BRUSSELS (AP) 鈥� France鈥檚 prime minister described it as a 鈥渄ark day鈥� for the European Union, a 鈥渟ubmission鈥� to U.S. tariff demands. Commentators said EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen鈥檚 handshake with President Donald Trump amounted to capitulation. The trouble is, Europe depends mightily on the United States, and not just for trade. Mirroring […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� As President Donald Trump prepares to announce new tariff increases, the costs of his policies are starting to come into focus for a domestic manufacturing sector that depends on global supply chains, with a new analysis suggesting factory costs could increase by roughly 2% to 4.5%. 鈥淭here鈥檚 going to be a cash […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� Senate Democrats are imploring President Donald Trump’s administration to step up its role in addressing suffering and starvation in Gaza, with more than three dozen senators signing onto a letter Tuesday urging the resumption of ceasefire talks and sharply criticizing an Israeli-backed American organization that had been created to distribute food aid. […]
STOCKHOLM (AP) 鈥� Chinese and U.S. trade officials were heading into a second day of meetings in the Swedish capital Tuesday to try to break a logjam over tariffs that have skewed the pivotal commercial ties between the world’s two largest economies. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng made no […]
An Oklahoma sheriff鈥檚 office Monday opened an investigation over reports that images of nude women were displayed on the state鈥檚 school superintendent office television during a meeting with education board members. Top Oklahoma lawmakers have sought answers over accounts given by two State Board of Education members, who said they saw the images during a […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) 鈥� The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un dismissed U.S. intent to resume diplomacy on North Korea鈥檚 denuclearization, saying Tuesday the North flatly opposes any attempt to deny its position as a nuclear weapons state. Since beginning his second term in January, U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly […]
Washington (AP) 鈥� A coalition of 20 state attorneys general filed a lawsuit Monday challenging the Trump administration’s demand that their states turn over personal data of people enrolled in a federally funded food assistance program, fearing the information will be used to aid mass deportations. The data demand comes as the Trump administration has […]
LAS VEGAS (AP) 鈥� Setting the stage for what is expected to be a highly competitive fight for Nevada governor, Democratic Attorney General Aaron Ford announced Monday he will challenge Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo next year. Ford represents the highest-profile Democrat to enter the still-emerging contest in a battleground state carried by President Donald Trump […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� The Federal Reserve is expected to leave its short-term interest rate unchanged on Wednesday for the fifth straight meeting, a move that will likely underscore the deep divide between how Chair Jerome Powell and his chief critic, President Donald Trump, see the economy. The Fed itself, to be sure, is increasingly divided […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� A federal appeals court panel on Monday ruled that private individuals and organizations cannot bring voting rights cases under a section of the law that allows others to assist voters who are blind, disabled or unable to read. It’s the latest ruling from the St. Louis-based 8th Circuit Court of Appeals, saying […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says no one in Gaza is starving: 鈥淭here is no policy of starvation in Gaza, and there is no starvation in Gaza. We enable humanitarian aid throughout the duration of the war to enter Gaza 鈥� otherwise, there would be no Gazans.鈥� President Donald Trump on Monday said he disagrees […]
UNITED NATIONS (AP) 鈥� France on Monday called on the European Union to pressure Israel to agree to a two-state solution with the Palestinians, the latest escalation from France as it seeks an end to the deadly Gaza war days after pledging to recognize Palestine as a state. Jean-No毛l Barrot, the French foreign minister, told […]
RUIDOSO, N.M. (AP) 鈥� President Donald Trump has approved a federal disaster declaration for New Mexico after flash floods tore through a mountain village that had not yet recovered from a deadly flood that killed three people and damaged hundreds of homes three weeks prior. The declaration allows Lincoln County residents to apply for several […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� President Donald Trump said Monday that he ended his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein and threw the now-disgraced financier out of his private club in Florida after Epstein betrayed him more than once by hiring people who had worked for him. Trump did not say what the people’s jobs were or where they […]
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ July 28 The Washington Post on RFK Jr.’s proposed limit on pharmaceutical ads Since stepping into the helm at the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has done his best to challenge traditional medicine. He has loosened vaccine recommendations for […]
President Donald Trump is asking a federal court in Florida to force Rupert Murdoch to give a deposition for the president’s lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal within 15 days, citing the media mogul’s age and physical condition. Trump sued the Journal, owned by Murdoch, is U.S. District Court in southern Florida on July 18 […]
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) 鈥� The United States and Argentina on Monday announced that they are working on a plan to allow Argentine tourists to again travel to the U.S. without a visa. It will likely take two to three years before visa-free travel becomes a reality for Argentine passport holders, but the Trump administration’s […]
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) 鈥� A Maine congressman and several commercial fishing groups are getting behind a push to delay rules designed to protect a vanishing species of whale for 10 years. The North Atlantic right whale numbers only about 370 and has declined over the last 15 years. They have been the subject of proposed […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� President Donald Trump on Monday expressed concern over the worsening humanitarian situation in Gaza and urged Israel to get people food, seemingly recalibrating his stance on Gaza as images of emaciated children have sparked renewed worries about hunger in the war-torn territory. Trump, speaking in Scotland on Monday, said the U.S. and […]
A federal judge on Monday says Planned Parenthood clinics nationwide must continue to be reimbursed for Medicaid funding as the nation鈥檚 largest abortion provider fights President Donald Trump鈥檚 administration over efforts to defund the organization in his signature tax legislation.
President Donald Trump is in Scotland, where he is meeting with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to refine a trade deal the two leaders signed last month. During the trip, Trump has also visited Trump golf properties as his family鈥檚 business prepares to open a new Scottish course bearing his name in August. Critics argue […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� A chief architect of Project 2025, Paul Dans, is launching a Republican primary challenge to Sen. Lindsey Graham in South Carolina, joining a crowded field that will test the loyalties of President Donald Trump and his MAGA movement in next year’s midterm election. Dans told The Associated Press the Trump administration’s federal […]
NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Darren Walker needed to be convinced of his new book’s relevance. The outgoing Ford Foundation president feared that 鈥淭he Idea of America,” set to publish in September just before he leaves the nonprofit, risked feeling disjointed. In more than eight dozen selected texts dating back to 2013, he reflects on everything […]
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) 鈥� Top trade officials from China and the United States arrived for a new round of talks in Stockholm on Monday in a bid to ease tensions over trade between the world鈥檚 two biggest national economies. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng were meeting at the offices […]
