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Wall St Opens Higher as Trump Cools China Rhetoric
Wall Street's main indexes opened higher Monday following Friday's pullback, as investors returned to risk assets after President Donald Trump's softer tone eased concerns over renewed U.S.-China trade tensions.
Mon, 13 Oct 2025 06:54:55 EDTTrump Cuts Dem Federal Programs: 'They Made a Mistake'
President Donald Trump said that multiple federal programs championed by Democrats and ended by his administration during the ongoing government shutdown won't be returning when the federal bureaucracy reopens.
Mon, 13 Oct 2025 09:00:10 EDTNew Jersey Declares State of Emergency as Nor'easter Approaches
A nor'easter churned its way up the East Coast on Sunday, with New Jersey declaring a state of emergency and some airports posting delays and cancellations in advance of anticipated coastal flooding, and strong winds, as another storm system struck farther south with heavy...
Sun, 12 Oct 2025 11:16:06 EDTSupreme Court Takes Up Key Voting Rights Challenge
In arguments at the Supreme Court Wednesday, lawyers for Louisiana and the Trump administration will try to persuade the justices to wipe away the state's second majority Black congressional district and make it much harder...
Mon, 13 Oct 2025 09:04:19 EDTUK Anti-Islam Activist: Musk Paid for My Defense
British anti-Islam activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, also known as Tommy Robinson, went on trial on Monday accused of refusing to give police his phone PIN when stopped under counter-terrorism laws, and said billionaire Elon Musk was funding his defense. Yaxley-Lennon, better...
Mon, 13 Oct 2025 08:50:27 EDTSenior Ukrainian Officials Head to Washington for Talks on Defense, Energy
A Ukrainian delegation led by Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko will visit Washington for talks on strengthening Kyiv's defense and energy resilience, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's chief of staff said on Monday.
Mon, 13 Oct 2025 08:45:05 EDTTrump to Israeli President: Pardon Netanyahu
President Donald Trump on Monday called on Israel's president to pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is on trial for alleged corruption.
Mon, 13 Oct 2025 08:27:47 EDTBessent: Government Shutdown Is Hitting Economy
The U.S. federal government shutdown is starting to impact the nation's economy, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday as the closure entered its 13th day.
Mon, 13 Oct 2025 08:29:47 EDTBessent: Trump on Track to Meet Xi in South Korea
President Donald Trump was on track to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in South Korea as the two sides de-escalate tensions over trade disputes, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Monday.
Mon, 13 Oct 2025 08:29:50 EDTTrump on Steve Witkoff: 'Henry Kissinger Who Doesn't Leak'
President Donald Trump called special envoy Steve Witkoff the "Henry Kissinger who doesn't leak" while addressing the Israeli parliament on Monday.
Mon, 13 Oct 2025 07:51:38 EDTJPMorgan to Invest $10B in Critical US Security Firms
JPMorgan Chase Monday unveiled a plan to hire more bankers and invest up to $10 billion in U.S. companies considered critical to U.S. national security and economic resilience.
Mon, 13 Oct 2025 08:10:04 EDTHamas Releases 20 Hostages as Trump Arrives: 'The War Is Over'
Hamas released 20 hostages Monday, the last to be freed as part of a ceasefire pausing two years of war that pummeled the Gaza Strip, as President Donald Trump arrived in Israel, declaring "the war is over."
Sun, 12 Oct 2025 23:01:18 EDTSource: India, US to Hold Trade Talks in Washington
India and the United States are set to hold trade talks this week, with New Delhi pledging to import U.S. energy and gas as it aims to address Washington's concerns over its Russian oil purchases, an official said. Talks were suspended briefly in August after the Trump...
Mon, 13 Oct 2025 07:10:25 EDTFrance's Macron Won't Resign, as No-Confidence Votes Threaten His New Govt
French President Emmanuel Macron rejected calls to resign and blasted his opponents on Monday, as his latest government was threatened by two no-confidence motions that could bring it down by the end of the week.
Mon, 13 Oct 2025 07:05:31 EDTKremlin Declines Comment After Trump Again Floats Possible Supply of Tomahawks to Ukraine
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov declined to offer any new comment on Monday after President Donald Trump said again that he may agree to the supply of Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine.
Mon, 13 Oct 2025 06:58:10 EDTNobel Prize Honors Work on Economic Innovation
Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the Nobel memorial prize in economics Monday for "having explained innovation-driven economic growth."
Mon, 13 Oct 2025 06:27:12 EDTTrump: Inflation Is 'Defeated'
Inflation has risen in three of the last four months and is slightly higher than it was a year ago, when it helped sink then-Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential campaign.
Mon, 13 Oct 2025 06:03:50 EDTMedvedev: US Supplying Ukraine Tomahawks May End Badly for All, Especially Trump
Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev said Monday that supplying U.S. Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine could end badly for everyone, especially President Donald Trump.
Mon, 13 Oct 2025 05:09:42 EDTChinese Coast Guard Rams, Damages Philippine Vessel off an Island in South China Sea
Chinese coast guard ships used powerful water cannons on Sunday and rammed and slightly damaged an anchored Philippine government vessel off an island inhabited by Filipinos in the disputed South China Sea, the Philippine coast guard said.
Sun, 12 Oct 2025 22:34:06 EDTHillary Clinton Applauds Trump's Mideast Breakthrough
In a rare display of bipartisan praise, Hillary Clinton publicly commended President Donald Trump for brokering a landmark peace agreement between Israel and Hamas, calling it a major step toward stability in the Middle East, The New York Post reported.
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