Nation and World
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South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol removed from office over ill-fated declaration of martial law
Apr 03, 2025 9:36 pm - SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s Constitutional Court removed impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol from office on Friday, four months after he threw South Korean politics ...
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Economists say the way Trump calculated tariffs makes no sense
Apr 03, 2025 7:55 pm - Economists say the crude formula the White House used to calculate what it’s calling “reciprocal tariffs” is too simplistic to achieve its goal of wiping out U.S. trade d...
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Polar bear-inhabited islands affected by Trump tariffs
Apr 03, 2025 7:49 pm - MELBOURNE, Australia — The Trump administration appears to be leaving no stone unturned with its sweeping tariffs around the globe, from rocky outcrops home to polar bear...
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Federal judge says she will temporarily block billions in health funding cuts to states
Apr 03, 2025 4:36 pm - A federal judge will temporarily block President Donald Trump’s administration from cutting billions in federal dollars that support COVID-19 initiatives and public healt...
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NYC Mayor Eric Adams will skip the Democratic primary and run for reelection as an independent
Apr 03, 2025 3:48 pm - New York City Mayor Eric Adams withdrew from the city’s Democratic primary on Thursday and said he would instead run for reelection as an independent, a move intended to ...
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Myanmar earthquake death toll rises to 3,145 as more bodies found
Apr 03, 2025 3:45 pm - BANGKOK — The death toll from the earthquake that hit Myanmar nearly a week ago rose Thursday to 3,145 as search and rescue teams found more bodies, the military-led gove...
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Pentagon watchdog to review Hegseth’s use of Signal app to convey plans for Houthi strike
Apr 03, 2025 2:57 pm - The Pentagon’s acting inspector general announced Thursday that he would review Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of the Signal messaging app to convey plans for a military strike against Houthi militants in Yemen.
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Trump’s tariff push is a race against time, and potential voter backlash
Apr 03, 2025 12:55 pm - President Donald Trump's expansive new tariffs flips on its head a decades-long global trend of lower trade barriers and is likely, economists say, to raise prices for Americans by thousands of dollars each year while sharply slowing the U.S. economy.
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Trump fired several national security officials deemed insufficiently loyal, AP sources say
Apr 03, 2025 10:40 am - President Donald Trump has moved to fire several White House National Security Council officials after he was urged by far-right activist Laura Loomer to purge staffers she deemed insufficiently loyal to his “Make America Great Again” agenda, several people familiar with the matter said Thursday.
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Polar bear-inhabited islands affected by Trump tariffs
Apr 03, 2025 10:29 am - MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Trump administration appears to be leaving no stone unturned with its sweeping tariffs around the globe, from rocky outcrops home to polar...