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WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and China are not going to resolve all of the issues that divide them before presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping meet today in Busan, South Korea. Yet they are likely to make enough progress on China’s stranglehold on strategic minerals, American export controls and other nettlesome problems to [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration last week imposed sanctions on Colombian President Gustavo Petro, his family and a member of his government over accusations of involvement in the global drug trade, escalating tensions with the leader of one of the closest American allies in South America. The Treasury Department leveled the penalties against Petro; [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The first caller on a telephone town hall with Maryland Rep. Andy Harris, leader of the House’s Freedom Caucus, came ready with a question about the Affordable Care Act. Her cousin’s disabled son is at risk of losing the insurance he gained under that law, the caller said. “Now she’s looking at [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Oil prices spiked last week after the United States announced new sanctions on Russia’s oil industry in an attempt to lure Russian President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table and end Moscow’s brutal war on Ukraine. U.S. benchmark crude jumped 5.6 percent to $61.79 per barrel and analysts say if the situation [...]
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Trump administration has finalized plans to open the coastal plain of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to potential oil and gas drilling. U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum announced the decision last week that paves the way for future lease sales within the refuge’s 1.5 million-acre coastal plain, an area that’s [...]
Principals in Ohio will vote next month on a referendum that could clear the way for name, image and likeness agreements for high school athletes in the state, after a lawsuit by a standout wide receiver forced the issue. The vote — which will take place Nov. 17-21 — was moved up six months after [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Social Security cost-of-living increase will go up by 2.8 percent in 2026, which translates to an average increase of more than $56 for retirees every month, agency officials said. The benefits increase for nearly 71 million Social Security recipients will go into effect in January. Increased payments to nearly 7.5 million [...]
TORONTO (AP) — Prime Minister Mark Carney set a goal for Canada to double its non-United States exports in the next decade, saying American tariffs are causing a chill in investment. Carney said many of Canada’s former strengths — based on close ties to America — have become vulnerabilities. “The jobs of workers in our [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the midst of a federal government shutdown, the government’s gross national debt surpassed $38 trillion last week, a record number that highlights the accelerating accumulation of debt on America’s balance sheet. It’s also the fastest accumulation of a trillion dollars in debt outside of the COVID-19 pandemic: the United States hit [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration last week announced new “massive sanctions” against Russia’s oil industry that are aimed at moving Russian President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table and bringing an end to Moscow’s war on Ukraine. The sanctions against oil giants Rosneft and Lukoil followed months of calls from Ukrainian President Volodymyr [...]