Politics

Florida bill allows DeSantis to run for president while governor

By Curt Anderson, Associated Press

The measure, attached to a much broader elections bill that passed Friday, would carve out an exemption to Florida law requiring anyone seeking office to resign from one they already hold after qualifying as a candidate.

After removing trans lawmaker, Montana becomes latest state to ban gender-affirming care for minors

By Amy Beth Hanson, Associated Press

Rep. Zooey Zephyr's criticism of the bill led the transgender lawmaker to be silenced on the House floor and then removed after she encouraged protesters on Monday.

Colorado governor signs 4 gun control bills

By Jesse Bedayn, Associated Press

The new laws enacted Friday include raising the buying age for all firearms from 18 to 21 and installing a three-day waiting period between the purchase and receipt of a gun.

WATCH: Biden awards football trophy to Air Force Academy

By Associated Press

President Joe Biden awarded the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy to the Air Force Academy for winning football games against its rival U.S. service academies.

House votes to reinstate solar panel tariffs paused by Biden

By Matthew Daly, Associated Press

The House voted Friday to reinstate tariffs on solar panel imports from several Southeast Asian countries. President Joe Biden paused them in a bid to boost solar panel installations in the U.S., a key part of his climate agenda.

Climate activists stage over a week of road blockages in Berlin

By Frank Jordans, Associated Press

Members of the Last Generation group glued themselves to the road and caused long traffic jams for commuters. The group has acknowledged that its protests are provocative but argues that creating friction can encourage debate about climate change.

Heavy clashes rock Sudan's capital despite fragile truce

By Samy Magdy, Associated Press

Sudanese residents say heavy explosions and gunfire have rocked parts of Sudan's capital, Khartoum, and its twin city of Omdurman, despite the extension of a fragile truce between the county's rival top generals.

In drought-stricken Arizona, fresh scrutiny of Saudi Arabia-owned farm's water use

By Suman Naishadham, Associated Press

In Arizona, worsening drought has brought renewed attention to a farm owned by a Saudi Arabian company and whether the state should be doing more to protect its groundwater resources.

Why Arab Americans are pushing for a 'Middle East or North African' category on the census

By Frances Kai-Hwa Wang

The federal proposal for a separate MENA category would lead to more accurate federal data collection for Arab Americans.

Brazilian President Lula resumes recognition of Indigenous land areas

By Carla Bridi, Fabiano Maisonnave, Associated Press

Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has approved the creation of six Indigenous territories, the first such move after a five-year hiatus in Indigenous demarcation.