NEW YORK (AP) — The Supreme Court this week closed the chapter on one of President Donald Trump’s boldest efforts to reshape November’s elections — a plan that would have demanded a dramatic overhaul of the nation’s mail voting processes on what most election officials agreed was an impossibly short
NEW YORK (AP) — Americans value press freedom — with some exceptions. About three-quarters of U.S. adults said press freedom is “extremely” or “very” important to society’s well-being, according to a newly released Pew Research Center study. But at least half said they also support government restri
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Sixty-three years ago, dynamite planted by Ku Klux Klan members exploded through the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four girls as they prepared for Sunday services. Hundreds of people filled the church on Tuesday on the 63rd anniversary of the bomb
By Kanishka Singh Sept 15 (Reuters) – Pop star Ed Sheeran said on Tuesday dropping American rapper Macklemore from his U.S. tour was not Sheeran’s decision but that of the tour’s promoter, even as Sheeran distinguished his political approach from Macklemore’s. Macklemore was dropped from Sheeran’s U
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. war against Iran has cost the Department of Defense more than $38 billion through Aug. 1, and will continue costing up to $3 billion a month or more depending on the intensity of the conflict, according to an assessment released Tuesday by the nonpartisan Congressional Bud
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump-aligned Kennedy Center board voted on Tuesday to close most of the iconic performing arts venue just hours after a federal judge blocked the institution from returning President Donald Trump’s name to the building. In a social media post, Trump said the closure was needed
WASHINGTON, Sept 15 (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Tuesday appealed a ruling blocking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from sending landmark California vehicle emissions rules to the Republican-controlled Congress for a potential fast-track repeal. U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell i
By Francois Murphy VIENNA, Sept 15 (Reuters) – The U.S. nuclear power regulator’s overhaul of rules, part of a push to cut approval times for new reactors to 18 months, will continue well into next year, its chairman told Reuters on Tuesday, as the Trump administration seeks to quadruple the country
By Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON, Sept 15 (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche said on Tuesday that the FBI had discovered new information regarding the shooter who attempted to assassinate Donald Trump during a campaign event in Butler, Pennsylvania, in 2024. “It is new
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal authorities charged a dozen people Tuesday for fraudulently collecting more than $10 million in government childcare payments in Southern California, when the operators had few or even no actual children attending their facilities. The charges, jointly announced in San Diego
Sept 15 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the vote by the board of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts to shut down the center for repairs means the building will close immediately. (Reporting by Costas Pitas and David Ljunggren; Editing by Doina Ch
Sept 15 (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche on Tuesday told reporters the Department of Justice would investigate “anybody associated” with AI if they violated the law. “As far as AI is concerned, there’s a lot of criminal laws,” Blanche told reporters at the White House. “So if anybody a
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire judge declared a mistrial Tuesday in the case of a former youth detention center worker charged with repeatedly raping a teenage boy after his accuser briefly testified about allegations involving other staff. Jeffrey Buskey, 60, of Litchfield, is charged with
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bribery trial starts this week for a Washington, D.C., Council member accused of accepting cash from an associate in exchange for using his elected position to help extend city contracts for the associate’s businesses. A federal jury in the nation’s capital was scheduled to hear
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge blocked the Kennedy Center on Tuesday from returning President Donald Trump ’s name to the iconic performing arts venue in a move meant to recognize his renovation efforts, saying it would violate an earlier ruling that his name was illegally added to the building.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military said Tuesday that it opened fire and destroyed two small Iranian boats this week trying to steal a drone ship in the waters off Iran. Capt. Tim Hawkins, U.S. Central Command spokesman said that “Iranian small boats recently attempted to take possession of a U.S. u
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. household income finally topped pre- pandemic levels last year, a stark sign of how the past five years of rising prices have limited Americans’ earnings and purchasing power. Median U.S. household income rose a healthy 2.6% in 2025 from the previous year, after adjusting for
MIAMI (AP) — A close ally of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro long described by U.S. officials as the ousted leader’s frontman pleaded guilty Tuesday to a single count of money laundering tied to an alleged bribery conspiracy to win lucrative government contracts in the South American coun
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is stripping tens of millions of dollars in U.S. military assistance from countries in Europe and the Middle East to support conservative-leaning governments in Central and South America. The State Department on Tuesday notified Congress that it will reprog
By Sriparna Roy Sept 15 (Reuters) – The Pennsylvania Department of Health on Tuesday reported two more measles-associated deaths, both in unvaccinated individuals, bringing the state’s total fatalities linked to the disease outbreak to four. One individual lived in Jefferson County, while the other
TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday that Canada intends to emerge from its trade war with the United States as a more resilient and independent economy, signaling that Ottawa is prepared to wait for the right conditions rather than rush into a deal with Washington. “And t
By Danielle Kaye NEW YORK, Sept 15 (Reuters) – The head of the Council of Fashion Designers of America has taken leave from his role after physically restraining animal rights activists at a New York Fashion Week runway show on Sunday, an incident that reverberated online and throughout the city’s f
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday went after the Supreme Court after it rejected his push to restrict mail-in voting in this year’s midterms, saying justices who opposed him were “not the people I interviewed.” His social media missive was just the latest in a long history of Trump
WASHINGTON—(SRN NEWS) The Supreme Court has blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a new Postal Service rule governing mail-in ballots ahead of the November midterm elections, leaving in place a lower-court order that says the regulation is likely unlawful. The court’s brief order, issued M
(Corrects income increase to 2.6% from 6%) WASHINGTON, Sept 15 (Reuters) – The U.S. poverty rate edged down in 2025, while median household income hit a record high, the government said on Tuesday, The Census Bureau said the poverty rate — the percentage of people living in poverty — dipped 0.5 perc
The board of the Kennedy Center voted on Tuesday to close over financial issues and a dispute over putting President Donald Trump’s name on the iconic performing arts venue, according to people familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity. The move came after a federal judge blocked
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has confirmed for the first time that it has deployed weapons in space. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink told the Air and Space Cyber Conference in Maryland on Monday that the U.S. has fielded “on-orbit space control weapons capable of defending the Joint Force agai
MANZINI, Eswatini (AP) — Soldiers in the African nation of Eswatini accidentally shot two U.S. government personnel last week, the country’s government said. The U.S. personnel were shot during an anti-smuggling operation by the Eswatini army in a rural region in the northeast of the country late Fr
JEFFERSON, N.C. (AP) — First lady Melania Trump is visiting northwestern North Carolina on Tuesday to talk to elementary school students, teachers and staff about how they’re using technology in the classroom. Her long-planned trip to Ashe County comes as tech and political leaders debate about how
WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director Kash Patel on Tuesday defended the bureau’s loosening of hiring standards regarding an applicant’s past experience with prostitution and bestiality, insisting that the changes were meant to enable victims of those acts to be considered for employment without fear of au
