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Howard Lutnick, who now oversees the Census Bureau as the commerce secretary, stands behind President Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., in February before his confirmation to Trump’s cabinet. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Less than a week after President Trump said he has ordered a “new” census,” the cabinet official who oversees the Census Bureau acknowledged Tuesday that Congress, not the president, has final say over the national head count that’s used to reshape election maps and guide federal funding, NPR has exclusively learned. Speaking at a town-hall…

The U.S. stock market is rallying toward records on Tuesday after data suggested inflation across the country was a touch better last month than economists expected.The S&P 500 rose 1.1% and was on track to top its all-time high set two weeks ago. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 473 points, or 1.1%, as of 2:46 p.m. Eastern time, while the Nasdaq composite was 1.3% higher and also heading toward a record.Stocks got a lift from hopes that the better-than-expected inflation report will give the Federal Reserve leeway to cut interest rates at its next meeting in September. Lower…

Activism / August 12, 2025 Ad Policy Katie Wilson.(Courtesy of Katy Wilson’s campaign) Walking into Seattle mayoral candidate Katie Wilson’s election night party, I recognized very few people. The mainstream Democratic standard-bearers were all missing. In their place was a crowd of 20-, 30- and 40-year-olds, all excited and inspired by a candidate who spoke their language and lived their life. Throughout the night, it became a greater and greater exercise in power, new progressive pragmatic political power. Six months ago, the current mayor of Seattle, Bruce Harrell, was on a glide path to reelection. He had locked up union…

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday is expected to sign new legislation requiring more thorough background checks before hiring police officers, a law inspired by the shooting death of Sonya Massey.Massey was shot and killed by former Sangamon County Sheriff’s deputy Sean Grayson in July 2024 inside her home near Springfield. Grayson has been fired and charged with first-degree murder in Massey’s killing, and questions have been raised about why he was hired in the first place, given concerns about his conduct at past police jobs.Grayson shot and killed Massey as she was checking on a pot of boiling water in her kitchen…

What was intended as a fundraising mission has become a nightmare for American teen influencer Ethan Guo, who has been stuck in a remote location in Chilean territory in Antarctica since June.Last year, Guo began a journey to become the youngest person to fly solo to all seven continents. The trip also aimed to raise $1 million for childhood cancer research through St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Guo flew his Cessna 182Q to North America, South America, Asia, Africa, Australia and Europe before heading to Antarctica. Prosecutors said he was authorized to fly to the Chilean city of Punta Arenas, which…

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters at the White House on Aug. 11, 2025, in Washington. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption toggle caption Alex Brandon/AP President Trump extended a truce between the U.S. and China on tariffs, a move that could potentially set the stage for a summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping later this year. With hours left on the clock before the looming midnight Tuesday deadline, Trump’s executive order acknowledged that China was taking “significant steps” toward addressing American concerns on “economic and national security matters.” Beijing announced the truce extension at the same time. Allowing the truce to…

After failing to reach a quorum in the Texas House on Monday, Gov. Greg Abbott confirmed what Republican lawmakers have been saying — that beyond efforts to add five GOP congressional seats in the Lone Star State, there have been discussions about seeking to add as many as three more. In an exclusive interview with CBS News Texas Monday, Governor Abbott said, “What we are doing is looking at all options. We’re looking at a lot of different alternatives in part to make sure we do have fairness. If you compare Texas to California or Illinois or New York or Massachusetts,…

On a rainy spring night, about 30 miles north of Manhattan, New York Attorney General Letitia James marched onto the stage at Westchester Community College. Standing nearly six feet tall and dressed in a drapey black suit (not unlike a judicial robe), she smiled broadly. Four of her comrades in legal arms—Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, California’s Rob Bonta, Illinois’s Kwame Raoul, and New Jersey’s Matt Platkin—followed closely behind, as a multiracial crowd of hundreds rose and cheered raucously.Since January, these AGs have challenged the Trump administration 30 times (and counting). But James has stood out, not only from the…

Alaska home collapses into flooded river Alaska home collapses into raging river as melting glacier causes flood 01:11 Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy issued a state disaster declaration Monday as a result of what he called the “imminent threat of catastrophic flooding from a glacier lake outburst flood (GLOF)” in the Juneau area. It would mark the third straight year of serious glacier-related flooding in Juneau, the state capital, in extreme southeastern Alaska.The flooding would be associated with Suicide Basin, a side basin of the Mendenhall Glacier, Dunleavy said.”Hydrologic monitoring by the National Weather Service (NWS) and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)…

Washington — President Trump announced E.J. Antoni as his nominee to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Monday, after he fired the former commissioner earlier this month, blaming her for a weaker-than-expected jobs report. Antoni is a fellow at the conservative Heritage Foundation think tank, and he holds a doctorate in economics from Northern Illinois University. He’s defended Mr. Trump’s economic policy moves in the past, including the president’s tariff strategy. He has also criticized the BLS for low response rates and questioned the agency’s methodology, calling its health insurance figures “phoney baloney” last year and at one point joking that “the…