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Trump celebrates the Super Bowl champ Eagles at White House, but star QB Jalen Hurts skips ceremony

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump feted the 2025 Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles at the White House on Monday, but several players, including quarterback Jalen Hurts, decided to skip the celebration. Hurts and other players cited scheduling conflicts as the reasons for their absences, according to a White House

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Suspect in Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s purse theft is charged in federal court

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A man accused of stealing a purse from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was charged Monday in federal court with aggravated identity theft, robbery and fraud. Video captured Mario Bustamante Leiva taking Noem’s purse while she dined at a restaurant in Washington, D.C., on April 20 under the protection of

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Trump administration says Penn violated sex discrimination laws after transgender swimmer competed

By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The Trump administration said Monday that the University of Pennsylvania violated laws guaranteeing women equal opportunities in athletics by letting a transgender swimmer compete on the school’s women’s team and into team facilities. The administration’s statement does not name Lia Thomas, the transgender swimmer who last

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Another federal judge expresses skepticism over Trump law firm executive orders

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Another federal judge in Washington has expressed skepticism about the legality of a Trump administration executive order targeting a prominent law firm, saying he was concerned that the clear purpose of the edict was punishment. U.S. District Judge John Bates had already temporarily halted President Donald Trump’s

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Job cuts delay Pentagon plans to expand work to prevent sex assaults and suicides

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Personnel cuts across the Defense Department will delay plans to hire at least 1,000 more civilians to help prevent sexual assault, suicides and behavior problems within the military, senior defense officials said. But they insist that crucial programs aimed at addressing sexual misconduct and providing help

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Detroit Democrats are once again looking to unseat one of their own in Congress

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press HOLLAND, Mich. (AP) — Detroit Democrats are once again trying to restore Black representation to the city by unseating an incumbent, as the party more broadly battles publicly over whether challenging their own is the right path forward. Donavan McKinney, a 32-year-old state representative, launched a Democratic campaign Monday in

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On air, ’60 Minutes’ reporter says ‘none of us is happy’ about changes that led top producer to quit

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley paid tribute Sunday to Bill Owens, the show’s executive producer who resigned last week, saying on the air that “none of us is happy” about the extra supervision that corporate leaders are imposing. Pelley made his comments at the end of the evening’s CBS

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JB Pritzker calls out ‘do-nothing’ Democrats for failing to push back against Trump

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and HOLLY RAMER Associated Press MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker sharply criticized fellow Democrats on Sunday for not doing enough to oppose President Donald Trump, drawing a clear divide between himself and other high-profile Democrats seen as future presidential contenders. Pritzker delivered the keynote address at the New Hampshire

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White House journalists use annual press dinner to celebrate First Amendment

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press There was no president. There was no comedian. What remained at the White House Correspondents’ Association’s annual dinner were the journalists and the First Amendment. The stripped-down festivities Saturday night were a reflection of the somber tone in Washington at the beginning of President Donald Trump’s second term, in which

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Georgia Democrat Jon Ossoff says Trump’s ‘chaos and uncertainty’ hurts the economy

By JEFF AMY Associated Press MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff of Georgia said Saturday that President Donald Trump’s unsettled economic policy is the biggest problem facing his state, saying the “chaos and uncertainty” is hurting the ability of businesses and individuals to makes decisions for the future. Ossoff, who’s gearing up to

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Harvard researcher held in Louisiana awaits judge’s decision on deportation to Russia

By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Kseniia Petrova never imagined she would face significant immigration issues, but it has been 68 days since she was detained at the Boston airport while traveling with undeclared frog embryo samples. The Russian-born scientist and Harvard University researcher associate was in the United States legally.

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