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Speaker Johnson sets House vote on government funding bill after a one-week postponement
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson will move ahead with a temporary spending bill that would prevent a partial government shutdown when the new budget year begins on Oct. 1, despite the headwinds that prompted him to pull the bill from consideration last week. The bill...
The Latest: Man held after apparent Trump assassination attempt was filmed by AP in Kyiv in 2022
Gunshots were reported in Donald Trump's vicinity Sunday afternoon. The former president is safe. U.S. Secret Service agents opened fire after seeing a person with a firearm near Trump’s West Palm Beach golf club in Florida while the Republican presidential candidate was golfing....
Speaker Johnson pushes ahead on funding bill with proof of citizenship mandate despite dim prospects
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson vowed Tuesday to press ahead with requiring proof of citizenship for new voters as part of a bill to avoid a partial government shutdown in three weeks, though the measure appeared likely to be voted down. Democrats overwhelmingly oppose...
Congress bestows its highest honor on the 13 troops killed during Afghanistan withdrawal
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday presented Congress' highest honor — the Congressional Gold Medal — to 13 U.S. service members who were killed during the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, even as the politics of a presidential election swirled around the event. ...
New York site chosen for factory to build high-speed trains for Las Vegas-California line
HORSEHEADS, N.Y. (AP) — Trains for what is being called the nation's first true high-speed rail line between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area will be built at a new factory in upstate New York, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Monday. Siemens Mobility will construct...
House Republicans push to link government funding to a citizenship check for new voters
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson is heeding the demands of the more conservative wing of his Republican conference and has teed up a vote this week on a bill that would keep the federal government funded for six more months and require states to obtain proof of citizenship, such as a...
House Republican unveil bill to avoid shutdown. Senate Democrats say they're wasting precious time
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans unveiled on Friday their legislation to avoid a partial government shutdown at the end of the month and fund the government into late March, when a new president and Congress would make the final decision on agency spending and priorities for fiscal year 2025....
1 of 5 people shot at New York's West Indian American Day Parade has died
NEW YORK (AP) — One of the five people who were shot at New York City’s West Indian American Day Parade has died, police said Tuesday. A 25-year-old man who was among the victims when shots rang out Monday afternoon during the raucous annual event was later pronounced dead,...
5 people shot at New York's West Indian American Day Parade, police say
NEW YORK (AP) — Five people were shot Monday at New York City’s West Indian American Day Parade, police said. It's the latest instance of violence marring one of the world’s largest annual celebrations of Caribbean culture. A gunman targeting a specific group of people opened...
'The answer is no': Pro-Palestinian delegates say their request for a speaker at DNC was shut down
CHICAGO (AP) — Leaders of an “Uncommitted” movement, which garnered hundreds of thousands of votes in Democratic primaries across the nation in protest of the Israel-Hamas war, have been negotiating for weeks to secure a speaking slot for a Palestinian American at the Democratic National...
