Mike Catalini

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A sign for Time magazine is displayed outside the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025 in New York.

Time names ‘Architects of AI’ as its 2025 Person of the Year, a year when the tech’s ‘full potential roared into view’

By Mike Catalini and The Associated Press

Virginia House of Delegates, Del.-elect, Nicole Cole, center, speaks with constituent Kaitlyn Sapp, at a convince store Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025, in Fredericksburg, Va. (Steve Helber)

‘You go into the grocery store, you see what things cost, and it’s just not working’: How Democrats figured out affordability politics

By Olivia Diaz, Mike Catalini, and others

Packages of imported Italian pasta sit on shelves Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)

As 107% Italian pasta tariff looms, U.S. retailer says ‘It’s basic food. Something’s got to be sacred’

By Mike Catalini, Giada Zampano, and others

People wait in line durning an emergency food distribution at The Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia’s Mitzvah Food Program in Philadelphia, Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Supreme Court issues emergency order to block full SNAP payments after some states quickly paid the food benefits

By David A. Lieb, Michael Casey, and others

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New Jersey’s Mikie Sherrill stresses ‘affordability’ as she takes governor’s office, claims mandate after flipping many Trump voters

By Mike Catalini and The Associated Press

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Mikie Sherrill elected governor of New Jersey, another victory for Democrats in a night full of them

By Mike Catalini, Michael R. Sisak, and others

Cory Booker stands on the Senate floor

Cory Booker just pulled an all-nighter on the Senate floor, protesting Trump’s agenda for more than 14 hours straight: ‘These are not normal times’

By Mike Catalini, Stephen Groves, and others

President Donald Trump signs an executive order on birthright citizenship in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump’s executive order denying birthright citizenship temporarily blocked by federal judge who calls it ‘blatantly unconstitutional’

By Gene Johnson, Mike Catalini, and others

Sonia Rosa Sifore and other anti-Trump protesters gather in Federal Plaza to rally for a number of issues, including immigrant rights, the Israel-Hamas war, women’s reproductive rights, racial equality and others, on the day of President Trump’s Inauguration, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

Trump faces suits from 22 state attorneys general over his executive order blocking birthright citizenship

By Mike Catalini and The Associated Press

Trump speaks at a podium during a press conference in Mar-a-Lago

Trump says the public deserves to know the truth about the mysterious drones flying over New Jersey

By Mike Catalini and The Associated Press

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Russian actors made fake video depicting mail-in ballots for Trump being destroyed, FBI says

By Melissa Goldin, Mike Catalini, and others

Elon Musk waves

Is Elon Musk’s $1 million election-season giveaway even legal?

By Mike Catalini and The Associated Press

SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk participates in a town hall-style meeting to promote early and absentee voting

Elon Musk calls on Philadelphia to vote early for Trump. Some at the rally shouted back ‘Why?’

By Mike Catalini and The Associated Press

DALLAS, TEXAS – MAY 17: Attendees visit the Smith & Wesson booth during the National Rifle Association (NRA) Annual Meeting & Exhibits at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center on May 17, 2024 in Dallas, Texas. The National Rifle Association’s annual meeting and exhibit runs through Sunday. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Smith & Wesson must comply with New Jersey subpoena in deceptive ad probe over suggestions that a concealed gun ‘enhances one’s lifestyle’

By Maryclaire Dale, Mike Catalini, and others

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America’s wind execs on Biden’s scrapped offshore dreams: ‘We probably still need to go through the same learning curve that Europe did’

By Jennifer McDermott, Matthew Daly, and others