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President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before boarding Air Force One at Lehigh Valley International Airport, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025, in Allentown, Pa. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump says he doesn't trust the jobs data, but Wall Street and economists do

Sen. Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., center, speaks during a news conference after a policy luncheon at the Capitol Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Senate heads home with no deal to speed confirmations as irate Trump tells Schumer to 'go to hell'

FILE - A stuffed Cookie Monster is seated in a control room at the Arizona PBS offices at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication in Phoenix, Friday, May 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Katie Oyan, File)

Corporation for Public Broadcasting to shut down after being defunded by Congress, targeted by Trump

FILE - A cargo ship heads to Long Beach, Calif., in this June 19, 2025, file photo. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, files)

The Latest: US stock market and global trade partners react to Trump’s new tariffs

Sewing machines are lined up inside the empty Tzicc clothing factory following the threat of U.S.-imposed tariffs in Maseru, Lesotho, Tuesday, July 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

The Latest: White House says Trump will soon sign order to impose new tariffs at midnight Friday

Palestinians rush to collect humanitarian aid airdropped into Zawaida in central Gaza Strip, Thursday, July 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

The Latest: Trump envoy arrives in Israel for talks with Netanyahu

President Donald Trump, center, speaks with the media as he greets Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, left, and his wife Victoria at the Trump Turnberry golf course in Turnberry, Scotland Monday, July 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

The Latest: Trump to discuss trade with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Scotland

FILE - Wisconsin Secretary of State Sarah Godlewski is interviewed on March 23, 2023 in Madison, Wis.(AP Photo/Harm Venhuizen, file)

Wisconsin's Democratic secretary of state won't run for governor but mulls lieutenant governor bid

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It will be hard to claw back civil society after the money is gone

President Donald Trump speaks with supporters before departing on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, July 25, 2025, in Washington. The President is traveling to Scotland. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

It's a year of rapid change, except when it comes to Trump's approval numbers, AP-NORC polling finds

FILE - Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez speaks at a campaign event for Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, in Little Chute, Wis. (AP Photo/Andy Manis, File)

Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez enters 2026 governor race, calls Trump a 'maniac'

FILE - Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers gives the annual State of the State address Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025, at the state Capitol in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

Democratic Gov. Tony Evers says he won't seek third term in battleground Wisconsin

President Donald Trump signs executive orders after speaking during an AI summit at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium, Wednesday, July 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

The Latest: Justice Department to meet with Epstein’s former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell

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WI professor ponders longer-term effects of GOP loyalty to Trump

FILE - Caregiver Warren Manchess helping Paul Gregoline with his shoes and socks, in Noblesville, Ind., Nov. 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)

Trump's Labor Department proposes more than 60 rule changes in a push to deregulate workplaces

FILE - The Rev. Ralph Abernathy, right, and Bishop Julian Smith, left, flank Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., during a civil rights march in Memphis, Tenn., March 28, 1968. (AP Photo/Jack Thornell, File)

The Latest: Trump administration releases records on FBI’s surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr.

FILE - People walk between buildings on Harvard University campus, Dec. 17, 2024, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

The Latest: Harvard heads to court in $2.6B lawsuit against Trump administration

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Book Review: 'The Mission' reveals troubling political meddling in CIA after 9/11

Hilary Key, owner of The Toy Chest, straightens merchandise on the shelves of her toy store in Nashville, Ind., Thursday, June 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Less selection, higher prices: How tariffs are shaping the holiday shopping season

President Donald Trump bangs a gavel after signing his signature bill of tax breaks and spending cuts at the White House in Washington, Friday, July 4, 2025.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

With gavel in hand, Trump chisels away at the power of a compliant Congress

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