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Vance says Iran fight isn't a 'war'

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President JD Vance on Thursday rejected the use of the word "war" to describe the U.S. fighting with Iran as he steered clear of predicting that the six-month-old conflict would be over by November's midterm elections, in which Republicans are trying to hang on to ...

Trump names Adam Telle as acting Army secretary

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday named Adam Telle as the acting Army secretary following the departure of Dan Driscoll amid widespread reports of tensions with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Telle is currently the assistant secretary of the Army for civil ...

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Trump appeals again to Court BOSTON (AP) — The Trump administration is again asking the Supreme Court to let it move ahead with restrictions on mail ballots before the midterm elections in November even as legal wrangling over President Donald Trump's executive order continues in lower courts. The Thursday appeal comes after a federal judge in Boston blocked Trump's executive order for now. The justices have previously allowed the president's plan to move ahead, but haven't decided whether it's legal. The court fight is unfolding even as states are preparing to send out mail ...

Gloria Steinem, defining symbol of women's movement, dies at 92

NEW YORK (AP) — Gloria Steinem, the celebrated author and activist who became the most visible symbol of the U.S. women's movement and remained a fierce and eloquent advocate for equality for six decades, has died. She was 92. With her trademark streaked hair parted down the middle and ...

US farmers have a beef against beef import plan

The largest general farm organization in Wisconsin is pushing back on a plan from President Donald Trump to import hundreds of thousands of tons of beef, saying the move would harm Wisconsin farmers. President Trump signed a plan last week to import up to 300,000 metric tons of ground beef ...