Trump Administration Proposes Sweeping Asylum Restrictions
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Trump administration on Wednesday proposed sweeping restrictions on asylum, seeking to align a legal framework with the president's efforts...
Immigrants Anxious As They Await Supreme Court DACA Decision
By ASTRID GALVAN Associated Press
PHOENIX (AP) — Reyna Montoya’s hands get sweaty and her throat feels like it’s closing just talking about the anxiety...
New Jobs Report Diminishes GOP Appetite For More Virus Aid
By ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — An unexpectedly strong jobs report could further scramble an already uncertain picture for passing a fifth and...
Guest Lineups For The Sunday News Shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows:
ABC's “This Week" — Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf; Rep. Val Demings, D-Fla.; retired...
US Unemployment Drops Unexpectedly To 13.3%
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. unemployment dropped unexpectedly in May to 13.3% as reopened businesses began recalling millions of workers...
DC Paints Huge Black Lives Matter Mural Near White House
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. unemployment dropped unexpectedly in May to 13.3% as reopened businesses began recalling millions of workers faster than economists had predicted,...
Immigrants Anxious As They Await Supreme Court DACA Decision
PHOENIX (AP) — Reyna Montoya’s hands get sweaty and her throat feels like it’s closing just talking about the anxiety of every Monday this...
Largest Yet: $1.3 Billion Contract For Border Wall Awarded
By JAMES MacPHERSON and ASTRID GALVAN Associated Press
PHOENIX (AP) — A North Dakota construction company favored by President Donald Trump has received the largest...
Biden Hires Chávez granddaughter To Help on Latino Outreach
By ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden's presidential campaign is bringing on the granddaughter of civil rights leader César Chávez as a...
US Military’s Mystery Space Plane Rockets Back Into Orbit
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The U.S. military’s mystery space plane rocketed into orbit again Sunday, this time with...
Guest Lineups For The Sunday news Shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows:
ABC’s “This Week” — To be announced.
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NBC’s “Meet the Press” — White House trade adviser...
Trump Says He’ll Restock Stockpile For Future Pandemics
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he intends to prepare the country for future pandemics by...
Trump Gets Ally As Ex-Navy Pilot Mike Garcia Wins California House Seat
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mike Garcia grew up a single-minded kid from Southern California: He just wanted to...
Ocasio-Cortez Among Top Dems Promoting Biden-Sanders Unity
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden and the last rival he bested to become the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Bernie Sanders,...
Trump Ramps Up Expulsions of Migrant Youth, Citing Virus
By NOMAAN MERCHANT and SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press
HOUSTON (AP) — The young migrants and asylum seekers swim across the Rio Grande and clamber...
Biden Plans to Stay Home, Testing Limits of Virtual Campaign
By BILL BARROW and STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press
Joe Biden has no foreseeable plans to resume in-person campaigning amid a pandemic that is testing whether...
Democrats Set to Take Next Steps Toward Virtual Convention
By BILL BARROW and STEPHEN OHLEMACHER Associated Press
Democrats are making new moves toward a virtual presidential nominating convention this August, with party officials preparing...
Job Cuts Continue; Airlines Begin Expanding Service
The outbreak of the coronavirus has dealt a shock to the global economy with unprecedented speed. Following are developments Tuesday related to national and...
Supreme Court Hearing Clash Over Trump Tax, Bank Records
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is taking up President Donald Trump’s bid to keep his tax, bank and financial...
Virus Rampages Across Vast Navajo Lands, Close-knit Families
By FELICIA FONSECA and TIM SULLIVAN Associated Press
UBA CITY, Arizona (AP) — The virus arrived on the reservation in early March, when late winter...
FBI Warns of Emerging Health Care Fraud Schemes Related to COVID-19 Pandemic
April 13, 2020 The Federal Bureau of Investigation is warning the public about several emerging health care fraud schemes related to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Criminals are actively manipulating the COVID-19 pandemic to their advantage,” said Calvin A. Shivers, assistant director of the FBI’s Criminal Investigative Division. “We ask all Americans to remain vigilant to avoid [...]
FBI Warns of Money Mule Schemes Exploiting the COVID-19 Pandemic
April 6, 2020 Fraudsters are taking advantage of the uncertainty and fear surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic to steal your money, access your personal and financial information, and use you as a money mule. When criminals obtain money illegally, they have to find a way to move and hide the illicit funds. They scam other people, [...]
Catch This Week’s Supermoon, Biggest And Brightest Of The Year
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A supermoon rises in the sky this week, looking to be the biggest and...
Trump Uses Coronavirus Crisis To Push His Broader Agenda
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is taking an old political adage to heart: Never let a crisis go to...
