(MENAFN) Former Vice President Dick Cheney has died at age 84, multiple U.S. media outlets confirmed Monday night. His family disclosed that "complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease" caused his death, according to their...
(MENAFN) The United States will temporarily prevent Nvidia from exporting its most sophisticated artificial intelligence (AI) chip to China, according to White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt on Tuesday. "As for the most advanced chips, the...
(MENAFN) The United States expanded its sanctions on North Korean financial entities and bankers on Tuesday, accusing them of laundering funds linked to cybercrime operations. "Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets...
(MENAFN) The United States expanded its sanctions roster on Tuesday to include several North Korean bankers and organizations, citing allegations of laundering proceeds from cybercrime activities. "Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of...
(MENAFN) Statistics Canada revealed Tuesday it will push back publication of September 2025 international trade figures, blaming interruptions stemming from the partial U.S. federal government shutdown. The Canadian agency had initially slated...
(MENAFN) The United States government entered uncharted territory on Wednesday, marking the longest shutdown in history at 36 days, as Senate Republicans and Democrats remain at an impasse over funding for shuttered federal agencies. The milestone...
(MENAFN) The United States government shutdown reached an unprecedented milestone on Wednesday, extending to 36 days without a solution in view, as Republican and Democratic senators remain locked in a standoff over how to restore funding to...
(MENAFN) The U.S. government shutdown is on track to become the longest in history this week. As it reaches its 34th day on Monday, it is just one day short of surpassing the 35-day record set during the 2018-2019 closure under President Donald...
(MENAFN) US equities closed sharply lower Tuesday as investors grappled with mounting concerns over inflated tech sector valuations and stark warnings from Wall Street's leading investment banks forecasting potential market corrections within the...
(MENAFN) US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made a striking first visit to South Korea on Monday, standing at the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) and peering across the border into North Korea. He was joined by South Korean Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back,...
U.S. Senate candidate Nathan Sage, a Democrat from Knoxville, Iowa, held the second-to-last town hall event of his “99 Counties in 99 Days for the 99 percent” tour at ReUnion Brewery in downtown Iowa City on Wednesday night, with around 75...
U.S. 280 in Jefferson County set to close for bridge work IT’S BEEN A BEAUTIFUL DAY ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA. BEAUTIFUL BLUE SKIES OVER CULLMAN AS WE SPEAK. AS THE SUN SETS THOSE PEACH COLORS OUT THERE IN THE DISTANCE. 64 RIGHT NOW IN CULLMAN. SO...
U.S. stock futures held mostly flat on Wednesday evening, as investors brushed off AI bubble fears and welcomed signs that the Supreme Court may challenge Trump’s tariffs. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) and the S&P 500 (SPX)...
NEW YORK, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Supreme Court held a hearing on Wednesday over the administration's global tariff policy under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), with both conservative and liberal justices expressing...
The first oral arguments at the Federal Supreme Court that will determine the fate of U.S. President Donald Trump’s reciprocal and fentanyl tariffs were held on Nov. 5 (local time) in Washington, DC. The government side argued that if they lose,...
On October 29, 2025, just minutes before his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Busan, South Korea, U.S. President Donald Trump said the U.S. would “start testing our nuclear weapons on an equal basis with other nations”. While returning...
Foreign JUSTICES of the U.S. Supreme Court, including conservative ones, repeatedly asked critical questions of the administration of Donald Trump as they heard arguments on whether the president had the authority to impose sweeping tariffs under...
After marking the longest government shutdown in history at 35 days, the U.S. entered the sixth week since President Donald Trump and Congress failed to decide to fund the government by the Sept. 30 deadline. There have been lengthy shutdowns in...
The United States is interested in establishing offices of its Department of Homeland Security at “strategic” facilities in Ecuador, where the head of that department, Kristi Noem, arrived on Wednesday. Ecuadorians must first approve, in a...
The United States government has issued a fresh travel advisory for Tanzania, warning foreigners against travelling to the war-torn East African country amid lingering political instability. In a notice dated Wednesday, November 5, President...
