Category Archives: World/National
After missing deadline, DOJ says it may need a 'few more weeks' to finish releasing Epstein files
By SEUNG MIN KIM, ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department said Wednesday that it may need a "few more weeks" to release all of its records on the lat...
Dec 24, 2025
Faithful return to Bethlehem and Pope Leo XIV celebrates his first Christmas Eve Mass at St. Peter's
By MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) - Thousands of people flocked to Bethlehem's Manger Square on Christmas Eve as families there and at other sites across the Holy Land heral...
Dec 24, 2025
US stocks drift to more records on a holiday-shortened day of trading
NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street closed higher and reached more records Wednesday on a holiday-shortened trading day. The S&P 500 index rose 22.26 points, or 0.3%, to 6,932.05. The Dow Jones Industrial...
Dec 24, 2025
Voluminous new Epstein document release includes multiple Trump mentions, but little revelatory news
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Justice Department has released tens of thousands more documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, a tranche that included...
Dec 24, 2025
Consumer confidence slumps to lowest level since the US rolled out tariffs in April
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Consumers' confidence in the economy was shaken in December as Americans grew anxious about high prices and the impact of President Donald Trump's swee...
Dec 23, 2025
Israeli Cabinet approves 19 new Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank
By MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Israel's Cabinet has approved a proposal for 19 new Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, the far-right finance minister said Sunday,...
Dec 21, 2025
Muddy eruption at Yellowstone's Black Diamond Pool captured on video
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press "Kablooey!" That's the word U.S. Geological Survey volcanic experts used to describe a muddy eruption at Black Diamond Pool in Yellowstone National Park on Satu...
Dec 21, 2025
Turning Point showcases the discord that Republicans like Vance will need to navigate in the future
By JONATHAN J. COOPER and SEJAL GOVINDARAO Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) - The next presidential election is three years away, but Turning Point USA already knows it wants Vice President JD Vance as t...
Dec 21, 2025
US forces stop oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela as Trump follows up on promise to seize tankers
By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. forces on Saturday stopped an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela for the second time in less than two weeks as Presid...
Dec 20, 2025
Trump administration will appeal judge's order reversing federal funding cuts at Harvard
By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration will appeal a federal judge's order reversing billions of dollars in funding cuts to Harvard University, extending a st...
Dec 19, 2025