Feb 06 Trump ends Obama-era restrictions on commercial fishing in protected area off New England By Patrick Whittle, Associated Press Trump’s proclamation is his latest move to try to strengthen U.S. fishing while rolling back existing conservation measures… Continue reading
Feb 06 Bitcoin price drops below pre-Trump second term levels, now hovering below $67,000 By Associated Press The sell-off is driven by investors pulling out of speculative assets and concerns about future cryptocurrency regulation. Continue reading
Feb 06 Argentina and US sign major trade deal targeting tariffs and boosting political alliance By Isabel DeBre, Associated Press Argentina's foreign minister, Pablo Quirno, announced the deal's signing on social media on Thursday. Continue reading
Feb 06 Facing high Trump tariffs, Africa's leading economy says it's close to a new trade deal with China By Gerald Imray, Associated Press South Africa's Ministry of Trade and Industry said the agreement would start negotiations over a deal that would give some South African goods, such as fruit, duty-free access to the Chinese market. Continue reading
Feb 06 Census Bureau plans to use survey with a citizenship question in its test for 2030, alarming experts By Mike Schneider, Associated Press This decision follows the Trump administration's failed attempt to add such a question to the 2020 census. Continue reading
Feb 06 Trump's racist post about Obamas is deleted after backlash despite White House earlier defending it By Bill Barrow, Josh Boak, Associated Press The Republican president’s Thursday night post was deleted Friday and blamed on a staffer after widespread backlash, from civil rights leaders to veteran Republican senators, for its treatment of the nation’s first Black president and first lady. Continue reading
Feb 05 U.S. and Russia agree to reestablish military dialogue after Ukraine talks By Kamila Hrabchuk, Emma Burrows, Associated Press It was another sign of warming relations between the two countries since President Donald Trump returned to office and sought to end the war in Ukraine. Continue reading
Feb 05 Russia says it regrets expiration of last nuclear arms treaty, but Trump says he wants a new pact By Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin last year declared his readiness to stick to the treaty’s limits for another year if Washington followed suit, but President Donald Trump has ignored the offer and argued that he wants China to be a part… Continue reading
Feb 05 WATCH: Trump says he will revoke church tax exempt status if leaders 'say something bad about' him By Steff Staples President Donald Trump on Thursday falsely claimed he had eliminated a provision of the U.S. tax code that bans 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, including churches, from endorsing or opposing political candidates. Continue reading
Feb 05 WATCH: Trump says Gabbard joined FBI search at Fulton County election center at Bondi's 'insistence' By Associated Press President Donald Trump offered a shifting explanation for the presence of Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, at an FBI search last week of the main elections hub in Fulton County, Georgia. Continue reading