Category Archives: World/National
Blanche: Trump administration is scrapping $1.8B fund meant to compensate president's allies
By ERIC TUCKER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration is scrapping plans to create a $1.8 billion fund meant to compensate allies of the Republican presid...
Jun 02, 2026
New York sues over the Trump administration's deal to end offshore wind projects including one near NC
By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press New York's attorney general sued the Trump administration Tuesday over one of its deals to end an offshore wind project. Under a deal made public in March, Frenc...
Jun 02, 2026
Trump taps housing regulator Pulte to be acting director of national intelligence
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump has tapped Bill Pulte, head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, to be the acting director of national intelligence - elevating...
Jun 02, 2026
Pentagon bars journalists from its press office, saying it has become a 'classified space'
By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) - In another of a series of moves restricting media access at the Pentagon, the Defense Department has declared that its press office is now a classi...
Jun 01, 2026
Tensions linger between Republicans and White House over the 'anti-weaponization' fund
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A standoff between the White House and the Senate remains unresolved after Republican senators defiantly left town 10 days ago without passing...
Jun 01, 2026
Trump says Israel and Hezbollah have agreed to dial back fighting
BEIRUT (AP) - President Donald Trump said Monday that Israel and Hezbollah have agreed to dial back fighting after he held talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and communicated with th...
Jun 01, 2026
Ukraine hits Russian energy targets and denies striking Kremlin-occupied nuclear plant
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Kyiv on Sunday launched new strikes overnight on Russian energy sites. It has also denied Moscow's claims that a Ukrainian drone struck the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear...
May 31, 2026
WHO chief reports 5 Ebola recoveries as a new treatment center opens in eastern Congo
By JUSTIN KABUMBA and MARK BANCHEREAU Associated Press BUNIA, Congo (AP) - Five patients have recovered from a rare type of Ebola virus, the head of the World Health Organization said Sunday during a ...
May 31, 2026
Rescuers free 4 men who had been trapped in a flooded Laos cave, search for 2 still missing
By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) - Rescue workers in Laos said Saturday they have safely evacuated four villagers trapped in a flooded cave for 10 days, the day after another one ...
May 30, 2026
Trump vents about judge who blocked the Kennedy Center renovation and fumes over his legal setbacks
By COLLIN BINKLEY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump on Saturday branded the federal judge who blocked his renovation of the Kennedy Center as "an anti Trump Hater" and predicte...
May 30, 2026