Saturday July 12th, 2025 12:49AM

AP National News

Trump picks former chief entangled in 'Sharpiegate' to lead NOAA
President Donald Trump has nominated Neil Jacobs to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
6:18PM ( 5 months ago )
Treasury tells Congress that DOGE has ‘Read Only’ access to payment systems
A Treasury Department official has written a letter to federal lawmakers saying that a tech executive working with Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” will have “read-only access” to the government’s payment system
6:05PM ( 5 months ago )
'Expansive' impact zone left by Philadelphia medical plane crash likely to reopen Wednesday
The impact area where a medical transportation plane crashed in Philadelphia last week will hopefully reopen on Wednesday
5:55PM ( 5 months ago )
Still locked out of federal funding, several Head Start preschools may need to close temporarily
Leaders of dozens of Head Start preschools said they might need to close temporarily because they remain locked out of their federal funding, a problem that first surfaced last week during President Donald Trump’s aborted effort to freeze federal grants
5:51PM ( 5 months ago )
El Salvador’s offer to take in US deportees and violent criminals is unlike any other migrant deal
El Salvador has offered to take in people deported from the U.S. for entering the country illegally as well as the country’s violent criminals — even if they’re American citizens
5:29PM ( 5 months ago )
The Aga Khan, spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims and a philanthropist, dies at 88
The Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims, has died
5:08PM ( 5 months ago )
Democrats confront limits of their power in bid to stop Trump and Musk
Democrats are fighting to energize their party’s growing resistance to President Trump and his chief lieutenant, Elon Musk
5:00PM ( 5 months ago )
Trump’s tariff tactics carry higher economic risks than during his first term
When Donald Trump started the biggest trade war since the 1930s in his first term, his impulsive combination of threats and import taxes on U.S. trading partners created chaos, generated drama -- and drew criticism from mainstream economists who favor free trade
4:06PM ( 5 months ago )
What did US get from deals to pause tariffs on Canada and Mexico? Not that much, observers say
President Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs against Canada and Mexico risked blowing up North America’s economy
2:42PM ( 5 months ago )
What to know about El Salvador's mega-prison after Trump deal to send people there
The Trump administration and the president of El Salvador said they struck a deal allowing the U.S. to ship detained migrants and imprisoned criminals to a mega-prison there
2:41PM ( 5 months ago )