US faces demand to restore $350 million in Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) – Nearly 200 organizations are urging the Trump administration and Puerto Rico’s governor to restore $350 million in federal funding that was meant to finance the installation of rooftop solar and battery systems for 12,000 low-income families across the U.S. territory.

House Democrats will try anti-corruption message to gain traction against Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) – Days after Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was ousted by an opposition campaign with an anti-corruption message, Democrats want to try the same playbook against President Donald Trump before the midterm elections.

BofA's trading desk avoided a single daily loss in Q1

NEW YORK (AP) – The market volatility of the last three months, caused partly by the war in Iran, has been a boon to Wall Street, as another set of banks reported strong profits helped by wild swings in markets and companies looking to make deals while the economy remains resilient.

Melania Trump pushes for updating foster care program

WASHINGTON (AP) – Melania Trump planned a rare appearance on Capitol Hill on Wednesday to join a roundtable discussion with House lawmakers who are sponsoring legislation to update a nearly 30-year-old foster care program by broadening access to a range of services.

'Mormon Wives' star will not face new domestic violence charges

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – Taylor Frankie Paul, a star of “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives ” and a recently scrubbed season of “The Bachelorette,” will not be charged in recent fights with her former partner, the Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office said Tuesday.

Trump promised peace in the Middle East. In Michigan, it feels farther away

DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) – Eighteen months after the nation’s largest Arab American community helped propel Donald Trump to a second term as president, the prayers have not stopped. In Dearborn, just outside of Detroit, families wait restlessly for word from relatives abroad.

Lawyer says guards beat detainees at Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz'

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – Guards severely beat and pepper-sprayed detainees at a state-run immigration detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” in the Florida Everglades this month, according to a lawyer for two detainees.

As energy costs rise, some states back off ambitious climate goals

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) – Seven years ago, New York lawmakers set ambitious goals for slashing greenhouse gas emissions with clarion calls about saving the future. Now, with slow progress made and political realities shifting, Gov. Kathy Hochul is seeking a delay, saying she wants to save consumers money.

Snapchat owner cuts 16% of global staff in latest round of job cuts

The owner of social media platform Snapchat said Wednesday it’s eliminating about 16% of its global workforce, or about 1,000 jobs that will be culled in its latest round of layoffs.