Closing arguments begin in Twitter shareholder trial

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Closing arguments kicked off Tuesday in a trial pitting Elon Musk against Twitter shareholders who say the world’s richest man engaged in a pattern of deceptive behavior that misled investors as he attempted to back out of his $44 billion deal to buy the social media platform in 2022.

Jill Biden opens up in memoir about Joe's decision to end 2024 reelection

WASHINGTON (AP) – Jill Biden is breaking her silence about Joe Biden’s decision to abruptly end his 2024 presidential reelection bid under pressure from Democrats concerned about his age, health and viability against Republican Donald Trump in a rematch of their 2020 campaign.

Trump will join grieving families of soldiers killed in Middle East

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump on Saturday will join grieving families at Dover Air Force Base at the dignified transfer for the six U.S. soldiers killed in the war in the Middle East.

Jill Biden's first husband charged with killing wife in domestic dispute

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) – The first husband of former first lady Jill Biden has been charged with killing his wife at their Delaware home in late December, authorities announced in a news release Tuesday.

EPA plan would begin rolling back 'good neighbor' rule on downwind pollution

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Trump administration on Wednesday took a step toward rolling back a rule that limits smokestack emissions that burden downwind areas in neighboring states.

Judge says Trump must restore disaster money to Democratic states

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to reallocate federal Homeland Security funding away from states that refuse to cooperate with certain federal immigration enforcement.

Elon Musk recovers $55 billion pay package in Delaware court ruling

Elon Musk, already the world’s richest man, scored another huge windfall Friday when the Delaware Supreme Court reversed a decision that deprived him of a $55 billion pay package that Tesla doled out in 2018 as an incentive for its CEO to steer the automaker to new heights.

Trump pays respects to 2 Iowa National Guardsmen killed in Syria

DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. (AP) – President Donald Trump will undertake one of the most solemn duties facing the commander in chief on Wednesday when he will witness the dignified transfer of two Iowa National Guard members and a U.S. civilian interpreter who were killed in an attack in the Syrian desert.

US Politics: The Latest Updates

Four centrist Republicans broke with Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday and signed onto a Democratic-led petition that will force a House vote on extending for three years an enhanced pandemic-era subsidy that lowers health insurance costs for millions of Americans.