• The Latest: Key US trading partners and global officials react to Trump’s new tariffs
    The new tariffs announced Wednesday by U.S. President Donald Trump were met initially with measured reactions from key trading partners, highlighting the lack of appetite for a full-fledged trade war. Trump presented the import taxes, which he calls “reciprocal tariffs” and range from 10% to 49%, in the simplest terms: the U.S. would do to […]
  • Snatched pets and livestock deaths blamed on wolves raise alarms in rural New Mexico
    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Commissioners in a rural New Mexico county say pets are being snatched from front yards and livestock are being maimed and killed by endangered Mexican gray wolves that seem to have no fear of humans, prompting them to consider declaring a state of emergency. In the latest flash point over efforts […]
  • US bans government personnel in China from romantic or sexual relations with Chinese citizens
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government has banned American government personnel in China, as well as family members and contractors with security clearances, from any romantic or sexual relationships with Chinese citizens, The Associated Press has learned. Four people with direct knowledge of the matter told the AP about the policy, which was put into […]
  • Rare greenhouse gas law in Southern state could get pulled back by GOP legislators
    RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican lawmakers and the Democratic governor worked together in 2021 to enact a rare energy law in the South that sought to sharply reduce power plant emissions by 2030 and ultimately reach carbon neutrality. “Today, North Carolina moves strongly into a reliable and affordable clean energy future,” then-Gov. Roy […]
  • Measuring the cost of extending Trump’s tax cuts becomes a flashpoint in Congress
    WASHINGTON (AP) — An obscure but consequential bookkeeping matter has become the latest flashpoint in Congress as Republicans labor to enact President Donald Trump’s sprawling tax cut agenda. Senate Republicans are looking to change how extending many of Trump’s 2017 tax cuts would be scored when it comes to future federal deficits. The Congressional Budget […]