Meg Kinnard

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  • Aleksandar VucicPolitics

    World leaders at UN shocked by ‘macabre response’ on social media to Charlie Kirk’s death

    By Meg Kinnard and The Associated Press
  • President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Sept. 19, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)Politics

    Trump ramps up retribution campaign with push for attorney general to speed up pursuit of ‘justice’ against his foes

    By Meg Kinnard and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Lindsey Halligan, special assistant to the president, speaks with a reporter outside of the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)Law

    Trump nominates White House aide to replace U.S. attorney who was forced out after failing to prosecute president’s adversaries

    By Alanna Durkin Richer, Meg Kinnard, and others
  • Donald TrumpEconomy

    Trump’s jobs bloodbath prompts a look back: He likes the good reports and treats the others as fake

    By Meg Kinnard and The Associated Press
  • Paul Dans, director of Project 2025, speaksPolitics

    Paul Dans, Project 2025’s chief architect, says the U.S. Senate is ‘the headwaters of the swamp’

    By Lisa Mascaro, Meg Kinnard, and others
  • FILE – Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk walks to the stage to speak at the Butler Farm Show, Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, file)Politics

    Has Elon Musk really formed a new political party? It’s not clear

    By Meg Kinnard and The Associated Press
  • Dr. Annie AndrewsPolitics

    Meet Dr. Annie Andrews, a pediatrician who plans to give Lindsey Graham a run for his money in South Carolina

    By Meg Kinnard and The Associated Press
  • Kristi Noem testifies on Capitol HillPolitics

    Homeland Security Secretary gets publicly corrected after calling habeas corpus a ‘constitutional right’ for Trump to ‘remove people from this country and suspend their rights’

    By Meg Kinnard and The Associated Press
  • President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Md., on his way to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)Politics

    Trump’s $400 million luxury plane offer from Qatar is raising red flags

    By Meg Kinnard and The Associated Press
  • Vice President JD Vance speaks during a tour at Nucor Steel Berkeley in Huger, S.C., Thursday, May 1, 2025. (Kevin Lamarque/Pool Photo via AP)Politics

    VP Vance says U.S. is launching an ‘industrial renaissance’ in visit to South Carolina steel plant

    By Meg Kinnard and The Associated Press
  • CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – NOVEMBER 8: Founder and CEO of Barstool Sports Dave Portnoy is seen before the Loyola (Il) Ramblers and Florida Atlantic Owls game in the Barstool Sports Invitational at Wintrust Arena on November 8, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images)Finance

    Dave Portnoy estimates he’s lost $20 million after the Trump tariff-fueled stock market ‘bloodbath’

    By The Associated Press and Meg Kinnard
  • FILE – Refugees prepare food including maize porridge donated by USAID and known locally as posho, during the visit of U.N. in Adjumani, Uganda, Aug. 29, 2016. (AP Photo/Stephen Wandera, File)Politics

    What is USAID and why do Trump and Musk want to shut it?

    By Ellen Knickmeyer, Meg Kinnard, and others
  • FILE – President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)Politics

    Trump’s firings, freezes and layoffs: Here are the president’s moves against federal employees and programs so far

    By Meg Kinnard and The Associated Press
  • Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump listens during an event on combating antisemitism at Trump National Golf Club, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024, in Bedminster, N.J. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)Politics

    Trump reported $267m in ‘golf-related’ income in 2024. Here’s how his political and business interests will intersect in the White House

    By Meg Kinnard, Alex Connor, and others
  • FILE—Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., takes questions from reporters after presenting his final version of an interim pending bill to his caucus, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. President-elect Donald Trump has now abruptly rejected the bipartisan plan to prevent a Christmastime government shutdown. Instead, he’s telling House Speaker Mike Johnson and Republicans to essentially renegotiate — days before a deadline when federal funding runs out. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)Politics

    What to know about the debt ceiling debate that is pushing Washington to the brink of a government shutdown

    By Meg Kinnard and The Associated Press