Trump’s economic agenda for his second term is clouding the outlook for mortgage rates
Donald Trump’s election win is clouding the outlook for mortgage rates even before he gets back to the White House.
China holds sea and air combat drills at the disputed Scarborough Shoal
BEIJING (AP) — China held sea and air combat drills Wednesday at the disputed Scarborough Shoal, an area of reefs and rocks the Philippines also claims in the South China Sea.
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Indonesia’s volcanic eruption grounds international flights on tourist island of Bali
DENPASAR, Indonesia (AP) — Several international airlines canceled flights to and from Indonesia’s tourist island of Bali on ...
Iran executes in public a serial rapist convicted in dozens of cases
Iran's state media say authorities have executed in public a man convicted of raping dozens of women over two decades.
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Kraken inch back toward .500, beat Blue Jackets for second straight win
Notable: The 7-8-1 Kraken won their second straight game after dropping four in a row, inching back toward .500 with a ...
Kraken score 5 unanswered to dump Blue Jackets
The Kraken overcame a rough start Tuesday and scored five straight goals for a 5-2 win over Columbus at Climate Pledge Arena.
At UN climate talks, nations big and small get chance to bear witness to climate change
The United Nations' annual climate conference continues Wednesday with brief speeches by nations big and small.
Trump pledged to roll back protections for transgender students. They’re flooding crisis hotlines
Transgender youth in the United States have been flooding crisis hotlines since the election of Donald Trump, who made ...
Trump’s defense choice stuns the Pentagon, raises questions about the Fox News host’s experience
President-elect Donald Trump has stunned the Pentagon and the broader defense world by nominating Fox News host Pete Hegseth ...
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Trump raises TikTok’s hopes for a rescue in the United States
TikTok, the Chinese-owned video app set to be banned in the United States in 2 1/2 months, is hoping that President-elect ...
Speaker Johnson begins fight for the House gavel promising to be Trump’s ‘quarterback’
WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Mike Johnson is beginning the hard fight for his gavel, a weeks-long campaign that starts Wednesday ...
A look at the candidates vying to be the next Senate majority leader
In the first seriously contested Senate Republican leadership election in decades, three senators are vying to replace ...