• In line with Trump, North Carolina legislature takes aim at transgender rights
    RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Legislation much in line with President Donald Trump’s political agenda on transgender rights squeezed through the North Carolina Senate this week, as state lawmakers prepare for their anticipated summer recess by the week’s end. A measure approved Tuesday — despite heightened tensions in the Senate — offers protections for women and […]
  • Early US intelligence report suggests US strikes only set back Iran’s nuclear program by months
    WASHINGTON (AP) — A new U.S. intelligence report found that Iran’s nuclear program has been set back only a few months after a U.S. strike and was not “completely and fully obliterated” as President Donald Trump has said, according to two people familiar with the early assessment. The intelligence report issued by the Defense Intelligence […]
  • Man charged with supplying chemicals to Palm Springs fertility clinic bomber dies in custody
    LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Washington state man who was charged with aiding the bomber of a fertility clinic in Southern California has died in federal custody just weeks after his arrest, prison officials said Tuesday. Daniel Park, 32, was accused of supplying chemicals to Guy Edward Bartkus of California, the bomber, who died in […]
  • Early US intelligence report suggests Iran’s nuclear program set back only a few months
    WASHINGTON (AP) — A new U.S. intelligence report found that Iran’s nuclear program has been set back only a few months after a U.S. strike, and was not “completely and fully obliterated” as President Donald Trump has said, according to two people familiar with the early assessment. The early intelligence report issued by the Defense […]
  • Lawsuit challenges billions of dollars in Trump administration funding cuts
    BOSTON (AP) — Attorneys general from more than 20 states and Washington, D.C. filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday challenging billions of dollars in funding cuts made by the Trump administration that would fund everything from crime prevention to food security to scientific research. The lawsuit filed in Boston is asking a judge to limit the […]