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Trump envoy Witkoff says US cutting short Gaza ceasefire talks, bringing home negotiating team

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff said Thursday the U.S. is cutting short Gaza ceasefire talks and bringing home its negotiating team from Qatar for consultations ...

Jul 24, 2025

Democratic Gov. Tony Evers says he won't seek third term in battleground Wisconsin

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Wisconsin's Democratic governor, Tony Evers, announced Thursday that he will not seek a third term in 2026, creating the first open race for governor in the battleground state in ...

Jul 24, 2025

Most US adults still support legal abortion 3 years after Roe was overturned, an AP-NORC poll finds

Three years after the Supreme Court opened the door to state abortion bans, most U.S. adults continue to say abortion should be legal - views that look similar to before the landmark ruling. The new f...

Jul 24, 2025

Plane with 49 people crashes in Russia's Far East

MOSCOW (AP) - The wreckage of a plane that crashed while carrying 49 people has been found in Russia's Far East, local emergency services said Thursday. Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry said tha...

Jul 24, 2025

Thai and Cambodia soldiers fire at each other in disputed border area

BANGKOK (AP) - Thai and Cambodian soldiers fired at each other in contested border area Thursday after the nations downgraded their diplomatic relations in a rapidly escalating dispute. It was not imm...

Jul 23, 2025

Appeals court finds Trump’s effort to end birthright citizenship unconstitutional, upholds block

WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that President Donald Trump's order seeking to end birthright citizenship is unconstitutional, affirming a lower-court decision that blocked i...

Jul 23, 2025

Columbia University agrees to pay more than $220M in deal with Trump to restore federal funding

NEW YORK (AP) - Columbia University has reached a deal with the Trump administration to pay more than $220 million to the federal government to restore federal research money that was canceled in the ...

Jul 23, 2025

House subcommittee votes to subpoena Justice Department for Epstein files

WASHINGTON (AP) - A House subcommittee on Wednesday voted to subpoena the Department of Justice for files in the sex trafficking investigation into Jeffrey Epstein after Democrats successfully goaded ...

Jul 23, 2025

Judge bars ICE from immediately taking Abrego Garcia into custody if he’s released from jail

GREENBELT, Md. (AP) - A federal judge in Maryland has prohibited the Trump administration from taking Kilmar Abrego Garcia into immediate immigration custody if he's released from jail in Tennessee wh...

Jul 23, 2025

Judge rejects Trump administration effort to unseal Epstein grand jury records in Florida

A judge on Wednesday rejected a Trump administration request to unseal transcripts from grand jury investigations of Jeffrey Epstein years ago in Florida, though a similar records request is pending i...

Jul 23, 2025