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Camp Mystic 'grieving the loss' of 27 campers and counselors following catastrophic Texas floods
July 7, 2025
By JIM VERTUNO and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — Camp Mystic says it is “grieving the loss” of 27 campers and counselors as the search continued Monday for victims of catastrophic Texas flooding over the Fourth of... Read More
The House gives final approval to Trump's big tax bill and sends it to him to sign
July 3, 2025
By LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK and LEAH ASKARINAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans propelled President Donald Trump’s $4.5 trillion tax breaks and spending cuts bill to final congressional passage Thursday, overcoming multiple setbacks to approve his signature... Read More
House Republicans are pushing Trump's big bill to the brink of passage
July 3, 2025
By LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK and LEAH ASKARINAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are ready to vote on President Donald Trump’s $4.5 trillion tax breaks and spending cuts bill early Thursday, up all night as GOP leaders... Read More
Roadless Rule rescinded, commission responds
July 3, 2025
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced during a meeting of the Western Governors’ Association in New Mexico this past June, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is rescinding the 2001 Roadless Rule. The USDA reports rescinding this rule... Read More
Senate passes Trump's big tax breaks and spending cuts bill as Vance breaks 50-50 tie
July 1, 2025
By LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK and MATT BROWN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans hauled President Donald Trump’s big tax breaks and spending cuts bill to passage Tuesday on the narrowest of margins, pushing past opposition from Democrats... Read More
US stocks add more gains to their all-time high
June 30, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are adding to their records as Wall Street nears the finish of a second straight winning month. The S&P 500 rose 0.3% Monday in its first trading after completing a stunning rebound from its... Read More
Thousands gather across Wyoming to protest proposal to sell public land
June 27, 2025
‘This is our land’ By Noah Zahn Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — Thousands of Wyomingites of all political parties gathered across the state Thursday evening, including around 500 in Cheyenne, to protest the proposed... Read More
GOP tax bill would ease regulations on gun silencers and some rifles and shotguns
June 24, 2025
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The massive tax and spending cuts package that President Donald Trump wants on his desk by July 4 would loosen regulations on gun silencers and certain types of rifles and shotguns,... Read More
Truckers fear job loss as new English language rules take effect
June 24, 2025
By CATHY BUSSEWITZ Associated Press LINDEN, New Jersey (AP) — At a trucking school in New Jersey, students are maneuvering 18-wheelers around traffic cones. Other future drivers look under hoods to perform safety checks, narrating as they examine steering hoses... Read More
Oil prices drop sharply, and stocks rally worldwide after announcement of Israel-Iran ceasefire
June 24, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices are dropping further, and stocks are rallying worldwide Tuesday on hopes that Israel’s war with Iran will not damage the global flow of crude, even if a tentative truce seemed to fray under fire... Read More
US confirms missile attack from Iran on air base in Qatar
June 23, 2025
By DAVID RISING, JON GAMBRELL and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Defense Department official is confirming a missile attack from Iran on a U.S. military base in Qatar but says no casualties have been... Read More
Oil prices flip-flop and US stocks drift as Wall Street waits for Iran's reaction to US strikes
June 23, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices are flip-flopping and the U.S. stock market is holding relatively steady following the United States’ bunker-busting entry into Israel’s war with Iran. Oil jumped as much as 4% shortly after trading began on Sunday... Read More
Would you hail a 'robotaxi'? Musk bets cabs will give Tesla a lift after boycotts and sales plunge
June 22, 2025
By BERNARD CONDON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Elon Musk promised in 2019 that driverless Tesla “robotaxis” would be on the road “next year,” but it didn’t happen. A year later, he promised to deliver them the next... Read More
US inserts itself into Israel's war with Iran, strikes 3 Iranian nuclear sites
June 21, 2025
By SAM MEDNICK, AAMER MADHANI and DAVID RISING Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The United States struck three sites in Iran early Sunday, inserting itself into Israel ‘s war aimed at destroying the country’s nuclear program in a... Read More
Purdue Pharma's $7B opioid settlement plan could get votes from victims and cities
June 20, 2025
By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma ‘s $7 billion-plus plan to settle thousands of lawsuits over the toll of opioids will go before a judge Friday, potentially setting up votes on whether to accept it for... Read More
Federal Reserve leaves its key rate unchanged but sees two cuts this year
June 18, 2025
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials expect inflation to worsen in the coming months but they still foresee two interest rate cuts by the end of this year, the same as they projected in... Read More
Trump vetoed Israeli plan to kill Iran's supreme leader, US official tells AP
June 15, 2025
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump vetoed a plan presented by Israel to the U.S. to kill Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to a U.S. official familiar with the matter. The Israelis... Read More
Authorities still searching for suspect in shooting of 2 Minnesota state lawmakers
June 14, 2025
By TIM SULLIVAN and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. (AP) — Hundreds of law officers fanned out across a Minneapolis suburb Saturday in pursuit of a man who authorities say posed as a police officer and fatally... Read More
US helps Israel shoot down barrage of Iranian missiles
June 13, 2025
By TARA COPP and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — American air defense systems and Navy assets in the Middle East helped Israel shoot down incoming ballistic missiles Friday that Tehran launched in response to Israeli strikes on... Read More
Oil prices leap 6% and stocks slip on worries about what will happen to the crude market
June 13, 2025
By STAN CHOE, DAVID McHUGH and JIANG JUNZHE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices are leaping, and stocks are slipping Friday on worries that Israel’s attack on Iranian nuclear and military targets could escalate further and damage the... Read More