Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger questions whether Americans feel the ‘golden age’ Trump describes
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger listens to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026, in Williamsburg, Va. Spanberger will deliver the Democratic response after the address. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, Pool)
By: JOEY CAPPELLETTI
WASHINGTON (AP) — Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger offered a sharp contrast to President Donald Trump’s depiction of the nation as being in a “golden age” during his State of the Union, arguing in her Democratic rebuttal that costs remain high for many Americans more than a year into his second term.
Her message, that families are still struggling under Trump’s policies, is one Democrats plan to carry nationwide ahead of the midterm elections. Party leaders point to Spanberger’s double-digit victory in Virginia last November as validation of a disciplined, cost-focused campaign they now hope to replicate across the country.
Supreme Court rules the Postal Service can’t be sued, even when mail is intentionally not delivered
The Supreme Court is seen, Jan. 13, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)
By: MARK SHERMAN
WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that Americans can’t sue the U.S. Postal Service, even when employees deliberately refuse to deliver mail.
By a 5-4 vote, the justices ruled against a Texas landlord, Lebene Konan, who alleges her mail was intentionally withheld for two years. Konan, who is Black, claims racial prejudice played a role in postal employees’ actions.
Justice Clarence Thomas, writing for a majority of five conservative justices, said the federal law that generally shields the Postal Service from lawsuits over missing, lost and undelivered mail includes “the intentional nondelivery of mail.”
In dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote that while the protection against lawsuits is broad, it does not extend to situations when the decision not to deliver mail “was driven by malicious reasons.” Justice Neil Gorsuch joined his three liberal colleagues in dissent.
Trump cites health care issues in Greenland saying he’s sending a hospital ship. His claims are off
The U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort docks at the Cristobal port, operated by the Panama Ports Company, in Colon, Panama, Sunday, June 29, 2025. (AP Photo/ Matais Delacroix, File)
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER, KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and DEVI SHASTRI
U.S. President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post Saturday that he would deploy a hospital ship to Greenland, alleging many people there are sick and not receiving care, even though both of the U.S. Navy’s hospital ships are undergoing maintenance at a shipyard in Alabama.
The announcement prompted a defense of Greenland’s health care system from its prime minister in the latest point of friction with Trump, who has frequently talked about seizing Greenland, which is a semiautonomous territory of NATO ally Denmark.
