Nicholas Riccardi

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minnesota

From George Floyd to Trump calling Somali immigrants ‘garbage’ to a fatal ICE shooting, Minnesota’s in the crosshairs

By Nicholas Riccardi, Steve Karnowski, and others

Trump, Zohran

Trump defends socialism in Zohran Mamdani meeting the same day House GOP passes resolution condemning it

By Nicholas Riccardi, Josh Boak, and others

FILE – SNAP EBT information sign is displayed at a gas station in Riverwoods, Ill., Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, file)

Trump administration demands states ‘undo’ full SNAP payouts and warns of penalties if they refuse

By Scott Bauer, Nicholas Riccardi, and others

Dominion Voting

Former Republican elections official buys Dominion Voting, the company at the center of false 2020 conspiracy theories

By Nicholas Riccardi and The Associated Press

Voters cast ballots

Newsmax avoids trial with $67 million settlement over false 2020 election claims

By Nicholas Riccardi and The Associated Press

Esther Salas

Judges who rule against Trump are getting ‘pizza doxings,’ an ominous gesture that often comes with death threats

By Nicholas Riccardi and The Associated Press

Pam Bondi, Donald Trump

Trump dismayed by MAGA’s obsession with ‘a guy who never dies, Jeffrey Epstein’

By Ali Swenson, Nicholas Riccardi, and others

Demonstrators rally against President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk in San Jose, Calif., as part of a national day of action on Saturday, April 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Emily Steinberger)

Even as tech bosses swing to the right, almost 7-in-10 people in Silicon Valley vote against Trump

By Nicholas Riccardi and The Associated Press

Elon Musk speaks at a town hall Sunday, March 30, 2025, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

Elon Musk defeated in Wisconsin Supreme Court race after spending almost $25 million to back losing candidate

By Nicholas Riccardi, Thomas Beaumont, and others

FILE – President Donald Trump listens as Elon Musk speaks in the Oval Office at the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

‘Radical rogue judges’ targeted by Trump administration as legal setbacks pile up: ‘Judges have no authority to administer the executive branch’

By Nicholas Riccardi and The Associated Press

In this photo provided by El Salvador’s presidential press office, prison guards transfer deportees from the U.S., alleged to be Venezuelan gang members, to the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador, Sunday, March 16, 2025. (El Salvador presidential press office via AP)

Trump administration deports hundreds as judge orders their removals be stopped with planes already in the air

By Nicholas Riccardi, Regina Garcia Cano, and others

FILE – The Voice of America building, Monday, June 15, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Trump guts staff at Voice of America and other pro-democracy, US-funded media organizations

By Nicholas Riccardi, David Bauder, and others

President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport, Friday, March 14, 2025, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump invokes 18th century law to speed deportations, judge stalls it hours later

By Nicholas Riccardi, Will Weissert, and others

President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in New Orleans, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Trump keeps joking about a third term. Here’s what the constitution says

By Nicholas Riccardi and The Associated Press

Joe Biden and Donald Trump

Since the pandemic, incumbents have been ousted in 40 of 54 elections in Western democracies — ‘A kind of electoral long COVID’

By David Rising, Jill Lawless, and others