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Trump issues disaster declarations for Alaska and other states but denies Illinois and Maryland

By GABRIELA AOUN ANGUEIRA
Oct 23, 2025 3:52 pm - President Donald Trump approved major disaster declarations for Alaska, Nebraska, North Dakota and the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe late Wednesday, while denying requests from Vermont, Illinois and Maryland and leaving other states still waiting for answers.
Lithuanian president says Russian military planes violated the Baltic country’s airspace

Oct 23, 2025 3:46 pm - Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda said that Russian military planes violated Lithuania’s airspace on Thursday evening, condemning the breach as a blatant infraction on the territorial integrity of his European Union and NATO-member country.
Trump’s turnaround on sanctions targets Russia’s oil companies that fund the war in Ukraine

By DAVID McHUGH
Oct 23, 2025 3:43 pm - The U.S. and the European Union are hitting Russia with another round of sanctions, aiming to cut into oil and gas export earnings that fund Moscow's war against Ukraine.
American e-waste is causing a 'hidden tsunami' in Southeast Asia, report says

By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL
Oct 23, 2025 1:57 pm - Millions of tons of discarded electronics from the United States are being shipped overseas, much of it to developing countries in Southeast Asia unprepared to safely handle hazardous waste, according to a new report released Wednesday by an environmental watchdog.
Putin deplores US sanctions as “unfriendly” as EU joins in heaping restrictions on Russia

By LORNE COOK
Oct 23, 2025 12:27 pm - The European Union on Thursday heaped more economic sanctions on Russia, adding to U.S. President Donald Trump’s new punitive measures the previous day against the Russian oil industry. Russian President Vladimir Putin called Washington's move an “unfriendly act” that could backfire by spiking global oil prices
White House East Wing demolished as Trump moves forward with ballroom construction, AP photos show

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE
Oct 23, 2025 12:05 pm - Associated Press photos on Thursday show the entire White House East Wing has been demolished as President Donald Trump moves forward with a ballroom construction.
Average long-term US mortgage rate drops to 6.19%, lowest level in more than a year

By ALEX VEIGA
Oct 23, 2025 11:16 am - The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage fell this week to its lowest level in more than a year, extending a recent trend that’s helped give lagging U.S. home sales a boost.
Trump backs off planned surge of federal agents into San Francisco after talking to the mayor

By TERRY CHEA and CHRISTOPHER WEBER
Oct 23, 2025 10:25 am - President Donald Trump said Thursday that he’s backing off a planned surge of federal agents into San Francisco after speaking to the mayor.
US home sales accelerated in September to their fastest pace since February as mortgage rates eased

By ALEX VEIGA
Oct 23, 2025 10:23 am - Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes accelerated in September as declining mortgage rates and a pickup in available properties on the market encouraged home shoppers.
Vance criticizes Israel’s parliament vote on West Bank annexation, says the move was an ‘insult’

By RENATA BRITO and MATTHEW LEE
Oct 23, 2025 8:27 am - U.S. Vice President JD Vance criticized Thursday Israel’s parliament vote on West Bank annexation, saying it amounted to an “insult” and went against the Trump administration policies and efforts to ensure that the U.S.-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas holds in Gaza.

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