Category Archives: World/National
FDA floats plan to make cigarettes nonaddictive, but its fate rests with Trump
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal officials on Wednesday released a far-reaching proposal to make cigarettes far less addictive by capping their nicotine content, a goal lo...
Jan 15, 2025
Hegseth confronts allegations of misconduct as senators grill Trump's choice for Pentagon chief
By LISA MASCARO, TARA COPP and MATT BROWN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Donald Trump's choice for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, vowed Tuesday to foster a "warrior culture" at t...
Jan 14, 2025
Stock market today: Wall Street ticks higher after encouraging inflation data
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Most U.S. stocks are rising on Tuesday following an encouraging update on inflation, but drops for Eli Lilly and some other influential companies are ke...
Jan 14, 2025
Special counsel Jack Smith has resigned after submitting his Trump report, Justice Department says
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Special counsel Jack Smith has resigned from the Justice Department after submitting his investigative report on President-elect Donald Trump, an expe...
Jan 12, 2025
Los Angeles wildfires death toll rises as crews fight heavy winds to save homes and landmarks
By JAE HONG, HOLLY RAMER and MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) - The death toll from the wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles area rose to 16 as crews battled to cut off the spreading b...
Jan 12, 2025
Trump says he will change the name of the Gulf of Mexico
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday that he would move to try to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America," a name he said has a "beautiful ring to it." ...
Jan 07, 2025
Jimmy Carter will be honored in Washington, a city where he remained an outsider
By BILL BARROW Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Nearly 44 years after Jimmy Carter left the nation's capital in humbling defeat, the 39th president returns to Washington for three days of state fune...
Jan 07, 2025
Biden issues ban on offshore oil and gas drilling in most federal waters. Trump vows to undo it
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden is moving to ban new offshore oil and gas drilling in most U.S. coastal waters, a last-minute effort to block possible action by ...
Jan 06, 2025
Congress convenes to certify Trump's election win, but his Jan. 6 legacy hangs over the day
By LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK, FARNOUSH AMIRI and MATT BROWN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress convened Monday under heavy security and a snowstorm to certify President-elect Donald T...
Jan 06, 2025
Jimmy Carter, the 39th US president, has died at 100
By BILL BARROW and ALEX SANZ Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) - Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, endured humbling defeat after ...
Dec 29, 2024