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Senate confirms Noem as Trump's homeland security secretary

Jan. 25, 2025 21:10 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate confirmed Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary on Saturday, putting the South Dakota governor in charge of a sprawling agency that is essential to national security and President Donald Trump's plans to clamp down on illegal immigration. ...

Supreme Court grants a new hearing for the only woman on Oklahoma's death row

Jan. 21, 2025 10:22 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered lower courts to review the case of the only woman on Oklahoma’s death row over concerns that prosecutors’ discussion of her sexual history rendered her trial unfair in the murder of her estranged husband. The court, over...

The Latest: Supreme Court seems likely to uphold a law that could ban TikTok in the US on Jan. 19

Jan. 10, 2025 17:11 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seemed likely to uphold a law that would ban TikTok in the United States beginning Jan. 19 unless the popular social media program is sold by its China-based parent company. Hearing arguments in a momentous clash of free speech and national...

Supreme Court rejects Trump’s bid to delay sentencing in his New York hush money case

Jan. 09, 2025 21:11 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — A sharply divided Supreme Court on Thursday rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s final bid to put his New York hush-money case on hold, clearing the way for him to be sentenced for felony crimes days before he returns to the presidency. The court’s 5-4...