WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump's tariffs on imported aluminum and steel are disrupting business for hundreds of American companies that buy those metals, and many are pressing for relief. Nearly 2,200 companies are asking the Commerce Department to exempt…
SOUTH DAKOTA - The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing “South Dakota vs. Wayfair,” a case that will decide if sales tax needs to be charged for all online purchases. Calling himself, "a strong voice…
WASHINGTON (AP) - The leaders of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee are set to unveil a bipartisan resolution authorizing the use of military force overseas. The proposal would accelerate a debate that Congress has been reluctant to have, but that's…
SAN DIEGO (AP) - The National Guard Bureau's vice chief says about 900 guard members are deployed so far for President Donald Trump's effort to combat illegal immigration and drug trafficking along the U.S.-Mexico border. Speaking to reporters in Washington,…
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA's newest planet-hunting spacecraft is poised for a Monday evening launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Tess satellite will scan almost the entire sky, staring at the brightest, closest stars in an effort to find…
DETROIT (AP) - Toyota says it will start equipping models with technology to talk to other vehicles starting in 2021, as it tries to push safety communications forward. The company says most of its U.S. models should have the feature…
WASHINGTON (AP) - An internal government watchdog says the Environmental Protection Agency violated federal spending laws when purchasing a $43,000 soundproof privacy booth for Administrator Scott Pruitt's office. The Government Accountability Office issued its findings Monday in a letter to…
HOUSTON (AP) - Jenna Bush Hager says her grandmother, former first lady Barbara Bush, is resting comfortably with family members at her side. Hager's comments to NBC's "Today" show Monday come a day after the family announced the 92-year-old Bush…
ELLSWORTH AFB - Planes stationed at Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota were deployed late Friday by President Donald Trump in response to chemical attacks in…
WASHINGTON (AP) - TA lawyer for fired FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe says he's considering filing a defamation lawsuit against President Donald Trump and his "colleagues." Attorney Michael Bromwich sarcastically thanked Trump in a Twitter post Friday for "providing even…
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration is again declining to name China as a currency manipulator, but it did target that country and five others for special monitoring of practices that the administration says are making America's trade deficit worse.…
DENVER (AP) - A Republican senator says President Trump has promised to support legislation protecting the marijuana industry in states that have legalized the drug. Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner says Trump made the pledge to him in a Wednesday night…
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump says an attack on Syria could take place "very soon or not so soon at all!" The president made the statement in a tweet Thursday morning. Trump on Wednesday warned Russia to "get ready"…
WASHINGTON (AP) - Conservatives supporting ways to cut back on food stamps may find one in a plan that would allow states to require certain recipients to undergo drug testing. The Trump administration is weighing a proposal that would apply…
WASHINGTON (AP) - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says he knows what it means to have personal information compromised by malicious outsiders. And he acknowledges that regulation of social media companies is "inevitable." Zuckerberg's two says of congressional questioning has revealed…
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - USA Gymnastics is suing its insurance carriers, alleging that they haven't fully reimbursed it for defense costs incurred in lawsuits filed by victims of disgraced former sports doctor Larry Nassar. The Indianapolis-based governing body for gymnastics sued…
NEW YORK (AP) - Retailers are hoping for a resolution this year from the Supreme Court on a decades-old dispute: whether companies must collect sales tax on items sold in a state where they don't have a store or other…
WASHINGTON (AP) - CEO Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook has not seen a falloff in usage in light of the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Zuckerberg had already said last week that the company has not seen any "meaningful impact" from an online…
Sioux Falls, S.D. - One of the biggest websites on the internet may be facing legal action. YouTube is being accused of breaking a federal law designed to protect children's privacy online.…
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal agents carrying court-authorized search warrants have seized documents from President Donald Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen. That's according to a statement from Cohen's attorney, Stephen Ryan. He says the search warrants were executed by the office…
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump says he's going to "make it up" to farmers who would be impacted by China's proposed retaliatory tariffs on U.S. exports. Trump says: "It's not nice when they hit the farmers specifically because they…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Jason Aldean has built his career on his live show that entertains tens of thousands of fans every year. But after a mass shooting at a festival in Las Vegas, the country star is still carrying…
