VALHALLA, N.Y. (AP) — President Joe Biden is blasting Republican demands for federal spending cuts as “devastating.” He made his case in a campaign-style speech to voters in Valhalla, New York, on Wednesday. At the same time, lawmakers met in Washington to try to find a path forward to lifting the government’s borrowing limit and…
President Joe Biden says his administration will write new rules to expand the rights of airline passengers. Biden said Monday that the rules will require airlines to compensate passengers and cover their meals and hotel rooms if they are stranded for reasons within the airline’s control. It’s the Democratic administration’s latest salvo at the airlines,…
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana Republican leaders have voted to bar a transgender state lawmaker who was silenced on the statehouse floor for comments against a bill to ban gender-affirming medical care for children. A protest against Democratic Rep. Zooey Zephyr being silenced disrupted the House session on Monday and she stood defiantly on the…
PARIS (AP) — World powers evacuated more people from Sudan on Wednesday in complex international operations prompted by an eruption of fighting that has sent thousands of foreigners and many more Sudanese people fleeing for safety. A French frigate carrying hundreds of evacuees docked Wednesday morning in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia as part of broader efforts…
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A spacecraft around Mars has sent back close-up photos of the red planet’s little moon. The United Arab Emirates spacecraft flew within 62 miles of Deimos last month. Called Amal _ Arabic for Hope, the spacecraft collected some of the most detailed images yet of the moon. It also observed…
WASHINGTON (AP) — A song featuring ex-President Donald Trump and a choir of prisoners charged with crimes related to the deadly Capitol insurrection briefly took the No. 1 spot on iTunes last month, edging out Taylor Swift. The song is another effort to whitewash Jan. 6, 2021, when the Republican president’s supporters broke into the…
In the span of six days, four young people across the U.S. have been shot — one fatally — for making one of the most ordinary mistakes in everyday life: showing up at the wrong place. A man shot and wounded two cheerleaders outside a Texas supermarket Tuesday after one of them said she mistakenly…
Anyone in the U.S. who has had a Facebook account at any time since May 24, 2007, can now apply for their share of a $725 million privacy settlement that parent company Meta has agreed to pay. Meta is paying to settle a lawsuit alleging the world’s largest social media platform allowed millions of its…
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is pledging to pass legislation to raise the nation’s debt ceiling — but only if coupled with a cap on future federal spending. In a speech Monday at the New York Stock Exchange, the Republican leader lashed out at President Joe Biden for refusing to engage in budget…
BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts Air National Guardsman has appeared in court, accused in the leak of highly classified military documents. The guardsman, Jack Teixeira, did not enter a plea at Friday’s hearing in Boston and was returned to detention pending his next appearance — next week. Meanwhile, prosecutors unsealed charges and revealed how billing…