Politics

Suburbs put the brakes on migrant bus arrivals after crackdowns in Chicago and New York

By Mike Catalini, Claire Savage, Associated Press

Some officials in suburbs and outlying cities near Chicago and New York are giving migrants arriving from the southern border a cold shoulder amid attempts to circumvent restrictions on dropping migrants in those two cities.

Trump appeals Maine ruling barring him from 2024 primary under the Constitution's insurrection clause

By Nicholas Riccardi, David Sharp, Associated Press

Former President Donald Trump is appealing a decision by Maine's Democratic secretary of state that he cannot be on the ballot there because he violated a constitutional ban against people who "engaged in insurrection" holding office.

DeSantis and Haley will appear at next week's CNN debate at the same time as Trump's Fox town hall

By David Bauder, Associated Press

DeSantis and Haley are set to appear at next week's Republican presidential debate on CNN. In contrast, Trump will participate in a Fox News town hall during the same time.

Harvard president resigns amid plagiarism claims, backlash from antisemitism testimony

By Steve LeBlanc, Collin Binkley, Associated Press

She and the presidents of MIT and the University of Pennsylvania came under fire last month for their lawyerly answers to a line of questioning from New York Rep. Elise Stefanik, who asked whether calling for the genocide of Jews…

Appeals court says Michael Cohen can't hold Trump liable for retaliatory imprisonment

By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press

An appeals court says Michael Cohen can't hold ex-president Donald Trump, his former boss, liable for allegedly jailing him in retaliation for writing a tell-all memoir.

Trump is expected to appeal the Colorado and Maine rulings banning him from presidential primary

By Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press

The appeal of the Colorado Supreme Court ruling would go to the U.S. Supreme Court, while the appeal to the ruling by Maine's Democratic secretary of state would go to that state's Superior Court.

Laws banning semi-automatic weapons and library censorship to take effect in Illinois

By John O'Connor, Associated Press

Illinois will usher in 320 new laws on New Year's Day.

Threats to medication abortion access drive U.S. women to stockpile pills

By Laura Ungar, Associated Press

Nationally, the average number of daily requests shot up nearly tenfold, from about 25 in the eight months before the leak to 247 after the leak.

Top Hamas official Saleh Arouri killed in Beirut blast, local Hezbollah media reports

By Bassem Mroue, Tia Goldenberg, Wafaa Shurafa, Associated Press

Saleh Arouri, who was the most senior Hamas figure killed since the war with Israel began, was also a founder of the group's military wing. His death could provoke major retaliation by Lebanon’s powerful Hezbollah militia.

States and Congress scramble to secure water systems against cyberattacks

By Marc Levy, Associated Press

The danger, officials say, is hackers gaining control of automated equipment to shut down pumps that supply drinking water or contaminate drinking water by reprogramming automated chemical treatments.