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WATCH: White House defends ballroom project price tag rising to $300 million

ZumpaOctober 24, 2025

The estimated price tag for the president’s planned renovations now stands at about $300 million — much higher than the initial $200 million that the White House put forward. Watch White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s news briefing in the player above. That’s because like “with any construction project, there are changes over time,” White […]

WATCH: Trump touts new anti-cartel task force achievements at White House event

ZumpaOctober 24, 2025

President Donald Trump joined Attorney General Pam Bondi and other top officials Thursday to celebrate his recent creation of a new federal task force meant to encourage cooperation between federal and local law enforcement to combat drug cartels and human smuggling networks. Watch Trump’s remarks in the player above. At a White House event featuring […]

WATCH: Mayor Adams endorses former rival Cuomo in New York City mayoral race

ZumpaOctober 24, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams endorsed Andrew Cuomo in the city’s mayoral election Thursday, throwing his weight behind a bitter rival he recently called a “snake and a liar” as the former governor tries to defeat Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani. Watch the announcement in the video player above. Adams, who dropped his […]

Trump says the government owes him a ‘lot of money’ over federal probes. Here’s how he could be paid

ZumpaOctober 24, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has suggested he’s entitled to compensation from the federal government over investigations he faced that he claims were politically motivated. Now, the Justice Department that Trump has exerted control over could approve a hefty payout in taxpayer dollars. The Republican president’s comments in the Oval Office on Tuesday have put a spotlight […]

Who’s paying for Trump’s $300 million ballroom?

ZumpaOctober 24, 2025

Private donors to President Donald Trump’s planned White House ballroom include tech giants like Amazon, Meta and Apple, as well as the family of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and the cofounders of the cryptocurrency exchange Gemini, according to a list provided to PBS News. The president has maintained that the multi-million-dollar project will be paid […]

Trump administration finalizes plan to open pristine Alaska wildlife refuge to drilling

ZumpaOctober 24, 2025

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday finalized plans to open the coastal plain of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to potential oil and gas drilling, renewing a long-simmering debate over whether to drill in one of the nation’s environmental jewels. U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum announced the decision Thursday that paves the […]

Pennsylvania election official responds as DOJ sues state to obtain voter data

ZumpaOctober 24, 2025

Geoff Bennett: President Trump has continued to perpetuate the lie that the 2020 presidential election was rigged in favor of Joe Biden, posting on his social media platform just last night that it was — quote — “an illegal scam/hoax.” Since he reentered the White House, the president has suggested his administration will crack down […]

Federal workers set to miss full paycheck as government shutdown drags on

ZumpaOctober 24, 2025

In the standoff over the government shutdown, Republicans tried something new, offering a Senate bill that would pay some federal workers who are still on the job. Democrats blocked that move, arguing that it excludes too many people. It comes as more than a million federal workers will miss a full paycheck on Friday. Congressional […]

Judge blocks National Guard from Chicago indefinitely while awaiting Supreme Court decision

ZumpaOctober 24, 2025

CHICAGO (AP) — National Guard troops won’t be deploying in the Chicago area anytime soon unless the U.S. Supreme Court intervenes because a judge on Wednesday extended her temporary restraining order indefinitely. Elsewhere around the country, it will be at least days before the Guard could be deployed in Portland, Oregon, and federal appeals judges are weighing whether hundreds […]

What to know about Maine’s tumultuous Senate primary race

ZumpaOctober 24, 2025

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — After days of posting multiple apology videos, showing off his chest to reveal a covered-up tattoo that had been connected with a Nazi symbol and distancing himself from old online comments, Maine Democrat Graham Platner says he’s only further committed to his U.S. Senate campaign. Platner, an oyster farmer and first-time political candidate, […]