Jesse Bedayn

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Tyson Foods employee Lizeth Yanes cries during an interview in Lexington, Neb., Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)

Meet the American small town that’s becoming the ‘poster child for hard times’ as the largest employer shuts down

By Jesse Bedayn and The Associated Press

Pam Bondi

DOJ takes up Trump’s request to investigate his years of friendship with Jeffrey Epstein by targeting prominent Democrats

By Michael R. Sisak, Jesse Bedayn, and others

The mug shot of Jeffrey Epstein.

Post-conviction Jeffrey Epstein gave dating advice to Larry Summers, former Treasury secretary and Harvard president

By Jesse Bedayn and The Associated Press

Vladimir Kramnik

Chess federation files complaint against former champion after tragic death of 29-year-old opponent

By Jesse Bedayn and The Associated Press

Sam Altman

Voter fury emerges over skyrocketing electricity bills as AI stokes demand — and fears of a stock market bubble

By Marc Levy, Jesse Bedayn, and others

Charlie Kirk

DNA on towel wrapped around rifle near Charlie Kirk assassination matches the 22-year-old accused in the killing, FBI director says

By Jesse Bedayn, John Seewer, and others

Charlie Kirk

FBI releases photos of person of interest in the assassination of Charlie Kirk

By Eric Tucker, Alanna Durkin Richer, and others

Affordable housing

‘Just another nail in the coffin for rural areas’: Affordable housing program faces the axe under Trump’s tax, budget cuts

By Charlotte Kramon, Jesse Bedayn, and others

Daniris Espinal stands for a portrait in Sunset Park, in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Emergency federal housing voucher program that pays rent for 60,000 families may end soon as money runs out: ‘To have it stop would completely upend all the progress that they’ve made’

By Jesse Bedayn and The Associated Press

Joan Starr, left, looks at Al Hase as they stand in their apartment at Smith Tower Apartments on Monday, March 10, 2025, in Vancouver, Wash. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

Washington low-income senior couple worry that DOGE’s cut of $1 billion housing renovation program means their building could no longer be livable: ‘It’s kinda terrifying’

By Jesse Bedayn and The Associated Press

Law officials escort a suspect from an apartment to a waiting utility vehicle for transport during a raid Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, in east Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

U.S. border czar blames media leaks for hindering major immigration raids in Colorado suburb

By Colleen Slevin, Thomas Peipert, and others

Mexican flag waving

How do Mexico, Canada, and China affect fentanyl flowing into the U.S.?

By The Associated Press and Jesse Bedayn

FILE – The U.S. Department of Justice building is seen in Washington, Dec. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Justice Department accuses 6 major landlords of colluding by using algorithm and sharing data to keep rents high

By Jesse Bedayn and The Associated Press

An Amazon Web Services data center in Ashburn, Virginia

Data center boom is driving some residents out of their lifelong communities

By Dan Merica, Jesse Bedayn, and others

FILE – Border Patrol agents talk with migrants seeking asylum as they prepare them for transportation to be processed, June 5, 2024, near Dulzura, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Biden administration surveillance and AI tools for tracking and ranking immigrants set to help Trump deportation crackdown

By Sarah Parvini, Garance Burke, and others