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August consumer confidence dips in US with jobs, tariffs and high prices driving most unease

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans’ view of the U.S. economy declined modestly in August as anxiety over a weakening job market grew for the eighth straight month. The Conference Board said Tuesday...

DATE: Aug 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Tropical storms Juliette and Fernand churn over open waters in different oceans

MIAMI (AP) — Tropical storms Juliette and Fernand churned Tuesday over open waters, one in the Pacific Ocean and one in the Atlantic, at the same time as some officials continued to deal wit...

DATE: Aug 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Trump administration threatens some funding for 3 states for not enforcing trucker English rules

California, Washington and New Mexico could lose millions of dollars of federal funding if they continue failing to enforce English language requirements for truckers, Transportation Secreta...

DATE: Aug 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

A US tariff exemption for small orders ends Friday. It's a big deal to some shoppers and businesses

NEW YORK (AP) — Low-value imports are losing their duty-free status in the United States this week as part of President Donald Trump's agenda for making the nation less dependent on foreign ...

DATE: Aug 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Trump family crypto empire expands with Crypto.com partnership

President Donald Trump’s personal crypto ventures are expanding again, this time with plans for a digital asset treasury company that holds an alternative cryptocurrency. Trump Media and Tec...

DATE: Aug 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Dozens wounded as Israel raids West Bank city where the Palestinian Authority is headquartered

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Israeli forces carried out a rare daytime raid on Tuesday in the heart of the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, where the Palestinian Authority is headquartered...

DATE: Aug 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Scientists give harsh grades to Trump administration work aimed at undoing a key climate finding

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two key documents from the Trump administration aimed at revoking the long-standing finding that climate change is dangerous were filled with errors, bias and distortions, ...

DATE: Aug 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Melania Trump invites K-12 students to participate in nationwide AI challenge contest

WASHINGTON (AP) — Melania Trump on Tuesday invited students in grades K-12 to participate in a government-sponsored nationwide contest that is designed to encourage them to work together to ...

DATE: Aug 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Inquiry into former Trump prosecutor Jack Smith is based on 'imaginary premise,' lawyers say

WASHINGTON (AP) — A watchdog investigation into former special counsel Jack Smith over his prosecutions of President Donald Trump is based on an “imaginary and unfounded” premise, Smith's la...

DATE: Aug 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Australia accuses Iran of organizing antisemitic attacks and expels ambassador

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has accused Iran of organizing two antisemitic attacks in Australia and said the country was cutting off diplomatic rel...

DATE: Aug 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Trump claims to have ended the war in Congo. People there say that’s not true

GOMA, Congo (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump claims that the war in eastern Congo is among the ones he has stopped, after brokering a peace deal between Congo and Rwanda in June. But resid...

DATE: Aug 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Scientists get a rare peek inside of an exploding star

NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists for the first time have spotted the insides of a dying star as it exploded, offering a rare peek into stellar evolution. Stars can live for millions to trillions o...

DATE: Aug 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press