DALLAS (AP) — President Donald Trump has ordered the release of thousands of classified governmental documents about the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy, which has fueled conspiracy theories for decades. The executive order Trump signed Thursday also aims to declassify the remaining federal records relating…
JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) has confirmed the first pediatric influenza death in Mississippi for the 2024-2025 flu season. A pediatric death is defined as the death of an individual under 18 years of age. The…
President Donald Trump started his second administration with a blitz of policy actions to reorient the U.S. government. His executive orders cover issues that range from trade, immigration and U.S. foreign aid to demographic diversity, civil rights and the hiring…
By KRISTIN M. HALL, TRAVIS LOLLER and JONATHAN MATTISE Updated 10:04 AM CST, January 23, 2025 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A shooting in a Nashville high school cafeteria Wednesday left a female student dead and another student wounded, nearly two years after another deadly…
By Daniel Arkin and Saba Hamedy The nominees for best picture are "Anora," "The Brutalist," "A Complete Unknown," "Conclave," "Dune: Part Two," "Emilia Perez," "I'm Still Here," "Nickel Boys," "The Substance" and "Wicked" "Saturday Night Live" cast member Bowen Yang and "Bottoms" actor…
By Max Taylor and Henry Austin LONDON — Prince Harry and his legal team thrashed out a last-minute deal with Rupert Murdoch’s British newspaper group on Wednesday to settle claims of widespread wrongdoing at the publisher. The prince received a “full apology” but fell short of his…
A government health website that offers birth control and emergency abortion guidance appears to have been disabled after Trump took office. The website, reproductiverights.gov, was launched by the Biden administration in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn national…
Flanked by members of Congress from both parties, Trump sat in a high-backed red chair at an ornate desk and began affixing his signature to documents. One act was related to Cabinet duties while another directed that U.S. flags be…
The Trump administration Monday ended use of a border app called CBP One that has allowed nearly 1 million people to legally enter the United States with eligibility to work. A notice on the website of Customs and Border Protection on Monday…
Trump said “all illegal entry will immediately be halted,” with few details on how he will achieve that. He said he would end the practice of releasing migrants in the United States to pursue asylum, known as “catch-and-release,” but didn’t…
A spokeswoman for the transition team says Donald Trump will order the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska’s Mount Denali in his first executive orders. Spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said on the social platform X that the Gulf of…
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Donald Trump has taken the Oath of Office to become the 47th president of the United States, becoming the first non-consecutive serving president since Grover Cleveland in the 1890s. President Trump, who overcame impeachments, criminal indictments and a pair of…
Vice President J. D. Vance has been sworn in as the 50th Vice President of the United States. He makes history as the first millennial to serve in the role and the first vice president in nearly two decades with…
Donald and Melania Trump arrived at the White House Monday morning for a preinaugural tea, restoring the traditions around a peaceful transfer of power. President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden greeted the Trumps at the White…
By BILL BARROW Updated 8:58 AM CST, January 19, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has promised sweeping actions in his second administration. The president-elect has outlined a wide-ranging agenda that blends traditional conservative approaches to taxes, regulation and cultural issues with a…
By Rebecca Shabad WASHINGTON — With just hours remaining in office, President Joe Biden issued a slew of pardons Monday morning to preemptively protect people President-elect Donald Trump had threatened. Biden pardoned former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mark Milley, Dr.…
By Kevin Collier and Ben Goggin TikTok said Sunday that it would be restoring service to U.S. users after blocking it the evening before. In a statement, TikTok said its video platform was coming back online after President-elect Donald Trump…
President-elect Donald Trump said Sunday that he plans to issue an executive order that would give TikTok’s China-based parent company more time to find an approved buyer before the popular video-sharing platform is subject to a permanent U.S.ban. Trump announced…
By NBC News An NBC News crew has witnessed Israeli hostages being transferred into Red Cross custody as part of a long-awaited ceasefiredeal that came after 15 months of near-constant war and the deaths of some 46,800 Palestinians and more…
NEW YORK (AP) — TikTok’s app was removed from prominent app stores on Saturday evening just before as a federal law that bans the popular social media platform went into effect. By 10:50pm Eastern Standard Time, the app was not…
By Amanda Terkel and Kristen Welker WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony is moving indoors to the Capitol rotunda, because of a frigid weather forecast in the nation's capital Monday, the president-elect announced on social media Friday. Inauguration Day is often cold, but Monday…
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) announced Friday he has been named chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee. "I am eager to take on the responsibilities of the role, because the committee’s work is more urgent than at any time since…
By Lawrence Hurley and Kat Tenbarge WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday delivered a blow to TikTok by upholding a law that could potentially lead to the video-sharing social media platform being banned in the United States. The justices rejected a free speech challenge filed…