WASHINGTON (AP) — Weak population gains and increased government spending will result in slower overall economic growth over the next 30 years, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said Thursday. The CBO’s latest long-term budget and economic outlook report — for a timeframe that spans 2025 to 2055 — projects publicly held debt to reach 156%…… MORE
TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says he will talk to U.S. President Donald Trump soon after Trump announced 25% tariffs on auto imports. Carney said Thursday that Trump reached out Wednesday night to schedule a call. Trump says that he’s placing 25% tariffs on auto imports. Carney said that “we will be…… MORE
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fans of Studio Ghibli, the famed Japanese animation studio behind “Spirited Away” and other beloved movies, were delighted this week when a new version of ChatGPT let them transform popular internet memes or personal photos into the distinct style of Ghibli founder Hayao Miyazaki. But the trend also highlighted ethical concerns…… MORE
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A former executive of a subsidiary of famed candymaker Mars Inc. has been charged with stealing more than $28 million from the company in various schemes. Paul Steed of Stamford, Connecticut, was arrested on multiple wire fraud and tax evasion charges on Wednesday. He pleaded not guilty in federal court in…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — FOX News — A Las Vegas man has been charged in the Molotov cocktail attack that torched several Teslas at a dealership last week. 36-year-old Paul Hyon Kim was arrested in Las Vegas, Wednesday by local police for allegedly torching five Tesla vehicles on March 18 at a local Tesla Collision Center. Kim…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump has signed a sweeping executive action to overhaul elections in the United States. Tuesday’s order demands documentary proof of citizenship be added as a requirement for federal voter registration. It also requires that all ballots be received by Election Day throughout the country. The move is consistent with…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — An appeals court has allowed the Trump administration to stop approving new refugees for entry into the U.S. as a lawsuit plays out over the president’s executive order halting the nation’s refugee admissions system. Refugees conditionally approved before President Donald Trump took office must still be processed under the Tuesday order from…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Vice President JD Vance says he’s joining his wife on a Friday trip to Greenland, suggesting in an online video that global security is at stake. Vance says in a video posted Tuesday to social media, “Speaking for President Trump, we want to reinvigorate the security of the people of Greenland…… MORE
The gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack at an El Paso Walmart in 2019 in one of the the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history has been offered a plea deal to avoid the death penalty. The decision was announced Tuesday by El Paso County District Attorney James Montoya. It marks an…… MORE
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. negotiators are working with Russian representatives on a proposed partial ceasefire in Ukraine. Monday’s meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, came a day after the U.S. held separate talks with the Ukrainian team. Moscow and Kyiv have accused each other of undermining efforts to reach a pause in the…… MORE
