WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is calling on Kyiv and Moscow to “stop where they are” and end their brutal war. Trump made the statement in a social media post following a lengthy White House meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday. Trump’s frustration with the conflict has surfaced repeatedly in the nine…… MORE
GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — John Bolton has pleaded not guilty in the Justice Department case accusing him of sharing classified information. Bolton was ordered released from custody after making his appearance Friday before a judge in the third Justice Department case brought in recent weeks against an adversary of President Donald Trump. Bolton has signaled he…… MORE
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel has received the coffin of a missing hostage handed over to the Red Cross from Hamas. That’s according to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office Friday. The Israeli military and security forces received the coffin inside the Gaza Strip, and it was to be transferred to Israel and the…… MORE
LONDON (AP) — Prince Andrew says he is giving up his royal title of the Duke of York after his friendship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein returned to the headlines. The younger brother of King Charles III said he and the royal family had decided “the continued accusations about me distract from the work of…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump has commuted the sentence of former U.S. Rep. George Santos, who is serving more than seven years in federal prison after pleading guilty to fraud and identity theft charges. The New York Republican was sentenced in April after admitting last year to deceiving donors and stealing the identities…… MORE
The U.S. has blocked a global fee on shipping emissions as an international maritime meeting ended Friday without adopting new regulations. The world’s largest maritime nations had been discussing ways to move the shipping industry away from fossil fuels. On Thursday, U.S. President Donald Trump urged countries to vote against the regulations. The International Maritime…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is concerned about the health of the nation’s regional banks, after a few of them wrote off bad loans to commercial customers in the last two weeks. Zions Bank, Western Alliance Bank, and Jefferies disclosed bad investments, causing their stocks to fall sharply this week. On Tuesday, JPMorgan Chase…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is giving domestic automakers some relief from his tariffs. He’s extending a special rebate on auto parts until 2030. Tariffs on those parts had threatened to raise costs for automakers. The exemption was originally supposed to be a short-term bridge to give automakers time to move production lines back…… MORE
The Federal Aviation Administration said Friday it will allow Boeing to produce more 737 Max airplanes by increasing the limit it imposed after a door plug flew off an Alaska Airlines jet that the company built. After the terrifying January 2024 incident, the FAA capped Boeing’s production of Max jets to 38 per month. The…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) — As economic uncertainty deepens, the rush for gold continues — with prices for the precious metal topping $4,300 for the first time this week. The going price for New York spot closed at a record $4,326 per troy ounce on Thursday. Futures also traded as high at more than $4,344 per…… MORE
