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Trump: No Need for Oil Sanctions, for Now
President Donald Trump said on Friday he did not immediately need to consider retaliatory tariffs on countries such as China for buying Russian oil but might have to "in two or three weeks."
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 21:45:08 EDTMelania Trump Sends Letter to Putin About Abducted Children
President Donald Trump's wife, Melania Trump, raised the plight of children in Ukraine and Russia in a personal letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin, two White House officials said on Friday.
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 22:00:59 EDTN.Y. AG James Leads Suit to Block Energy Department Cap
New York Attorney General Letitia James and 17 other blue-state attorneys general, as well as the governors of Kentucky and Pennsylvania, filed a lawsuit Friday in an attempt to block cuts made by the Department of Energy they claim threaten their state's energy programs.
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 21:31:16 EDTTrump-Putin Summit Concludes With No Ceasefire, No Questions
President Donald Trump failed to secure an agreement from Vladimir Putin on Friday to end Russia's war in Ukraine, falling short in his most significant move yet to stop the bloodshed, even after rolling out the red carpet for the man who started it.
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 15:16:26 EDTCalif. Democrats Release Plan to Boost US House Seats
In a display of cutthroat, calculated politics, California Democrats unveiled a proposal Friday that could give the state's dominant political party five more U.S. House seats in a bid to win the fight to control Congress next year.
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 21:11:38 EDTAir Force Denies Trans Troops Hearings Before Discharge
The Air Force says in a new memo that transgender airmen ousted under a recent Trump administration directive will no longer have the chance to argue before a board of their peers for the right to continue serving their country.
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 19:49:04 EDTTrump: 'There's No Deal Until There's a Deal'
President Donald Trump said Friday that he had an "extremely productive" meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska in high-stakes talks to reach an agreement to end the war in Ukraine.
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 19:19:43 EDTTrump Hesitant on Putin's Proposed Moscow Meeting
President Donald Trump signaled caution Friday when Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested holding their next meeting in Moscow, saying the idea could bring political "heat" but might still be possible.
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 19:34:41 EDTPutin: 'There Would Be No War' Had Trump Been President
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that there would be no war with Ukraine had President Donald Trump been in office in 2022.
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 19:15:33 EDTCBO: Tax Law Could Cause Medicare Cuts Unless Congress Acts
The federal budget deficits caused by President Donald Trump's tax and spending law could trigger automatic cuts to Medicare if Congress does not act, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office reported Friday.
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 17:59:46 EDTJudge Keeps D.C. Metro Police Chief in Charge
A federal judge on Friday forced the Justice Department to back away from President Donald Trump's move to oust Washington, D.C.'s police chief, ruling that Pamela A. Smith will remain in command of the 3,100-member Metropolitan Police Department.
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 18:03:09 EDTTrump: 'Very Nice' Hillary Would Draft Me for Nobel Prize
President Donald Trump on Friday welcomed former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's suggestion that she would nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize if he brokered a just end to the war in Ukraine.
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 16:46:04 EDTForeign Holdings of US Treasuries Climb to Record $9.13 Trillion
Foreign holdings of U.S. Treasuries rose to record levels in June, topping $9 trillion for a fourth straight month, data from the Treasury Department showed on Friday.
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 17:54:01 EDTGemini Crypto Exchange Makes US IPO Filing Public
The cryptocurrency exchange Gemini, founded by billionaire twins Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, on Friday made public its paperwork for a U.S. initial public offering, joining a wave of digital asset companies seeking to tap public markets.
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 17:52:17 EDTMeta Superintelligence Labs Expected to Be Divided Into Groups
Meta's new AI organization, Meta Superintelligence Labs, is expected to be divided into four groups....
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 17:43:34 EDTBloomberg: OpenAI Staff to Sell $6B in Stock to SoftBank, Others
Present and former OpenAI employees are looking to sell nearly $6 billion worth of the ChatGPT maker's shares to an investor group made up of SoftBank Group and others, valuing it at $500 billion, Bloomberg News reported on Friday.
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 17:40:13 EDTSource: Jared Kushner's Firm Buys 8 Percent Stake in UK Lender OakNorth
A private equity firm founded by U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner has signed a deal to buy an 8% stake in British lender OakNorth, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday.
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 17:38:48 EDTDraft 'MAHA' Report Avoids Pesticide Crackdown
The White House will not impose new guardrails on the farm industry's use of pesticides as part of a strategy to address children's health outcomes, according to a draft obtained by Reuters of a widely anticipated report from President Donald Trump's "Make America Healthy...
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 17:20:50 EDTNew Orleans Mayor Indicted Over Allegations of Hiding Relationship
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell was indicted Friday on federal conspiracy, fraud, and obstruction charges based on accusations that she tried to conceal a romantic relationship with her bodyguard, who was paid as if he were working even when they met ...
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 16:35:11 EDTDem in S.C. Gubernatorial Race Won't Drop Out After Arrest Video Surfaces
Charleston attorney Mullins McLeod says he isn't dropping out of the South Carolina gubernatorial race following the release of dashcam footage from his arrest for disorderly conduct in May.
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 16:17:52 EDT