Saturday May 17th, 2025 10:11AM

AP Online Headlines - Washington

On pardons, Biden weighs whether to flex presidential powers in broad new ways
President Joe Biden faces a stark choice as he contemplates broad preemptive pardons to protect aides and allies from potential retribution by Donald Trump
4:08PM ( 5 months ago )
Mother of Austin Tice, journalist missing in Syria, says new information proves her son is alive
The mother of Austin Tice, an American journalist missing in Syria for more than a decade, says she's confident that her son is alive
3:59PM ( 5 months ago )
Rep. Ocasio-Cortez announces bid for top Oversight job as Democrats push for generational change
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is running to become the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee
3:52PM ( 5 months ago )
Trump taps forceful ally of hard-line immigration policies to head Customs and Border Protection
President-elect Donald Trump's immigration and border team is filling out
2:54PM ( 5 months ago )
JD Vance and his wife tour western North Carolina to survey damage from Hurricane Helene
Vice President-elect JD Vance is surveying hurricane damage in western North Carolina in one of his first public appearances since the November election
1:55PM ( 5 months ago )
Vance tells North Carolina residents rebuilding after the hurricane that they haven't been forgotten
Vice President-elect JD Vance is surveying hurricane damage in western North Carolina in one of his first public appearances since the November election
1:55PM ( 5 months ago )
Vance tells residents in hurricane-stricken North Carolina that they haven't been forgotten
Vice President-elect JD Vance is surveying hurricane damage in western North Carolina in one of his first public appearances since the November election
1:55PM ( 5 months ago )
The first rioter tried on Jan. 6 charges gets reduced prison sentence after Supreme Court decision
A Texas man who was the first rioter to go on trial for the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol has been resentenced on Friday to nearly seven years in prison
12:53PM ( 5 months ago )
Melania Trump says heading to the White House for the second term is much different than the first
Soon-to-be first lady Melania Trump says preparing to enter the White House for the second time looks a lot different from the first time
10:43AM ( 5 months ago )
Federal appeals court upholds law requiring sale or ban of TikTok in the U.S.
A federal appeals court panel on Friday upheld a law that could lead to a ban on TikTok in a few short months, handing a resounding defeat to the popular social media platform as it fights for its survival in the U.S. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that the law - which requires TikTok to break ties with its China-based parent company ByteDance or be banned by mid-January - is constitutional, rebuffing TikTok’s challenge that the statute ran afoul of the...
10:35AM ( 5 months ago )