Drug testing plan considered for some food stamp recipients

By JULIET LINDERMAN and JONATHAN LEMIREAssociated PressWASHINGTON (AP) – The Trump administration is considering a plan that would allow states to require certain food stamp recipients to undergo drug testing, handing a win to conservatives who’ve long...

Day after Bolton takes over, homeland security aide is out

President Donald Trump’s homeland security adviser is resigning in latest White House departure. (Source: CNN)WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump’s homeland security adviser Thomas Bossert resigned Tuesday in the latest White House shakeup.White...

Is Facebook really changing? Or just trimming its data haul?

By MATT O’BRIEN and RYAN NAKASHIMAAP Technology WritersLost amid a flurry of Facebook announcements about privacy settings and data access is a much more fundamental question: Is Facebook really changing its relationship with users, or just tinkering around the...

"I'm sorry:" Zuckerberg opens Senate hearing with an apology

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and BARBARA ORTUTAYAssociated PressWASHINGTON (AP) – Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg began a two-day congressional inquisition Tuesday with a public apology for a privacy scandal that has roiled the social media giant he founded more than a...

Not a rumor: Lindsey Buckingham, Fleetwood Mac part ways

By ANDREW DALTONAP Entertainment WriterLOS ANGELES (AP) – Lindsey Buckingham will have to go his own way. The singer-guitarist is out of Fleetwood Mac.The band said in a statement Monday that Buckingham will not be on their new tour. The announcement came in two...

Analysis: Tax cuts, spending to raise deficit to $1T by 2019

By ANDREW TAYLORAssociated PressWASHINGTON (AP) – The combined effect of President Donald Trump’s tax cuts and last month’s budget-busting spending bill is sending the government’s budget deficit toward the $1 trillion mark next year, according...