Category Archives: World/National
House approves budget framework for Trump’s ‘big’ bill after intense wrangling sways GOP holdouts
By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans narrowly approved their budget framework Thursday, a political turnaround after Speaker Mike Johnso...
Apr 10, 2025
House approves budget framework for Trump’s ‘big’ bill after intense wrangling sways GOP holdouts
By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans narrowly approved their budget framework Thursday, a political turnaround after Speaker Mike Johnso...
Apr 10, 2025
House approves budget framework for Trump's 'big' bill after intense wrangling sways GOP holdouts
By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans narrowly approved their budget framework Thursday, a political turnaround after Speaker Mike Johnson worked into ...
Apr 10, 2025
Supreme Court allows Trump’s firings of independent agency board members to take effect, for now
By MARK SHERMAN Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the Trump administration to oust two board members who oversee independent agencies, for now. Th...
Apr 09, 2025
Supreme Court allows Trump's firings of independent agency board members to take effect, for now
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the Trump administration to oust two board members who oversee independent agencies, for now. The action seems...
Apr 09, 2025
US stocks dip after careening through a manic day following Trump’s latest tariff threat
By STAN CHOE, ELAINE KURTENBACH and DAVID McHUGH AP Business WritersNEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks careened through a manic Monday after President Donald Trump threatened to crank his tari...
Apr 07, 2025
Trump says he’s not backing down on tariffs, calls them ‘medicine’ as markets reel
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated PressWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - President Donald Trump said Sunday that he won’t back down on his sweeping tariffs on imports from most of ...
Apr 06, 2025
The skyrocketing cost of weight-loss drugs has state Medicaid programs looking for a solution
By SUSAN HAIGH and MARC LEVY Associated PressStates increasingly struggling to cover the rising cost of popular GLP-1 drugs like Wegovy, Ozempic and Zepbound are searching for ways to get ou...
Apr 06, 2025
Dow drops 1,600 as US stocks lead worldwide sell-off after Trump’s tariffs cause a COVID-like shock
By STAN CHOE AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street shuddered, and a level of shock unseen since COVID's outbreak tore through financial markets worldwide Thursday on worries about the damage&n...
Apr 03, 2025
Myanmar earthquake death toll rises to 3,145 as more bodies found
By DAVID RISING Associated PressBANGKOK (AP) - The death toll from the earthquake that hit Myanmar nearly a week ago rose Thursday to 3,145 as search and rescue teams found more bodies,...
Apr 03, 2025