WASHINGTON — Senators are seeking to block Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s travel funds until the Pentagon submits several overdue reports to lawmakers, including its investigation into a deadly…
Read more Senators seek to block Hegseth travel funds until Pentagon releases report on Iran school strikeBRUSSELS — Prosecutors have opened an investigation into the European Commission’s sale of 23 of its buildings to Belgium where it has dozens of premises, the European Union’s…
Read more Prosecutors investigate the EU’s executive branch over the sale of buildings to Belgium 2 years agoWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed a roughly $1.2 trillion government funding bill Tuesday that ends the partial federal shutdown that began over the weekend and sets the…
Read more Trump signs bill to end partial government shutdownLeaders of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private agency that has steered federal funding to PBS, NPR and hundreds of public television and radio stations across the…
Read more Corporation for Public Broadcasting votes itself out of existenceOAKLAND, Calif. — California this week dropped a lawsuit officials filed against the Trump administration over the federal government’s withdrawing of $4 billion for the state’s long-delayed high-speed…
Read more California drops lawsuit seeking to reinstate federal funding for the state’s bullet trainBOGOTA, Colombia — BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia ’s government has declared an economic state of emergency that enables President Gustavo Petro’s administration to issue taxes by decree,…
Read more Colombia declares an economic emergency in a criticized effort to raise more taxesSOFIA, Bulgaria — Thousands took to the streets of Sofia, Bulgaria’s capital, Wednesday to denounce steep tax increases in next year’s draft budget before its final vote in…
Read more Thousands protest in Bulgaria before budget with steep tax increases gets approvalLONDON (AP) — After being elected in a landslide last year, Britain’s Labour Party government delivered a budget it billed as a one-off dose of tax hikes to…
Read more Britain’s unpopular government prepares a high-stakes budget and hopes for growthLONDON — After being elected in a landslide last year, Britain’s Labour Party government delivered a budget it billed as a one-off dose of tax hikes to fix…
Read more Britain’s unpopular government prepares a high-stakes budget and hopes for growthWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump boasts that his tariffs protect American industries, lure factories to the United States, raise money for the federal government and give him…
Read more What to know about Trump’s plan to give Americans a $2,000 tariff dividendSEOUL, South Korea — South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Tuesday called for tripling the government spending on projects for expanding artificial intelligence infrastructure and technology in…
Read more South Korean president calls for aggressive AI spending in budget speechSACRAMENTO, Calif. — SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A major union announced a proposal Thursday to impose a one-time 5% tax on billionaires in California to address federal funding…
Read more California union proposes taxing billionaires to offset Medicaid cutsPARIS — PARIS (AP) — France’s latest political crisis eased — for now — when Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu survived two consecutive no-confidence votes on Thursday, averting another…
Read more Political crisis in France eases for now as prime minister survives no-confidence voteLOS ANGELES — LOS ANGELES (AP) — Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for auction to defray the costs of programming…
Read more Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal cutsSANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed a package of bills Friday aimed at shoring up food assistance, rural health care and public…
Read more New Mexico governor signs bills to counter federal cutsSANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico’s Democratic lawmakers were set to meet Wednesday to begin shoring up safety net spending in response to President Donald Trump’s recent cuts…
Read more New Mexico Democrats rush to shore up safety net programs after federal cutsThe Transportation Department will immediately tighten up the requirements for non-citizens to get commercial drivers licenses after three fatal crashes this year that officials say were caused by…
Read more Transportation Department tightens non-citizen truck driver rules after fatal crash in FloridaMexico’s government has submitted a budget proposal to impose new import taxes on over 1,400 products, mainly from Asian countries MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s government submitted a budget…
Read more Mexico proposes new import taxes on 1,400 products to boost national productionHeather Colley and her two children moved four times over five years as they fled high rents in eastern Tennessee, which, like much of rural America, hasn’t been…
Read more Trump wants to ax an affordable housing grant that’s a lifeline for many rural communitiesWASHINGTON — A Social Security official who has filed a whistleblower complaint alleging the Department of Government Efficiency officials mishandled Americans’ sensitive information says he’s resigning his post…
Read more Social Security whistleblower who claims DOGE mishandled sensitive data resigns
