• Trump to put additional 25% import taxes on India, bringing combined tariffs to 50%
    2025-08-07

    A U.S. India trade expert describes how the relationship is souring over President Donald Trump’s 25% tariffs and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s plan to continuing buying Russian oil. AP Video by Nathan Ellgren WASHINGTON AP — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday to place an...

  • Trump threatens roughly 100% tariff on foreign-made semiconductors — unless companies build in U.S.
    2025-08-07

    President Trump said Wednesday he will impose "approximately 100%" tariffs on imported semiconductors. The president made the announcement during an Oval Office event with Apple CEO Tim Cook to unveil a new $100 billion commitment by the tech giant to invest in U.S.-based manufacturing. The hefty ...

  • Fort Stewart shooting suspect in custody, 5 soldiers wounded, officials say
    2025-08-07

    Five soldiers were wounded when an active-duty sergeant opened fire on his coworkers Wednesday at Fort Stewart in Georgia, officials said. The suspected shooter, who was taken into custody, used his personal weapon in the shooting, Brig. Gen. John Lubas, the fort's commander, told reporters. Offici...

  • S. Africa to offer support to companies hit by levies
    2025-08-06

    A worker at a cowboy boot factory prepares a shoe in Mercedes, Texas, on Thursday. Factories producing cowboy boots in the US will suffer from the 30 percent tariff targeting South Africa, which produces the overwhelming majority of the ostrich leather used for making them. RONALDO SCHEMIDTAFP Th...

  • Why India’s IT sector is shedding jobs
    2025-08-06

    Avishek Das | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images India’s IT sector is shedding jobs, and it’s raising tough questions about what’s driving the cuts. While slowing global demand is a key factor, analysts are also watching how artificial intelligence might be reshaping roles in an industry lo...

  • Oregon murder suspect now charged in death of 4th woman: DA
    2025-08-06

    An Oregon man previously charged in connection with the deaths of three women has been newly charged in the murder of a fourth, officials announced Tuesday. A Multnomah County grand jury indicted Jesse Lee Calhoun in the 2022 murder of 22-year-old Kristin Smith, the local prosecutor's office said. ...

  • Trump’s politically motivated sanctions against Brazil strain relations among old allies
    2025-08-06

    SAO PAULO AP — U.S. President Donald Trump has made clear who his new Latin America priority is: former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, a personal and political ally. In doing so, he has damaged one of the Western hemisphere’s most important and long-standing relationships, by levying 50% tarif...

  • Trump says JPMorgan, Bank of America rejected his deposits
    2025-08-06

    President Donald Trump claimed, without offering any specific evidence, that the Biden administration had pressured banking regulators to “do everything you can to destroy Trump.” | Anna MoneymakerGetty Images President Donald Trump on Tuesday went after the nation’s biggest banks, accusing them ...

  • House panel subpoenas Clintons and other ex-officials in Epstein probe, seeks files from DOJ
    2025-08-06

    Washington — The House Oversight Committee issued subpoenas Tuesday to a slew of former attorneys general and FBI directors, as well as former President Bill Clinton, for testimony about the case involving convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The subpoenas seeking depositions from the former Jus...

  • Trump threatens to "substantially" hike tariffs on Indian goods, India says to take necessary measures
    2025-08-05

    Photo taken on June 22, 2022 shows the White House and a stop sign in Washington, D.C., the United States. XinhuaLiu Jie "Like any major economy, India will take all necessary measures to safeguard its national interests and economic security," according to a statement from India's Ministry of Ex...

  • Sean "Diddy" Combs will remain in jail until sentencing as judge denies renewed bail request
    2025-08-05

    A New York federal judge has denied Sean "Diddy" Combs' renewed bail request. The hip-hop mogul who was convicted last month on prostitution-related charges — but acquitted of sex trafficking and racketeering — will remain in jail until his sentencing in October. Judge Arun Subramanian said Monday ...

  • Texas Gov. Abbott orders civil arrest of Democratic lawmakers who fled state to block GOP-drawn congressional map
    2025-08-05

    Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday ordered the civil arrest of Democratic lawmakers who fled the state to block a vote on a Republican-backed congressional redistricting plan, escalating a standoff that has stalled the legislative session. The absence of the Democratic lawmakers broke quorum, which m...

  • EU should move beyond rhetoric of 'systemic rival'
    2025-08-05

    In 30 years of firsthand experience, including living and working in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, where you can experience the future today, I have witnessed the remarkable scale and speed of China's transformation. Living in China opens your eyes to how disconnected the European Union's rhetoric ...

  • US oil deals to derail Asia's green transition
    2025-08-05

    Concessions defy global commitments to bring down emissions, analysts say A pump jack operates near a crude oil reserve in the Permian Basin oil field near Midland, Texas, US, Feb 18, 2025. [PhotoAgencies] Energy-related concessions made by several Asian countries as part of tariff negotiations ...

  • MTG asks Trump to pardon George Santos
    2025-08-05

    Former U.S. Rep. George Santos after a court hearing Aug.19, 2024, in West Islip, New York. | Michael M. SantiagoGetty Images Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene asked President Donald Trump on Monday to grant clemency to former Republican Rep. George Santos, the notorious fabulist who began his seven-ye...