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The Social Security Administration has been instructed to reduce its staff by half as President Donald Trump’s ... Read More
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CFPB nominee promises to keep agency open but downsize it
WASHINGTON — Jonathan McKernan, who has been tapped by President Donald Trump to become the next director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, promised lawmakers Thursday he would not preside over shutting ...Read more
Former ABC News executive Tom Cibrowski tapped as president of CBS News
Tom Cibrowski, who oversaw ABC's "Good Morning America" during one of its most successful eras, is joining CBS News as president and executive editor.
The storied news division, which has been reeling over its legal ...Read more
UNC System board approves new policy on campus protests, hoping to mitigate 'chaos'
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Students and other groups seeking to protest on UNC System campuses will have new rules to follow, following a vote by the board that oversees the state’s public universities to approve a new policy ...Read more
Francis Ford Coppola, Clint Eastwood and others honor Gene Hackman: 'No finer actor'
LOS ANGELES — From Francis Ford Coppola to Antonio Banderas, directors and actors across Hollywood on Thursday mourned the death of actor Gene Hackman. The 95-year-old, best known for his Oscar-winning roles in 1971's "...Read more
Another ban on transgender girls, women playing female sports passes Georgia House
ATLANTA — Georgia lawmakers are continuing efforts to ban transgender student-athletes from playing sports according to their gender identity.
The Georgia House voted 102-54 Thursday to approve House Bill 267. Three ...Read more
California insurance regulators urge State Farm to expand coverage in exchange for rate hikes
After meeting with State Farm executives in Oakland on Wednesday, California’s top insurance regulator said he expects to decide within two weeks whether to approve the insurer’s emergency request for a steep rate hike...Read more
Georgia takes steps to preserve access to in vitro fertilization
ATLANTA — Georgia lawmakers are moving closer to enshrining access to in vitro fertilization in state law, a year after a court decision in neighboring Alabama put the legality of the procedure in jeopardy there.
State ...Read more
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul facing protest over removal of Palestinian studies professor job listing at City University of New York
NEW YORK — The faculty union at the City University of New York objected to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s order to interrupt the hiring process for a Palestinian Studies professor, as protesters planned to confront the governor ...Read more
Michelle Trachtenberg's cause of death 'undetermined' as family refuses autopsy
NEW YORK — The cause of actor Michelle Trachtenberg’s death remained “undetermined” Thursday after her family objected to having an autopsy performed, city officials said.
Trachtenberg, 39, was found dead in her ...Read more
Death of Gene Hackman, wife, dog deemed 'suspicious'; pills found scattered
LOS ANGELES — Authorities are investigating the deaths of Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman, his wife and their dog at their home in New Mexico after they were discovered by a sheriff’s deputy who said the circumstances...Read more
Jeff Bezos to launch fiancée, Katy Perry and Gayle King into space
Blue Origin owner Jeff Bezos plans to launch an all-female crew into space that includes pop star Katy Perry, journalist Gayle King and his fiancée, Lauren Sánchez.
Also aboard the New Shepard rocket will be former NASA...Read more
Gene Hackman, 2-time Oscar winner, found dead with his wife and dog in Santa Fe home
LOS ANGELES — Gene Hackman, the Oscar-winning actor who brought a flinty menace to films such as “Bonnie and Clyde,” “The French Connection” and “Unforgiven,” was found dead Wednesday along with his wife in ...Read more
'Game on': Congressional oversight committee drops video ahead of sanctuary hearing featuring 4 US cities
The congressional committee that will question sanctuary city leaders next week about how their policies impact public safety has dropped a promotional video, declaring "Game on."
The U.S. House Committee on Oversight and...Read more
Hollywood diversity in decline despite audience demand, study finds: 'The writing was on the wall'
LOS ANGELES — A new study examining the top films of 2024 has found that Hollywood is backsliding on its diversity efforts.
The 2025 edition of the UCLA Hollywood Diversity Report, released Thursday, has determined that...Read more
Musk's SpaceX antennas installed at New Jersey FAA building where DOGE spurred federal worker firings
Following recommendations from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, the Trump administration has fired 15 or more workers at the Federal Aviation Administration facility in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey.
...Read more
Beloved owner of one of Hollywood's last costume shops dies at 90
LOS ANGELES — Ursula Boschet, the iconic Hollywood costume designer, whose shop draped celebrities and civilians for more than half a century, has died. She was 90.
Boschet died Monday afternoon of pancreatic cancer ...Read more
Rep. Joe Wilson wants to print new money with Donald Trump's portrait. Here's his idea
Those who carry cash would have a denomination as an option with President Donald Trump’s face, at least under the idea of one of South Carolina’s congressmen.
U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., a staunch supporter of ...Read more
Trump said he won't touch Medicaid. Some Maryland lawmakers have doubts
BALTIMORE — At the first Cabinet meeting of his second term, President Donald Trump leaned forward and made a promise.
A reporter had just asked about a U.S. House budget bill that passed the night before and included $...Read more
In appreciation: In Gene Hackman, the exquisite loneliness of the long-distance actor
CHICAGO — “It’s a little mystery I like to leave unsolved,” Gene Hackman said nearly 40 years ago in circumstances very different from this week’s news of his death at the age of 95.
Eugene Hackman won two ...Read more
Off-Strip country festival to premiere in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS — It’s a country music festival that had part of its title — “Boots” — easily covered. It just needed “Park,” and found one.
The hoedown and throw-down Boots In the Park is making its Las Vegas ...Read more
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