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Veteran Fox News business anchor Neil Cavuto leaving after 28 years

Dec. 19, 2024 17:58 PM EST

Neil Cavuto, a business journalist at Fox News Channel whose weekday afternoon news show frequently annoyed President-elect Donald Trump and his supporters, left the network after 28 years following a final show on Thursday. A workhorse who had been with Fox since its inception in...

Jill Biden says she has closed the book on teaching at Northern Virginia Community College

Dec. 17, 2024 15:01 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden has closed the book on her teaching career at a Virginia community college. The first lady, who has spent the past 40 years teaching in classrooms, announced Monday that she had taught her final class at Northern Virginia Community College last week....

Unique among 'Person of the Year' designees, Donald Trump gets a fact-check from Time magazine

Dec. 13, 2024 23:35 PM EST

Time magazine gave Donald Trump something it has never done for a Person of the Year designee: a lengthy fact-check of claims he made in an accompanying interview. The fact-check accompanies a transcript of what the president-elect told the newsmagazine's journalists. Described as a...

Trump says he can't guarantee tariffs won't raise US prices and won't rule out revenge prosecutions

Dec. 08, 2024 18:20 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump said he can't guarantee that his promised tariffs on key U.S. foreign trade partners won't raise prices for American consumers and he suggested once more that some political rivals and federal officials who pursued legal cases against him should be imprisoned. ...

'Childless Cat Lady' Taylor Swift tops Yale list of 2024's most notable quotations

Dec. 03, 2024 11:43 AM EST

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — From “Childless Cat Lady” to “They’re eating the cats,” Yale University’s list of 2024’s most notable quotations delves into the worlds of presidential politics, entertainment and conspiracy theories while saving room for sports, business and protests against...

North Carolina Republicans close in on enacting bill that weakens incoming Democratic governor

Dec. 02, 2024 18:00 PM EST

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina legislative Republicans moved closer Monday to enacting a measure that would erode the powers of the incoming governor and other Democratic officials, and also placing on the ballot constitutional amendments that could buttress GOP voting and tax policies. ...

Trial begins for the man accused of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley

Nov. 15, 2024 18:11 PM EST

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — A Venezuelan man "went hunting for females on the University of Georgia’s campus” earlier this year and ended up killing nursing student Laken Riley after a struggle, a prosecutor said Friday. A defense attorney said the evidence is circumstantial and doesn't prove his...

What to know about Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, Trump's pick to serve as attorney general

Nov. 13, 2024 23:18 PM EST

In picking Rep. Matt Gaetz as his nominee for attorney general, President-elect Donald Trump is looking to install a fierce loyalist who has been seen as divisive even within his own party. Not one of the top names seen as a likely pick for the job, Gaetz's selection was first...

Trump picks Matt Gaetz for attorney general, Marco Rubio for secretary of state

Nov. 13, 2024 23:00 PM EST

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump chose Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida to serve as his attorney general on Wednesday, bypassing more experienced options in favor of a loyalist who has built a national reputation as a disruptor and whom Trump has tasked with dramatically...

What to know about Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's pick to be director of national intelligence

Nov. 13, 2024 16:58 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has tapped former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard to be the next director of national intelligence, a powerful position that sits atop the nation's spy agencies and acts as the president's top intelligence adviser. Gabbard is a veteran...