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Court tosses lawsuit by Trump against Maryland federal judges, calling it 'potentially calamitous'

BALTIMORE (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday threw out the Trump administration’s lawsuit against Maryland’s entire federal bench in an emphatic ruling that underscored the extraordinary natu...

DATE: Aug 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Lil Nas X says arrest and jail time were 'terrifying'

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lil Nas X said Tuesday that his arrest and jail time were “terrifying” in his first public comments since he was charged with attacking Los Angeles police officers. The 26...

DATE: Aug 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Trump saying 600,000 Chinese students could come to the US draws MAGA backlash

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump seemingly caught his loyal conservative base off-guard and sparked backlash by saying he would allow 600,000 Chinese students into American universit...

DATE: Aug 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

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