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India indicates it will keep buying Russian oil despite Trump’s threats

Aug 02, 2025 9:25 pm - India has indicated that it would continue buying oil from Russia despite threats by U.S. President Donald Trump.The Indian foreign ministry said its relationship with Russia was “steady and time-tested,” and should not be seen through the prism of a third country.
Senate heads home with no deal to speed confirmations as irate Trump tells Schumer to ‘go to hell’

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and JOEY CAPPELLETTI
Aug 02, 2025 9:22 pm - WASHINGTON — The Senate left Washington Saturday night for its monthlong August recess without a deal to advance dozens of President Donald Trump's nominees, calling it q...
The Trump economy. The latest financial figures offer warning signs; White House says ‘best is yet to come’

By JOSH BOAK and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Aug 02, 2025 7:29 pm - For all of President Donald Trump’s promises of an economic “golden age,” a spate of weak indicators this week told a potentially worrisome story as the impacts of his policies are coming into focus.
Rare aerial imagery shows displacement and destruction in Gaza

By Heidi Levine, Joshua Yang, Evan Hill, Sammy Westfall
Aug 02, 2025 7:14 pm - Blocks upon blocks of crumbling buildings, punctuated by vast tent encampments. Scenes of devastation where neighborhoods once stood.A chance to ride along on a Jordanian aid flight Wednesday carrying out airdrops over the Gaza Strip offered a rare opportunity for low-altitude aerial views of the scale of destruction and displacement in the territory.
Israeli fire again kills Gaza aid-seekers as US envoy meets with hostages’ families

By WAFAA SHURAFA, SAM METZ and SAMY MAGDY
Aug 02, 2025 7:03 pm - Israeli forces opened fire near two aid distribution sites run by the Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation as crowds of hungry Palestinians again sought food, killing at least 10 people, witnesses and health workers said Saturday. The violence came a day after U.S. officials visited a GHF site and the U.S. ambassador called the troubled system “an incredible feat.”
Smoke from Canadian wildfires brings unhealthy air to large swaths of the Midwest

By CAROLYN THOMPSON and DORANY PINEDA
Aug 02, 2025 6:57 pm - Smoke from Canadian wildfires hovered over several Midwestern states Saturday, bringing warnings of unhealthy air for at least the third day.
Pope thrills hundreds of thousands of young Catholics at Holy Year youth festival

By NICOLE WINFIELD
Aug 02, 2025 6:51 pm - Pope Leo XIV urged hundreds of thousands of young people on Saturday to have the courage to make radical choices to do good, as he presided over his first big encounter with the next generation of Catholics during the highlight of the Vatican’s 2025 Holy Year.
Who’s the top dog? Wave-riding canines compete in the World Dog Surfing Championships

By AUDREY McAVOY
Aug 02, 2025 4:49 pm - Charlie the yellow lab likes surfing so much he'll grab his surfboard and run toward the water, so much so that his humans sometimes have to hide his board if they want to chitchat with friends on the beach. On Saturday, Charlie is set to join about 15 to 20 other canine wave riders to vie for top dog in the World Dog Surfing Championships outside San Francisco. The annual contest draws thousands of spectators to Pacifica State Beach.
Officials scour mountainous area of Montana for ex-US soldier suspected of killing 4 in bar shooting

By MATTHEW BROWN, COLLEEN SLEVIN and LISA BAUMANN
Aug 02, 2025 3:47 pm - Authorities were scouring a mountainous area of western Montana on Saturday for a military veteran who they say opened fire at a bar, killing four people.Michael Paul Brown, 45, fled The Owl Bar in the small town of Anaconda in a white pickup truck but ditched it at some point, said Lee Johnson, administrator of the Montana Division of Criminal Investigation, which is overseeing the case.
Former Trump prosecutor Jack Smith faces investigation by Office of Special Counsel

By Maegan Vazquez and Meryl Kornfield
Aug 02, 2025 3:42 pm - The U.S. Office of Special Counsel said Saturday it is investigating Jack Smith, the former Justice Department official who oversaw two federal prosecutions of Donald Trump, for potentially violating the law barring federal officials from political activity.

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