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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Mark Sanford, the Republican former South Carolina congressman and governor whose political ascendency was stalled by a 2009 affair, has ended his latest bid for public office, saying that he’s quitting the race to reclaim his former coastal district to set up a nonprofit to address the national debt, his signature issue. Sanford, 65, told The Associated Press on Thursday that he was shuttering his campaign […]

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana’s congressional primaries won’t be going forward as scheduled in May, as a result of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down a majority Black congressional district, the state’s top elected officials said Thursday. Gov. Jeff Landry and Attorney General Liz Murrill, both Republicans, said in a joint statement that Wednesday’s high court ruling effectively prohibits the state from carrying out the primaries under […]

WASHINGTON, April 30 (Reuters) – The Trump administration is talking to oil companies and considering measures to increase production in the United States “really soon” to ease the impact of the Iran war on energy supplies, White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said on Thursday. “We’ve been in constant communication with the oil companies, and have been considering measures that we could take here in the U.S. to increase U.S. […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Ever since graduating from high school, Tyler Jones hasn’t stopped working and doesn’t have any debt. Still, homeownership feels like an unattainable goal, only possible for past generations. “Every time I get a paycheck, it’s all already spoken for,” said Jones, a 21-year-old who works at a deli and a nonprofit in Springfield, Massachusetts. Being a homeowner is one of Jones’ dreams, and his inability to […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Between her college and master’s degrees, Justene Bologna accumulated over $200,000 in debt. It has affected not only her finances but also her mental health. “I have severe stress and anxiety,” said Bologna, 30. While student loan debt is at the root of Bologna’s worries, it’s not her only financial constraint. After she gave birth to twins a few years ago, she also accumulated medical debt. […]

NEW YORK (AP) — In 2020, Jennifer Vall’s son was diagnosed with leukemia. A year later, she found out she had thyroid cancer. While Vall was debt-free and had a great credit score, medical bills kept adding up, leaving her with thousands of dollars in debt. “I was able to utilize my credit to survive because one thing with cancer is (that) bills don’t stop just because somebody gets sick,” […]

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine Gov. Janet Mills on Thursday dropped her bid for the U.S. Senate just weeks before the Democratic primary in a race that reflected an internal party debate over how to win one of this year’s most competitive Senate seats. “While I have the drive and passion, commitment and experience, and above all else – the fight – to continue on, I very simply do not […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits tumbled below 200,000 last week despite a number of economic headwinds including the war in Iran. U.S. jobless aid applications for the week ending April 25 fell by 26,000 by to 189,000, down from the previous week’s 215,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday. That’s well below the 214,000 new applications analysts surveyed by the data firm FactSet were expecting. […]

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Roblox, a gaming platform popular with kids, announced Thursday that children under 16 in Indonesia will be required to undergo facial scans to verify their age to comply with new restrictions on minors’ use of social media and digital platforms in the country. Nicky Jackson Colaco, Roblox’s vice president and global head of public policy, announced the changes in a press conference in Jakarta, describing them […]