By MARY CLARE JALONICK and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate was drawing closer to a vote on legislation to end the shutdown on Monday after a small group of Senate Democrats broke a 40-day stalemate late Sunday evening and voted with Republicans to move forward ...
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani appointed a veteran budget official to be his first deputy mayor on Monday, tapping a seasoned hand of city and state government to lead operations of City Hall as he embarks on an ambitious agenda. The ...
By JOSHUA FECHTER/The Texas Tribune The state agency in charge of building Texas' massive highways says Texans need more ways to get around if the state's going to continue to grow — a stunning acknowledgment in car-dominant Texas. A draft of the first-of-its-kind Texas Department of ...
By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration made a $7.5 million payment to the government of Equatorial Guinea as it seeks to deport people to the West African country and draws closer to its heavily prosecuted leaders, according to the top Democratic ...
By JOSH FUNK and KEN SWEET AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Air travelers should expect worsening cancellations and delays this week even if the government shutdown ends, as the Federal Aviation Administration moves ahead with deeper cuts to flights at 40 major U.S. airports, ...
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday wrestled with whether a former Louisiana inmate can sue prison officials who cut off his dreadlocks in violation of his Rastafari religious beliefs. The justices heard arguments in the case of Damon Landor, who ...
By DEVI SHASTRI AP Health Writer Canada is no longer measles-free because of ongoing outbreaks, international health experts said Monday, as childhood vaccination rates fall and the highly contagious virus spreads across North and South America. The loss of the country's measles ...
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Bonnie Watson Coleman, who was the first Black woman elected to represent New Jersey in the U.S. House, said Monday she won't seek reelection next year. Watson Coleman, 80, said in a statement that she decided not to seek another term after "tremendous thought and ...
By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic senators — eight in total — faced almost instant blowback from members of their own party as they voted to allow the Senate to move forward on compromise legislation that would reopen the government. Their decision ...
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Veterans Day holiday began more than a century ago, albeit under a different name, as a celebration of the end of World War I. Over time its name and purpose evolved into a day of recognition for U.S. veterans of all wars as well as those currently ...
By DAVID A. LIEB and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press President Donald Trump's administration returned to the Supreme Court on Monday in a push to keep full payments in the SNAP federal food aid program frozen. The request is the latest in a flurry of legal activity over how a program ...
By JOSH FUNK and KEN SWEET AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — The flight cancellations at airports across the U.S. are expected to persist even after the government shutdown ends. The Federal Aviation Administration has reduced flights as some air traffic controllers — unpaid for weeks ...
RUNNING SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — Nineteen people were taken to the hospital on Sunday night after a bus overturned on a California highway, officials said. It happened near Running Springs, which is about 70 miles (113 kilometers) east of Los Angeles. The San Bernardino County Fire Department ...
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. The justices, without comment, turned away an appeal from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky court clerk who refused ...
CHICAGO (AP) — A blast of the season's first frigid air was bearing down on much of the U.S. on Monday, bringing the prospect of snow to parts of the country, and plunging temperatures in Florida — though it may not get cold enough there for iguanas to tumble from the treetops. National ...
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — A legislative package to end the government shutdown appears on track Monday after a handful of Senate Democrats joined with Republicans to break the impasse in what has become a deepening disruption of federal programs and ...
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether states can continue to count late-arriving mail ballots, which have been a target of President Donald Trump. The justices took up an appeal from Mississippi after a panel of three ...
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has pardoned his former personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, his onetime chief of staff Mark Meadows and others accused of backing the Republican's efforts to overturn the 2020 election. The "full, complete, and ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday announced the latest in a series of strikes on boats accused of ferrying drugs, killing six people in attacks on two vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The dual strikes on Sunday bring the total number of known attacks up to 19 ...
By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NASHVILLE (AP) — Richard Casper shakes his head as he touches one of the boarded-up windows in the once-abandoned church he plans to transform into a new 24-hour arts center for veterans. The U.S. Marine Corps veteran and Purple Heart recipient said he ...