New recruiting programs put Army, Air Force on track to meet enlistment goals. Navy will fall short
After several difficult years, the Army and Air Force say they are on track to meet their recruiting goals this year, reversing previous shortfalls using a swath of new programs and policy changes. But the Navy, while improving, expects once again to fall short.
Only 1 in 3 US adults think Trump acted illegally in New York hush money case, AP-NORC poll shows
The first criminal trial facing former President Donald Trump is also the one in which Americans are least convinced he committed a crime, a new AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll finds.
Salvage crews race against the clock to remove massive chunks of fallen Baltimore bridge
Nearly three weeks since Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed under the impact of a wayward cargo ship, crews are using the largest crane on the Eastern Seaboard to haul the wreckage to a nearby salvage yard.
Lottery, gambling bill heads to Alabama legislative conference committee for negotiations
Alabama lawmakers on Tuesday appointed a conference committee to try to negotiate a compromise on gambling legislation as the two chambers remain apart on whether to allow sports betting and multiple casinos in the state.
News organizations urge Biden and Trump to commit to presidential debates during the 2024 campaign
Twelve news organizations on Sunday urged presumptive presidential nominees Joe Biden and Donald Trump to agree to debates, saying they were a “rich tradition” that have been part of every general election campaign since 1976.
Facing a Republican revolt, House Speaker Johnson pushes ahead on US aid for Ukraine, allies
Defiant and determined, House Speaker Mike Johnson pushed back Tuesday against mounting Republican anger over his proposed U.S. aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other allies, and rejected a call to step aside or risk a vote to oust him from office.
House GOP sends Mayorkas impeachment articles to the Senate, forcing a trial
The House sent two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate on Tuesday, forcing a trial on allegations that he has “willfully and systematically” refused to enforce immigration laws.
Biden returns to his Scranton, Pennsylvania, roots to pitch his plan for higher taxes on the rich
President Joe Biden returned to his childhood hometown of Scranton on Tuesday to open three straight days of campaigning in Pennsylvania, capitalizing on the opportunity to work the battleground state while Donald Trump spends the week in a New York City courtroom for his first criminal trial.
US works to prevent an escalation across the Mideast as Biden pushes Israel to show restraint
The United States on Sunday highlighted its role in helping Israel thwart Iran’s aerial attack as President Joe Biden convened leaders of the Group of Seven countries in an effort to prevent a wider regional escalation and coordinate a global rebuke of Tehran.
House Speaker Mike Johnson says he will push for aid to Israel and Ukraine this week
House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday he will try to advance wartime aid for Israel this week as he attempts the difficult task of winning House approval for a national security package that also includes funding for Ukraine and allies in Asia.
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Progressive candidates are increasingly sharing their own abortion stories after Roe’s demise
For decades, only three people knew Gloria Johnson had had an abortion.
Democratic donors paid more than $1M for Biden’s legal bills for special counsel probe
Democratic donors covered more than $1 million in legal fees racked up by attorneys representing President Joe Biden in a yearlong special counsel probe into his handling of classified documents.
Many say Biden and Trump did more harm than good, but for different reasons, AP-NORC poll shows
There’s a reason why President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are spending so much time attacking each other — people don’t think either man has much to brag about when it comes to his own record. Americans generally think that while they were in the White House, both did more harm than good on key issues.
Robert MacNeil, creator and first anchor of PBS ‘NewsHour’ nightly newscast, dies at 93
Robert MacNeil, who created the even-handed, no-frills PBS newscast “The MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour” in the 1970s and co-anchored the show for with his late partner, Jim Lehrer, for two decades, died on Friday.
Manhattan court must find a dozen jurors to hear first-ever criminal case against a former president
Of the 1.4 million adults who live in Manhattan, a dozen are soon to become the first Americans to sit in judgment of a former president charged with a crime.
House Speaker Mike Johnson negotiating with White House to advance Ukraine aid
House Speaker Mike Johnson is negotiating with the White House as he prepares for the treacherous task of advancing wartime funding for Ukraine and Israel through the House, a top House Republican said Thursday.
Two Alabama inmates returning from work-release jobs die in crash
A van taking Alabama inmates from their jobs back to a work-release center crashed, killing two and injuring five others, authorities said.
The Biden administration will require thousands more gun dealers to run background checks on buyers
Thousands more firearms dealers across the United States will have to run background checks on buyers at gun shows or other places outside brick-and-mortar stores, according to a Biden administration rule that will soon go into effect.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg says Trump’s hush money criminal trial isn’t about politics
When he was elected two years ago as Manhattan’s first Black district attorney, Alvin Bragg spoke candidly about his unease with the job’s political demands. A former law professor, he’s more comfortable untangling complex legal questions than swaggering up to a podium.