NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s chief financial officer is expected to plead guilty to tax offenses On Thursday, as part of a deal that would require him to testify about illicit business practices at the former president’s company, two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. Allen Weisselberg is accused of taking … Read more
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — U.S. Senator from Alaska Lisa Murkowski and fellow Republican Kelly Tshibaka moved out of Tuesday’s primary, while Republican Sarah Palin, seeking a political comeback, was among the candidates who ran in the November general election in the race for Alaska alone. House seat. In a voter-approved electoral process used for the … Read more
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — For the second year in a row, Arizona and Nevada will face reductions in the amount of water they can draw from the Colorado River as the West experiences more drought, have federal officials announced on Tuesday. While the cuts won’t bring immediate new restrictions – like a ban on … Read more
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — U.S. officials announced Tuesday that two U.S. states that depend on water from the Colorado River will face more water cuts as they experience extreme drought. The decision affecting Arizona and Nevada came as officials predict levels at Lake Mead, the largest US reservoir, will drop even more than they … Read more
WASHINGTON– Millions of Americans will be able to buy hearing aids without a prescription later this fall, under a long-awaited rule finalized on Tuesday. The Food and Drug Administration said the new regulations cut red tape by creating a new class of hearing aids that don’t require medical exams, prescriptions and other specialist evaluations. Instead, … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Monday pushed back on efforts to release the affidavit supporting the search warrant for former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate, saying the investigation “involved highly classified” and that the document contained sensitive witness information. The government’s opposition came in response to court filings by multiple news outlets, including … Read more
CHEYENNE, Wyoming (AP) – Wyoming Representative Liz Cheney, a leader of the Republican resistance to former President Donald Trumpfights to save his US House seat on Tuesday as voters weigh in on GOP leadership. Cheney’s team is bracing for a loss to a Trump-backed challenger in the state in which he won by the largest … Read more
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The banks along parts of the Colorado River where water once flowed are now nothing but hardened mud and rock, as climate change makes the western United States hotter and drier. More than two decades of drought have done little to deter the region from diverting more water than it … Read more
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s president and other officials marked their nation’s Armed Forces Day holiday on Monday alongside the commander of U.S. Army Europe and regular U.S. troops, a symbolic display of support for NATO members on the eastern front as Russia wages war nearby in Ukraine. Gen. Darryl Williams, the new commanding general … Read more
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen met with a delegation of U.S. congressmen on Monday in a further sign of support from U.S. lawmakers for the self-governing island that China claims as its own territory. Taiwanese media showed the delegation arriving for the talks, but details of the meeting were not immediately released. … Read more