Category Archives: World/National
FBI concluded Jeffrey Epstein wasn't running a sex trafficking ring for powerful men, files show
By MICHAEL R. SISAK, DAVID B. CARUSO and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - The FBI pored over Jeffrey Epstein's bank records and emails. It searched his homes. It spent years interview...
Feb 08, 2026
India and the US move closer to reducing Trump tariffs
By AIJAZ HUSSAIN Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) - India and the United States released a framework for an interim trade agreement to lower tariffs on Indian goods, which Indian opposition accused of ...
Feb 07, 2026
US stocks soar to their best day since May as the Dow tops 50,000 and bitcoin stops plunging
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. stock market roared back on Friday, as technology stocks recovered much of their losses from earlier in the week and bitcoin halted its plunge,...
Feb 06, 2026
US and Russia agree to reestablish military dialogue after Ukraine talks
By KAMILA HRABCHUK and EMMA BURROWS Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - The U.S. and Russia agreed Thursday to reestablish high-level military dialogue for the first time in more than four years in ...
Feb 05, 2026
Trump administration launches TrumpRx website for discounted drugs
By ALI SWENSON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - The Trump administration on Thursday launched TrumpRx, a website it says will help patients buy prescription drugs directly at a discounted rate at a ti...
Feb 05, 2026
Falling tech stocks and a plunge for bitcoin hit Wall Street
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Sharp drops hit Wall Street on Thursday as technology stocks fell and bitcoin plunged again to roughly half its record price set last fall. Several disc...
Feb 05, 2026
A Homeland Security shutdown grows more likely as Republicans rebuff Democratic demands for ICE
By MARY CLARE JALONICK and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that demands made by Democrats for new restrictions on federal immigration of...
Feb 05, 2026
Savannah Guthrie posts message to her mother's kidnapper asking to provide proof she is alive
By SEJAL GOVINDARAO and JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - NBC "Today" show host Savannah Guthrie said Wednesday that her family is ready to talk to people holding their 84-year-ol...
Feb 04, 2026
Trump demands $1 billion from Harvard as a prolonged standoff appears to deepen
By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump is demanding a $1 billion payment from Harvard University to end his prolonged standoff with the Ivy League campus, doubl...
Feb 04, 2026
Trump signs bill to end partial government shutdown, setting stage for next fight
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump signed a roughly $1.2 trillion government funding bill Tuesday that ends the partial federal shutdown that began over the wee...
Feb 03, 2026