White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during a briefing at the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) WASHINGTON (AP) — In the weeks since Donald Trump returned to office, Democrats and legal scholars have warned that he's provoking a...
U.S. Navy boats work along the shore near Shelter Island after a U.S. Navy plane crashed into the San Diego Bay, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy) LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two crew members ejected from a U.S. Navy jet before it crashed Wednesday off the San...
President Donald Trump arrives to greet Marc Fogel at the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, in Washington. (Photo/Alex Brandon) WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump upended three years of U.S. policy toward Ukraine on Wednesday, saying that he and Russian leader Vladimir Putin had...
TOP DOG – Katie Bernardin and Monty, a Giant Schnauzer, compete in the working group competition during the 149th Westminster Kennel Club Dog show, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) NEW YORK (AP) — A giant schnauzer named Monty won...
Maryland Department of Transportation employees use a backhoe to load a truck with salt at the State Highway Administration District 6 Office in LaVale, Md., Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. (Steve Bittner/Cumberland Times-News via AP) A wintry mess was bearing down on mid-Atlantic states Tuesday with...
Pope Francis touches his eyes as he presides over a mass for the jubilee of the armed forces in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Sunday Feb.9, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) ROME (AP) — Pope Francis issued a major rebuke Tuesday to the Trump administration’s mass deportation of...
FILE - Elon Musk speaks as part of a campaign town hall in support of Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump in Folsom, Pa., Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) WASHINGTON (AP) — Elon Musk has long railed against the U.S. government, saying a crushing...
Steel products are seen at a port in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 10, 2025. (Hong Ki-won/Yonhap via AP) SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s top economic think tank slashed its growth forecast for the country’s economy for the second time in four months on Tuesday, expressing...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine has offered to strike a deal with U.S. President Donald Trump for continued American military aid in exchange for developing Ukraine’s mineral industry, which could provide a valuable source of the rare earth elements that are essential for many kinds of technology....
A statue depicting the late Syrian President Hafez Assad is seen on the top of a mount in Dayr Atiyah, Syria, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed, File) BERLIN (AP) — Many countries had their worst showing in more than a decade in an index released Tuesday that serves as a barometer of...
Cardinal Michael Czerny meets with journalists at the Vatican press hall, in Rome, on March 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File) VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis' point-man on migration and development has urged the Trump administration to remember Christian principles about...
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One where Trump signed a proclamation declaring Feb. 9 "the first ever Gulf of America Day," as he travels from West Palm Beach, Fla. to New Orleans, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) WASHINGTON (AP) — President...
