Category Archives: World/National
Could Canada really become the 51st US state? Here's what it would take
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump has repeatedly said Canada should be the 51st U.S. state as he proposes erasing the 5,525-mile-long border that separates the...
Feb 13, 2025
Judge finds Trump administration hasn't fully followed his order to unfreeze federal spending
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge found Monday that the Trump administration hasn't fully followed his order to unfreeze federal spending and told the White Hous...
Feb 10, 2025
Trump says he has directed US Treasury to stop minting new pennies, citing rising cost
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump says he has directed the Treasury Department to stop minting new pennies, citing the rising cost of producing the one-cent coin...
Feb 10, 2025
Trump says he is serious about Canada becoming 51st state in Super Bowl interview
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said he is serious about wanting Canada to become the 51st state in an interview that aired Sunday during the Super Bowl presho...
Feb 09, 2025
Elon Musk dodges DOGE scrutiny while expanding his power in Washington
By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Elon Musk made a clear promise after Donald Trump decided to put him in charge of making the government more efficient. "It's not going to be some ...
Feb 09, 2025
Trump's AI ambition and China's DeepSeek overshadow an AI summit in Paris
By SYLVIE CORBET and KELVIN CHAN Associated Press PARIS (AP) - The geopolitics of artificial intelligence will be in focus at a major summit in France where world leaders, executives and experts will ...
Feb 09, 2025
Musk team's access to student loan systems raises alarm over borrowers' personal information
By COLLIN BINKLEY and BIANCA VZQUEZ TONESS AP Education Writers WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats are pushing back against Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency as it turns its attention to the Ed...
Feb 07, 2025
Stock market today: Wall Street finishes mixed as strong fashion, tobacco stocks offset Ford's drop
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street drifted through mixed trading Thursday as rising fashion and cigarette stocks worked against drops for Ford Motor and Qualcomm. The S&P ...
Feb 06, 2025
Trump blames 'obsolete' US air traffic control system for the plane and chopper collision near DC
By JOSH FUNK Associated Press President Donald Trump on Thursday blamed last week's deadly collision of a passenger jet and Army helicopter on what he called an "obsolete" computer system used by U.S....
Feb 06, 2025
Trump urges Americans to 'bring God back into our lives' in National Prayer Breakfast speech
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Thursday that his relationship with religion had "changed" after a pair of failed assassination attempts last year, as h...
Feb 06, 2025