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Lagway throws for 305 yards to help Florida trounce Tulane 33-8 in the Gasparilla Bowl

Dec. 20, 2024 21:23 PM EST

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — DJ Lagway and Florida put together a strong finish to a difficult season. They closed it out in the Gasparilla Bowl. Lagway shook off a mistake-filled first half to throw for 305 yards and a touchdown in Florida's sloppy 33-8 victory over Tulane on...

New charges target ex-Miami congressman for lobbying on behalf of sanctioned Venezuelan tycoon

Dec. 18, 2024 16:18 PM EST

MIAMI (AP) — A federal grand jury in Washington has returned an indictment against former Congressman David Rivera for failing to register as a foreign agent of a sanctioned Venezuelan media tycoon on whose behalf the Miami Republican allegedly lobbied the Trump administration. The...

What Americans think of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his health stances

Dec. 18, 2024 13:54 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The kids seen by Dolores Mejia around suburban Phoenix have been growing heavier in recent years. Their parents, too, she says. Mejia, a 75-year-old retiree, says she's also had her own weight struggles on the scale. That's why Robert F. Kennedy...

The fate of the first-ever White House Gender Policy Council is uncertain in Trump's administration

Dec. 18, 2024 13:42 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — During the transition period between President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump, there has been at least some coordination on West Wing affairs. But not when it comes to Biden's Gender Policy Council, which has worked to defend reproductive health care in the face of...

Trump's picks for key positions in his second administration

Dec. 17, 2024 22:04 PM EST

President-elect Donald Trump has filled the key posts for his second term in office, prioritizing loyalty after feeling bruised and hampered by internal squabbling during his first term. His first pick happened during the campaign: JD Vance as his vice presidential running mate,...

Trump says he's a 'believer' in polio vaccine, and other news conference takeaways

Dec. 16, 2024 17:18 PM EST

President-elect Donald Trump on Monday held a wide-ranging news conference in which he said he would preserve access to the polio vaccine but equivocated on other vaccines, pledged to look at bringing down the costs of pharmaceuticals and expressed doubts that his daughter-in-law might be Florida's...

Trump appoints longtime foreign policy adviser Richard Grenell to serve as special missions envoy

Dec. 14, 2024 21:07 PM EST

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump announced Saturday that he's picked longtime foreign policy adviser Richard Grenell to serve as an envoy for special missions, tasking him with helping the incoming administration deal with some of the toughest foreign policy challenges. ...

Trump wants to turn the clock on daylight saving time

Dec. 13, 2024 16:53 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump wants to turn the lights out on daylight saving time. In a post on his social media site Friday, Trump said his party would try to end the practice when he returns to office. “The Republican Party will use its best...

What Americans think about Hegseth, Gabbard and key Trump Cabinet picks: AP-NORC poll

Dec. 13, 2024 07:44 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — As several of President-elect Donald Trump’s choices for high-level positions in his incoming administration face scrutiny on Capitol Hill, a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows that Americans have their own doubts. ...

China's Xi is likely to decline Trump's inauguration invitation, seeing it as too risky to attend

Dec. 12, 2024 16:40 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping would likely see President-elect Donald Trump’s invitation to attend his inauguration as too risky to accept, and the gesture from Trump may have little bearing on the increasingly competitive ties between the two nations as the White House changes...