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California governor proposes $322B budget with no deficit

TURLOCK, Calif. (AP) - California Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed a $322 billion budget without a deficit, a welcome change after two years of significant budget shortfalls in the nation's most populou...

Jan 06, 2025

Congress convenes to certify Trump's election win, but his Jan. 6 legacy hangs over the day

WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress convened Monday under heavy security and a snowstorm to certify President-elect Donald Trump's election, the legacy of Jan. 6 leaving an extraordinary fact: The candidate wh...

Jan 06, 2025

Trump’s lawyers ask judge to halt Friday's hush money case sentencing while they appeal to block it

NEW YORK (AP) - President-elect Donald Trump asked a judge Monday to halt this week's sentencing in his hush money case while they appeal a ruling upholding the verdict. Trump's lawyers said they plan...

Jan 06, 2025

Trump’s lawyers ask judge to halt Friday's hush money case sentencing while they appeal to block it

NEW YORK (AP) - President-elect Donald Trump asked a judge Monday to halt this week's sentencing in his hush money case while they appeal a ruling upholding the verdict. Trump's lawyers said they plan...

Jan 06, 2025

Venezuelan opposition leader who claims to have defeated Maduro to meet Biden at White House

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - The Venezuelan opposition leader who claims to have defeated President Nicols Maduro in last year's presidential election will meet with U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday at...

Jan 06, 2025

Venezuelan opposition leader who claims to have defeated Maduro to visit White House

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - The Venezuelan opposition leader who claims to have defeated President Nicols Maduro in last year's presidential election will visit the White House on Monday, a senior admin...

Jan 06, 2025

France's former President Sarkozy standing trial over alleged campaign funding by Libya's Gadhafi

PARIS (AP) - A trial of France's former President Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants started Monday over alleged illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign by the government of then-Libyan ...

Jan 06, 2025

Pope Francis has named the first woman to head a major Vatican office

ROME (AP) - Pope Francis on Monday named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, appointing an Italian nun, Sister Simona Brambilla, to become prefect of the department responsible for all the...

Jan 06, 2025

Austrian far right gets mandate to try to lead a government for the first time since World War II

VIENNA (AP) - Austria's president on Monday tasked Freedom Party leader Herbert Kickl with trying to form a new government, which would be the country's first led by the far right since World War II. ...

Jan 06, 2025

Pope names like-minded ally Cardinal McElroy as Washington archbishop

ROME (AP) - Pope Francis on Monday named Cardinal Robert McElroy of San Diego as the archbishop of Washington, tapping one of his most progressively like-minded allies to head the Catholic Church in t...

Jan 06, 2025