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Why the Trump administration's response to falling stocks left the markets more jittery

U.S. stocks plunged again after markets finished their worst trading week since the 2008 financial crisis. The drop came after President Trump criticized the Federal Reserve on Twitter and Steve Mnuchin attempted to calm investors, instead causing more concern. Annie…

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Facebook suspends accounts over online tactics used in Alabama Senate race

By Associated Press

A statement from Facebook says the company "recently removed five accounts run by multiple individuals for engaging in coordinated inauthentic behavior on Facebook around the Alabama special election." Facebook says the investigation is ongoing.

North Korea should pay Otto Warmbier's parents $500M, judge rules

By Eric Tucker, Associated Press

The judgment is largely a symbolic victory for now, since there is no mechanism to force North Korea to pay.

Kevin Spacey will face charge of groping a Massachusetts teen

By Mark Pratt, Andrew Dalton, Associated Press

Spacey is due in court Jan. 7 on the resort island of Nantucket to be arraigned on a charge of indecent assault and battery, Cape and Islands District Attorney Michael O'Keefe said in a statement Monday. Spacey could get up…

Why are more and more Americans buying fake Christmas trees?

By Courtney Vinopal

For many, it all comes down to cost.

U.S. stocks plunge on Christmas Eve

By Alex Veiga, Associated Press

The major indexes on Wall Street fell another 2 percent Monday, making it very possible that the market will end this month as the worst December for stocks since 1931.

Trump assails Fed as the 'only problem our economy has'

By Josh Boak, Associated Press

President Donald Trump lashed out at the Federal Reserve on Monday after administration officials spent the weekend trying to assure the public and financial markets that Jerome Powell's job as Fed chairman was safe.

Body of Jakelin Caal, 7-year-old migrant girl who died in U.S. detention, back in Guatemala

By Sonia Pérez D., Associated Press

The death of Jakelin Caal earlier this month while in the custody of the U.S. Border Patrol was a tragic reminder of the plight of Central American migrants.

'Fix-it' man Shanahan, Mattis' successor, working to streamline defense spending

By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press

In the new year Trump wants to focus on streamlining purchases at the Pentagon, an issue on which Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan has already been working, a White House official said.