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Nebraska Republican Sen. Pete Ricketts faces occasional jeers as he defends Trump’s cuts

KEARNEY, Nebraska (AP) — Nebraska Sen. Pete Ricketts on Thursday repeatedly returned to his call for spending cuts amid grumbles from a central Nebraska audience during a public meeting that illustrated the tension between some voters in the country and Republicans. And though Ricketts ...
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US Democrats try to head off intra-party challenges ahead of 2026 elections

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The head of the Democratic National Committee on Thursday issued a warning to a senior party official to back away from plans to help finance progressive primary challenges to Democratic incumbents running for re-election in the 2026 midterm elections, according to media ...
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Exclusive-US Justice Dept grant cuts valued at $811 million, people familiar say

By Sarah N. Lynch and Peter Eisler WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department is terminating grants totaling $811 million for a wide range of services to crime victims, including trauma recovery centers and sign language interpretation, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. The grants ...
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Judge halts parts of Trump’s overhaul of US elections, including proof-of-citizenship requirement

NEW YORK (AP) — A judge on Thursday blocked the Trump administration from immediately enacting certain changes to how federal elections are run, including adding a proof-of-citizenship requirement to the federal voter registration form. The decision is a setback for President Donald Trump, who has ...
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US judges block Trump’s ability to withhold school funds over DEI

By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -Federal judges in Maryland and New Hampshire on Thursday blocked Republican President Donald Trump’s administration from following through on threats to cut off funding to public schools that engage in diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. The dual rulings came in lawsuits by ...
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Judge blocks parts of Trump’s overhaul of US elections, including proof-of-citizenship requirement

NEW YORK (AP) — A judge on Thursday blocked the Trump administration from immediately enacting certain changes to how federal elections are run, including adding a proof-of-citizenship requirement to the federal voter registration form. President Donald Trump had called for that and other sweeping changes ...
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US judge limits Trump’s ability to withhold school funds over DEI

By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -A federal judge in New Hampshire on Thursday restricted the ability of Republican President Donald Trump’s administration to cut off funding to public schools that engage in diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. U.S. District Judge Landya McCafferty in Concord issued a preliminary ...
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US election officials question agency about Trump’s order overhauling election operations

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — State and local election officials from around the country on Thursday questioned the leaders of a federal agency tasked by President Donald Trump with implementing parts of his sweeping election overhaul executive order, with some expressing concerns about the consequences ...
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Trump US attorney nominee distances himself from antisemitic Jan. 6 rioter he once praised

(WASHINGTON) -- Ed Martin, President Donald Trump's nominee for the next U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., apologized in a new interview for his past praise of a Jan. 6 rioter who had a lengthy history of antisemitic statements and infamously posted photos of himself ...
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Judge blocks Trump administration from requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote

(WASHINGTON) -- Donald Trump’s unilateral effort to reshape election processes is an attempt to “short-circuit Congress’s deliberative process by executive order,” a federal judge in Washington, D.C. wrote Thursday afternoon.In a 120-page opinion, U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly blocked the Trump administration from requiring ...
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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Canada’s federal elections

WASHINGTON (AP) — Canadians will vote in federal elections that follow a tumultuous several months defined by U.S. President Donald Trump ’s often unpredictable global tariff policies and his calls for Canada to become the 51st U.S. state. Prime Minister Mark Carney called for Monday’s ...
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Trump expected to sign deep-sea mining executive order on Thursday – sources

By Ernest Scheyder and Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Thursday to boost the deep-sea mining industry, the latest attempt to tap international deposits of nickel, copper and other critical minerals used widely across the economy. The ...
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