advertisement

Log Out

Nation and World Politics

Trump signs executive orders targeting colleges, plus schools’ equity efforts

By COLLIN BINKLEY and JOCELYN GECKER
Apr 23, 2025 9:00 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has ordered sharper scrutiny of America’s colleges and the accreditors that oversee them, part of his escalating campaign to end what ...
Illinois joins 11 states suing the Trump administration to stop its tariff policies

By LARRY NEUMEISTER
Apr 23, 2025 4:27 pm - NEW YORK — A dozen states sued the Trump administration in the U.S. Court of International Trade in New York on Wednesday to stop its tariff policy, saying it is unlawful...
Ukraine defiant on US pressure as Trump accuses Zelenskyy of boasting

By Steve Hendrix and Siobhán O'Grady
Apr 23, 2025 4:16 pm - KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy insisted Wednesday that Russia must accept a full ceasefire before negotiations, thwarting U.S. efforts to gain quick conce...
Iowa town hall attendees turn on each other as Sen. Grassley faces heated questions

By MARK VANCLEAVE and HANNAH FINGERHUT
Apr 23, 2025 4:00 pm - NORTHWOOD, Iowa — Iowans attending a forum Wednesday hosted by Sen. Chuck Grassley started to turn on each other as the lawmaker faced heated questions about President Do...
Trump says Zelenskyy is prolonging war in Ukraine by resisting calls to cede Crimea to Russia

By ILLIA NOVIKOV, AAMER MADHANI and JILL LAWLESS
Apr 23, 2025 12:14 pm - President Donald Trump on Wednesday lashed out at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, saying the Ukrainian leader is prolonging the ‘killing field’ after he pushed back on ceding Crimea to Russia as part of a potential peace plan.
Yemen's Houthi rebels fire a missile at northern Israel, the first time for the group to reach there

By JON GAMBRELL
Apr 23, 2025 8:20 am - Yemen's Houthi rebels launched a missile early Wednesday toward northern Israel, the first such attack by the group to reach the area as a monthlong intense U.S. airstrike campaign continues to target them. The Houthis separately claimed shooting down another American MQ-9 Reaper drone over Yemen.
Rubio unveils a massive overhaul of the State Department that would cut staff and bureaus

By FARNOUSH AMIRI, MATTHEW LEE and ELLEN KNICKMEYER
Apr 22, 2025 4:07 pm - Secretary of State Marco Rubio has unveiled a massive overhaul of the State Department. The plans revealed Tuesday would reduce staff in the U.S. by 15% while closing and consolidating more than 100 bureaus worldwide as part of the Trump administration's "America First" mandate. The reorganization plan, announced by Rubio on social media and detailed in documents obtained by The Associated Press, is the latest effort by the White House to reimagine U.S. foreign policy.
Hegseth pulled airstrike info from secure military channel for Signal posts, NBC News reports

By TARA COPP
Apr 22, 2025 12:37 pm - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pulled the airstrike information he posted into Signal chats with his wife, brother and dozens of others from a secure communications channel used by U.S. Central Command, raising new questions as to whether the embattled Pentagon head leaked classified information over an open, unsecured network.
Vance calls for greater ties with India, hails progress on trade talks

By RAJESH ROY and SHEIKH SAALIQ
Apr 22, 2025 8:55 am - U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Tuesday called for enhanced engagement with India and said that the South Asian country should buy more defense equipment and energy from the U.S. and allow Washington greater access to its market, lending momentum to an expected bilateral trade deal.
Wall Street rallies and recovers most of Monday’s slide as the dollar and US bond market steady

Apr 22, 2025 8:50 am - U.S. stocks are rallying Tuesday after companies reported fatter profits than expected, and other U.S. investments are also steadying a day after falling sharply on worries about President Donald Trump’s trade war and his attacks on the head of the Federal Reserve.

Showing 2,301-2,310 of 4,787 previous next