• Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey is hospitalized after a minor procedure, her office says
    MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey was hospitalized Tuesday after undergoing what her office described as a minor procedure to remove fluid that was pressing on her lung. The 81-year-old Republican governor will be monitored at Baptist Medical Center South in Montgomery “in the coming days” out of an abundance of caution, Ivey […]
  • Appeals court suspends order for Voice of America employees to return to work
    WASHINGTON (AP) — An appeals court panel agreed Tuesday to suspend a federal judge’s order for the Trump administration to bring hundreds of Voice of America employees back to work from paid leave. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued a stay pending the government’s appeal […]
  • Trump plans to move Forest Service headquarters to Utah and shutter research sites
    SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration will move the U.S. Forest Service headquarters out of the nation’s capital to Salt Lake City as part of an organizational overhaul that involves shuttering research facilities in 31 states and concentrating resources in the West, the agency announced Tuesday. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said the […]
  • Nevada lithium mine clears major hurdle despite conservationists’ worries for rare wildflower
    LAS VEGAS (AP) — A federal judge in Nevada has ruled against conservationists who wanted to stop a lithium-boron mine they said would harm an endangered wildflower. The ruling marks a major legal victory for the 11-square-mile (28.49 square-kilometer) Rhyolite Ridge Lithium/Boron Mine Project in Esmeralda County, located between Reno and Las Vegas. The land […]
  • Trump criticizes European allies for not helping fix the damage his war against Iran has caused
    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump entered his war of choice against Iran without consulting global allies, but as he weighs an exit from the conflict, he is making it clear that he is expecting the world to help him fix the unintended damage that it has caused. Trump is taking an increasingly annoyed tone […]