Politics

Kansas attorney general sues to block transgender people from changing sex on driver's licenses

By John Hanna, Associated Press

The Republican attorney general in Kansas is asking a state court to block transgender residents from changing their sex on their driver's licenses.

Texas gunman in racist Walmart shooting sentenced to 90 consecutive life terms, could still face death penalty

By Morgan Lee, Paul J. Weber, Associated Press

A white gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack on Hispanic shoppers at a Walmart in Texas has been sentenced to 90 consecutive life sentences in federal prison.

WATCH: Pentagon announces the U.S. will provide cluster munitions to Ukraine as part of a new military aid package

By Zeke Miller, Tara Copp, Lolita Baldor, Associated Press

The Pentagon will send thousands of cluster munitions as part of a new military aid package worth up to $800 million.

New laws criminalizing voter assistance has Asian Americans feeling targeted

By Ayanna Alexander, Associated Press

Several new voting laws in mostly Republican-led states impose criminal penalties or fines for helping people register to vote.

First GOP debate next month mired by threats of boycott, rigorous polling requirements

By Jill Colvin, Associated Press

Seven weeks before the premiere debate of the 2024 GOP primary, anxiety is building that the event could prove messy and divisive for the party.

U.S. destroys last of its declared chemical weapons, closing a deadly chapter dating back to World War I

By Andrew DeMillo, Thomas Peipert, Dylan Lovan, Associated Press

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Friday said workers at the Blue Grass Army Depot in Kentucky eliminated the last of thousands of rockets filled with sarin nerve gas that have been stored there since the 1940s.

U.S. adds 209,000 jobs in June, a slowing in hiring but a sign of economy's resilience

By Christopher S. Rugaber, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — America's employers pulled back on hiring but still delivered another month of solid gains in June, adding 209,000 jobs, a sign that the economy's resilience is confounding the Federal Reserve's drive to slow growth and inflation. The…

Transgender woman, bookstore, teacher sue over Montana law banning drag reading events

By Amy Beth Hanson, Associated Press

The federal lawsuit filed Thursday in Butte argues the law violates the free speech and equal protection guarantees in the U.S. Constitution.

United Methodists lose one-fifth of U.S. churches in schism over LGBTQ rights

By Peter Smith, Associated Press

Church law forbids the marriage or ordination of "self-avowed, practicing homosexuals." But many conservatives chose to leave because numerous U.S. churches and conferences are defying those bans.

UN chief calls for a robust international police force to help combat Haiti's armed gangs

By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press

He told reporters Thursday that a U.N. expert's call for between 1,000 and 2,000 police officers trained to deal with gang warfare is not an exaggeration of the numbers needed.