By COLLIN BINKLEY, AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate committee voted Thursday to advance Linda McMahon’s nomination to serve as President Donald Trump’s education secretary, bringing her closer to leading an agency the Republican president wants to shut down. Related Articles National Politics | Sen. Mitch McConnell won’t seek reelection in 2026, ending long tenure as…
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LOS ANGELES — Hearts were in throats throughout Galen Center for a while Wednesday night. JuJu Watkins – the franchise, as far as the USC women’s basketball team is concerned – lay on the floor at one free-throw line as the play went to the other end. She’d had a layup blocked by Michigan State’s…
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Serious problems should be met with serious solutions. We have serious problems, namely a fast-growing debt and a need to extend some tax cuts in an unforgiving environment where interest rates are high and inflation is rising again. Unfortunately, despite a new mandate, House Republicans have yet to rise to the occasion. Their latest budget…
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By BRUCE SCHREINER and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell announced on Thursday that he won’t seek reelection next year, ending a decadeslong tenure as a power broker who championed conservative causes but ultimately ceded ground to the fierce GOP populism of President Donald Trump. McConnell, the longest-serving Senate party leader in U.S. history,…
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By JUSTIN SPIKE KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A news conference that was planned to follow talks between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. President Donald Trump’s Ukraine envoy was canceled Thursday as political tensions deepened between the two countries over how to end the almost three-year war with Russia. The event was originally supposed to include…
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By ALEX VEIGA, AP Business Writer The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the U.S. eased for the fifth week in a row to its lowest level since late December, a welcome boost for prospective homebuyers in what’s traditionally the busiest time of the year for home sales. Related Articles Buy, build or fix:…
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Kim Hong Egg Rolls? Noted for their snap-crisp texture and savory filings? Forget about simply walking in and ordering on the fly. Ever since appearances on food influencer Joyce Marcellus and Entrepreneur Queen’s popular platforms, they’ve become a hot commodity in Westminster. The key to getting your hands on these chả giò (fried egg rolls)…
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By JUSTIN SPIKE, Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Donald Trump this week falsely blamed Ukraine for starting the war that has cost tens of thousands of Ukrainian lives, causing outrage and alarm in a country that has spent nearly three years fighting back a much larger Russian military. Trump called Ukrainian President Volodymyr…
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By AUDREY McAVOY HONOLULU (AP) — Kilauea volcano began shooting lava into the air once again Wednesday on the Big Island of Hawaii. Related Articles National News | Walmart rolled through 2024, but uncertainty about consumers and tariffs seep into year ahead National News | Slightly more Americans apply for unemployment benefits last week, but…
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The timing could not have been better — or worse. The horrendously destructive and deadly Los Angeles wildfires erupted in January just as Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara’s historic and very controversial overhaul of how insurers calculate premiums was taking effect. On one hand, the disaster drove home the insurance industry’s contention that California’s propensity for such…
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