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Secretary of State Antony Blinken bids farewell to diplomats and staff at the State Department in Washington, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/J.

Blinken bids farewell with pep talk to diplomats facing uncertain future under Trump

January 17, 2025, 4:15pm Politics

Secretary of State Antony Blinken bade farewell to the State Department on Friday, urging career staffers to carry on in their mission to advance U.S. foreign policy amid uncertainty about how the incoming Trump administration will handle relationships and rivalries abroad or how it will treat career American diplomats. Read story

FILE - Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Asheville, N.C., Aug. 14, 2024.

Trump wants to cut taxes. So do governors and lawmakers in some states

January 17, 2025, 2:08pm Latest News

President-elect Donald Trump has proposed trillions of dollars of tax cuts for individuals and businesses. In some states, governors and lawmakers are seeking to cut millions more. Read story

Migrant Dayron Garcia, of Cuba, embraces his son as they stay at Martha Rosales’ house while waiting for an appointment to apply for asylum in the United States through the CBP One app Wednesday, May 22, 2024, in Tijuana, Mexico.

Border app that became ‘a salvation’ for migrants to legally enter the US may end

January 17, 2025, 1:42pm Latest News

A nurse who fled Cuba as part of the Caribbean nation’s largest exodus in more than six decades needed a place to stay in Mexico as she waited to legally enter the U.S. using a government app. A woman who had lived her whole life in the same Tijuana neighborhood… Read story

CBO projects U.S. debt to grow $23.9 trillion in 10 years, not including costs of extending tax cuts

January 17, 2025, 1:24pm Latest News

The national debt is slated to rise by $23.9 trillion over the next decade, a sum that does not include trillions of dollars in additional tax cuts being championed by President-elect Donald Trump. Read story

Former Wisconsin Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wis., right, shakes hands with Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee ranking member Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., center, before his hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, to be Transportation Secretary. Committee Chair Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is at left.

Trump transportation secretary nominee tells Sen. Cantwell I-5 Bridge replacement funding will come, sort of

January 17, 2025, 1:15pm Business

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Transportation on Wednesday told Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., that he “would anticipate honoring” billions of dollars the department committed for the replacement of the Interstate 5 Bridge. Read story

The Senate advances a migrant detention bill that could be Trump’s first law to sign

FILE - Members of the Mexican National Guard review cars as they line up to cross the border into the United States at the San Ysidro Port of Entry, Dec. 3, 2024, in Tijuana, Mexico.

January 17, 2025, 11:00am Politics

The Senate is heading toward a final vote on legislation that would require federal authorities to detain migrants accused of theft and violent crimes and give states power to challenge federal immigration policies, setting a new tone on immigration as Donald Trump enters the White House. Read story