Mar 15 As fears renews of bank weakness, stocks tumble on Wall Street By Stan Choe, Associated Press Stocks are falling sharply on Wall Street as worries worsen about the strength of banks on both sides of the Atlantic. Continue reading
Mar 15 Chinese businessman and Bannon business partner arrested in $1 billion fraud conspiracy By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press A self-exiled Chinese businessman has been arrested in New York on charges alleging that he oversaw a $1 billion fraud conspiracy. Continue reading
Mar 15 Secretary of State Blinken says Ethiopia must do more on Tigray peace deal By Associated Press Ethiopia needs to make more progress implementing a peace agreement with its northern Tigray region before relations with the U.S. are normalized, visiting Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday. Continue reading
Mar 15 WATCH: Biden says he's focused 'intensely' on lowering health care and drug costs By Amanda Seitz, Zeke Miller, Associated Press President Joe Biden on Wednesday said his administration was focused “intensely” on lowering health care costs and took aim at “MAGA” Republicans who he said are intent on dialing back Medicare coverage for millions of Americans. Continue reading
Mar 15 WATCH: White House Budget Director Young testifies before Senate on Biden's 2024 budget By Associated Press In addition to deficit reduction, Biden’s budget proposal largely revolves around the idea of taxing the wealthy to help fund programs for the middle class, older adults and families. The GOP already is rejecting the plan. Continue reading
Mar 14 What we know about the U.S.-Russia military air crash By Lolita C. Baldor, Tara Copp, Associated Press U.S. and Russian officials had conflicting views of the collision between the MQ-9 Reaper drone and the Russian Su-27 fighter jet — each blaming the other. Continue reading
Mar 14 Ohio sues Norfolk Southern to make sure it pays for toxic train derailment By John Seewer, Associated Press Ohio has filed a lawsuit against railroad Norfolk Southern to make sure it pays for the cleanup and environmental damage caused by a fiery train derailment on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border last month. Continue reading
Mar 14 Watch 5:03 News Wrap: Inflation shows signs of easing but prices well above where they were last year In our news wrap Tuesday, inflation shows fresh signs of easing but prices are still well above where they were a year ago, millions of Americans bore the brunt of foul weather from atmospheric rivers to nor'easters, the state of… Continue watching
Mar 14 Watch 6:00 Biden pushes for more background checks, crackdown on gun dealers violating existing laws By Laura Barrón-López, Tess Conciatori, Ali Schmitz President Biden visited Monterey Park, California, where a mass shooting in January killed 11 people. He announced an executive order to tackle gun violence, building on the bipartisan Safer Communities Act that he signed last year. Biden called for more… Continue watching
Mar 14 Watch 5:38 EPA announces new rules to limit toxic 'forever chemicals' in drinking water By Amna Nawaz, Kyle Midura For the first time, the federal government is on the cusp of regulating a class of deadly, so-called "forever chemicals" out of America’s drinking water. The EPA's proposal applies to six of those chemicals, known as PFAS compounds, and would… Continue watching