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Everything Trump did in the first executive orders of his presidency
President Donald Trump began his second administration with a blitz of policy actions to reorient U.S. government priorities More »
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Winter storm spreads across the Deep South, creating icy danger and snowy fun
A major winter storm that slammed Texas and the northern Gulf Coast is spreading heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain across parts of the Florida panhandle and eastern Carolinas More »
Fire risk and strong winds continue in Southern California with potential rain on the horizon
Parched Southern California could get some badly needed rain this weekend to dampen the prospects of another round of deadly wildfires More »
Border security is popular – but that may be the limit of US immigration consensus: AP-NORC poll
An AP-NORC poll finds many U.S. adults support the idea of beefing up security at the southern border and undertaking some deportations More »
Supreme Court could revive lawsuit against Texas officer who shot motorist stopped for unpaid tolls
The Supreme Court seems inclined to revive a civil rights lawsuit against the Texas police officer who shot a man to death during a traffic stop in Houston over unpaid tolls More »
22 states sue to stop Trump's order blocking birthright citizenship
Attorneys general from 22 states have sued to block President Donald Trump’s move to end a century-old immigration policy known as birthright citizenship guaranteeing that U.S.-born children are citizens regardless of their parents’ status More »
Border Patrol agent killed in Vermont worked at the Pentagon during 9/11, family says
The family of a U.S. Border Patrol agent who was killed in Vermont during a traffic stop near the Canadian border says he was a military veteran who worked security duty at the Pentagon during the time of the Sept. 11 attacks More »
On "Farmtok," agriculture gets its moment in the spotlight. What would it mean if that disappeared?
As the future of social media platforms such as TikTok remains unknown, a younger generation of farmers is relying on social media to connect with audiences outside agriculture More »
Republicans renew efforts to limit people in US illegally from census count
Republican efforts to exclude people in the U.S. illegally from numbers used to divvy up congressional seats among states have begun anew, with four Republican state attorneys general suing to alter the once-a-decade head count even before President Donald Trump’s second term in office began More »
Trump targets Alaska's oil and other resources as environmentalists gear up for a fight
Alaska's political leaders are cheering an expansive executive order signed by President Donald Trump that aims to boost oil and gas drilling, mining and logging in the state More »
