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The House is poised to OK Trump's $9 billion cut to public broadcasting and foreign aid

By KEVIN FREKING and MARY CLARE JALONICK
Jul 17, 2025 1:34 pm - The House is expected late Thursday to approve President Donald Trump's request to claw back about $9 billion for public broadcasting and foreign aid as Republicans target institutions and programs they view as bloated or out of step with their agenda.
In their own words: Trump, Patel, Bongino and Bondi on the Epstein scandal

By JONATHAN J. COOPER
Jul 17, 2025 9:50 am - When Jeffrey Epstein died in prison, then-President Donald Trump speculated that authorities might be wrong in ruling it a suicide.
US retail sales bounce around in a whipsaw trade environment

By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO
Jul 17, 2025 9:22 am - After an earlier pullback, consumers picked up their spending in June showing resilience despite anxiety high over tariffs and the U.S. economy. Retail sales rose a better-than-expected 0.6% in June, the Commerce Department said Thursday, after two consecutive months of spending declines, a 0.1% pullback in April and a 0.9% slowdown in May.
Star-crossed singer Connie Francis, whose hits included 'Pretty Little Baby,' dead at 87

By BOB THOMAS
Jul 17, 2025 8:01 am - Connie Francis, the wholesome pop star of the 1950s and 1960s whose hits include “Pretty Little Baby” and who would later serve as an ironic title for a personal life filled with heartbreak and tragedy, has died at age 87.
Syrian forces withdraw from Sweida after ceasefire goes into effect

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB and GHAITH ALSAYED
Jul 17, 2025 7:58 am - Syrian forces largely withdrew from the southern province of Sweida on Thursday following days of clashes with militias linked to the Druze minority.
Justice Department fires Maurene Comey, prosecutor on Epstein case and daughter of ex-FBI director

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER
Jul 17, 2025 7:51 am - The Justice Department has fired Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI director James Comey and a federal prosecutor in Manhattan who worked on the cases against Sean “Diddy” Combs and Jeffrey Epstein, three people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
How weather conspiracy theories moved from online fringes to state laws

By Shannon Osaka
Jul 16, 2025 7:43 pm - Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier sent a letter to all public airports in the state Monday to warn them of a new law banning any injection of chemicals to change th...
Federal lawsuit seeks to stop ICE agents from arresting people at immigration courts

By MARTHA BELLISLE
Jul 16, 2025 7:41 pm - A group of immigrants and legal advocates filed a class-action lawsuit Wednesday that seeks to stop Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers from arresting migrants w...
20 killed in Gaza as crowd surges at aid site run by an Israeli-backed group

By MELANIE LIDMAN, WAFAA SHURAFA, and JULIA FRANKEL
Jul 16, 2025 4:25 pm - TEL AVIV, Israel — Twenty Palestinians were killed at a food distribution center run by an Israeli-backed American organization in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, mostly fro...
Another key ally quits Netanyahu’s governing coalition in a major blow to Israel's leader

By TIA GOLDENBERG
Jul 16, 2025 4:20 pm - TEL AVIV, Israel — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suffered a major political blow on Wednesday as a key governing partner announced it was quitting his coaliti...

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