WASHINGTON -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he would like the war in Gaza to stop and thinks that will happen relatively soon, as he hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House. Asked if he would…

The S&P 500 and the Dow closed lower on Monday after a roller coaster session, with investors worried about an economic slowdown and rising inflation as U.S. President Donald Trump dug in his heels on tariffs, warning he could further…

WASHINGTON – U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Tuesday that Iran can expect tighter sanctions if it does not come to an agreement with President Donald Trump on its nuclear program. “So absolutely, I would expect a very tight,…

The Texas health department reported 505 cases of measles in the state on Tuesday, an increase of 24 cases from its previous count on April 4, as the United States battles an outbreak of the childhood disease that has has…

The U.S. Supreme Court blocked on Tuesday a judge’s order for President Donald Trump’s administration to rehire thousands of fired employees, acting in a dispute over his efforts to slash the federal workforce and dismantle parts of the government. The…

WASHINGTON -The top U.S. general in Europe said on Tuesday that the United States should keep its military presence on the continent as it is now, as the Pentagon reviews its global footprint under President Donald Trump. The U.S. military…

WASHINGTON -A bipartisan bill in the U.S. Senate to require congressional approval for new tariffs has no future, the chamber’s top Republican John Thune told reporters on Monday. The measure was introduced last week by Democrat Maria Cantwell of Washington…

WASHINGTON -U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke to Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Monday about tariffs, trade relations, immigration and prospects for engagement on critical minerals, the State Department and Pakistan’s foreign ministry said a separate statements. President…

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump said on Monday that the U.S. and Iran are participating in direct talks over the Middle Eastern country’s nuclear program. “We’re having direct talks with Iran, and they’ve started. It’ll go on Saturday. We have…

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s administration is ending most if not all of remaining U.S. aid for Afghanistan and Yemen, according to nine sources, including six U.S. officials familiar with the matter, a move expected to drive the countries deeper…

The state of Maine on Monday filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s decision to freeze federal funding for education programs in the state over its refusal to ban transgender women from sports. The lawsuit came a week…

WASHINGTON – U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer will tell the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday that nearly 50 countries have approached him to discuss new sweeping tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump. “Several of these countries, such as Argentina, Vietnam,…

WASHINGTON – Japan is sending a team to negotiate on trade, U.S. President Donald Trump said, adding that he spoke earlier on Monday with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who separately said he told Trump to rethink tariff policies. Trump’s…

Planemakers, airlines and suppliers are combing through billions of dollars worth of contracts to check their exposure to tariffs after a major U.S. supplier sparked debate over who should pay for an emerging trade war, industry sources said on Monday….

WASHINGTON – A host of U.S. federal agencies have unveiled fresh buyout offers to slash the federal workforce, renewing the voluntary program that preceded the first wave of mass firings led by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency. The Treasury…

WASHINGTON -U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy said he plans to tell Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to stop recommending fluoride in drinking water, the Associated Press reported on Monday.

WASHINGTON -The U.S. Justice Department on Monday repealed a Biden-era “zero tolerance” policy which called for revoking the licenses of gun dealers who willfully committed serious violations such as failing to conduct background checks, an FBI spokesperson said. The reversal…

A federal appeals court blocked U.S. President Donald Trump from removing Democratic members from two federal labor boards on Monday, setting aside its earlier ruling. The decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit further…

WASHINGTON -The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday allowed Donald Trump to use a 1798 law that historically has been employed only in wartime to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members as part of the Republican president’s hardline approach to immigration, but…

BOSTON – A U.S. appeals court on Monday declined to lift an order blocking the Trump administration from sending people with final deportation orders to countries not cited in earlier proceedings without first letting them make a case for humanitarian…

The U.S. announced a 5.06% average increase in the government’s final reimbursement rates for 2026 Medicare Advantage health plans run by private insurers, more than double the increase it proposed in January. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS),…

WASHINGTON – The top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee said on Monday that President Donald Trump’s decision to extend a deadline for China-based ByteDance to divest short video app TikTok’s U.S. assets violates the law. Senator Mark Warner also…

WASHINGTON/LUXEMBOURG -U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to further increase tariffs on China on Monday, raising the possibility of further escalation in a trade war that has already wiped trillions of dollars from global markets. Trump said he would impose an…

NEW YORK  – U.S. electric utilities are fielding massive requests for new power capacity as Big Tech scours the country for viable locations for new data centers to keep up with the compute demands of AI. A Reuters survey of…

ATHENS  – Greece’s economy can withstand the new challenges that U.S. tariffs pose, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Monday, as the country awaits a unified European Union stance on the matter. U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff plans hammered global…

The U.S. Supreme Court turned away on Monday a challenge to New York firearms restrictions adopted shortly after the justices in 2022 struck down the Democratic state’s previous limits on carrying concealed handguns in a landmark ruling that expanded gun…

WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he will impose an additional 50% tariff on China if Beijing does not withdraw its retaliatory tariffs on the United States. “Additionally, all talks with China concerning their requested meetings with…

MOSCOW  -The Kremlin said on Monday that Russia was ready to do all it could to help resolve tensions between the United States and Iran around Tehran’s nuclear programme, as Washington demands Tehran do a nuclear deal with it or…

BEIJING – China’s foreign ministry said on Monday the country had lodged representations with the United States over reports that a Taiwan delegation was in Washington to meet with the Trump administration. China opposes any form of official exchanges between…