Politics Aug 12 WATCH: White House suggests DC police takeover may last longer than 30 days During a news briefing, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that the administration would “reevaluate and reassess and make further decisions” after the 30-day period is over.
Politics Aug 11 Under new, unusual agreement, U.S. will get a 15% cut of Nvidia and AMD chip sales to China Nvidia and AMD have agreed to share 15% of their revenues from chip sales to China with the U.S. government, as part of a deal to secure export licenses for the semiconductors.
Politics Aug 11 WATCH: DC Mayor Bowser calls Trump takeover of DC police 'unsettling' D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said Monday that the city had reached a 30-year low in violent crime.
World Aug 11 South Korea's president to pardon jailed ex-justice minister South Korea’s president will pardon jailed former justice minister Cho Kuk, cutting short his two-year sentence for falsifying academic records to help his children enter prestigious schools.
World Aug 11 Finland charges officers of Russia-linked ship that damaged undersea cables Finnish authorities say they have charged the captain and two senior officers of a Russia-linked vessel that damaged undersea cables last year between Finland and Estonia.
Nation Aug 11 Tropical Storm Erin forms in the Atlantic while Hurricane Henriette strengthens in the Pacific There were no coastal watches or warnings in effect for either storm, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said.
World Aug 11 Ukrainian drone strike kills 1 in Russia as fighting rages ahead of a planned Trump-Putin summit Russia's Defense Ministry said its air defenses intercepted and destroyed a total of 39 Ukrainian drones overnight and Monday morning over several Russian regions as well as over the Crimean peninsula that Russia annexed in 2014.
World Aug 10 Russia and Ukraine stick to their demands ahead of planned Putin-Trump summit in Alaska The threats, pressure and ultimatums have come and gone, but Russian President Vladimir Putin has maintained Moscow's uncompromising demands in the war in Ukraine, raising fears he could use a planned summit with U.S. President Donald Trump in Alaska to coerce Kyiv…
World Aug 10 Magnitude 6.1 earthquake in Turkey causes buildings to collapse, killing 1 A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Turkey’s northwestern province of Balikesir on Sunday, killing at least one person and causing more than a dozen buildings to collapse, officials said.
Nation Aug 10 Flooding shuts down Wisconsin State Fair as severe storms knock out power and close roads Flash flooding canceled the final day of the Wisconsin State Fair on Sunday as continued heavy rainfall in half a dozen Midwest states forced motorists to abandon their vehicles, cut power to thousands of households and closed busy roadways.