Politics

Should you use a buy now, pay later loan? Here's what to know

By Tim McPhillips

Buy now, pay later programs are everywhere. Unlike layaway programs, buy now, pay later programs let you purchase goods immediately, paying them off over time through a loan from a third party company, like Klarna, Afterpay or Affirm.

In escalating public feud, Trump threatens to cut Musk's government contracts

By Michelle L. Price, Associated Press

Hours after President Donald Trump lamented his breakup with Elon Musk and said he was “disappointed” in his former backer and adviser and Musk responded on social media, Trump escalated the feud by threatening to use the U.S. government to…

WATCH: Trump says he's 'very disappointed' in Elon Musk after criticism of president's budget bill

By Dan Cooney

“Elon and I had a great relationship. I don't know if we will anymore,” the president said during an Oval Office meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz that was opened up to reporters.

Former GOP congressman David Jolly running for governor in Florida as Democrat

By Kate Payne, Associated Press

A former Republican congressman and vocal critic of Donald Trump says he wants to become governor in the president’s adopted home state of Florida and is running as a Democrat.

WATCH: Trump holds roundtable discussion with Fraternal Order of Police

By Associated Press

“We’re backing the men in blue and we’re backing the blue very honestly,” President Donald Trump said.

Governments try to understand Trump's latest travel ban before it takes effect Monday

By Chris Megerian, Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press

The new ban targets Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.

More Americans applied for jobless benefits last week, rising to highest level in eight months

By Matt Ott, Associated Press

New applications for jobless benefits rose by 8,000 to 247,000 for the week ending May 31, the Labor Department said Thursday. That's the most since early October.

WATCH: State Department briefing addresses sanctions on ICC judges, Trump's new travel ban

By Matthew Lee, Molly Quell, Associated Press

The Trump administration is slapping sanctions on four judges at the International Criminal Court over the tribunal’s investigation into alleged war crimes by Israel in its war against Hamas in Gaza and in the West Bank.

WATCH: In Merz meeting, Trump says it might be better to let Ukraine and Russia 'fight for a while'

By Seung Min Kim, Kirsten Grieshaber, Geir Moulson, Associated Press

In an Oval Office meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Trump likened the war in Ukraine — which Russia invaded in early 2022 — to a fight between two young children who hated each other.

China and U.S. will hold more tariff talks, Trump says after Xi call

By Will Weissert, Chris Megerian, Associated Press

President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping spoke on Thursday at a time when stalled tariff negotiations between their two countries have roiled global trade.