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FACT FOCUS: The poverty rate is at an all-time low, but there are other factors to consider
President Donald Trump is adding to the economic numbers he touts, claiming the lowest poverty numbers in history. In part, he is correct. His comments, made Sunday and again Monday, are supported by the Census Bureau’s latest annual poverty report, released earlier this month, which found that the poverty rate in 2025 was the lowest […]
Republican redistricting in Texas and Florida may not turn out as Trump had hoped
HARLINGEN, Texas | Eric Flores, a former federal prosecutor and Army National Guard infantry captain, was one of the Republican Party’s prized recruits in this year’s midterm elections. With help from a redrawn congressional map in Texas, he seemed primed to dislodge longtime Democratic Rep. Vicente Gonzalez in a region that swung toward Donald Trump […]
AP investigation: Warnings ignored as Venezuela coastal towers faced quake forces they couldn’t take
CARABALLEDA, Venezuela | Scientists had warned the government not to build along Venezuela’s coastal strip of La Guaira. The area’s seaside Caribbean communities, not far from Caracas, were near a major fault line and a mountain range that had unleashed repeated, destructive natural disasters. The soil was poor, a type of silt that would only […]
Trump’s shift from ‘Housing First’ is causing upheaval for homelessness programs and many they serve
LOUISVILLE, Ky. | Light streamed through stained-glass windows in a former church, illuminating long white tables where weary men gathered. Johnny Henderson was glad for the rest. The 71-year-old — who has one arm, heart disease and vision problems — slept on the street the night before. Henderson is a regular at the St. John […]
US economy grew a solid 2.2% in the second quarter, government says, upgrading previous estimate
WASHINGTON | The U.S. economy grew at a solid 2.2% pace from April through June as consumer spending and business investment came in strong. Growth in gross domestic product — the nation’s output of a goods and services — decelerated from a 2.5% pace from January through March, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday. The second-quarter […]
Trump will unveil $54 billion in South Korean investment in Alaska, site of a tight Senate race
WASHINGTON | President Donald Trump is expected to announce on Wednesday plans for South Korea to invest roughly $54 billion in a project to export natural gas from Alaska, a proposal long backed by Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan, who’s in a competitive reelection contest there. The investment would mark the second time this week that […]
Court halts execution of Christa Gail Pike in Tennessee for a murder she committed at age 18
NASHVILLE, Tenn. | Tennessee’s execution of Christa Gail Pike for a murder she committed at age 18 was halted Wednesday about an hour before it was set to begin, as a federal appeals court sought to review whether her allegations of childhood sexual abuse and rape were fully considered at her sentencing. This would have […]
US can deport the leader of Wisconsin’s largest mosque on foreign policy grounds, judge rules
CHICAGO | The U.S. can deport the leader of Wisconsin’s largest mosque — an outspoken advocate of Palestinian rights — on the grounds that he is a threat to national security, an immigration judge ruled Wednesday. Salah Sarsour was detained in Milwaukee in March by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. A federal judge ordered […]
Lethal injection of Christa Gail Pike by Tennessee prison staff fails, witnesses say
NASHVILLE | Tennessee officials were unable to put Christa Gail Pike to death Wednesday for a 1995 murder after administering two doses of a lethal drug. A death penalty expert said it was an unprecedented failure. Pike was alive and loudly snoring after the attempted lethal injection and taken by ambulance from the prison, her […]
Federal prosecutors charge Venezuelan man shot by ICE agent in Texas with assaulting an officer
AUSTIN, Texas | Federal prosecutors on Tuesday announced an assault charge against a Venezuelan delivery driver who was shot in his car by a federal immigration agent in Texas, accusing the man of striking an officer with his side mirror while trying to drive away. Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, was charged with one count […]