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WASHINGTON (AP) — With every passing day of the government shutdown, hundreds of thousands of federal employees furloughed or working without pay face mounting financial strain. And now they are confronting new uncertainty with the Trump administration’s promised layoffs.
Little progress has been made to end...
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The Latest: Social Security cost-of-living increase announcement delayed by government shutdown
The ongoing government shutdown is delaying the announcement of the annual Social Security cost-of-living adjustment for tens of millions of beneficiaries. Originally scheduled for Wednesday, the 2024 Social Security COLA announcement will now be Oct. 24. It is timed to the...
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Trump honors Charlie Kirk with Presidential Medal of Freedom on what would be his 32nd birthday
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday posthumously awarded America’s highest civilian honor to Charlie Kirk, the assassinated activist who inspired a generation of young conservatives and helped push the nation’s politics further to the...
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UN warns Colombia over mercury contamination in Atrato River, calls crisis a human rights emergency- This family visit to a military based ended with ICE deporting a Marine’s dad
- Democratic governors form a public health alliance in rebuke of Trump administration
- New York health officials confirm state’s first locally acquired case of chikungunya virus
- Florida judge grants protective order against US Rep. Cory Mills at request of ex-girlfriend
- Democrats say they won’t be intimidated by Trump’s threats as the shutdown enters a third week
- Texas Democrat Gina Hinojosa enters race for governor
- St. Louis sheriff jailed over accusation he meddled in an investigation
- New York confirms first locally acquired Chikungunya case in US since 2019
- Scientists hope underwater fiber-optic cables can help save endangered orcas
- UN agency says C02 levels hit record high last year, causing more extreme weather
- EIA expects heating US homes by electricity to cost more this winter than last year
- How Promote Giving, a new investment model, will raise millions for charities
- Shutdown is costing US economy $15 billion a day, Bessent says
- Why a Supreme Court case from Louisiana will matter for the future of the Voting Rights Act
- Rep. Moulton challenges Sen. Markey in Massachusetts, calls for new generation of Democratic leaders
- The government shutdown is putting a renewed spotlight on the cracks in the US aviation system
- Alaska storms drive 1,500 from their homes and 2 villages are decimated
- Social Security cost-of-living increase announcement delayed by government shutdown
- Trump’s approval on immigration drops among AAPI adults, new AAPI Data/AP-NORC poll finds
- Mississippi is set to execute a man convicted of raping and killing a college student
- Supreme Court seems inclined to limit race-based electoral districts under the Voting Rights Act
- LA County Board approves emergency declaration over immigration raids
- Officials airlift evacuees to safety after the remnants of Typhoon Halong devastate Alaska villages
- In Dallas, 6,700 women rally for culture war battles after Kirk’s death
- Appeals court backs Michigan school in banning ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ shirts
- US revokes visas for 6 foreigners over Charlie Kirk-related speech
- Suspect in killing of elderly NYC couple also tried to drain their bank accounts, prosecutors say
- High-speed Border Patrol chase ends in arrest, tear gas used on protesters on Chicago’s South Side
- State Department adviser charged with illegally retaining classified records
- Trump threatens to yank World Cup games from Boston though it’s up to FIFA to choose sites
- Driver following too close behind van charged in crash that killed 3 adults, 5 kids, officials say
- CDC set to lose quarter of staff with latest layoffs, union says
- US-India expert who advised US administrations arrested over secret documents
- Florida officials didn’t disclose funding request for ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ facility, lawsuit says
- Trump targets China cooking oil trade – but sales were already tanking
- Trump and budget chief Vought are making this a government shutdown unlike any other
- News organizations, including Hegseth’s former employer Fox, reject new Pentagon reporting rules
- US kills 6 people in strike on boat accused of carrying drugs near Venezuela, Trump says
- Some airports refuse to play Noem video on shutdown impact, saying it’s political
- Judge accuses Homeland Security of bullying states into accepting conditions to get FEMA money
- US government shutdown threatens home sales in flood-prone areas, report says
- Trump won’t ‘waste our time’ with Argentina if Milei loses in midterms
- US strike on alleged drug boat off Venezuela kills six, Trump says
- Pennsylvania man pleads guilty to arson attack on governor’s mansion
- US rejects bid to buy 167 million tons of coal on public lands for less than a penny per ton
- Alec and Stephen Baldwin escape injury after their vehicle hits a tree in New York
- US Judge sets 2027 trial for lawsuits over fatal plane, Army helicopter collision
- Humana loses challenge to 2025 Medicare Advantage ratings
- Trump administration flouted court order on FEMA grant funding, US judge rules