California To Send 500 State-Owned Ventilators To The National Stockpile To Help States In...
Apr 06, 2020 SACRAMENTO –Recognizing that states like New York are experiencing immediate supply shortages as a result of COVID-19, Governor Gavin Newsom today announced that California would help meet this moment by loaning 500 state-owned ventilators to the Strategic National Stockpile inventory. “California is stepping up to help our fellow Americans in New York [...]
Chaos And Scrambling In The US Oil Patch As Prices Plummet
By CATHY BUSSEWITZ AP Business Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — In Montana, a father and son running a small oil business are cutting their salaries...
Governors Plead For Food Stamp Flexibility Amid Pandemic
By ASTRID GALVAN and ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press
PHOENIX (AP) — Yvonne Knight, who has respiratory problems that make her especially vulnerable in the coronavirus...
Trump Tempers Officials’ Grave Assessments With Optimism
By WILL WEISSERT and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. surgeon general says that Americans should brace for levels of tragedy reminiscent...
As Cases Surge, 3 In 4 US Hospitals Already Facing COVID-19
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Three out of four U.S. hospitals surveyed are already treating patients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19, according to...
Stocks Rise Sharply On Hopes Of Progress In Battling Virus
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer
U.S. stocks were up roughly 5% in midday trading, following up on gains that were nearly as big in...
Democrats Elevate Health Care As Virus-Era Campaign Argument
By ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are zeroing in on health care as one of the few issues that might resonate...
Insurance marketplaces offer help with coronavirus job cuts
By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer
More than a million people could swamp the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance marketplaces in the coming months...
Stocks Drop As Coronavirus Crunches The Job Market, Economy
By STAN CHOE, DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers
NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market’s first reaction to Friday’s stunningly...
White House Convenes Oil CEOs As Bust Threatens US Boom
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and CATHY BUSSEWITZ Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Petroleum CEOs, including U.S. oil-patch loyalists to President Donald Trump, sought White House...
US Long-Term Mortgages Fall; 30-Year At 3.33%
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. long-term mortgage rates fell this week for the second straight week as anxiety has spiraled over devastation to the economy...
Virus Cost May Top $4 trillion; Americans Arm Up On Guns
The Associated Press
The outbreak of the coronavirus has dealt a shock to the global economy with unprecedented speed. Following are developments on Friday...
US Sheds Most Jobs In A Decade, Ending Record Hiring Streak Due To Coronavirus
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — A record-long streak of U.S. job growth ended suddenly in March after nearly a decade,...
Democrats Delay Nominating Convention Amid Virus Concerns
Democrats announced Thursday that they were postponing their presidential nominating convention until August, an unprecedented move that shows how the coronavirus is reshaping the battle for...
Gun Background Checks Smash Records Amid Coronavirus Fears
By LISA MARIE PANE Associated Press
Background checks required to buy firearms have spiked to record numbers in the past month, fueled by a...
The Latest: US Asks For Release Of Those Jailed For Religion
By The Associated Press
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults...
Billions In Virus Aid Aim To Shelter, Test The Homeless
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said Thursday it is distributing about $3 billion in the first round of coronavirus aid to help the homeless find emergency shelter...
Feds Seek Breakup Of Altria-Juul Deal On Antitrust Grounds
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. business regulators are suing to break up the multibillion-dollar deal between tobacco giant Altria...
Joe Biden Predicts Democratic Convention Delay Until August
By BILL BARROW Associated Press
Prospective Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said he thinks his party's nominating convention will have to be pushed back...
A Record 10 Million Sought US Jobless Aid In Past 2 Weeks
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 6.6 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week — doubling a record...
Virus Outbreak Creates New Challenges For Addiction Recovery
SEATTLE (AP) — Charlie Campbell, nearly 13 years sober, is feeling tested today more than ever to stay that way.
His dad is recovering from...
Macy’s To Be Removed From S&P 500; Credit Rating Downgraded
Its market value just a fraction of what it was five years ago, Macy's is being removed from the S&P 500 index.
Macy's has been...
Census Day Arrives With US Almost Paralyzed By Coronavirus
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Census Day — the date used to reference where a person lives for the once-a-decade...
Sprint And T-Mobile Merge, Creating New Wireless Giant
By TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Mobile carrier T-Mobile has completed the takeover of smaller rival Sprint, creating a new...
Stocks Skid Worldwide As Coronavirus Infections Keep Soaring
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks joined a worldwide downdraft Wednesday as more signs piled up of the economic and physical pain being caused...
A Guide To Surviving Financially As The Bills Come Due
The coronavirus has dealt a financial blow to millions of Americans and now April's bills are coming due.
The good news is there is help...
