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By  FATIMA HUSSEIN Updated 4:23 PM CDT, October 22, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — In the midst of a federal government shutdown, the U.S. government’s gross national debt surpassed $38 trillion Wednesday, a record number that highlights the accelerating accumulation of debt…

By  STAN CHOE Updated 4:54 PM CDT, October 22, 2025 NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks and the price of gold fell on Wednesday, as momentum on Wall Street reverses. The S&P 500 sank 0.5%, though it’s still within 1% of its…

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he is approving $25 million in disaster aid for Alaska after back-to-back storms — including the remnants of a typhoon — ravaged coastal villages, displaced about 2,000 people and led to one…

By  MICHAEL MAROT and STEVE KARNOWSKI INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indianapolis judge on Wednesday confirmed Dec. 11 as the trial date for Fox Sports analyst and former NFL player Mark Sanchez, who’s charged with attacking and seriously injuring a truck driver outside a…

By  KONSTANTIN TOROPIN WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military launched its eighth strike against an alleged drug-carrying vessel, killing two people in the waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday, marking an expansion of the Trump administration’s campaign…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced new sanctions Wednesday against Russia’s two biggest oil companies and blasted Moscow’s refusal to end its “senseless war” as U.S.-led efforts to end the war floundered and the Ukrainian president sought more foreign military…

NEW YORK (AP) — The mother of a newborn girl who was abandoned at a busy midtown Manhattan subway station with her umbilical cord still attached was arrested early Wednesday, city police said. The 30-year-old Queens woman was taken into custody…

By  STEPHEN WHYNO Updated 12:36 PM CDT, October 22, 2025 NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL is not considering dropping Bad Bunny as its Super Bowl halftime headline performer, Commissioner Roger Goodell said Wednesday, reaffirming a decision to put the Grammy-winning Puerto…

By  CHRISTINE FERNANDO Updated 11:04 AM CDT, October 22, 2025 CHICAGO (AP) — President Donald Trump’s attempts to deploy the military in Democratic-led cities — over the objections of mayors and governors — have brought a head-spinning array of court challenges and overlapping…

By  JOSH FUNK Updated 10:59 AM CDT, October 22, 2025 The Agriculture Department will reopen about 2,100 county offices all across the country Thursday despite the ongoing government shutdown to help farmers and ranchers get access to $3 billion of aid from existing…

By  BEN FINLEY and KONSTANTIN TOROPIN Updated 10:09 PM CDT, October 21, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — Leaders at the Pentagon have significantly altered how military officials will speak with Congress after a pair of new memos issued last week. In an Oct. 15…

By  STAN CHOE Updated 3:22 PM CDT, October 21, 2025 NEW YORK (AP) — The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit a record on Tuesday as the floodgates opened for companies reporting how much profit they made during the summer. The Dow…

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has filed a lawsuit that seeks to get Democrat Adelita Grijalva sworn in as the state’s newest member of Congress after U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson has refused to seat her a…

By  OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and JANIE HAR SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Donald Trump keeps threatening to send National Guard troops to San Francisco next, blasting the California city as crime-ridden and saying its residents are clamoring for federal help. But local and…

By  KONSTANTIN TOROPIN WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has nominated Lt. Gen. Christopher LaNeve to serve as the Army’s second-highest-ranking officer, according to congressional records. Gen. James Mingus is currently vice chief of staff and has not publicly said he plans…

By  DARLENE SUPERVILLE WASHINGTON (AP) — Construction started this week on the $250 million ballroom that President Donald Trump is adding to the White House as construction crews began tearing down the facade of the East Wing, where the new space is being built. The Republican…

By  MATT O’BRIEN and MICHAEL LIEDTKE Updated 12:58 PM CDT, October 21, 2025 OpenAI said Tuesday it is introducing its own web browser, Atlas, putting the ChatGPT maker in direct competition with Google as more internet users rely on artificial intelligence to answer…

By  MATTHEW LEE and CHRIS MEGERIAN Updated 1:08 PM CDT, October 21, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s plan for a swift meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin is on hold, a U.S. official said Tuesday, the latest twist in his stop-and-go effort to…

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A plane carrying passengers from Omaha, Nebraska, to Los Angeles made an emergency landing minutes into the flight “out of an abundance of caution” after pilots mistakenly thought someone was trying to breach the cockpit. The SkyWest Flight…