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Nearly 90% of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau cut as Trump’s government downsizing continues

By CHRIS MEGERIAN WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is drastically shrinking the workforce and mission of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, eviscerating an agency created after the Great Recession with the goal of protecting Americans from fraud, abuse and deceptive practices. Related Articles White House proposes eliminating Head Start funding as part of sweeping budget cuts Former Pentagon spokesman tied to online DEI purge was asked to resign, official says University protests blast Trump’s attacks on...

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DeSantis signs Gulf of America name change bills

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed two bills aimed at carrying out President Donald Trump’s directive to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. One of the bills (HB 575) will change dozens of state laws to reflect the name change, while the other (HB 549) will require state agencies to update “geographic materials” to reflect the change. Also, it will require that school instructional materials adopted or purchased as of July 1 include the Gulf of America name. The Republican-controlled Senate passed the bills last week, after they had been approved by the House. The...

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Texas AG Ken Paxton launches Senate primary challenge against Republican Sen. John Cornyn

By NADIA LATHAN, Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is running for the U.S. Senate in a primary challenge against Republican Sen. John Cornyn, setting up what is likely to become one of the GOP’s most contentious and expensive contests of 2026. Related Articles Pentagon official: US military has no authority to do drone strikes on drug cartels in Mexico Trump’s latest round of tariffs are poised to go into effect. Here’s what we know Congressman Randy Fine says it’s ‘troubling’ that...

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Wisconsin votes to enshrine voter ID requirement in state constitution

By SCOTT BAUER, Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin voters decided Tuesday to enshrine the state’s voter ID law in the state constitution. The state was also electing its top education official, who will guide policies affecting K-12 schools during President Donald Trump’s second term, will be elected Tuesday in a race between the teachers union-backed incumbent and a Republican-supported critic. Both contests had sharp partisan divisions, though they have drawn far less spending and national attention than the race for control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Polls closed at 8...

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US Naval Academy ends affirmative action in admissions

By BRIAN WITTE, Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The U.S. Naval Academy will no longer consider race, ethnicity or sex as a factor for admission to the service institution, a response to an executive order by President Donald Trump, according to federal court documents made public Friday. The change in policy was made in February by Vice Adm. Yvette Davids, the academy’s superintendent, in response to an executive order issued by President Donald Trump in January, according to a court filing by the U.S. Justice Department in the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The president’s order...

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Florida House OKs repealing gun-age law

TALLAHASSEE — In an issue rooted in the 2018 mass shooting at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the Florida House on Wednesday approved repealing a law that prevents people under age 21 from buying rifles and other long guns. The Republican-controlled House voted 78-34 to pass the bill (HB 759), though it remains unclear whether the Senate will take up the issue. The House passed repeal bills in 2023 and 2024, but they did not get through the Senate. As in past years, this year’s bill drew heavy — and, at times, emotional — debate. Then-Gov. Rick Scott and the Legislature in...

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DeSantis says Florida is ‘returning’ unspent federal money to show DOGE support

TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis says he recently returned nearly $1 billion in federal funds, a move he claimed showcased Florida’s leadership role in federal “DOGE efforts.” But the money in question was either turned down previously or never requested. “For years, Florida has been trying to return federal funds to the federal government due to the ideological strings attached by the Biden Administration—but they couldn’t even figure out how to accept it,” DeSantis posted on social media late Friday, after meeting with Elon Musk in Washington DC. In one day, he wrote, “we got this done.”...

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Trump to order a plan to shut down the US Education Department

By COLLIN BINKLEY and CHRIS MEGERIAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order Thursday calling for the shutdown of the U.S. Education Department, according to a White House official, advancing a campaign promise to eliminate an agency that’s been a longtime target of conservatives. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity before an announcement. Trump has derided the Department of Education as wasteful and polluted by liberal ideology. However, finalizing its dismantling is likely impossible without an act of Congress, which created...

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Trump fires 2 Democrats on the Federal Trade Commission, seeking more control over regulators

By WILL WEISSERT and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump fired two Democratic members of the Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday, intensifying efforts to exert his administration’s control over independent agencies across the government. Related Articles National Politics | Federal judge blocks Trump administration from banning transgender people from military service National Politics | Social Security Administration to require in-person identity checks for new and existing recipients National Politics |...

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Federal judge blocks Trump administration from banning transgender people from military service

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge blocked enforcement of President Donald Trump’s executive order banning transgender people from military service on Tuesday, the latest in a string of legal setbacks for his sweeping agenda. Related Articles National Politics | Trump fires 2 Democrats on the Federal Trade Commission, seeking more control over regulators National Politics | Social Security Administration to require in-person identity checks for new and existing recipients National Politics | Judge...

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