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Opponents of California Proposition 50, also known as the Election Rigging Response Act, a California ballot measure that would redraw congressional maps to benefit Democrats, rally in Westminster, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Why Newsom's push for new House maps isn't a sure thing, even in heavily Democratic California

6:21 PM on Friday, September 19

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposal on the Nov. 4 ballot to reshape California’s U.S. House districts to add five Democratic seats in advance of the 2026 midterm elections is not a sure sale, even in a state where Democrats outnumber registered Republicans by nearly 2-to-1

Trump administration moves to revoke permit for Massachusetts offshore wind project

6:07 PM on Friday, September 19

The Trump administration has moved to block a Massachusetts offshore wind farm, its latest effort to hobble an industry and technology that President Donald Trump has attacked as “ugly” and unreliable compared to fossil fuels such as coal and natural gas

Committee members attend a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices at the CDC on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, in Chamblee, Ga. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Takeaways from RFK Jr.'s vaccine panel meeting on COVID-19 and childhood vaccines

5:41 PM on Friday, September 19

A vaccine advisory committee handpicked by U.S. Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. met in Atlanta for two days this week to consider various vaccine recommendations

FILE - Jimmy Kimmel arrives at the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, Sept. 12, 2022. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Web of business interests shows that Kimmel's future rests on far more than his jokes

5:07 PM on Friday, September 19

The decision about whether to keep Jimmy Kimmel on his late-night ABC show depends on far more than his jokes

FILE - This photo provided by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy in June 2020 shows damage to anchor support EP-17-1 on the east leg of the Enbridge Line 5 pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac in Michigan, displayed on a television screen. (Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy via AP, File)

Trump DOJ argues Michigan effort to shut down underwater pipeline interferes with US foreign policy

5:05 PM on Friday, September 19

The Trump administration is trying to persuade a federal judge that Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's attempt to shut down part of an aging pipeline interferes with U.S. foreign policy

FILE - Jaqueline Benitez, who depends on California's SNAP benefits to help pay for food, shops for groceries at a supermarket in Bellflower, Calif., Feb. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Allison Dinner, File)

Judge blocks USDA from collecting data about SNAP applicants in 21 states

4:44 PM on Friday, September 19

A judge has temporarily stopped the federal government from collecting personal information about residents in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, in 21 states and Washington, D

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents make an arrest during an early morning operation in Park Ridge, Ill., Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

ICE arrests nearly 550 in Chicago area as part of 'Midway Blitz'

3:09 PM on Friday, September 19

Immigration enforcement officials have arrested almost 550 people in the Chicago area as part of an operation that began less than two weeks ago

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., right, joined by Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., center left, leads a vigil to honor conservative activist Charlie Kirk who was shot and killed at an event in Utah last week, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Sept. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House approves resolution honoring Charlie Kirk with dozens of Democrats opposed

2:14 PM on Friday, September 19

The House has passed a resolution honoring the late Charlie Kirk over significant Democratic opposition

FILE- A police officer stands guard outside The New York Times building in New York, on June 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Florida federal judge tosses Trump's $15B defamation lawsuit against The New York Times

12:55 PM on Friday, September 19

A Florida federal judge has tossed out a $15 billion defamation lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump against The New York Times

What to know about the search for Travis Decker, who was wanted in the deaths of his daughters

11:20 AM on Friday, September 19

Authorities in Washington state who've been searching for the father of three girls found dead in June are waiting to see if remains discovered this week are those of the suspect

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks about the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk and defended employers who take action against their workers whose comments go too far, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate rejects competing bills to fund government, increasing risk of shutdown on Oct. 1

12:07 AM on Friday, September 19

The Senate rejected competing measures to fund federal agencies for a few weeks when the new budget year begins on Oct. 1, increasing prospects for a partial government shutdown on that date

FILE - President Donald Trump, left, shakes hands with China's President Xi Jinping during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Trump says he and Xi will meet in South Korea in coming weeks and he'll later go to China

9:00 PM on Thursday, September 18

U.S. President Donald Trump says he’ll meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping at a regional summit taking place in October in South Korea and will visit China early next year

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