Posted 2:14 PM 6/24/2026 by MARY CLARE JALONICK, STEVEN SLOAN, JOEY CAPPELLETTI and LISA MASCARO Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump berated Senate Republicans during a visit to the Capitol Wednesday for allowing a vote to block his war in Iran, further escalating a feud that has diverted GOP efforts to focus on election-year affordability issues and brought much of the chamber's (More)

Posted 4:54 PM 6/23/2026 by GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press

The federal government can't block benefits from the nation's largest food aid program from being used to buy candy, soda and other sugary drinks, a judge ruled.

Monday's ruling scuttles restrictions now in place or planned for the federally funded and state-run Supplemental Nutrition (More)

Posted 2:22 PM 6/22/2026 by JIM MUSTIAN and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Even as it battled the deadliest drug epidemic in American history, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration permitted hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to hit the streets of New Mexico between 2023 and 2025, according to three current and former DEA agents (More)

Posted 12:08 PM 6/21/2026 by AAMER MADHANI, SEUNG MIN KIM, and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press

OBBUERGEN, Switzerland (AP) — U.S. Vice President JD Vance said Sunday there was an opportunity to "turn over a new leaf" with Iran as the sides held talks aimed at building out the interim deal to end the war in Iran reached by the two sides last week.

But even as Vance called on (More)

Posted 5:40 PM 6/20/2026

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Saturday announced that federal authorities had made "multiple arrests" of people he said were vandalizing the Reflecting Pool as he struggled to explain why the $14-million-plus rehabilitation project he launched for the nation's 250th (More)

Posted 2:46 PM 6/19/2026 by ANDREW DESTIN AP Sports Writer

SEATTLE (AP) — The U.S. national soccer team advanced to the knockout round at the World Cup despite the absence of injured forward Christian Pulisic, beating Australia 2-0 on Friday.

A deep U.S. roster overcame Pulisic's absence to clinch a knockout berth after only two matches for (More)

Posted 3:40 PM 6/18/2026 by LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than $350 million from President Donald Trump's " big, beautiful bill " has been quietly directed to White House security, an allotment that Democrats warn appears to be helping fund his new ballroom project — despite the president's insistence that no taxpayer (More)