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Trump crackdown on protests and immigration led to Islamophobia, Muslim group says

WASHINGTON, March 10 (Reuters) - Record high Islamophobia in the U.S. in 2025 was driven in part by President Donald Trump's crackdown against pro-Palestinian protests and immigration, a Muslim advocacy group said on Tuesday. The Council on American-Islamic Relations said it recorded 8,683 anti-Muslim and ...
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In a time of war with Iran, Americans unite in aggravation over sticker shock at the gas pump

DE SOTO, Iowa (AP) - Standing alongside his son's Ford pickup truck at a central Iowa gas station off Interstate 80, Francisco Castillo was not happy. He had voted for President Donald Trump in the last election. He believed Trump had strengthened the economy in ...
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Georgia voters choosing a successor to Marjorie Taylor Greene in US House

ATLANTA (AP) - Months after Marjorie Taylor Greene resigned from Congress after a falling out with President Donald Trump, voters in her Georgia district will vote for her successor in a special election Tuesday. With top candidates including Republicans Clay Fuller and Colton Moore and ...
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Mississippi voters to decide whether to send longtime Rep. Thompson back to Washington

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi Democrats on Tuesday will decide between longtime U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson and his 34-year-old primary challenger in a race that reflects generational struggle for control of the party. Thompson, a 78-year-old civil rights leader who chaired the House Jan. ...
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Democratic US senators demand immediate hearings on Iran war

By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, March 9 (Reuters) - Six Democrats in the U.S. Senate on Monday said they are embarking on an intensified campaign for public hearings on the Iran war, with top Trump administration officials testifying under oath and to take steps to interrupt ...
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Trump dismisses soaring gas prices as ‘a little glitch’ of Iran war, but potential political costs loom

(WASHINGTON) -- Ten days into the U.S. war with Iran, Americans are starting to feel the economic fallout as oil and gas prices soar.Gas prices skyrocketed to a national average of $3.47 on Monday, up nearly 50 cents from last week, according to data ...
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Fed Chair Powell held 13 calls with US lawmakers in week after DOJ probe disclosure

March 9 (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell had a flurry of calls with U.S. lawmakers in the week following his January 11 disclosure of a Department of Justice investigation into his statements to Congress, his calendar shows. The calendar notations did not indicate ...
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Conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court justice is retiring, giving liberals chance to expand majority

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court justice first elected in 2007 announced Monday that she will not seek a third 10-year term next year, giving liberals another chance to expand their majority as cases affecting redistricting, union rights, school funding and ...
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Pentagon IDs 7th US service member killed in Iran war

(WASHINGTON) -- The Defense Department on Monday identified another U.S. service member who died following the opening wave of Iranian retaliatory attacks across the Middle East, marking the seventh U.S. service member to die in the war with Iran. Sgt. Benjamin Pennington, 26, died ...
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White House fires NTSB board member after reports of concerning behavior

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, March 9 (Reuters) - The White House said on Monday it had fired National Transportation Safety Board member Todd Inman after receiving reports of inappropriate behavior and failing to attend meetings. White House spokesman Kush Desai said Inman was lawfully removed from ...
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Sen. Andy Kim introduces bill to combat illiteracy: ‘Reading unlocks life-long success’

(WASHINGTON) -- Senator Andy Kim, D-N.J., is aiming to tackle the nation's literacy crisis with a new bill focused on increasing children's access to books.Kim will introduce his "Open Books, Open Doors Act" on Monday, urging the Department of Education to authorize $100 million ...
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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Georgia’s special congressional election

WASHINGTON (AP) - All political roads lead to Rome. Rome, Georgia, that is. Or at least they will on Tuesday, when voters in Georgia's 14th Congressional District will elect a replacement for former Republican U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who resigned in January following a ...
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