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House Speaker Mariano says calls for Rep. Chris Flanagan to resign are ‘premature’
House Speaker Ron Mariano said calls for Rep. Chris Flanagan, the Dennis Port Democrat charged with federal fraud, are ...
WHO member countries agree on a draft ‘pandemic treaty’ to try to avoid COVID-19 mistakes
After the world’s largely disastrous response to the coronavirus, countries tasked the WHO with overseeing a pandemic treaty ...
UK’s top court says definition of a woman is based on biological sex and excludes transgender people
LONDON (AP) — The U.K. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a woman is someone born biologically female, excluding transgender ...
Vermont maple syrup makers face uncertainty amid Canada and China tariff chaos
The uncertainty is arriving in a time of relative growth for syrup producers in the U.S. as well as Canada. Vermont has seen ...
Older Arizona voters are closely watching Trump’s tariffs — and their retirement accounts
Trump carried Arizona voters who were age 65 or older, winning 52% of this group compared with Harris’ 47%, broadly in line ...
The Oklahoma City bombing was 30 years ago. Some survivors worry America didn’t learn the lesson
From a mother who lost her first-born baby, a son who never got to know his father, and a young man so badly injured that he ...
Judge finds probable cause to hold Trump administration in contempt for violating deportation order
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday said he has found probable cause to hold the Trump administration in criminal ...
Trump says he’s joining Bessent and Lutnick for trade negotiations with Japanese at the White House
President Trump says he’s joining negotiations at the White House over tariffs and trade with a top Japanese official.
Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen goes to El Salvador to push for Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s release
WASHINGTON (AP) — Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen arrived in El Salvador Wednesday to push for the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man who was sent there by the Trump administration in March despite ...
Israel says it will keep troops in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria indefinitely. What does that mean?
The Palestinians seek an independent state in east Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza, territories Israel captured in the 1967 Mideast war. A two-state solution is widely seen internationally as the ...
Retail sales rise 1.4% in March as shoppers stock up on big ticket items ahead of tariffs
Retail sales rose 1.4% in March, after rising 0.2% in February, according to the Commerce Department. Retail sales fell 1.2% in January, hurt in part by cold weather that kept more Americans indoors, ...