Category Archives: World/National
Turning Point USA's Erika Kirk backs Vice President JD Vance's potential 2028 presidential bid
By MATT BROWN and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) - Erika Kirk, widow of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk and the organization's new leader, endorsed a potential presidential bi...
Dec 19, 2025
Trump signs executive order that could reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and BILL BARROW Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that could reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug and open new...
Dec 18, 2025
Trump administration moves to cut off transgender care for children
By ALI SWENSON, MATTHEW PERRONE and DEVI SHASTRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday unveiled a series of regulatory actions designed to eff...
Dec 18, 2025
Trump in White House speech says US economy is strengthening, despite weaker hiring and inflation
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump tried in a live speech Wednesday night from the White House to convince the American people that they are wrong to worry about th...
Dec 17, 2025
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino says he plans to resign next month as bureau's No 2 official
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino said Wednesday that he will resign from the bureau next month, ending a brief and tumultuous tenure in which he clashe...
Dec 17, 2025
China exploits US-funded research on nuclear technology, a congressional report says
By DAVID KLEPPER and DIDI TANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - China is exploiting partnerships with U.S. researchers funded by the Department of Energy to provide the Chinese military with access ...
Dec 17, 2025
Trump orders blockade of 'sanctioned oil tankers' into Venezuela, ramping up pressure on Maduro
By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Tuesday he is ordering a blockade of all "sanctioned oil tankers" into Venezuela, ramping up pressure on the country...
Dec 16, 2025
Wall Street drifts lower following mixed data on the economy
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. stock market drifted through a mixed day of trading Tuesday after reports on the economy did little to clear uncertainty about where interest r...
Dec 16, 2025
A photographer finds thousands of dinosaur footprints near Italian Winter Olympic venue
By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) - A wildlife photographer stumbled upon one of the oldest and largest known collections of dinosaur footprints, dating back about 210 million years to the ...
Dec 16, 2025
Hegseth says he won't publicly release video of boat that killed survivors in the Caribbean
By STEPHEN GROVES, LISA MASCARO and BEN FINLEY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday that the Pentagon will not publicly release unedited video of a strike tha...
Dec 16, 2025