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Judge hears arguments without immediately ruling in lawsuit over White House ban on 3 news outlets

WASHINGTON | A federal judge weighing whether to block President Donald Trump’s ban of three news outlets from White House grounds expressed some skepticism Wednesday in response to the government’s defense of the move. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly, who was nominated by Trump in 2017, didn’t rule from the bench after hearing arguments in […]

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Offshore Hurricane Polo sends rain into Mexico’s coast as Nolo nears Hawaii

MEXICO CITY | Powerful Hurricane Polo sent bands of heavy rain across Mexico’s Pacific coast Thursday as a growing Tropical Storm Nolo approached Hawaii with the potential for catastrophic flooding. Polo was forecast to maintain Category 5 strength as it skirts Mexico’s coast over the next few days. Rain and strong winds had already started […]

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Judge orders White House to restore access to CNN, MS NOW and Politico

NEW YORK | A federal judge temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s ban of three news outlets from the White House grounds, ordering early Thursday that CNN, MS NOW and Politico must have their access restored. The ruling hands the outlets at least a temporary reprieve in what has been an extraordinary showdown between Trump and […]

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Iowa judge dismisses Trump’s lawsuit against Des Moines Register and pollster

DES MOINES, Iowa | A judge on Wednesday dismissed Donald Trump’s lawsuit accusing The Des Moines Register and its former pollster of misrepresenting the state of the 2024 presidential race, rejecting the president’s claim that the newspaper’s poll coverage violated Iowa’s consumer fraud law. Calling the case extraordinary, Iowa District Judge Scott J. Beattie said […]

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Detainees recount stories of alleged medical neglect, abuses at Aurora GEO ICE immigration jail

AURORA | Immigrant rights advocates gathered outside the ICE detention facility Wednesday night in Aurora to hear accounts of alleged abuse from people detained inside the center. The press conference and protest focused on copies of complaints alleging civil rights violations, medical neglect, and lack of access to adequate nutrition by people who were held […]

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Meta bets big on wearable AI, new AI agent as Zuckerberg pushes back against AI doom

Meta is going all in on a consumer-friendly AI agent and pushing forward with AI-powered wearable devices during a moment in the industry when its CEO Mark Zuckerberg acknowledged it is a “wild time to be building.” At the company’s annual Connect conference on Wednesday, Zuckerberg opened his keynote address by saying “it’s no secret […]

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She lived to see ‘Deb’s law’ take effect. Now she can choose how she dies

CHICAGO | Deb Robertson counted the days, hoping she’d live long enough for a new Illinois law to go into effect that allows terminally ill people like her to use a lethal prescription to end their lives. A diagnosis of a rare, aggressive form of cancer had forced her into retirement after three decades of […]

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How rural voters are feeling about Trump as the midterms approach, according to a new AP-KFF poll

WASHINGTON | About half of rural American voters believe the economy is worse off now than when President Donald Trump returned to office, according to a new survey that points to economic frustration among a key group that has backed him and other Republicans in recent elections. The Associated Press, in partnership with KFF, polled […]