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Free driver’s ed is available for eligible Wisconsin youths. Here’s how it works.

FILE - Federal immigration agents toss tear gas at protesters during a raid in the agriculture area of Camarillo, Calif., Thursday, July 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Owen Baker, File)

1.2 million immigrants are gone from the US labor force under Trump, preliminary data shows

An injured person is carried to a military helicopter that landed to evacuate injured victims of an earthquake that killed many people and destroyed villages in eastern Afghanistan, in Mazar Dara, Kunar province, Monday, Sept. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Wahidullah Kakar)

An earthquake destroys villages in eastern Afghanistan and kills 800 people, with 2,500 injured

FILE - Pharmaceuticals are seen in North Andover, Mass., on June 15, 2018. AP Photo/Elise Amendola, file)

Trump plans a hefty tax on imported drugs, risking higher prices and shortages

A relative of an unaccompanied minor deported from the United States reviews the list of those deported outside La Aurora International Airport, in Guatemala City, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

As Guatemalan kids sit in planes on tarmac, judge orders they stay in the US, for now

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August 27 Dunn County Board meeting - video now available

A U.S. Capitol Police officer walks in front of the U.S. Capitol, Aug. 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Government shutdown looms as Congress returns after monthlong August recess

FILE - Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, and Board of Governors member Lisa Cook, right, listen during an open meeting of the Board of Governors at the Federal Reserve, June 25, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

How the Fed losing its independence could affect Americans’ everyday lives

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Verizon outages reported across the US

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Want to work for National Weather Service? Be ready to explain how you agree with Trump

FILE - A Homeland Security vehicle, right, is parked outside the Moakley Federal Courthouse, April 19, 2023, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Federal judge issues order blocking Trump effort to expand speedy deportations of migrants

President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

What happens to Trump’s tariffs now that a federal appeals court has knocked them down?

President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Court finds Trump's tariffs an illegal use of emergency power, but leaves them in place for now

President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Appeals court blocks Trump administration from ending legal protections for 600,000 Venezuelans

Workers and supporters gather to rally for departing scientific leaders at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention outside the CDC headquarters, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)

The Latest: Trump blocks $4.9 billion in foreign aid approved by Congress

Justice Rebecca Bradley 2023 Oral Argument

Rebecca Bradley won’t run again, creating an open seat

Printed copies of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution are shown on Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)

Atlanta Journal-Constitution to stop printing as it transitions to all-digital news

Chicago Police Cmdr, Herbert Williams, left, speaks with Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025, in the Bronzeville neighborhood of Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

Guard not needed in Chicago, Pritzker tells AP during tour of city to counter Trump’s crime claims

President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump administration asks military base near Chicago for support on immigration operations

FILE - Susan Monarez, President Donald Trump's nominee to be director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, arrives to testify before the Senate HELP Committee, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)

The Latest: Fed Gov. Lisa Cook sues Trump administration to block her attempted firing

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