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Trump's order on flag burning could return the question to the Supreme Court

The late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said that if it were up to him, he would jail “every sandal-wearing, scruffy-bearded weirdo who burns the American flag,” But the Constitution, ...

DATE: Aug 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Democratic governors look to derail Trump's plan to send National Guard to Chicago and other cities

WASHINGTON (AP) — JB Pritzker took a water taxi along the Chicago Riverwalk, past one of Donald Trump’s famous downtown towers. The gleaming and heavily trafficked tourist district was a del...

DATE: Aug 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Wall Street holds steady just below recent records

Stocks are holding steady in afternoon trading on Wall Street Tuesday as indexes hover just below their recent all-time highs. The S&P 500 was up 0.2% after drifting between small gains and ...

DATE: Aug 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Study says AI chatbots need to fix suicide response, as family sues over ChatGPT role in boy's death

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A study of how three popular artificial intelligence chatbots respond to queries about suicide found that they generally avoid answering questions that pose the highest ...

DATE: Aug 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

What to know about Lisa Cook, the Fed Governor who Trump says he's firing

NEW YORK (AP) — In an unprecedented move, U.S. President Donald Trump said that he’s firing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook — marking a sharp escalation in his efforts to exert greater co...

DATE: Aug 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

A look at Uganda, the east African nation where the US is set to deport Abrego Garcia

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda is one of at least four African nations that have agreed to receive immigrants deported from the United States. The U.S. deported five men with criminal backgro...

DATE: Aug 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

August consumer confidence dips in US with jobs, tariffs and high prices driving most unease

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans’ view of the U.S. economy declined modestly in August as anxiety over a weakening job market grew for the eighth straight month. The Conference Board said Tuesday...

DATE: Aug 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Tropical storms Juliette and Fernand churn over open waters in different oceans

MIAMI (AP) — Tropical storms Juliette and Fernand churned Tuesday over open waters, one in the Pacific Ocean and one in the Atlantic, at the same time as some officials continued to deal wit...

DATE: Aug 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Trump administration threatens some funding for 3 states for not enforcing trucker English rules

California, Washington and New Mexico could lose millions of dollars of federal funding if they continue failing to enforce English language requirements for truckers, Transportation Secreta...

DATE: Aug 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

A US tariff exemption for small orders ends Friday. It's a big deal to some shoppers and businesses

NEW YORK (AP) — Low-value imports are losing their duty-free status in the United States this week as part of President Donald Trump's agenda for making the nation less dependent on foreign ...

DATE: Aug 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Trump family crypto empire expands with Crypto.com partnership

President Donald Trump’s personal crypto ventures are expanding again, this time with plans for a digital asset treasury company that holds an alternative cryptocurrency. Trump Media and Tec...

DATE: Aug 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Dozens wounded as Israel raids West Bank city where the Palestinian Authority is headquartered

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Israeli forces carried out a rare daytime raid on Tuesday in the heart of the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, where the Palestinian Authority is headquartered...

DATE: Aug 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press