and other influential business titans rattled public officials. The bill is headed to Gov. Matt Meyer,

By LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer Federal health officials said Tuesday they are pulling back $11.4 billion in COVID-19-related funds for state and local public health departments and other health organizations throughout the nation. “The COVID-19 pandemic is over, and HHS will no longer waste billions of taxpayer dollars responding to a non-existent pandemic that

By HOLLY RAMER, MICHAEL CASEY and CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A voter in Milford missed out on approving the town’s $19 million operating budget, electing a cemetery trustee and buying a new dump truck. In Durham, an 18-year-old high school student did not get a say in who should serve

By MIKE SCHNEIDER and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press DELAND, Fla. (AP) — As Washington was roiled by the news that one of President Donald Trump’s top aides added a journalist to a group chat discussing military plans, many Republicans going to the polls to replace that White House aide’s old U.S. House seat have

By ALI SWENSON and CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a sweeping executive action to overhaul elections in the U.S., including requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections and demanding that all ballots be received by Election Day. The order says

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Angry over the crush of court rulings against the Trump administration, Republicans in Congress are trying to slap back at the federal judiciary with proposals to limit the reach of its rulings, cut funding and even impeach judges, tightening the GOP’s grip on government. House GOP

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New court documents offer a rare, behind-the-scenes look at how federal prosecutors built and then tried to salvage their criminal case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams in the face of unprecedented pressure from President Donald Trump’s Justice Department. Text messages, emails and comments

By JOSH BOAK and DAVID KEYTON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President JD Vance said that he’s joining his wife on a Friday trip to Greenland, suggesting in an online video that global security is at stake. “We’re going to check out how things are going there,” Vance said in a video shared Tuesday.

By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett mocked her state’s governor during a weekend appearance, referring to Greg Abbott — who uses a wheelchair — as “Gov. Hot Wheels” while speaking at a banquet in Los Angeles. “You all know we got Gov. Hot Wheels down there. Come on, now,” Crockett, a Dallas

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned a former business partner of Hunter Biden who was convicted of participating in a conspiracy to defraud a Native American tribe. Devon Archer later became a key figure in the congressional inquiry into the Biden family businesses,

By ALAN SUDERMAN AP Business Writer President Donald Trump’s crypto empire is expanding with the recent announcements of a new dollar-backed stablecoin and investment funds for digital assets. The moves are the latest in the norm-defying ways the president has leaned into crypto projects that could significantly boost his personal wealth while in office. World

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was rocked by five high-level departures on Tuesday in the latest turmoil for the nation’s top public health agency. The departures were announced at a meeting of agency senior leaders. The Atlanta-based CDC has two dozen centers and

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Long-threatened tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump have plunged the country into a global trade war — all while on-again, off-again new levies continue to escalate uncertainty. Trump is no stranger to tariffs. He launched a trade war during his first term, taking particular aim

By AMANDA SEITZ WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has nominated a Republican attorney who was once accused of mishandling taxpayer funds and has a history of launching investigations against abortion clinics to lead the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General. If confirmed by the Senate, Thomas March Bell will oversee

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Turnout during the first week of early voting ahead of Wisconsin’s pivotal state Supreme Court race is far exceeding levels from another high-stakes election just two years ago, the latest sign of the intense interest in a contest that has obliterated spending records and drawn attention

By The Associated Press President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a sweeping executive action to overhaul U.S. elections, including requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections and demanding that all ballots be received by Election Day. The order says the U.S. has failed “to enforce basic and necessary election protections”

By MICHAEL CASEY and RODRIQUE NGOWI Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — When Ash Lazarus Orr went to renew his passport in early January, the transgender organizer figured it would be relatively routine. But more than two months on, Orr is waiting to get a new passport with a name change and a sex designation reflecting

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press Since plunging during the COVID-19 pandemic, international student enrollment in the U.S. has been rebounding — a relief to American universities that count on their tuition payments. Two months into the new Trump administration, educators fear that could soon change. Unnerved by efforts to deport students over political views, students

By KATE PAYNE Associated Press/Report for America PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — As the Trump administration forges ahead with its dramatic reshaping of the federal government, voters in a northwest Florida congressional district that’s home to thousands of veterans will be among the first to put the president’s agenda to an electoral test. The state’s Chief

By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democrat Dan Goughnour handily won a special election in western Pennsylvania on Tuesday, keeping majority control of the state House in his party’s hands by a single seat. Goughnour beat Republican Chuck Davis in a district in the Mon Valley region southeast of Pittsburgh, winning a

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer The co-manager of President Donald Trump’s successful 2024 campaign sued the Daily Beast for defamation Monday over stories regarding how much he was paid for his work. The lawsuit on behalf of Chris LaCivita said the online publication’s stories that he was paid $22 million over two years —

By OLIVIA DIAZ Associated Press/Report for America RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin said on Monday that he hoped to bolster Virginia’s rainy-day fund by $300 million in light of economic uncertainty surrounding the White House’s overhaul of federal jobs and its impact on the state’s workforce. At a news conference, Youngkin announced

By SEUNG MIN KIM, AMANDA SEITZ and MIKE STOBBE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will nominate Susan Monarez, the acting director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and a longtime federal staffer, to the permanent position, a White House official confirmed Monday. Trump abruptly withdrew the nomination of his

By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer A surge of grant cancellations hit researchers focused on the health of gay, lesbian and transgender people last week, as the Trump administration continues to target what it describes as ideologically driven science. Last week the U.S. government terminated at least 68 grants to 46 institutions totaling nearly

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The death Sunday of former U.S. Rep. Mia Love, the first Black Republican woman elected to the U.S. House, has brought renewed attention to an aggressive form of brain cancer that killed her at age 49. The former lawmaker from Utah had undergone treatment for

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Second lady Usha Vance plans a trip to Greenland, at a time when President Donald Trump has suggested the United States should take control over the self-governing, mineral-rich territory of American ally Denmark. Vance will leave on Thursday and return Saturday, according to her office. Vance and

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Republican Ed Durr, the delivery truck driver who defeated the top Democratic lawmaker in 2021, said Monday he’s ending his bid to win the GOP nomination in this year’s governor’s race. Durr, a vocal supporter of President Donald Trump, said in a statement ahead of the June primary that

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press The election to fill a Wisconsin Supreme Court seat has become a referendum not only on the new administration, but on Elon Musk, the billionaire who has become one of President Donald Trump ‘s top financial backers and the architect of his efforts to slash the federal workforce. The April