13+ hour, 21+ min ago   (406+ words) WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump's proposal to send $5,000 to every American adult if his Republican Party maintains control of the House and Senate in the November election needs congressional approval, House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday, while pledging to try to…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (380+ words) President Donald Trump wants the Smithsonian Institution to install a colossal statue of George Washington outside the National Museum of American History and a special exhibit honoring the nation's first president. Trump, in social media posts late Friday, asked for…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (798+ words) NEW YORK – Americans are commemorating the 25th anniversary of 9/11, remembering the shock, the dead and the sweeping consequences of the al-Qaida attacks on symbols of U.S. might and prosperity. Friday's milestone anniversary will bring memorial rituals — wreath-laying, flag-flying, moments of silence,…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1008+ words) Thomas Beaumont, Jill Colvin And Michelle L. Price DALLAS – As Vice President JD Vance addressed the crowd at the Republican midterm convention, he was interrupted by a fan who shouted “JD 48!” Others joined in, and Vance paused with a smile before…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (360+ words) TORONTO, ONT – Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Thursday he hopes U.S. President Donald Trump’s Republicans lose both the House and Senate in the midterm elections, saying voters should punish Trump politically for his escalating trade war with Canada. “Hopefully he’s…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (372+ words) WASHINGTON – Seat belts and a flight attendant call button from the doomed United Airlines Flight 93. A purse filled with keys and a wallet recovered from the World Trade Center site. The telephone that sat on U.S. Solicitor General Ted Olson's…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (455+ words) Fatima Hussein And Ali Swenson WASHINGTON – The Trump administration is promising $500 rebate checks to an estimated 1 million Affordable Care Act enrollees across 30 states, who the White House alleged were overcharged by the Biden administration for exchange fees. The promise comes…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (879+ words) Linley Sanders And Jennifer Peltz WASHINGTON – Twenty-five years later, the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, are still remembered as among the most important historic events in many Americans’ lives, according to a new poll. A new Ipsos poll finds that about half…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (625+ words) Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies America, a bipartisan campaign founded by philanthropists Olivia and Tom Walton, announced a $100 million pledge Thursday to make giving birth in the United States safer. The five-year commitment aims to cut the maternal mortality rate in…...