Oct 24 Trump ends trade negotiations with Canada in a social media post after TV ads with Ronald Reagan By Will Weissert, Associated Press President Donald Trump's call for an abrupt end to negotiations could further inflame trade tensions that already have been building between the two neighboring countries for months. Continue reading
Oct 24 Social Security recipients will get an average increase of $56 per month By Associated Press The Social Security cost-of-living increase will go up by 2.8% in 2026, agency officials said Friday. Continue reading
Oct 23 Carney says Canada will aim to double its non-U.S. exports amid economic tensions By Rob Gillies, Associated Press Prime Minister Mark Carney set a goal for Canada to double its non-U.S. exports in the next decade, saying American tariffs are causing a chill in investment. Continue reading
Oct 23 Trump pardons Binance founder Changpeng Zhao By Will Weissert, Associated Press Zhao served prison time after failing to stop criminals from using the platform to move money connected to child sex abuse, drug trafficking and terrorism. Continue reading
Oct 22 Reddit sues AI company over alleged ‘industrial-scale’ scraping of its users’ comments By Matt O'Brien, Associated Press Social media platform Reddit sued the artificial intelligence company Perplexity AI and three other entities on Wednesday, alleging their involvement in an “industrial-scale, unlawful” economy to “scrape” the comments of millions of Reddit users for commercial gain. Continue reading
Oct 22 Watch 5:32 ‘This is going to hurt us’: U.S. ranchers push back on Trump’s Argentina beef deal By Geoff Bennett, Azhar Merchant Farmers, ranchers and cattle producers are opposing President Trump’s plan to buy more beef from Argentina. Prices have jumped nearly 14% over the past year, and many cattle ranchers and farmers’ groups are concerned the move will come at their… Continue watching
Oct 21 Warner Bros. Discovery confirms it has received buyout interest and is considering its options By Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Associated Press The home of HBO, CNN and DC Studios has signaled that it may be open to selling all or parts of its business, just months after announcing plans to split into two companies. Continue reading
Oct 21 Most Americans are concerned about rising health care costs, AP-NORC poll finds By Ali Swenson, Linley Sanders, Associated Press Federal policies have left millions of people at risk of skyrocketing health insurance premiums or of losing their health insurance altogether. Continue reading
Oct 20 Amazon cloud computing outage disrupts Snapchat, Ring and many other online services By Kelvin Chan, Associated Press Amazon blamed the problem on its domain name system, which translates web addresses into IP addresses. Continue reading
Oct 19 Americans are more worried about their chances on the job market under Trump, AP-NORC poll finds By Josh Boak, Linley Sanders, Associated Press Some 47% of U.S. adults are “not very" or “not at all confident” they could find a good job if they wanted to, an increase from 37% when the question was last asked in October 2023. Continue reading