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Trump's 'beautiful' new law means states have big decisions this year on Medicaid, SNAP and taxes

Posted 9:26 AM 1/8/2026 by GEOFF MULVIHILL and DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press

States have major decisions to make in 2026 about the social safety net and taxes in the aftermath of a sweeping law President Donald Trump signed last year.

The federal government is shifting more responsibilities to states over the next few years, and states must prepare for greater (More)

Woman killed by ICE agent in Minneapolis was a mother of 3, poet and new to the city

Trump officials and Louisiana put an end to another decades-old school desegregation order

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Trump administration says it's withholding social safety net money from 5 states over fraud concerns

Posted 2:35 PM 1/7/2026 by GEOFF MULVIHILL, MORIAH BALINGIT and HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press

President Donald Trump's administration said Tuesday that it is withholding funding for programs that support needy families with children in five Democratic-led states over concerns about fraud.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees the program, will require the (More)

ICE officer kills a Minneapolis driver in a deadly start to Trump's latest immigration operation

US seeks to assert its control over Venezuelan oil with tanker seizures and sales worldwide

1/5/2026

White House says military 'always an option' in Greenland as European leaders reject US takeover

Posted 3:42 PM 1/6/2026 by CLAUDIA CIOBANU and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press

The White House said Tuesday that "U.S. military is always an option," even as a series of European leaders rejected President Donald Trump's comments about seeking an American takeover of the world's largest island.

Trump has floated since his first term the idea of purchasing Greenland (More)

Musk's AI chatbot faces global backlash over sexualized images of women and children

Trump tells Republicans to be 'flexible' on abortion restrictions to get a health care deal

Fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack brings fresh division to the Capitol

At least 24 Venezuelan security officers killed in US operation to capture Maduro, officials say

1/4/2026

Big Tech's fast-expanding plans for data centers are running into stiff community opposition

Posted 4:58 PM 1/5/2026 by MARC LEVY Associated Press

SPRING CITY, Pa. (AP) — Tech companies and developers looking to plunge billions of dollars into ever-bigger data centers to power artificial intelligence and cloud computing are increasingly losing fights in communities where people don't want to live next to them, or even near them.

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Oil stocks sharply higher after US action in Venezuela

Maduro says 'I was captured' as he pleads not guilty to drug trafficking charges

1/3/2026

Venezuelans remain shell-shocked a day after US captured Maduro

Posted 9:58 AM 1/4/2026 by REGINA GARCIA CANO, MEGAN JANETSKY and JUAN ARRAEZ Associated Press

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelans on Sunday remained shell-shocked a day after President Nicolás Maduro was deposed and captured in a U.S. military operation, with an uncertain future ahead in the South American nation.

A tense calm settled over the capital, Caracas, which (More)

1/2/2026

US captures Venezuela's leader and his wife in a stunning operation and plans to prosecute them

Posted 9:48 AM 1/3/2026 by REGINA GARCIA CANO, KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The United States captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and flew him out of the country in a stunning military operation early Saturday that plucked a sitting leader from office. President Donald Trump insisted the U.S. government would run the (More)