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Trump threatens to fire Powell if the Fed Chair decides to stay on after his term ends next month

President Donald Trump has again threatened to fire Jerome Powell if the Federal Reserve Chair decides to stay on the central bank's governing board after his term as chair expires next mont...

Sudan enters a fourth year of war as officials lament an 'abandoned crisis'

PORT SUDAN, Sudan (AP) — Famine. Massacres. And now badly needed food and other supplies are under strain. Sudan on Wednesday enters a fourth year of war that's being called an “abandoned cr...

As Vance rallies with Turning Point, some supporters bristle at Trump's war, memes and feuds

ATHENS, Georgia (AP) — Fresh from a marathon trip to Pakistan that failed to reach a deal for ending the war with Iran, Vice President JD Vance jetted to this Georgia college town for a camp...

Student opens fire at a school in Turkey, killing 4, in second such attack in the country in 2 days

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A student opened fire randomly at two classrooms at a middle school in southeast Turkey on Wednesday, killing four people and wounding 20 others, an official said, in t...

Mediators move closer to extending US-Iran ceasefire, officials tell AP

CAIRO (AP) — Mediators moved closer Wednesday to extending the ceasefire between the United States and Iran and restarting negotiations to salvage the fragile truce before it expires next we...

Wall Street futures are flat as US and Iran try to restart talks, but oil ticks higher

Wall Street is largely unchanged and oil prices rose modestly Wednesday as mediators attempt to extend a ceasefire between the United States and Iran. Futures for the S&P 500, Dow Jones Indu...

It's Tax Day. Ahead of the deadline, 53 million filers used new Trump tax exemptions, Treasury says

WASHINGTON (AP) — It's Tax Day on Wednesday, the deadline for most Americans to file taxes, and the Trump administration says millions of people have already used new breaks such as no tax ...

Why many Americans are turning to AI for health advice, according to recent polls

NEW YORK (AP) — When Tiffany Davis has a question about a symptom from the weight-loss injections she’s taking, she doesn’t call her doctor. She pulls out her phone and consults ChatGPT. “I’...

Sexual abuse allegations are spurring calls for a broader reckoning in Congress

WASHINGTON (AP) — Resignations came quickly this week from two congressmen accused of sexual misconduct toward staff members. Yet for many of the women of Capitol Hill, the moment of account...

Nature puts heat on blast as scorching temperatures in eastern US could smash records

ATLANTA (AP) — A long-lasting weather pattern is poised to blast hot air like a furnace across the eastern United States, with the unusual heat wave threatening to shatter record high temper...

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