By LINDSAY WHITEHURST WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Monday it will consider expanding President Donald Trump’s power to shape independent agencies by overturning a nearly century-old decision limiting when presidents can fire board members. The justices have allowed the Republican…
By MAKIYA SEMINERA A federal judge has issued a nationwide block on a Trump administration directive that prevented children in the U.S. illegally from enrolling in Head Start, a federally funded preschool program. Head Start associations in several states filed suit…
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Updated 4:03 PM CDT, September 9, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court granted an unusually quick hearing on President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on Tuesday, putting a policy at the center of his economic agenda squarely before the nation’s highest court.…
By ISABELLA VOLMERT Updated 9:49 AM CDT, September 9, 2025 LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan judge dismissed criminal charges Tuesday against a group of people who were accused of attempting to falsely certifying President Donald Trump as the winner of…
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and LAURAN NEERGAARD Updated 5:47 PM CDT, July 17, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump recently had a medical checkup after noticing “mild swelling” in his lower legs and was found to have a condition common in older adults that causes blood to…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Make American Coke Great Again? President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Coca-Cola has agreed to use real cane sugar in its flagship soft drink in the U.S. at his suggestion — though the company didn’t confirm such a move. Any switch…
By SEUNG MIN KIM Updated 2:06 PM CDT, July 16, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he was “highly unlikely” to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, a public statement made less than 24 hours after suggesting in…
By LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK and MATT BROWN WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans hauled President Donald Trump’s big tax breaks and spending cuts bill to passage Tuesday on the narrowest of margins, pushing past opposition from Democrats and their…
GULFPORT, Miss (WXXV) - Today, President Trump announced a 90 day pause on tariffs with the exception of China. Businesses along the Coast now have more time to…
President Donald Trump has signed a resolution authored by Congressman Mike Ezell regarding offshore energy production. Joint Resolution 11, co-sponsored in the Senate by Louisiana Senator John…
By MICHELLE L. PRICE and ZEKE MILLER Updated 2:09 PM CST, February 4, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump is going to the Super Bowl in New Orleans on Sunday, the first sitting president to do so. The U.S. Secret Service, which is responsible for protecting the…
In separate negotiations, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum have agreed with U.S. President Donald Trump to pause planned tariffs for at least a month. Trump’s tariffs against China are still slated to go into effect on…
By CHRIS MEGERIAN and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press President Donald Trump’s budget office on Wednesday rescinded an order freezing spending on federal grants, less than two days after it sparked widespread confusion and legal challenges across the country, according to…
By The Associated Press Updated 4:05 PM CST, January 28, 2025 A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Trump administration freeze on federal grants and loans that could total trillions of dollars and cause disruptions in health care research, education programs and other…
By CHRIS MEGERIAN Updated 2:24 PM CST, January 28, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is pausing federal grants and loans starting Tuesday as President Donald Trump’s administration begins an across-the-board ideological review of its spending, causing confusion and panic among organizations…
By WILL WEISSERT and CHRIS MEGERIAN Updated 10:58 AM CST, January 24, 2025 FLETCHER, N.C. (AP) — President Donald Trump said he was considering “getting rid of FEMA” as he visited hurricane-battered North Carolina on Friday during the first trip of his second term. The comment, made…
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…
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…
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…
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 ZEKE MILLER, CHRIS MEGERIAN and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press Donald Trump has begun his Inauguration Day alongside much of his incoming Cabinet with a prayer service at St. John’s Episcopal Church, near the White House. The Republican will…
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 LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK, FARNOUSH AMIRI and MATT BROWN Associated Press Congress has certified President-elect Donald Trump as the 2024 election winner without challenge. Lawmakers convened under heavy security and a snowstorm to certify the vote, with the…
By MICHELLE L. PRICE Updated 9:04 AM CST, December 12, 2024 NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump rang the opening bell Thursday at the New York Stock Exchange after being recognized for the second time by Time magazine as its person of the…