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White House border czar Tom Homan speaks to reporters at the White House, Tuesday, April 14, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

New York to restrict ICE despite threat from Trump's border czar

5:34 PM on Thursday, May 7

President Donald Trump’s border czar has threatened to “flood the zone” with immigration agents if New York passes bills to limit local coordination with the federal government’s crackdown

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani arrive to a news conference in the Staten Island borough of New York, Monday, April 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

New York to tax luxury second homes in NYC but stops short of hiking income taxes on the wealthy

5:17 PM on Thursday, May 7

New York state lawmakers are expected to place a new tax on luxury second homes in New York City, appeasing Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his progressive base as he moves to fund his ambitious agenda on the backs of the rich

FILE - U.S. passports are arranged for a photograph in Tigard, Ore., Dec. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

US will start revoking passports for thousands of parents who owe child support, AP learns

3:28 PM on Thursday, May 7

The State Department will begin revoking the U.S. passports of thousands of parents who owe a significant amount of unpaid child support

President Donald Trump meets with UFC fighters, Wednesday, May 6, 2026, in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump says EU has until July 4 to approve last year’s trade deal or it will face higher tariffs

3:19 PM on Thursday, May 7

President Donald Trump says goods from the European Union will face higher tariff rates if the 27-member bloc fails to approve last year’s trade framework by July 4

FILE - The Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters is photographed in Washington, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Trump-appointed FEMA Review Council proposes sweeping changes to federal disaster support

2:24 PM on Thursday, May 7

A council appointed by President Donald Trump has proposed significant changes to the Federal Emergency Management Agency

New Texas A&M president confirmed as university seeks stability

2:10 PM on Thursday, May 7

Regents have appointed Susan Ballabina as the new president of Texas A&M

FILE - The United States Postal Service logo is shown on delivery vans parked outside the main post office March 23, 2026, in east Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

USPS considers allowing people to ship handguns through the mail

2:03 PM on Thursday, May 7

The United States Postal Service is considering a rule change that would allow anyone to send handguns through the mail for the first time in nearly 100 years

FILE - The Department of Homeland Security logo during a news conference in Washington, Feb. 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Second federal appeals court rejects Trump's no-bond immigration detentions, deepening circuit split

2:02 PM on Thursday, May 7

An Atlanta-based appeals court has rejected a no-bond policy implemented by the Trump administration for people in immigration proceedings

FILE - A trailer with a sign supporting President Donald Trump stands adjacent to the Smoky Hills wind farm, Sept. 30, 2024, near Ellsworth, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, file)

Wind projects are stalled because the Pentagon isn't completing its reviews, industry group says

1:28 PM on Thursday, May 7

A clean energy group says the Pentagon is holding up the development of more than 250 new onshore wind farms on private lands by failing to complete its national security reviews

Living Security Unveils Theme and Venue for HRMCon 2026

12:10 PM on Thursday, May 7

FILE - Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas joins other members of the Supreme Court as they pose for a new group portrait, at the Supreme Court building in Washington, Oct. 7, 2022. Thomas was nominated by President George H. W. Bush to succeed Justice Thurgood Marshall and has served since 1991. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Clarence Thomas becomes the second longest-serving Supreme Court justice in American history

7:11 AM on Thursday, May 7

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is now the second longest-serving justice in history, overtaking someone who was nominated by President Abraham Lincoln

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer and wife Victoria arrive at a polling station in central London, Thursday, May 7, 2026 to cast their votes in the local elections.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

British voters have spoken in local elections seen as a verdict on Keir Starmer's leadership

2:00 AM on Thursday, May 7

British voters have cast ballots in local and regional elections that could determine the fate of Prime Minister Keir Starmer

Chedrick Greene, Democratic candidate for 35th Senate District, speaks Tuesday, May 5, 2026 in Saginaw, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Republicans once saw Michigan as ripe for a takeover, but the mood is shifting

12:15 AM on Thursday, May 7

Michigan Republicans once viewed 2026 as their best chance to reclaim power in the battleground state

FILE - Russian defector Maksim Kuzminov attends a news conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sept. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Vladyslav Musiienko, File)

Russia is ramping up its attempts to kill opponents in Europe, intelligence officials say

12:07 AM on Thursday, May 7

Three Western intelligence officials from different countries have told The Associated Press that a campaign of targeted killings they blame on Russia has ramped up since Moscow’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine

FILE - Crime scene tape is seen as FBI agents search at the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center, Jan. 28, 2026, in Union City, Ga., near Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

Justice Department can keep 2020 election ballots seized from Georgia’s Fulton County, judge rules

7:29 PM on Wednesday, May 6

The federal government doesn't have to return the 2020 election ballots from Georgia’s Fulton County that were seized by the FBI from a warehouse near Atlanta

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