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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is used to getting his way in the state capital, with a tight grip on the GOP-controlled Legislature, where once-pliant lawmakers hustled his priorities and helped him build his national brand. But not this year. DeSantis’ second-to-last legislative session in Tallahassee has been defined by interparty […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House plans to cut staffing at the CIA and other intelligence agencies, including the National Security Agency, Trump administration officials told members of Congress, The Washington Post reported Friday. A person familiar with the plan but not authorized to discuss it publicly confirmed the changes to The Associated Press on
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Judge Beryl Howell, in a Friday ruling, blocked Donald Trump’s executive order against Perkins Coie. Howell called Trump’s efforts to target lawyers a “cringe-worthy” twist on Shakespearean villainy. Howell’s ruling is the first decision fully blocking one of Trump’s orders against Big Law firms. US District Judge Beryl Howell, in a scathing Friday ruling, struck
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration apparently has backed away from a proposal to eliminate funding for Head Start, the early education program that serves some of the nation’s neediest preschoolers. Backers of the six-decade-old program, which educates more than half a million children from low-income and homeless families, had been fretting after a leaked
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump said on Friday the U.S. was in a “transition period” and was going to do “fantastically” while downplaying the impact any short-term recession may have. When asked during an interview with NBC News whether it would be OK to have a recession in the short term, Trump said: “Look, yeah,
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army on Friday confirmed there will be a military parade on President Donald Trump’s birthday in June, as part of the celebrations around the service’s 250th birthday. Plans for the parade, as first detailed by The Associated Press on Thursday, call for about 6,600 soldiers to march from Arlington, Virginia, to
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin said on Friday that he would trim Virginia’s budget by $900 million in light of next year’s tax revenue projections, which could decrease as the White House’s reshaping of federal spending spurs economic uncertainty in the state. At a news conference, Youngkin announced he had signed the
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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday agreed to halt all efforts to freeze funds intended for a Maine child nutrition program after initially suspending those dollars due to a disagreement between the state and Trump over transgender athletes. In response, the state will drop its lawsuit that had been filed against
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida voters have long been able to use the citizens’ initiative process to bypass the Republican-dominated Legislature and advance progressive policies such as raising the minimum wage, legalizing medical marijuana and restoring the voting rights of people with felony convictions. State lawmakers gave final approval Friday to adding new hurdles for
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration is conducting a nationwide, multi-agency review of 450,000 migrant children who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border without their parents during President Joe Biden’s term. Trump officials say they want to track down those children and ensure their safety. Many of the children came to the U.S. during surges at
