Nation
April 22

Seattle hospital won't turn over gender-affirming care records in lawsuit settlement with Texas

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is dropping a request for a Seattle hospital to hand over records regarding gender-affirming treatment potentially given to children from Texas as part of a lawsuit settlement announced Monday.
Nation
April 22
Former President Donald Trump sits in court on the first day of opening arguments in his trial at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York, Monday, April

Trump tried to 'corrupt' the 2016 election, prosecutor alleges as hush money trial gets underway

Donald Trump tried to illegally influence the 2016 presidential election by preventing damaging stories about his personal life from becoming public, a prosecutor told jurors Monday at the start of the former president's historic hush money trial.
Nation
April 22

Key takeaways from the opening statements in Donald Trump's hush money trial

Monday's opening statements in the first criminal trial of a former American president provided a clear roadmap of how prosecutors will try to make the case that Donald Trump broke the law, and how the defense plans to fight the charges on multiple fronts.
Business
April 22

Biden marks Earth Day by going after GOP, announcing $7 billion in federal solar power grants

President Joe Biden marked Earth Day by announcing $7 billion in federal grants for residential solar projects serving 900,000-plus households in low- and middle-income communities — while criticizing Republicans who want to gut his policies to address climate change.
Nation
April 22

Prosecutors cancel warrant for lawmaker on primary eve, saying protective order hadn't been in place

A warrant for charges that a Democratic state representative from Philadelphia violated a protective order was withdrawn Monday — a day before he faces a contested primary — because police and prosecutors said they determined no such active protective order had been in place.
Business
April 22

Without cameras to go live, the Trump trial is proving the potency of live blogs as news tools

They watched from the courtroom or via closed-circuit television in an overflow room — roughly 140 reporters, most with laptops or other silenced electronic devices, serving up news at its most elemental and in rapid-fire fashion.
Election
April 22

GOP battle for nomination in Minnesota's Second District could head to August primary

The race has bitterly divided Republicans over who is best to take on DFL incumbent Rep. Angie Craig this fall.
Politics
April 22
Justices Sarah Hennesy, left, and Theodora Gaïtas were appointed to the Minnesota Supreme Court at the State Capitol on Monday.

Two new female Minnesota Supreme Court justices come with strong public defense backgrounds

Gov. Tim Walz elevates Court of Appeals Judge Theodora Gaïtas and Stearns County Judge Sarah Hennesy.
Politics
April 22
Sen. Nicole Mitchell, a first-term Democrat from Woodbury, was arrested in Detroit Lakes early Monday morning on suspicion of burglary.

Woodbury state senator arrested in suspected burglary

Sen. Nicole Mitchell, a DFL lawmaker from Woodbury, was arrested Monday morning in Detroit Lakes and booked into the Becker County Jail.
Nation
April 22

The Latest | Lawyers in Trump hush money case paint competing portraits of him in opening statements

In opening statements in Donald Trump's historic hush money trial, prosecutors said Monday that the former president ''orchestrated a criminal scheme to corrupt'' the 2016 presidential election.
Nation
April 22

Trump's $175 million bond in New York civil fraud judgment case is settled with cash promise

New York state lawyers and an attorney for former President Donald Trump settled their differences Monday over a $175 million bond that Trump posted to block a large civil fraud judgment while he pursues appeals.
Nation
April 22

Tennessee Gov. Lee admits defeat in school voucher push

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee conceded defeat Monday in his push to enact universal school vouchers this year, acknowledging there was not a "path forward'' after months of Republican infighting.
Nation
April 22

Supreme Court denies request by Arizona candidates seeking to ban electronic vote tabulators

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to consider a request by Republican U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake to ban the use of electronic vote-counting machines in Arizona.
Nation
April 22

The Supreme Court will decide whether Trump is immune from federal prosecution. Here's what's next

The Supreme Court is hearing arguments this week with profound legal and political consequences: whether former President Donald Trump is immune from prosecution in a federal case charging him with plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
Politics
April 22

In race for his Senate seat, Joe Manchin endorses West Virginia Democratic Mayor Glenn Elliott

Outgoing U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin endorsed the mayor of Wheeling on Monday in the Democratic primary race for his seat representing deep-red West Virginia, where Manchin is the only Democrat holding statewide office.
Nation
April 21

Local election workers fear threats to their safety as November nears. One group is trying to help

The group gathered inside the conference room, mostly women, fell silent as the audio recording began to play.
Nation
April 21

Local election workers fear threats to their safety as November nears. One group is trying to help

The group gathered inside the conference room, mostly women, fell silent as the audio recording began to play.
Nation
April 21

Kennedy says he loves his family 'either way' after relatives endorse Biden's campaign over his

Independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Sunday acknowledged endorsements from more than a dozen of his relatives who are backing Democratic President Joe Biden, noting that he feels no ill will over the family political divide.
Politics
April 21
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks April 2 at a rally in Green Bay, Wis.

Puerto Rico Republicans award Trump all 23 of their delegates

Puerto Rico's Republican Party held a district assembly on Sunday and awarded former President Donald Trump all 23 of their national delegates.
Business
April 21
This July 2023 image provided by Amy Chadwick shows the backyard of her home in Lahaina, on the Hawaiian island of Maui.

Hawaii lawmakers take aim at vacation rentals after Lahaina wildfire amplifies Maui housing crisis

Amy Chadwick spent years scrimping and saving as a single mother of two to buy a house in the town of Lahaina on the Hawaiian island of Maui. But after a devastating fire leveled Lahaina in August and reduced Chadwick's home to white dust, the cheapest rental she and her now-husband could find for their family and dogs cost $10,000 a month.

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