• Who is Randy Fine? Florida state senator replaces Mike Waltz after GOP concern about his campaign
    TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida state Sen. Randy Fine won Tuesday’s special election for a vacant congressional seat that the president carried by 30 points less than five months ago. The Trump-backed Republican had faced mounting pressure from his party in the final days of the campaign after Democrat Josh Weil outraised Fine by a […]
  • Nevada can enforce dormant 1985 law requiring parental notification of abortion, judge rules
    LAS VEGAS (AP) — A long-dormant 1985 state law in Nevada — requiring parents or guardians to be notified before a minor undergoes an abortion — can be enforced, a federal judge ruled Monday. U.S. District Court Judge Anne Traum in Nevada said in a written decision that the 40-year-old law can take effect on […]
  • Lawsuit claims Musk failed to make promised payments over 2024 petition signatures
    PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A federal lawsuit filed Tuesday in Pennsylvania accuses billionaire Elon Musk and the political action committee he started of failing to pay a suburban Philadelphia man more than $20,000 for getting people to sign a petition in favor of free speech and gun rights. The lawsuit seeking class-action status claims the man, […]
  • Naval Academy removes nearly 400 books from library in new DEI purge ordered by Hegseth’s office
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Naval Academy has removed nearly 400 books from its library after being told by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office to review and get rid of ones that promote diversity, equity and inclusion, U.S officials said Tuesday. Academy officials were told to review the library late last week, and an initial […]
  • Anger against Trump is forecast to cost the US international visitors
    Anger over the Trump administration’s tariffs and rhetoric will likely cause international travel to the U.S. to fall even further than expected this year, an influential travel forecasting company said Tuesday. Tourism Economics said it expects the number of people arriving in the U.S. from abroad to decline by 9.4% this year. That’s almost twice […]