The U.S.-Ukraine alliance is careening toward a possible breaking point, with Moscow strengthened by President Donald Trump’s recent rejection of new Russia sanctions and Kyiv undermined by disruptions in satellite support for its drones during the war. Trump is meanwhile hoping $5,000 checks can boost Republican turnout in November’s midterm elections — but even some […]
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Canada awaited results Tuesday from a referendum that could put oil-rich Alberta on a path toward independence, testing Prime Minister Mark Carney’s push for unity amid U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war and annexation threats. Results were delayed after late openings forced more than 100 polling stations to extend voting hours […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is hoping that $5,000 checks can juice Republican turnout in November’s midterm elections — but even some of his devoted fans are doubting that government payouts would arrive. “I mean, I guess it’s good for some people. I really don’t care,” said Jamie Alvarez, who attended Trump’s recent Alaska […]
In a story published Oct. 19, 2026, about Vice President JD Vance declining to endorse Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu for reelection, The Associated Press erroneously reported Netanyahu’s title. Netanyahu is Israel’s prime minister, not its president.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S.-Ukraine alliance is careening toward a possible breaking point, with Moscow strengthened by President Donald Trump’s recent rejection of new Russia sanctions and Kyiv undermined by disruptions in satellite support for its drones during the war. Trump’s relationship with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has always been a moving target, while the […]
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations has cut food assistance to 500,000 Palestinians in Gaza and 200,000 in the West Bank due to a serious funding shortage, the head of the U.N. food agency said Monday. Carl Skau, acting head of the World Food Program, urged the international community to provide $450 million so […]
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and Cuba clashed Monday at the United Nations as the Trump administration sought once again to build opposition for an upcoming annual vote condemning Washington’s decades-long economic embargo against Havana. U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Mike Waltz hosted a “Cuba Libre” panel with dissidents and former prisoners in […]
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Oct. 15 The Wall Street Journal says investors in AI will demand a return sooner or later It’s too soon to call what happened this week to artificial intelligence stocks a correction. Call it instead a reminder: Hype about new technologies is an inevitable […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge hearing testimony Monday on President Donald Trump’s plans to redevelop a Washington golf course expressed deep skepticism over the government’s contention that the recent mass cutting of trees at East Potomac Park and the plans for a new golf course were not connected. “There is no universe in which […]
New Interior Department documents on President Donald Trump’s proposed Triumphal Arch don’t mention the “military complex” he has said it would host, but the agency said Monday the plan could accommodate such a feature. The latest batch of lasting mark on Washington. The documents include site maps and renderings of the arch. One response to […]
MIAMI (AP) — Former Cuban President Raúl Castro is facing more charges in Florida related to the 1996 downing of civilian planes flown by Miami-based exiles after the U.S. government indicted the former leader earlier this year. Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier on Monday accused Castro, 95, of directing spies to infiltrate that the exile […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal authorities have arrested more than two dozen foreign nationals Monday in California, who authorities said have illegally registered and voted in U.S. elections. The statewide sweep is part of a Trump administration effort to root out noncitizen voting ahead of next month’s midterm elections, even though data shows that the […]
CHEHALIS, Wash. (AP) — Democratic Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez carried a dull kitchen knife and two pairs of rusty scissors through a county fairgrounds south of Seattle. She handed them to Beverly Phoenix, who sat hunched over a table in the back of an exhibit hall, volunteering to help neighbors breathe new life into old […]
Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islander adults have become more disillusioned with President Donald Trump and Republicans as the Nov. 3 midterm elections approach, according to a new AP-NORC/AAPI Data poll, giving Democrats a substantial edge on major issues like the economy and health care. Meanwhile, Trump on Sunday endorsed embattled Israeli Prime Minister […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — District and federal court judges in Washington are used to handling some of the nation’s thorniest issues, from complex deportation cases to the fates of Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot defendants and more. But in the nearly two years since President Donald Trump returned to office, they have been adjudicating a litany […]
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Fifth-generation Kansas farmer Glenn Brunkow describes this time of year as “go time,” when farmers are combining fields, hauling crops to town and moving livestock from summer pastures to their winter homes. But this harvest season, they’re doing it with diesel prices more than $2.50 per gallon higher than a year […]
BROOK PARK, Ohio (AP) — Janie Grosjean was torn about voting for embattled Republican Rep. Max Miller this year. The 75-year-old from Wooster, a historic college town in Miller’s northeast Ohio district, has led an interdenominational women’s Bible study for nearly three decades. She has been alarmed at allegations of domestic abuse against Miller by […]
PARIS (AP) — The French prime minister called for “very limited” and “localized” curfews Monday after a weekend marred by France’s worst rioting in years that targeted city halls, other public buildings and thousands of businesses across the country. Speaking after an emergency meeting with senior government officials, Sébastien Lecornu defended police handling of the […]
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — House Democratic leader majority control of the House. Jeffries also slapped back at President Donald Trump’s abrupt decision to waive sanctions on Russia and said there will be a bipartisan effort in the House to pursue a new sanctions package that the president would not have the ability to waive. “It’s […]
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — The Republican candidate for lieutenant governor in Massachusetts dropped out of the race on Sunday hours after he was arrested in a suspected drunk driving crash. Shawn Oliver, a city councilor in New Bedford and a corrections officer, said in a post on X he was ending his campaign because […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Maine Democrat Troy Jackson says he does not regret telling Sen. Susan Collins that she should “shut up” after the Republican suggested a protester who interrupted their recent debate was one of his campaign’s backers. “She said that it was a Troy supporter. She accused me of setting that up. I had […]
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday announced plans to close a historic golf course in the nation’s capital for 15 months and redevelop it despite an ongoing court challenge to his long-sought renovation. Trump posted on social media about his intent to shutter the East Potomac Golf Course, not far […]
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday endorsed embattled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for reelection, a coveted boost because of Trump’s popularity but one that the U.S. leader withheld for months as their strategies in the Middle East diverged. Trump said in a post on social media that Netanyahu “has […]
