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A Social Security card is shown in Tigard, Ore., Oct. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, FIle)

The Social Security Administration plans to cut field office visits by 50%. What it means for you

FILE - A visitor walks past portraits of DC Comics superheroes as she enters the "Action and Magic Made Here" interactive experience at the Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood media preview on June 24, 2021, in Burbank, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

Netflix to acquire Warner Bros. studio and streaming business for $72 billion

FILE - Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speaks during a news conference, May 24, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

The Latest: Federal vaccine advisors say not all babies need a hepatitis B shot at birth

U.S. Navy Adm. Frank M. Bradley, accompanied by Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, right, walks to a meeting with senators on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

The Latest: Admiral says there was no ‘kill them all’ order in boat attack

Matthew Crowe at Announcement at Brewery Nonic, Dec. 4, 2025

Menomonie Councilperson Matthew Crowe announces candidacy for mayor

FILE - President Donald Trump speaks holding a large ticket representing a ticket for the World Cup final, row one, seat one, as Andrew Giuliani, from left, Richard Grenell, president of the Kennedy Center Board of Trustees, Vice President JD Vance, FIFA President Gianni Infantino and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem listen in the Oval Office of the White House, Aug. 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, file)

Trump's immigration message is colliding with his welcome to World Cup fans

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attends a joint news conference with Cyprus' President Nikos Christodoulides in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Dan Bashakov)

Putin says there are points he can't agree to in the US proposal to end Russia's war in Ukraine

President Donald Trump speaks during an event on fuel economy standards in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The Latest: Navy admiral who ordered attack that killed boat strike survivors briefs lawmakers

Kashish Ali and Elliott McKnight stock a One Love Community Fridge with food, Nov. 15, 2025, in Brooklyn, New York. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)

Americans gave $4B on GivingTuesday 2025 as donations and volunteering gain big over last year

FILE - Guitarist, songwriter and record producer Steve Cropper poses Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey,File)

Steve Cropper, guitarist and member of Stax Records' Booker T and the M.G.'s, has died at age 84

President Donald Trump walks out of the Cabinet Room following a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

The Latest: Pentagon watchdog finds Hegseth put US personnel at risk with Signal use

FILE - The entrance to the Wisconsin Supreme Court chambers is seen in the state Capitol in Madison, Wis., March 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Todd Richmond, File)

Wisconsin Supreme Court to decide whether local jails can hold immigrants for ICE

Attorney General Pam Bondi and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speak before President Donald Trump arrives to pardon the national Thanksgiving turkeys Waddle and Gobble, during a pardoning ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

The Latest: Hegseth defends second boat strike, citing ‘fog of war’

FILE - Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey talks during a news conference after winning a third term in the city's ranked-choice voting election, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr, File)

Federal authorities plan operation in Minnesota focusing on Somali immigrants, AP source says

Flowers, challenge coins and other items lay near a photograph of U.S. Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom at a makeshift memorial outside of Farragut West Station, near the site where two National Guard members were shot, Monday, Dec. 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Man charged in National Guard shooting pleads not guilty during court appearance from hospital bed

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and the Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin gesture to each other as they take part in a joint press conference in Dublin, Ireland, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

The Latest: US envoy Witkoff meets Putin in Moscow

FILE - Honduras' President Juan Orlando Hernandez speaks during the opening ceremony of the UN Climate Change Conference COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, Monday Nov. 1, 2021. Andy Buchanan/Pool via AP, File)

Former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández freed after Trump pardon

FILE - Wisconsin Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mandela Barnes concedes to Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson at a news conference Nov. 9, 2022, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

Democrat Mandela Barnes, a former US Senate candidate, enters the Wisconsin governor's race

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Menomonie City Council sends data center zoning to Planning Commission

A person sits in a field of crops after a raid by U.S. immigration agents. Blake Fagan/AFP via Getty Images

As US hunger rises, Trump administration’s ‘efficiency’ goals cause massive food waste

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