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@AP White House, politics and economics writer, flaneur, father.
Washington, DC
Joined March 2011
Come behind the scenes with AP’s Vatican Correspondent Nicole Winfield as she waits with other journalists for Pope Leo XIV to board Air Pope One. Pope Leo XIV wrapped up his first foreign trip Tuesday at the site of a deadly 2020 Beirut port explosion.
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asks president to grant him pardon from corruption charges.
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announces resignation of chief of staff amid corruption investigation.
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President Donald Trump vows to 'permanently pause' migration from poorer nations in the wake of the shooting of two National Guard members. An Afghan national who worked with the CIA during the Afghanistan War is facing charges for the shooting.
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President Donald Trump has vowed to “permanently pause migration” from poorer nations in a blistering anti-immigrant screed posted to social media.
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China launches Shenzhou 22 spacecraft to assist in return of 3 astronauts stranded on space station @AP https://t.co/NQNIhfHAXp
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China has launched the Shenzhou 22 spacecraft to help bring back a team of astronauts after a damaged spacecraft left them temporarily stranded on China's Tiangong space station.
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“The Associated Press is back in a courtroom Monday defending itself and our principles against the White House, fighting for the right of the press and public to speak freely without being targeted by their government based on its preferences. “ https://t.co/n6smRNAOg1
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The executive editor of The Associated Press says the news organization is fighting for the right of the press and public to speak freely without being targeted by the government.
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Must-read: "Letting the government control which journalists can cover the highest office in the land and setting rules about what those journalists can say or write is a direct attempt to undercut the First Amendment." "It should worry all of us."
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The executive editor of The Associated Press says the news organization is fighting for the right of the press and public to speak freely without being targeted by the government.
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“We estimate that from the mid-2000s to 2022, exposure to the opioid epidemic continuously increased the Republican vote share in House, presidential, and gubernatorial elections.”
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Republican Support and Economic Hardship: The Enduring Effects of the Opioid Epidemic,” by Arteaga (@caroartc) and Barone (@viquibarone):
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A Florida man who had been imprisoned in Saudi Arabia over social media posts critical of the Crown Prince arrived back in the U.S two days after Trump welcomed the kingdom’s leader to the White House in a climactic end to years of diplomatic isolation. https://t.co/HbQq9GPCJ6
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A Florida retiree jailed in Saudi Arabia for social media posts critical of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has returned to the United States after four years of detention and travel restrictions.
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Trump and Republicans once more face a tough political fight over Obama-era health law @michellelprice https://t.co/WCzuCifhUc
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President Donald Trump is once more targeting former President Barack Obama’s signature health care law, and Trump is picking a political fight before next year’s elections.
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A secretive license plate reader program tracks American drivers in the interior and detains them for 'suspicious' travel. AP's Marshall Ritzel tells the story of Alek Schott, a Houston man on a business trip caught up in the agency's dragnet surveillance https://t.co/wcVmzPNnwM
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In journalism we’re used to pointing out problems, not solving them. This was a chance to think differently and offer Baltimore kids and parents solutions. Take a look and tell us what you think.
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School transportation company HopSkipDrive used AI and a Banner analysis to map how yellow buses, vans and cars could get Baltimore students to school safely and on time for less than 5% of the...
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Odds of a December rate cut have RISEN after jobs report, likely because uptick in unemployment rate, which Fed sees as better at capturing changes in immigration/population than jobs. Still, seems wrong -- case for rate cut is rapidly weakening job market, which didn't happen.
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Ahead of Trump-MBS as US-Saudi investment forum, Aramco's Amin Nasser says energy demand in next decade for heat and air conditioning will be "much, much, much more significant" than demand from AI data centers.
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Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers resigns from OpenAI board after release of Epstein emails.
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Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers has abruptly gone on leave from teaching at Harvard University over recently released emails showing he maintained a friendly relationship with Jeffrey...
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Prisoner sues Australian state over Vegemite ban | AP News
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A prisoner in Australia is challenging a state's ban on Vegemite in prisons, claiming that denying him the polarizing yeast spread violates his human rights.
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Past due balances to utility companies jumped 9.7% annually to $789, said The Century Foundation, a liberal think tank, and the advocacy group Protect Borrowers. The increase has overlapped with a 12% jump in monthly energy bills. https://t.co/7i27Uo5DFx
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A new analysis of consumer data shows that more people in the United States are falling behind on their utility bills.
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The 'eerily similar' ways how Trump and Biden tried to ease anger about the high cost of living https://t.co/EeOokrlBCK
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President Donald Trump’s problems with fixing the high cost of living might be giving voters a feeling of déjà vu.
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