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By ISABELLA VOLMERT, Associated Press A proposal to redraw Indiana’s congressional boundaries faces its first public test in the state Senate on Monday, with no clarity on whether it can pass a final vote later in the week despite months of pressure from President Donald Trump. Senators will take action on a bill designed to favor GOP candidates in the upcoming midterm elections. However, many Republicans, who control the chamber, have been hesitant or even outright opposed to the idea of mid-decade redistricting. Several have also been threatened over their opposition or unwillingness to immediately declare support. Their deciding votes…
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Sunday that a deal struck by Netflix to buy Warner Bros. Discovery “could be a problem” because of the size of the combined market share. “There’s no question about it,” Trump said, answering questions about the deal and various other topics as he walked the red carpet at the Kennedy Center Honors. The Republican president said he will be involved in the decision about whether the federal government should approve the $72 billion deal. If approved by regulators, the merger would put two of the world’s biggest streaming…
By SUSIE BLANN, Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday claimed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “hasn’t read” a U.S-authored peace proposal aimed at ending the Russia-Ukraine war. Trump was critical of Zelenskyy after U.S. and Ukrainian negotiators completed three days of talks on Saturday aimed at trying to narrow differences on the U.S. administration’s proposal. But in an exchange with reporters on Sunday night, Trump suggested that the Ukrainian leader is holding up the talks from moving forward. “I’m a little bit disappointed that President Zelenskyy hasn’t yet read the proposal, that was as of a…
By MARC LEVY and KEVIN FREKING, Associated Press ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Republicans in key battleground U.S. House districts are working to contain the political fallout that may come when thousands of their constituents face higher bills for health insurance coverage obtained through the Affordable Care Act. For a critical sliver of the Republican majority, the impending expiration of what are called enhanced premium tax credits after Dec. 31 is a pressing concern as they potentially face headwinds in a 2026 midterm election that will be critical to President Donald Trump’s agenda. One of those is first-term U.S. Rep. Ryan…
LOS ANGELES — Every season is its own journey, and while the twists and turns can be anticipated, they’re not necessarily predictable. And while UCLA women’s basketball continued the momentum that has them ranked fourth in the AP Top 25, with what at first glance would seem to have been an easy 80-59 rout of Oregon in their Big Ten opener Sunday afternoon, there were those moments during the course of the afternoon, the ones that coach Cori Close tends to address quickly and emphatically. The Bruins are now 9-1 against a non-conference schedule that included four ranked opponents, with victories…
Rams running back Kyren Williams celebrates after running for a touchdown as Arizona Cardinals safety Budda Baker looks on in the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford passes the ball in the first half of an NFL football game against the Arizona Cardinals, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) Arizona Cardinals quarterback Jacoby Brissett warms up before facing the Rams in an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 7, 20235, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) Arizona Cardinals head…
Today marks the 97th birthday of Noam Chomsky, known both for his status as “the father of modern linguistics” as well as his prolific political commentary. I’m aware that as the opinion editor of an editorial page that tilts libertarian he’s an unusual figure to highlight, but he was intellectually influential to me ever since I read a booklet of his (“9/11”) sometime in 2002 (I would’ve been 11). Though I came to identify more with thinkers like Milton Friedman, Chomsky is still someone whose writings and speeches I return to. The story of Chomsky entails covering two very different…
Heavily favored Liberation and jockey Juan Hernandez had to work for the filly’s first stakes win, edging 4-1 Cecilia Street and Diego Herrera in the $100,000 Soviet Problem Stakes at Los Alamitos on Sunday. Cecilia Street challenged front-running Liberation first on the far turn, and again after slipping a length behind in mid-stretch, but couldn’t get by the John Sadler-trained daughter of Omaha Beach and Ponytail. Liberation, who paid $2.60 after winning by a half-length, had finished third in three previous tries at the stakes level and was the only horse with stakes experience in the 1-mile race for California-bred…
How fun it must be to spend other people’s hard-earned money. That’s the position government leaders find themselves in day in and day out as they make decisions about what to spend our tax dollars on. They have billions to indulge the most fanciful items on their policy wish lists. Sometimes they splurge hundreds of millions on a 911 system that doesn’t work at all or billions on a fancy new high-speed rail to nowhere – that’s billions of dollars, every one of which you had to sacrifice your time, body, and mind to stock aisle 4, carry packs of…
Frederico Jucá Carsalade points in excitement during UCLA’s win over USC in the the men’s water polo championship on Sunday at the Avery Aquatic Center in Stanford, CA on Friday, Dec. 7, 2025. (Ross Turteltaub, UCLA Athletics) STANFORD, Calif. — Frederico Jucá Carsalade scored with one second remaining to cap a four-goal fourth quarter, and UCLA rallied to beat USC 11-10 to win the men’s water polo championship on Sunday at the Avery Aquatic Center. It was the 14th championship for the second-seeded and defending champion Bruins (27-2), winning back-to-back titles for the fifth time. USC (23-4), the top seed,…