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The Latest: Texas House approves new congressional maps that favor GOP in 2026 midterms

The Republican-controlled Texas House of Representatives passed Wednesday a redrawn congressional map that creates up to five new winnable GOP seats in Congress, further deepening a national...

DATE: Aug 20, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Top White House officials turn to public appearances with troops as a tense Washington watches

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s law-enforcement crackdown on Washington expanded Wednesday and top administration officials visited National Guard troops to support a deployment t...

DATE: Aug 20, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Appeals court allows Trump to end temporary protections for migrants from Central America and Nepal

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday sided with the Trump administration and halted for now a lower court’s order that had kept in place temporary protections for 60,000...

DATE: Aug 20, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Jury deliberations begin in trial of man accused of organizing rapper Young Dolph's killing

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A jury began deliberating Wednesday in the trial of a man charged with organizing the daytime ambush killing of rapper Young Dolph at a Memphis bakery in November 2021....

DATE: Aug 20, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Saints acquire second-year wide receiver Devaughn Vele from Broncos for a pair of draft picks

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — The Denver Broncos are alleviating some of the crowding in their wide receiver room by sending second-year pro Devaughn Vele to the New Orleans Saints for a pair of d...

DATE: Aug 20, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

China rushes to build out solar, and emissions edge downward

TALATAN, China (AP) — High on the Tibetan plateau, Chinese government officials last month showed off what they say will be the world's largest solar farm when completed — 610 square kilomet...

DATE: Aug 20, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Gabbard slashing intelligence office workforce and cutting budget by over $700 million

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Office of the Director of National Intelligence will dramatically reduce its workforce and cut its budget by more than $700 million annually, the Trump administration a...

DATE: Aug 20, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Walmart recalls frozen shrimp over potential radioactive contamination

Walmart has recalled frozen, raw shrimp sold in 13 states because federal health officials say it could have potential radioactive contamination. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration asked...

DATE: Aug 20, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Oregon man pleads guilty following fatal crash with community college softball team bus

An Oregon man has pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree manslaughter following a fatal crash with a bus carrying a community college softball team that left a player and the team's h...

DATE: Aug 20, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Dangerous heat descends on California and the Southwest, raising wildfire risk

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A dangerous, multiday heat wave descended on much of California and the U.S. Southwest, with near-record temperatures expected along with a higher risk of wildfires. Offi...

DATE: Aug 20, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Judge denies Justice Department request to unseal Epstein grand jury transcripts

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday rejected the Trump administration’s request to unseal grand jury transcripts from Jeffrey Epstein ’s sex trafficking case, joining two other judg...

DATE: Aug 20, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Federal Reserve official says she won't be 'bullied' by Trump into resigning

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook late Wednesday said she wouldn't leave her post after Trump on social media called on her to resign over an accusation from one his offic...

DATE: Aug 20, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

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