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Man charged with helping British ex-soldier in London prison getaway
LONDON (AP) — A man has been charged with assisting a former British soldier later convicted of spying for Iran in his escape from a London prison, police said Monday. Imran Chowdhury, 25, was charged with one count of assisting an escaped prisoner for helping Daniel Khalife after...
House Speaker Mike Johnson held onto his job, but there are signs of trouble ahead
WASHINGTON (AP) — This time was supposed to be different. But while House Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday avoided the dayslong ordeal that his predecessor, Kevin McCarthy, endured to become speaker, his relatively swift victory was hardly a unifying moment. The tumult of the day...
Ohio governor vetoes medical free speech clause he says would gut state's regulatory power
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine vetoed part of a bill late Thursday that state lawmakers cast as protecting the medical free speech of doctors and other health professionals but that the Republican governor says would “totally gut” the state’s ability to regulate misconduct. ...
New York governor to push for expanded mental health laws, citing violence on subway
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to expand the state’s involuntary commitment laws to allow hospitals to compel more mentally ill people into treatment, following a series of violent crimes in the New York City subway system. In a statement Friday, Hochul, a...
A caucus of military veterans seeks to bridge the political divide in a polarized Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) — The players in this year's Army-Navy football game kept up a long tradition, with each side honoring the other’s school song when the contest ended. It was an acknowledgment that the future could bring moments when the opponents that day are teammates on deadlier fields. ...
Kansas once required voters to prove citizenship. That didn't work out so well
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republicans made claims about illegal voting by noncitizens a centerpiece of their 2024 campaign messaging and plan to push legislation in the new Congress requiring voters to provide proof of U.S. citizenship. Yet there's one place with a GOP supermajority where linking...
Takeaways from AP's report on social safety nets in states that ban abortion
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — States with restrictive abortion laws generally have more porous safety nets for mothers and young children, according to recent research and an analysis by The Associated Press. Tennessee is an example of how this plays out. Tennessee residents of...
Biden vetoes once-bipartisan effort to add 66 federal judgeships, citing 'hurried' House action
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday vetoed a once-bipartisan effort to add 66 federal district judgeships, saying “hurried action” by the House left important questions unanswered about the life-tenured positions. The legislation would have spread the establishment...
Latest challenge to North Carolina's power-shifting law focuses on state elections board control
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's current governor and his successor tacked on another lawsuit Monday disputing a key provision within a GOP law that erodes the powers of several incoming Democratic state leaders — the latest in a longstanding power struggle between North Carolina's...
Biden signs defense bill despite objections to ban on transgender health care for military children
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday signed into law a defense bill that authorizes significant pay raises for junior enlisted service members, aims to counter China's growing power and boosts overall military spending to $895 billion despite his objections to language stripping...
