Republicans Who Initially Voted Against Mike Johnson for House Speaker Johnson faced an uphill battle in maintaining the speaker's gavel and eked out a win after initially coming up short. 01/3/2025 - 10:19 am | View Link
Appeals court rejects Trump's attempt to overturn E. Jean Carroll verdict An appeals court has rejected Donald Trump's attempt to overturn a jury's verdict last year that found he sexually abused writer E. Jean Carroll in the mid-1990s. 12/30/2024 - 4:03 am | View Link
Column: History gets Jimmy Carter wrong, both underrated and overrated The narrative of Jimmy Carter being overwhelmed by inflation and Iran’s ayatollah fails to account for his many achievements. But he was no saint. 12/29/2024 - 3:03 am | View Link
‘Politics is bad for business.’ Why Disney’s Bob Iger is trying to avoid hot buttons Walt Disney Co. and its chief executive have made a sharp pivot since doubling-down on diversity and inclusion efforts in the wake of George Floyd's murder in Minneapolis four and a half years ago. 12/22/2024 - 10:00 pm | View Link
New research shows the massive hole Dems are in Even voters who previously backed Democrats cast the party as weak and overly focused on diversity and elites. 12/22/2024 - 6:56 am | View Link
By CALVIN WOODWARD
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jimmy Carter and the man he beat for president, Gerald Ford, got so tight after office that their friendship became a kind of buddy movie, complete with road trips that were never long enough because they had so much to gab about.
Carter did not get along nearly so well with the other living presidents.
By CARLA K. JOHNSON, AP Medical Writer
As U. S. lawmakers debate issues around health care for transgender youth, it’s been difficult to determine the number of young people receiving gender-affirming medications, leaving room for exaggerated and false claims.
Now, a medical journal has published the most reliable estimate yet and the numbers are low, reflecting more clearly on medical practices now being weighed by the U.
GAINESVILLE — At least 15 civilian review boards across Florida, which review investigations of potential law enforcement misconduct after they’re completed, have dissolved or temporarily ceased operations after a new law targeting the panels took effect.
The law assures that only law enforcement agencies will investigate reports of misconduct by law enforcement officers.
President-elect Donald Trump has repeatedly promised to impose trade tariffs ranging from 25% to 100% unless Mexico “secures” its border with the United States. The concept of using Mexico as an arm of U. S. immigration enforcement is not new.
During his first administration, Trump pressured Mexico to increase the number of detentions and deportations of migrants from Mexico, accelerating a trend that had already begun under the Obama administration.
When Dolphins owner Steve Ross hired coach Joe Philbin in 2012, he announced it was because of Philbin’s, “attention to detail.” He especially talked about Philbin’s PowerPoint presentation in the job interview.
Philbin, to be sure, paid attention to detail in keeping the locker room clean in his three-plus disappointing seasons as Dolphins coach.
When Ross promoted Mike Tannenbaum to football czar in 2015, he pointed to his overseeing the “progress in our sports science work.” Analytics.
By KEVIN FREKING
WASHINGTON (AP) — The fourth anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol has a new focus as lawmakers brace for the prospect that President-elect Donald Trump may soon pardon many of the more than 1,500 people charged with crimes for their actions related to the riot.
Trump said he would issue pardons to rioters on “Day 1” of his presidency, which begins Jan.