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Senate confirms Bryan Bedford as FAA administrator

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Bryan Bedford as FAA administrator, putting a former airline executive in charge of the agency responsible for ensuring the safety and efficiency of the nation's air travel.The final vote was 53-43.Bedford, who previously served as ...
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A Georgia election with few voters: Turnout is ‘miserably low’ in the race for utility regulator

ATLANTA (AP) — Every time the door swings open this week at the county courthouse in the tiny south Georgia town of Statenville, six election workers have a moment to hope that someone is coming to vote. “Anybody that comes in pretty much has to ...
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Former Wisconsin clerk who failed to count ballots broke laws, the state’s elections commission says

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A “confluence of errors” including unlawful actions by the former clerk in Wisconsin’s capital city led to nearly 200 absentee ballots not being counted in the November presidential election, an investigation by the state elections commission released Wednesday concluded. Maribeth Witzel-Behl ...
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Trump welcomes IRS decision to let churches endorse political candidates

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday welcomed the Internal Revenue Service’s decision that houses of worship could endorse political candidates to their congregations without risking losing their status as tax-exempt nonprofits. “I love the fact that churches could endorse a political candidate,” Trump ...
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Trump promises West African leaders a pivot to trade

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump promised West African leaders a pivot from aid to trade during a White House meeting Wednesday.  Trump said he sees “great economic potential in Africa” as the leaders of Liberia, Senegal, Gabon, Mauritania and Guinea-Bissau boasted of their countries’ ...
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Student loan interest charges to kick back in for roughly 8 million borrowers

STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Roughly 8 million student loan borrowers will see their interest charges restart next month, the Department of Education announced Wednesday.Borrowers on the Biden-era Saving on a Valuable Education Plan -- about 7.7 million people -- will have interest charges return ...
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Appeals court overturns right-wing influencer’s conviction for spreading 2016 election falsehoods

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday overturned a self-styled right-wing propagandist’s conviction for spreading falsehoods on social media in an effort to suppress Democratic turnout in the 2016 presidential election. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan ordered a ...
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Trump says U.S. interest rate is at least 3 points too high

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday called on the Federal Reserve to lower the federal benchmark interest rate by at least 3 percentage points, renewing his call for the U.S. central bank to lower rates to help reduce the cost to service ...
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Los Angeles joins ACLU lawsuit against Trump’s immigration raids

(Reuters) -The city of Los Angeles and other Southern California municipalities are joining a lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s administration aimed at halting immigration raids that have spread panic among immigrant communities and sparked widespread protests. The lawsuit, filed last week by the American Civil ...
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Wisconsin Republican compares himself to Trump as he launches his bid for governor

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A suburban Milwaukee businessman, former Navy SEAL and political newcomer entered Wisconsin’s race for governor Wednesday, likening himself to President Donald Trump and promising a “Wisconsin First” agenda. Bill Berrien, 56, becomes the second Republican to announce for the 2026 contest. ...
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Dr. Kevin O’Connor, Biden’s physician, sits for interview with GOP-led committee

Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Dr. Kevin O'Connor, former President Joe Biden's physician, is appearing before the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday for a closed-door, transcribed interview.O'Connor was subpoenaed by Committee Chairman James Comer as part of a Republican-led investigation into Biden's ...
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Trump appointees have ties to companies that stand to benefit from privatizing weather forecasts

WASHINGTON (AP) — As commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick oversees the U.S. government’s vast efforts to monitor and predict the weather. The billionaire also ran a financial firm, which he recently left in the control of his adult sons, that stands to benefit if President Donald ...
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