US Home Prices Rose At 3.1% Annually In January
By JOSH BOAK AP Economics Writer
BALTIMORE (AP) — U.S. home price growth was showing signs of acceleration in January, a sign of the...
Job Cuts Pile Up, Ford To Make Ventilators At Parts Plant
The outbreak of the coronavirus has dealt a shock to the global economy with unprecedented speed. Following are developments on Monday related to the...
White House Turns To Statistical Models For Virus Forecast
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and LAURAN NEERGAARD Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Like forecasters tracking a megastorm, White House officials are relying on statistical models...
New Online Store Offers Help To Shuttered Indie Booksellers
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer
Andy Hunter, founder of a new online sales outlet for independent booksellers, had seen a crisis building well...
Some Instacart, Amazon Workers Strike As Jobs Get Riskier
By ALEXANDRA OLSON and MAE ANDERSON Associated Press Writers
NEW YORK (AP) — Some Instacart and Amazon warehouse workers walked off the job Monday...
Fed Steps In Once Again To Try To Smooth Out Lending Markets
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve is intervening once again to try to smooth out the world's lending markets, this time by lending dollars...
Democratic Lawmakers Call For Racial Data In Virus Testing
By AARON MORRISON Associated Press
Democratic lawmakers are calling out an apparent lack of racial data that they say is needed to monitor and...
New Trump Mileage Standards To Gut Obama Climate Effort
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and TOM KRISHER Associated Press Writers
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is poised to roll back ambitious Obama-era vehicle mileage...
Gas Is Cheap, But For Many Motorists There’s Nowhere To Go
DALLAS (AP) — U.S. gasoline prices have dropped to their lowest levels in four years, and they are almost sure to go lower as...
Urgent Question From Small Businesses: When Will Aid Arrive?
By JOYCE M. ROSENBERG AP Business Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — When will the money arrive?
That's the urgent question for small business owners who...
US Agency Includes Gun Sellers As “Critical” Infrastructure
WASHINGTON (AP) — A gun rights group is cheering the Trump administration's designation of the firearms industry, including retailers, as part of the nation's...
Hay Fever Or Virus? For Allergy Sufferers, A Season Of Worry
By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press
HAMBURG, Pa. (AP) — The spring breezes of 2020 are carrying more than just tree pollen. There’s a whiff...
Rent Strike Idea Gaining Steam During Coronavirus Crisis
By JIM SALTER Associated Press
ST. LOUIS (AP) — With millions of people suddenly out of work and rent due at the first of...
Coronavirus Makes It Harder For Campaigns To Ask For Money
WASHINGTON (AP) — White House candidates aren't usually bashful about asking supporters for money.
But as the coronavirus upends everyday life, inundating hospitals, tanking financial markets and...
US Pending Home Sales Trended Higher Before Virus Outbreak
BALTIMORE (AP) — Americans signed more contracts in February to buy homes, but the gains are likely relics of a moment before the coronavirus...
Wall Street Pushes Higher, Led By Health Care Stocks
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are pushing a bit higher in Monday morning trading, but markets were...
Lawyers, Judges Push To Close Immigration Courts Amid Virus
By JULIE WATSON and AMY TAXIN Associated Press
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Immigration attorneys have sported swim goggles and masks borrowed from friends to...
Stocks Surge Again After Relief Bill Passed; Indexes Up 6%
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks marched higher for a third straight day Friday as a massive coronavirus relief bill moved closer to passing Congress...
Ford, Fiat Chrysler, Honda, Toyota Seek To Restart Factories
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer
DETROIT (AP) — Ford, Fiat Chrysler, Honda and Toyota took steps Thursday to restart North American factories that...
Golden Globes Amend Eligibility Rules Due To Virus
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — The Golden Globes will accept movies submissions without a theatrical release for the first...
US Economy Grew At 2.1% Rate In Fourth Quarter Of 2019
WASHINGTON (AP) — The economy grew by a moderate 2.1% in the fourth quarter of last year, but many economists believe that will be...
TV Viewership Climbing With People Stuck At Home By Virus
By DAVID BAUDER and LYNN ELBER AP Television Writers
NEW YORK (AP) — A fixture on television, actress Julie Bowen of “Modern Family” is...
3.3 million Seek US Jobless Aid, Nearly 5 Times Earlier High
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 3.3 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week — almost five times the...
Stocks Rise On Wall Street, Heading For Three-Day Rally
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rose on Wall Street Thursday, putting the market on track for its first...
Pelosi Forecasts House OK Of Senate’s $2.2T Virus Aid Plan
By ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the massive $2.2 trillion coronavirus economic relief bill approved by the...
