Jury acquits D.C. ‘sandwich guy’ charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent  —  Sean Dunn faced single misdemeanor offense after federal grand jurors refused to indict him on the felony charge sought by prosecutors.  —  WASHINGTON — Jurors showed no appetite for the Justice Department's case against …

Senate will vote Friday to advance shutdown-ending deal, Thune tells Republicans  —  Senate Majority Leader John Thune told fellow Republicans in a private lunch that he plans to hold a vote Friday that could pave the way to end the government shutdown, according to two people in the room …

Judge Orders Trump Administration to Fully Fund Food Stamps This Month  —  The Justice Department later said it would appeal, leaving the program known as SNAP in limbo.  —  A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Thursday to fund food stamps in full for roughly 42 million low-income Americans …

Supreme Court lets Trump block transgender and nonbinary people from choosing passport sex markers  —  Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.  Share  —  The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed President Donald Trump's administration …

Five Ways Tuesday's Results Will Affect Voting Rules and Democracy  —  On Tuesday, mostly in the shadow of the Democratic Party's headlining triumphs, were a series of state and local elections that carried high stakes for election law and voting rights.  —  Conservatives failed to restrict mail …

Justice Dept. Is Said to Be Investigating D.C. Mayor Over Foreign Trip  —  The investigation into Muriel Bowser could face significant hurdles because of the known facts of the case and recent turmoil inside the Justice Department.  —  4 MIN READ  —  Got a Tip?

Congressional Budget Office believed to be hacked by foreign actor  —  The office makes economic projections for lawmakers and scores legislation for how much it would add or subtract from the national debt.  —  just now  —  The Congressional Budget Office, lawmakers' nonpartisan bookkeeper …

Full list: FAA flight cuts to impact these 40 airports  —  The Federal Aviation Administration has identified 40 major airports across the U.S. that will have flight capacity gradually slashed from Friday as a result of the government shutdown. … - Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned of …

Trump pardons former Tennessee House speaker, top aide awaiting prison  —  Trump has granted clemency in the opening year of his term to several former elected officials convicted on corruption-related charges.  —  President Donald Trump has pardoned the former Tennessee House speaker …

Senate sinks measure to block military action against Venezuela  —  The Senate on Thursday rejected legislation that would have required approval from Congress before President Donald Trump could take military action against Venezuela, despite bipartisan misgivings about the administration's secretive efforts in the region.

Heritage-affiliated antisemitism task force to cut ties with embattled think tank  —  An antisemitism task force affiliated with the Heritage Foundation announced on Thursday that it would cut ties with the conservative institution, as the prominent think tank has come under fire for its defense …

‘The use of force shocks the conscience’: Judge issues sweeping injunction on Chicago tactics of immigration agents  —  A federal judge in Chicago on Thursday issued a sweeping injunction that puts more permanent restrictions on the use of force by immigration agents during “Operation Midway Blitz …

'You're not rushing.  You're just ready:' Parents say ChatGPT encouraged son to kill himself … Zane Shamblin sat alone in his car with a loaded handgun, his face illuminated in the predawn dark by the dull glow of a phone.  —  He was ready to die.  —  But first, he wanted to keep conferring with his closest confidant.

Bishops With Ties to Trump Commission Criticize Treatment of Immigrants  —  The Roman Catholic prelates cited detainees' lack of access to religious sacraments like communion.  —  Two Roman Catholic bishops with ties to President Trump's Religious Liberty Commission voiced criticism this week …

Right-Wing Chatbots Turbocharge America's Political and Cultural Wars … Enoch, one of the newer chatbots powered by artificial intelligence, promises “to ‘mind wipe’ the pro-pharma bias” from its answers.  Another, Arya, produces content based on instructions that tell it to be an …