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DETROIT — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said this week she spoke with President Donald Trump about his consideration of giving pardons to two individuals convicted in federal court of plotting to kidnap her.

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The Trump administration found “no viable path” forward to complete California’s high-speed rail project following a nearly four-month investigation that jeopardizes $4 billion in federal funding.

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — In an early, antagonizing move during the dedicated two-week budget conference that began Tuesday, the Republican House lawmaker investigating Hope Florida is proposing to cut millions from its state ...Read more

'THE LIFE OF CHUCK'

Rated R for language.

What it’s about: A cosmic, philosophical extraordinary story about one ordinary life.

The kid attractor factor: While this is a life-affirming story that can appeal to a wide...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell plans to take the stand during his federal defamation trial that kicked off this week in Colorado.

The financially struggling Minnesota-based pillow-maker and its outspoken ...Read more

Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed the idea of a meeting with his counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy even as the Ukrainian leader reiterated his call for direct top-level negotiations as the only way to end the war.

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Father’s Day is coming up, and I’ve been testing a few things that dads would love.

You could get dad another tie or bottle of after shave, but he’s probably got too many ties, and how much aftershave does one man ...Read more

Republican congressional leaders pushed back Wednesday on Elon Musk’s harsh criticism of President Donald Trump’s signature budget bill as a fiscally dangerous “disgusting abomination.”

Sen. John Thune and Rep. ...Read more

The Bay Area has lost more than 11,000 tech jobs so far in 2025, a slump in hiring punctuated by disclosures of fresh layoffs in the region by some big players such as Google, Walmart and Microsoft.

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ATLANTA — After three years, 28 defendants and countless days in court, the long-running “Young Slime Life” gang and racketeering case will wrap up without a single murder conviction.

For the second time in as many ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Angela Gardin looked at the colorful handwritten thank-you notes, taped to a front window of the Queen Village Rite Aid, and began to cry. Gardin has been assistant manager there for the past two years.

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Charlie Scharf can finally play offense.

After more than a half-decade cleaning up Wells Fargo & Co.’s scandals, the chief executive officer has cleared away the firm’s biggest impediment to growth: the Federal ...Read more

ATLANTA — Several floors of the Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center flooded Monday after a “significant leak” on an upper floor of the complex’s tower, forcing many employees who recently returned to their offices to ...Read more

Former Lexington councilman David Kloiber is the second Democrat to announce a bid to flip Kentucky’s 6th Congressional District from red to blue next year.

Kloiber’s plan is to bring “common sense back to the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — There’s a wide divide between Republicans and Democrats in Congress. Maybe dogs can bridge the gap?

Rep. Jamie Raskin, a Maryland Democrat, will reintroduce a bill on Wednesday that would allow pet stores...Read more

State Rep. Ryan Dotson, R-Winchester, launched his Republican campaign for Congress on Tuesday night with a thunderous prayer calling on God and the voters to let him be the David who slays the Philistine giant Goliath.

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MINNEAPOLIS — A passenger’s physical confrontations with a Delta Air Lines employee on a jet at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and with an arresting officer moments later led to her having a bumpy landing �...Read more

Federal authorities have arrested a man at JFK airport in New York who allegedly provided bomb parts to the suspect responsible for last month’s attack on a fertility clinic in Palm Springs, according to two sources ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Merrill Garbus and Nate Brenner are staying at a friend’s house during a tour stop in New York when they tune in, by Zoom, for an interview that goes well over its allotted time.

The married couple ...Read more