Texas has stopped providing new funding toward building a U.S.-Mexico border wall after lawmakers quietly approved a new budget that does not include funding for the project. It's a shift in course …
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By NADIA LATHAN
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6/17/25
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Louisiana soon could raise taxes on sports betting to help finance the athletic departments at many of its public universities. Legislation pending before Gov. Jeff Landry would make Louisiana the …
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By DAVID A. LIEB
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6/17/25
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7 suspects identified in a $100M jewelry heist near Los Angeles, thought to be largest in US history
Seven people have been charged with stealing $100 million worth of diamonds, emeralds and more from an armored truck in July 2022 at a freeway rest stop north of Los Angeles. Federal authorities said …
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6/17/25
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A federal court has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from clawing back millions in public health funding for four Democrat-led municipalities in GOP-governed states. It’s the second …
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By DEVI SHASTRI
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6/17/25
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A proposal by Senate Republicans would adjust the pace at which some crucial home energy efficiency and electric vehicle tax credits are phased out in timelines different from what House Republicans …
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By ALEXA ST. JOHN
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6/17/25
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New York City comptroller and Democratic mayoral candidate Brad Lander has been arrested at a federal building in Manhattan as he was trying to accompany a person out of an immigration courtroom. A …
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By CEDAR ATTANASIO
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6/17/25
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A judge ruled that the Alabama man accused of killing 18 people in 2023 and 2024, including two mass shootings, will go to trial in April next year. Damien McDaniel could face the death penalty for …
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By SAFIYAH RIDDLE
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6/17/25
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A federal appeals court in San Francisco is set to hear arguments on whether the Trump administration should return control of National Guard troops to California. The Guard troops were deployed …
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By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ
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6/17/25
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A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from limiting passport sex markers for many transgender and nonbinary Americans. The ruling covers transgender and nonbinary Americans who are …
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By MICHAEL CASEY
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6/17/25
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President Donald Trump has suggested that he would likely extend a deadline for TikTok’s Chinese owner to divest the popular video sharing app. Trump had signed an order in early April to keep …
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6/17/25
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A jury found Monday that MyPillow founder Mike Lindell defamed a former employee of a prominent voting equipment company by calling him a traitor, telling him and his online media platform to pay …
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By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and COLLEEN SLEVIN
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6/17/25
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Hopes that Sean “Diddy” Combs might testify at his federal sex trafficking trial have faded after his lawyer predicted a defense presentation lasting two to five days. The defense made the …
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By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER
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6/17/25
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Authorities can’t enforce a new Florida law making it a misdemeanor for people in the U.S. illegally to enter the state while the law is being challenged in court. That's according to two new …
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER
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6/17/25
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Oil prices have resumed their upward climb and U.S. futures are lower after Israel's military issued an evacuation warning to 330,000 people in Iran's capital Tehran. Asian shares were mixed early …
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By ELAINE KURTENBACH
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6/17/25
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From a legislator in downtown Minneapolis to a veteran Ohio congresswoman, many lawmakers included in the suspected Minnesota gunman’s list of targets are vowing not to bow down. An acting U.S. …
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By RIO YAMAT and HALLIE GOLDEN
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6/17/25
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There's a split among President Donald Trump and some of his most devout MAGA supporters as Trump weighs how the U.S. should proceed in the conflict between Israel and Iran. The decision of whether …
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By MEG KINNARD and THOMAS BEAUMONT
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6/17/25
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The trustee overseeing Alex Jones’ personal bankruptcy case is accusing the far-right conspiracy theorist of trying to shield more than $5 million from his creditors. The trustee filed lawsuits on …
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By DAVE COLLINS
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6/17/25
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The prosecution is resting its case in Karen Read’s second murder trial after a battery of witnesses and presentation of new evidence. Read is accused of fatally striking her boyfriend, Boston …
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By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and PATRICK WHITTLE
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6/17/25
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Mother Emanuel AME church made an ecumenical gesture for the commemoration of a racist shooting that killed nine of its Black members 10 years ago on Tuesday. The church invited members of a …
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By JEFFREY COLLINS
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6/17/25
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The NAACP has filed an intent to sue Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company over air pollution from a supercomputer data center in Memphis. The court filing Tuesday accuses xAI of pushing …
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By ADRIAN SAINZ
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6/17/25
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