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AP News - Politics

People protest during a rally outside the Treasury Department in Washington, Feb. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

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CDC to lose one-tenth of workforce under Trump administration probationary job cuts

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Judge sets a 5-day deadline for the Trump administration to start lifting its USAID funding freeze

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Annexing Canada? At Niagara Falls, Trump's idea gets eye rolls but not support

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McConnell tests the strengths and limits of his power opposing a trio of Trump's Cabinet nominees

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Including people without legal status in census has had little impact on House seats, study finds

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Can suspending a cage-free egg law solve the soaring price problem? Nevada takes a crack at it

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Trump slams McConnell for RFK Jr. vote, calling him 'bitter' and questioning his childhood polio

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Trump signs a plan for reciprocal tariffs on US trading partners, ushering in economic uncertainty

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Would you want to see Canada become 51st U.S. state? Americans weigh in

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5 economic forces that could shape the first year of Trump's presidency

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Musk appears at White House defending DOGE's work but acknowledging mistakes

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Billionaires, tech titans, presidents: A guide to who stood where at Trump's inauguration

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Republicans once railed against armed IRS agents. Now they want them for immigration enforcement

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Key things to know about how Tesla could benefit from Elon Musk's assault on government

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With firings and lax enforcement, Trump moving to dismantle government's public integrity guardrails

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Guarded optimism in India as Trump and Modi outline plans to deepen defense partnership

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Hungary's Orbán predicts Trump will bring Russia back into Western fold after end of Ukraine war

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Where US adults think the government is spending too much, according to AP-NORC polling

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A Virginia Delegate delivered a baby girl. Political leaders gave her the option to vote remote.

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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Wisconsin's spring primary

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Federal funding freeze disrupts rural organizations supporting foster youth, job growth

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US Park Service erases the word 'transgender' from website commemorating Stonewall riot

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Florida state Sen. Geraldine Thompson dies at 76 after complications from knee replacement surgery

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Seattle officers who attended Jan. 6 rally can't remain anonymous, Washington high court rules

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Louisiana to end mass vaccine promotion, state's top health official says

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Former Arkansas Gov. Jim Guy Tucker, who stepped down in the wake of Whitewater, dies at 81

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More than a dozen state attorneys general challenge Musk and DOGE's authority

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Trump seems to question well-known part of Sen. Mitch McConnell's life — his childhood polio battle

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North Carolina sheriff to seek state Senate seat now held by powerful Phil Berger

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Trump administration begins sweeping layoffs with probationary workers, warns of larger cuts to come

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Alaska US senators introduce bill that would again designate North America's tallest peak as Denali

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Trump wants states to clean up forests to stop wildfires. But his administration cut off funds

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State Department halts plan to buy $400M worth of armored vehicles from Musk's Tesla

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Fourth federal judge blocks Trump's birthright citizenship order

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Federal judge pauses President Trump's order restricting gender-affirming care for trans youth

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North Dakota was a leader in limiting China land purchases and sees no reason to stop

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Order to drop New York Mayor Adams' case roils Justice Department as high-ranking officials resign

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Biden's EPA issued $20 billion in green grants. Now Trump's administration wants that money back

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Trump settles suit against Elon Musk's X over his post-Jan. 6 ban

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Judge sides with gun advocates and pauses Maine gun law enacted in wake of Lewiston mass shooting

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Oklahoma governor says he'll stop plan to collect kids' immigration status

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NYC mayor to allow immigration officials to operate at Rikers jail after Trump border czar meeting

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Georgia's governor wins support for his top legislation from 3 skeptical senators

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Pennsylvania governor sues over Trump administration spending freezes on grants and loans

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Brooke Rollins confirmed as Trump's agriculture secretary as tariff fights loom

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Senate panel advances nomination of Kash Patel, Trump's pick to lead the FBI

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Mississippi Lt. Gov. Hosemann unveils $326 million 'sustainable, cautious' tax cut plan

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Minnesota Sen. Tina Smith won't run in 2026. Fellow Democrat Gov. Tim Walz and others eye the seat

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