MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Katherine Bartle said she spent her years growing up in Alabama trying anything to “fix” herself and exist as a man. Eventually she realized it wasn’t possible. “I am a woman. I assure you that this is not a costume, nor is it by my own choice,” Bartle, 24, of Huntsville, […]

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration is using federal prisons to detain some people arrested in its immigration crackdown, the federal Bureau of Prisons said Friday, returning to a strategy that drew allegations of mistreatment during his first term. In a statement to The Associated Press, the prison agency said it is assisting […]

An organization with the mission of electing Republicans to state attorney general positions is bringing back a former executive director who resigned in the aftermath of the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. The Republican Attorneys General Association announced the position for Adam Piper on Friday. Piper held the job from 2018 […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge will consider Friday whether to block Trump adviser Elon Musk ’s team from accessing systems at the Labor Department, which has investigated the billionaire’s companies. Three unions sued to keep DOGE workers out of the systems that they say contain sensitive information about workers, including those who have filed […]

(Reuters) – In remarks that suggest she is in no hurry to cut interest rates, Federal Reserve Governor Adriana Kugler on Friday said she expects continued solid economic growth this quarter, and noted slow progress on inflation and a lack of clarity on how the Trump administration’s policies will affect the economy. A Labor Department […]