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The Supreme Court rules for Biden administration in a social media dispute with conservative states
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday sided with the Biden administration in a dispute with Republican-led states over how far the federal government can go to combat controversial social media posts on topics including COVID-19 and election security. By a 6-3 vote, the...
Supreme Court overturns ex-mayor’s bribery conviction, narrowing scope of public corruption law
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court overturned the bribery conviction of a former Indiana mayor on Wednesday in an opinion that narrows the scope of public corruption law. The high court's 6-3 opinion along ideological lines sided with James Snyder, who was convicted of taking...
A signature Biden law aimed to boost renewable energy. It also helped a solar company reap billions
WASHINGTON (AP) — As he campaigned for the presidency, Joe Biden promised to spend billions of dollars to “save the world” from climate change. One of the largest players in the solar industry was ready. Executives, officials and major investors in First Solar, the largest...
GOP former Rep. Adam Kinzinger endorses Biden, whose campaign wants to flip anti-Trump Republicans
NEW YORK (AP) — Republican former congressman Adam Kinzinger endorsed President Joe Biden on Wednesday, giving the Democrat a prominent new ally in his high-stakes campaign to win over moderate Republicans and independents this fall. Kinzinger, a military pilot who emerged as a...
What’s left for the Supreme Court to decide? Here’s the list.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has over a dozen cases still undecided, including ones that could reshape the law on everything from abortion to social media. The justices are also still weighing whether former President Donald Trump is immune from criminal prosecution in the election...
Homeland Security says border arrests fall more than 40% since Biden's halt to asylum processing
TUCSON, Arizona (AP) — Arrests for illegal border crossings have dropped more than 40% during the three weeks that asylum processing has been suspended, the Homeland Security Department said Wednesday. The announcement comes just one day before President Joe Biden is set to debate...
Biden pardons potentially thousands of ex-service members convicted under now-repealed gay sex ban
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden pardoned potentially thousands of former U.S. service members convicted of violating a now-repealed military ban on consensual gay sex, saying Wednesday that he is “righting an historic wrong" to clear the way for them to regain lost benefits. ...
IRS delays in resolving identity theft cases are 'unconscionable,' an independent watchdog says
WASHINGTON (AP) — An independent watchdog within the IRS reported Wednesday that while taxpayer services have vastly improved, the agency is still too slow to resolve identity theft cases, delays that are “unconscionable." Overall, the 2024 filing season went smoothly, according...
Most Americans plan to watch the Biden-Trump debate, and many see high stakes, an AP-NORC poll finds
WASHINGTON (AP) — Most U.S. adults plan to watch some element of Thursday's presidential debate and many think the event will be important for the campaigns of both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public...
Biden and Trump are set to debate. Here's what their past performances looked like
WASHINGTON (AP) — What people remember from Joe Biden and Donald Trump’s first debate four years ago are likely the interruptions, the shouting and the “will you shut up, man?” Then-President Trump arrived at that first matchup in Cleveland seemingly determined to steamroll...
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Gunfire, lawlessness and gang-like looters are preventing aid distribution in Gaza, an official says
LARNACA, Cyprus (AP) — Thousands of tons of food, medicines and other aid piled up on a beach in war-torn Gaza is not reaching those in need because of a dire security situation and lawlessness on the ground, a U.S. aid official said Wednesday. Truck drivers are getting caught in...
A US journalist goes on trial in Russia on espionage charges that he and his employer deny
YEKATERINBURG, Russia (AP) — Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich went on trial behind closed doors in Yekaterinburg on Wednesday, 15 months after his arrest in the Russian city on espionage charges that he, his employer and the U.S. government vehemently deny. The...
The Supreme Court rules for Biden administration in a social media dispute with conservative states
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday sided with the Biden administration in a dispute with Republican-led states over how far the federal government can go to combat controversial social media posts on topics including COVID-19 and election security. By a 6-3 vote, the...
Thai banks are the top suppliers of financial services to Myanmar’s military, UN expert says
BANGKOK (AP) — Thai banks have become the main supplier of international financial services for Myanmar’s military government, enabling its purchases of goods and equipment used to carry out its increasingly bloody war against pro-democracy resistance forces and armed ethnic minority groups, a...
Bulgaria will file charges against a fugitive behind one of the largest crypto fraud schemes
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria plans to file charges in absentia against Ruja Ignatova for one of the largest crypto fraud schemes in history and will take steps to seize her assets it said were illegally acquired, the chief prosecutor said Tuesday. U.S. Ambassador to Bulgaria...
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returns to Australia a free man after US legal battle ends
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returned to his homeland Australia aboard a charter jet and raised a celebratory clenched fist as his supporters cheered on Wednesday, hours after pleading guilty to obtaining and publishing U.S. military secrets in a deal with Justice...
GOP former Rep. Adam Kinzinger endorses Biden, whose campaign wants to flip anti-Trump Republicans
NEW YORK (AP) — Republican former congressman Adam Kinzinger endorsed President Joe Biden on Wednesday, giving the Democrat a prominent new ally in his high-stakes campaign to win over moderate Republicans and independents this fall. Kinzinger, a military pilot who emerged as a...
Most Americans plan to watch the Biden-Trump debate, and many see high stakes, an AP-NORC poll finds
WASHINGTON (AP) — Most U.S. adults plan to watch some element of Thursday's presidential debate and many think the event will be important for the campaigns of both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public...
A signature Biden law aimed to boost renewable energy. It also helped a solar company reap billions
WASHINGTON (AP) — As he campaigned for the presidency, Joe Biden promised to spend billions of dollars to “save the world” from climate change. One of the largest players in the solar industry was ready. Executives, officials and major investors in First Solar, the largest...
George Latimer, a pro-Israel centrist, defeats Rep. Jamaal Bowman in New York Democratic primary
George Latimer, a pro-Israel centrist, defeated U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman on Tuesday in a Democratic primary in suburban New York that highlighted the party’s deep divisions over the war in Gaza. With the victory, Latimer has ousted one of the most liberal voices in Congress and one...
