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U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens enters race to represent Michigan in U.S. Senate

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Fourth-term U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens has launched her run for Michigan’s open U.S. Senate seat on Tuesday with a video focused on the economic crisis caused by President Donald Trump’s volatile tariffs policies. Walking through a lot full of pickup ...
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Harvard University sues to block Trump from slashing billions in research funding

By Jack Queen (Reuters) -Harvard University sued on Monday to block U.S. President Donald Trump from freezing billions of dollars in federal funding after the elite research institution rejected a list of White House demands that it said would undermine its independence.  The lawsuit filed in ...
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Explainer-What’s known about whether Trump can fire Powell from the Fed

(Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Monday kept up his verbal assault on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell over the Fed’s refusal for now to further cut interest rates, rattling financial markets growing ever more fearful that Trump may ultimately ...
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US academic leaders unite against Trump’s higher education policies

By Helen Coster NEW YORK (Reuters) -Over 100 university, college and scholarly society presidents published a joint statement on Tuesday opposing the Trump administration’s treatment of higher education institutions, coming together to speak out after Harvard University said the administration was threatening its independence.  The statement, ...
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Colorado fights Trump administration bid to help imprisoned loyalist Tina Peters

DENVER (AP) — Colorado officials say President Donald Trump’s administration appears to be wielding its “political power” to give unprecedented help to a former county election clerk who was convicted of allowing Trump supporters to access election equipment after his 2020 defeat. The U.S. ...
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Mayor of Mississippi’s capital city fights for third term despite federal bribery indictment

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The mayor of Mississippi’s capital city, who’s under indictment on federal bribery and conspiracy charges, is fighting to keep his job. In a matchup Jackson voters have seen before, Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, seeking a third term, faces state Sen. ...
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Trump adds a second endorsement in the race to be next Arizona governor

PHOENIX, Ariz. (AP) — President Donald Trump added another endorsement in next year’s Republican primary for Arizona governor, saying Monday that he was backing U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs in addition to his previously announced endorsement of housing developer Karrin Taylor Robson. Trump’s endorsement of Robson ...
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US invokes RICO law in charging more alleged Venezuelan gang members

By Brad Brooks (Reuters) – More than two dozen people whom the U.S. government says are current or past members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua have been charged with murder, sex trafficking and other crimes under a federal law ...
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US Education Department to resume collecting student loans in default

By Kanishka Singh and Ismail Shakil WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Education said on Monday it will resume collecting federal student repayments from borrowers in default from May 5 after a pause of more than five years. The resumption will impact more than 5 million ...
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Trump approval rating dips; many wary of his wielding of power

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s public approval rating edged down to its lowest level since his return to the White House, as Americans showed signs of wariness over his efforts to broaden his power, a Reuters/Ipsos poll that closed on Monday found. Some 42% ...
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A jury found Nebraska’s Republican Party defamed one of its own candidates in 2020

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A jury has found that the Nebraska Republican Party defamed one of its own candidates during an ugly legislative race five years ago and ordered it to pay her $500,000. The Lancaster County jury sided with Janet Palmtag on Friday ...
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Trump approval rating dips; many wary of his wielding of power, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds

By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s public approval rating edged down to its lowest level since his return to the White House, as Americans showed signs of wariness over his efforts to broaden his power, a Reuters/Ipsos poll ...
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