Category Archives: World/National
Hamas reaffirms commitment to ceasefire as delays in returning hostages' bodies fray nerves
By WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Hamas moved Friday to shore up its brittle ceasefire agreement with Israel by reaffirming its commitment to the terms of the deal, in...
Oct 17, 2025
Ex-Trump national security adviser Bolton charged with storing and sharing classified information
By ERIC TUCKER, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated PressGREENBELT, Md. (AP) - John Bolton, who served as national security adviser to President Donald Trump during hi...
Oct 16, 2025
Senate Democrats, holding out for health care, reject government funding bill for 10th time
By STEPHEN GROVES and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Democrats rejected for the 10th time Thursday a stopgap spending bill that would reopen the government, insisting the...
Oct 16, 2025
The government shutdown is putting a renewed spotlight on the cracks in the US aviation system
By RIO YAMAT AP Airlines and Travel Reporter A startling message came over the radio from an air traffic control tower near Los Angeles less than a week into the federal government shutdown: "The towe...
Oct 15, 2025
SpaceX launches the 11th test flight of its mega Starship rocket with another win
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace WriterSpaceX launched another of its mammoth Starship rockets on a test flight Monday, successfully making it halfway around the world while releasing mock satell...
Oct 13, 2025
Trump urges leaders to put ‘old feuds’ aside as he calls for a new era of harmony in the Middle East
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated PressSHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) - President Donald Trump called for a new era of harmony in the Middle East on Monday during a globa...
Oct 13, 2025
Education Department layoffs hit offices that oversee special education and civil rights enforcement
By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education WriterWASHINGTON (AP) - A new round of layoffs at the Education Department is depleting an agency that was hit hard in the Trump administration's previous ...
Oct 13, 2025
Living Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners are freed as part of Gaza ceasefire
By WAFAA SHURAFA, SAMY MAGDY and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated PressDEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - All 20 living hostages held by Hamas and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel walked free M...
Oct 13, 2025
Israel lays out plans for hostage release and prisoner swap expected on Monday
By SAMY MAGDY, SARAH EL DEEB and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated PressCAIRO (AP) - Israel said Sunday that it expected all of the living hostages held in the Gaza Strip to be released Monday, confirming the...
Oct 12, 2025
Israel lays out plans for hostage release and prisoner swap expected on Monday
By SAMY MAGDY, SARAH EL DEEB and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press CAIRO (AP) - Israel said Sunday that it expected all of the living hostages held in the Gaza Strip to be released Monday, confirming th...
Oct 12, 2025