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Johnson vows to try again after GOP holdouts block action on Trump's 'big, beautiful' budget bill

April 10, 2025

By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — After abruptly halting votes, House Speaker Mike Johnson vowed to try again Thursday to approve a Republican budget framework, having worked into the night to satisfy GOP holdouts who... Read More

Trump signs executive orders to boost coal

April 9, 2025

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a series of executive orders aimed at boosting the struggling coal industry, a reliable but polluting energy source that’s long been in decline. Under the four... Read More

White House keeps world guessing as clock ticks down to Trump's new tariffs

April 8, 2025

By CHRIS MEGERIAN, JOSH BOAK and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Less than one hour before the stock market closed on Monday, journalists gathered in the Oval Office for their only chance of the day to ask President... Read More

Why water fluoridation is under fire in the US

April 8, 2025

By MIKE STOBBE and KASTURI PANANJADY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said he wants communities to stop fluoridating water, and he is setting the gears of government in motion to help... Read More

Here's how the new NFL rules on kickoffs and overtime will work

April 6, 2025

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer The one-year trial version of the dynamic kickoff in the NFL led to an uptick in the return rate that wasn’t quite as much as the league had hoped. Now the new form... Read More

Once again, Trump administration asks western Wyoming foresters to resign

April 4, 2025

  By Billy Arnold Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — Warning that future cuts to the federal workforce are inbound, the Trump administration is, once again, asking U.S. Forest Service workers in Jackson Hole — and elsewhere... Read More

Former Utah Rep. Mia Love, the first Black Republican woman elected to the US House, has died

March 24, 2025

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Mia Love of Utah, a daughter of Haitian immigrants who became the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress, died Sunday. She was 49. Love’s... Read More

Trump has ordered the dismantling of the Education Department. Here's what it does

March 21, 2025

By ANNIE MA and COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Moving to fulfill a campaign promise, President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday calling for the dismantling of the Education Department, an agency Republicans have talked about... Read More

NASA's stuck astronauts welcome their newly arrived replacements to the space station

March 16, 2025

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Just over a day after blasting off, a SpaceX crew capsule arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday, delivering the replacements for NASA’s two stuck astronauts. The four... Read More

Star Valley libraries partner with Neighborhood Forest to give free trees to kids

March 12, 2025

  Sign-up at www.neighborhoodforest.org Local libraries in Star Valley are collaborating with Neighborhood Forest to offer children the opportunity to plant and nurture their own trees through the Free Trees for Kids program. This initiative aims to educate youth about... Read More

North Korea fires several ballistic missiles after the US and South Korea began military drills

March 10, 2025

By KIM TONG-HYUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired several ballistic missiles into the sea Monday, South Korea’s military said, hours after South Korean and U.S. troops kicked off their large annual combined... Read More

Secretary of State Rubio says purge of USAID programs complete, with 83% of agency's programs gone

March 10, 2025

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday the Trump administration had finished its six-week purge of programs of the six-decade-old U.S. Agency for International Development, and said he would move the 18%... Read More

How to watch the first joint address to Congress of Trump's second term

March 3, 2025

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday night will deliver the first joint congressional address of his second presidency. It’s not officially called the State of the Union, a title reserved for a president’s... Read More

Private lunar lander Blue Ghost aces moon touchdown with a special delivery for NASA

March 2, 2025

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private lunar lander carrying a drill, vacuum and other experiments for NASA touched down on the moon Sunday, the latest in a string of companies looking to kickstart... Read More

Oscar-winner Gene Hackman, wife Betsy Arakawa and their dog were dead for some time, warrant shows

February 27, 2025

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN, FELICIA FONSECA and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Oscar-winner Gene Hackman, his wife and their dog were found dead in different rooms of their Santa Fe home and had apparently been dead... Read More

Asteroid 2024 YR4 is no longer a threat to Earth, scientists say

February 25, 2025

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Scientists have finally given the all-clear to Earth from a newly discovered asteroid. After two months of observations, scientists have almost fully ruled out any threat from the asteroid... Read More

Ex-Secret Service agent and conservative media personality Dan Bongino picked as FBI deputy director

February 24, 2025

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Dan Bongino, a former U.S. Secret Service agent who ran unsuccessfully for office and gained fame as a conservative pundit with TV shows and a popular podcast, has... Read More

What to know about Fort Knox's gold depository

February 23, 2025

By REBECCA REYNOLDS The Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — President Donald Trump says Elon Musk will be looking at Fort Knox, the legendary depository in Kentucky for American gold reserves, to make sure the gold is still there. Treasury... Read More

Pope Francis is conscious and receiving supplemental oxygen following a respiratory crisis

February 23, 2025

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis was conscious but still receiving high flows of supplemental oxygen Sunday following a respiratory crisis and blood transfusions, as he remains in critical condition with a complex lung infection, the... Read More

Former Game & Fish Director nominated to lead U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

February 22, 2025

Provided by Wyoming Game & Fish CHEYENNE — Former Wyoming Game & Fish Department Director Brian Nesvik was nominated by the Trump administration to be the next U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director. The nomination was announced Feb. 12. “Brian is... Read More