$2 Trillion Virus Rescue Bill Hits Late Snags In Senate
By ANDREW TAYLOR and LISA MASCARO Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate leaders raced to unravel last-minute snags Wednesday and win passage of an...
Stocks Have First Back-To-Back Gains Since Sell-Off Began
By STAN CHOE, DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks scored their first back-to-back gains Wednesday since...
First Signs Of Disruption Appear In Housing; Markets “Calm”
By The Associated Press
The outbreak of the coronavirus has dealt a shock to the global economy with unprecedented speed as it continues to...
Coronavirus Closures Pushing New US Jobless Claims Sky High
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Barely a week ago, David McGraw was cooking daily for hundreds of fine diners at one of New Orleans’ illustrious...
Primary Purgatory With No 12th Democratic Debate On Horizon
By BILL BARROW Associated Press
ATLANTA (AP) — There is no 12th Democratic presidential debate on the horizon now that the nominating process is...
US Big-Ticket Factory Orders Up 1.2% In February
WASHINGTON (AP) — Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket manufactured goods rose by a solid amount in February, but the gain came before the...
Trump Hoping To See US Economy Reopened By Easter Amid Virus
By ZEKE MILLER and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said he is hoping the United States will be reopened...
White House, Congress Agree On $2 Trillion Virus Rescue Bill
By ANDREW TAYLOR, LISA MASCARO and JONATHAN LEMIRE Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House and Senate leaders of both parties announced agreement...
Business Fallout: US Manufacturing Pivot; Drinking At Home
The rapid spread of the coronavirus since it was first reported in China has dealt an unprecedented shock to the global economy. Here's a...
Dow Surges 2,100 Points As Congress Nears Deal On Virus Aid, Best Day Since...
By STAN CHOE and DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writers
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks surged on Wall Street Tuesday, sending the Dow...
United States Attorney Shares Tips For Avoiding COVID-19 Scams
Monday, March 23, 2020 SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Today, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott warned of several new fraud schemes seeking to exploit the evolving COVID-19 (Coronavirus) public health emergency often targeting vulnerable populations. Scammers have already devised numerous methods for defrauding people in connection with COVID-19. They are setting up websites, contacting people by phone and email, [...]
Trump Agencies Steadily Push Rollbacks As Pandemic Rages
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is rejecting appeals to slow its deregulatory drive while Americans grapple with the coronavirus,...
New Home Sales Drop 4.4% In February
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. new home sales fell 4.4% in February with bigger declines expected in coming months...
Congress Closing In On Nearly $2 Trillion Virus Aid Package
By LISA MASCARO, ANDREW TAYLOR and JONATHAN LEMIRE Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Top congressional and White House officials say they expect to reach...
Stocks Surge 7% On Building Hopes For US Virus Stimulus
By STAN CHOE and DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writers
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks on Wall Street joined a worldwide rally Tuesday as...
Fitness Enthusiasts Think Outside The Gym During Coronavirus
By KELLI KENNEDY Associated Press
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Steve LaTart in Minnesota is thinking of installing a space heater in his basement...
Another Attempt To Move Ahead On Virus Aid Package Snags, Democrats Block Another Vote...
By ANDREW TAYLOR, JONATHAN LEMIRE and LISA MASCARO Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump expressed qualms Monday about extending the current 15-day shutdown recommended...
Monday: Big Layoffs, Bigger Hirings, Massive Markets Swings
The Associated Press
The rapid spread of the coronavirus since it was first reported in China has dealt an unprecedented shock to the global...
The Latest: 24 TSA Screening Officers Positive For Virus
By The Associated Press
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic, which has infected more than 350,000 people and killed over 15,000. The COVID-19 illness causes mild...
Presidents In Health Crises: Trump More Hands-On Than Many
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Woodrow Wilson was more focused on the end of World War I than a flu virus...
Chaos, Inconsistency Mark Launch Of Drive-Thru Virus Testing
By MICHELLE R. SMITH Associated Press
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Drive-thru sites have been opening around the United States to make it quicker and...
DHS: Pandemic Measures Cut Illegal Border Crossings By Half
By COLLEEN LONG and MARIA VERZA Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Trump administration official said Sunday that illegal border crossings have dropped by...
Congressional Rescue Talks Churn As Viral Crisis Expands
WASHINGTON (AP) — Top-level negotiations between Congress and the White House churned late into the night over a now nearly $2 trillion economic rescue...
Fed To Buy As Much Government Debt As Needed To Aid Economy
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — In its boldest effort to protect the U.S. economy from the coronavirus, the Federal Reserve...
Bloomberg To Give $18M To DNC; State Parties To Get Offices
By ALEXANDRA JAFFE and BILL BARROW Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mike Bloomberg is transferring $18 million from his presidential campaign to the...