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FILE - Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum gives a media briefing at the National Palace in Mexico City, Oct. 2, 2024.

Mexico’s President Sheinbaum offers sarcastic response to Trump’s ‘Gulf of America’ comment

FILE - Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum gives a media briefing at the National Palace in Mexico City, Oct. 2, 2024.

January 10, 2025, 7:41am Nation & World

Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum responded sarcastically on Wednesday to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s proposal to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. Read story

Governor-elect Bob Ferguson speaks during a legislative session preview at the Capitol Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in Olympia, Wash.

Ferguson pitches $4B in spending cuts, voices skepticism of ‘wealth tax’

Governor-elect Bob Ferguson speaks during a legislative session preview at the Capitol Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in Olympia, Wash.

January 10, 2025, 7:33am Latest News

Washington Gov.-elect Bob Ferguson released his blueprint Thursday for chopping billions in state spending while investing millions in education and public safety in his first term — without the aid of new taxes. Read story

Speaker of the House Laurie Jinkins, D-Tacoma, speaks during a legislative session preview at the Capitol Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in Olympia, Wash.

Washington lawmakers revive plan for state cap on rent increases

Speaker of the House Laurie Jinkins, D-Tacoma, speaks during a legislative session preview at the Capitol Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in Olympia, Wash.

January 10, 2025, 7:31am Latest News

Democratic state lawmakers are again pushing a proposal to restrict rent hikes across Washington. Read story

President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Republican governors at Mar-a-Lago, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla.

Trump tax cuts, if made permanent, stand to benefit highest income earners, Treasury analysis shows

President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Republican governors at Mar-a-Lago, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla.

January 10, 2025, 7:27am Business

At the very top of Republicans’ 100-day agenda with President-elect Donald Trump in the White House and GOP lawmakers in a majority is the plan to renew some $4 trillion in expiring tax cuts. Read story

Front row, from left, President Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff and second row from left, former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former President George W. Bush, Laura Bush, former President Barack Obama, President-elect Donald Trump and Melania Trump, stand during the state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025.

From Carter’s funeral, an American snapshot: A singular image, 5 presidents, 379 years of history

Front row, from left, President Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff and second row from left, former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former President George W. Bush, Laura Bush, former President Barack Obama, President-elect Donald Trump and Melania Trump, stand during the state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025.

January 9, 2025, 2:39pm Nation & World

formal, etched with experience, laden with the weight of momentous decisions. Add up their years: 379 to be exact, enough time to take you back into the mid-1600s, when the notion of the American nation was still more than a century away. Read story

Can Trump actually rename the Gulf of Mexico? Here’s what he can do and what he can’t

January 9, 2025, 2:02pm Politics

President-elect Donald Trump said this week he intends to rename the Gulf of Mexico once he takes office — but experts say his power to do so will only take him so far. Read story

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., arrives to update reporters on efforts to fund the government before the midnight Friday deadline at the Capitol in Washington, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/J.

Senate Democrats say they will vote to advance bill to detain migrants accused of crimes

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., arrives to update reporters on efforts to fund the government before the midnight Friday deadline at the Capitol in Washington, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/J.

January 9, 2025, 1:54pm Politics

Newly in the minority, Democrats say they will vote with Republicans to advance legislation that would require federal authorities to detain unauthorized immigrants who have been accused of certain crimes — one of President-elect Donald Trump’s priorities as he assumes office later this month. Read story

Judge scraps Biden’s Title IX rules, reversing expansion of protections for LGBTQ+ students

January 9, 2025, 1:50pm Latest News

The Biden administration’s Title IX rules expanding protections for LGBTQ+ students have been struck down nationwide after a federal judge in Kentucky found they overstepped the president’s authority. Read story