Posted 9:11 AM 3/26/2026 by MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press

Growth rates in U.S. metro areas dropped the steepest last year in communities along the border with Mexico because of declines in immigrants, while counties along Florida's Gulf Coast lost residents due to a series of hurricanes, according to population estimates released Thursday by the U.S. (More)...

Posted 4:25 PM 3/25/2026 by LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Transportation Security Administration may have to shut down operations at some airports as travelers are experiencing record waiting times, the agency's acting head said Wednesday, as the latest offer to end a funding impasse and put restraints on President Donald (More)

Posted 5:02 PM 3/23/2026 by WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — Armed federal immigration officers in tactical gear moved through terminals at some of the busiest U.S. airports Monday, standing near security lines and checkpoints after President Donald Trump ordered their deployment during a partial government shutdown that has disrupted (More)

Posted 12:15 PM 3/22/2026 by COLLIN BINKLEY Associated Press

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — At war with Iran, President Donald Trump is cycling through an increasingly desperate list of options as he searches for a solution to the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz. He is jumping from calls to secure the waterway through diplomatic means to lifting (More)

Posted 4:29 PM 3/21/2026 by ERIC TUCKER Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert S. Mueller III, the FBI director who transformed the nation's premier law enforcement agency into a terrorism-fighting force after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and who later became special counsel in charge of investigating ties between Russia and Donald Trump's (More)

Posted 7:22 AM 3/20/2026 by JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press

Chuck Norris, the martial arts grandmaster and action star whose roles in "Walker, Texas Ranger" and other television shows and movies made him an iconic tough guy — sparking internet parodies and adoration from presidents — has died at 86.

Norris died Thursday, in what his (More)

Posted 3:24 PM 3/19/2026 by COLLIN BINKLEY Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Education Department is handing off a portion of its student loan portfolio to the Treasury Department, a first step toward shedding management of all student loans as Trump administration officials dismantle the federal education agency.

Under an agreement (More)