LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Republicans in Michigan may choose a MAGA activist leader who is charged with being a fake elector for Donald Trump to lead the party into the 2026 midterms, when the battleground state will hold several major races, including for a critical U.S. Senate seat. Meshawn Maddock, known for her ardent dedication […]

By Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) – National Science Foundation administrators reclassified hundreds of employees from permanent to probationary status in violation of labor contracts, according to a U.S. lawmaker and agency employee. The agency made the change after President Donald Trump took office on January 20 with a sweeping directive aimed at reducing the federal […]

(Reuters) – U.S. consumer sentiment dropped more than expected in February to a 15-month low and inflation expectations rocketed as households worried that President Donald Trump’s plans for steep and broad-based tariffs would eat into their purchasing power. The University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers on Friday said its Consumer Sentiment Index dropped to 64.7 […]

MIAMI (AP) — A jury in Miami has convicted the founder of an orphanage in Haiti of sexually abusing boys at the facility in Port-au-Prince. Court records show 73-year-old Michael Geilenfeld was found guilty Thursday night of six counts of engaging in illicit sexual contact with minors in a foreign country and one count of […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. existing home sales dropped more than expected in January after three straight monthly increases as high mortgage rates and house prices stifled demand. Home sales decreased 4.9% last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.08 million units, the National Association of Realtors said on Friday. Economists polled by Reuters […]