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Prince Harry's lawsuit against The Sun is part of a long saga of alleged tabloid misbehavior

Jan. 21, 2025 04:27 AM EST

LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry’s trial against the publisher of The Sun, which opens Tuesday, follows two decades of legal drama over the cutthroat practices of the British press in the days when newspapers sold millions of copies and shaped the popular conversation. The scandal...

Inauguration Day Latest: Trump issues pardons for Jan. 6 rioters and signs more executive actions

Jan. 20, 2025 23:11 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump, who overcame impeachments, criminal indictments and a pair of assassination attempts to win another term in the White House, was sworn in Monday as the 47th U.S. president, taking charge as Republicans claim unified control of Washington and set out to reshape the...

Trump signed slew of executive orders on Day 1. What are his priorities?

Jan. 20, 2025 22:05 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has begun his promised flurry of executive action on Day 1. With his opening rounds of memoranda and executive orders, Trump repealed dozens of former President Joe Biden's actions, began his immigration crackdown, withdrew the U.S. from the...

Ramaswamy won't serve on Trump's government efficiency commission as he mulls run for Ohio governor

Jan. 20, 2025 17:25 PM EST

The Department of Government Efficiency's first order of business was itself: It's now down to one leader. Vivek Ramaswamy is no longer part of the commission that President Donald Trump championed, officials confirmed hours after the Republican took office Monday, and that leaves...

Elon Musk's prominence during inauguration ceremonies stamps tech titan's place in Trump's orbit

Jan. 20, 2025 16:41 PM EST

Getting humans to Mars has long been an obsession for SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. On Monday, that project got a full endorsement from the newly sworn-in president. During his inaugural address, President Donald Trump promised he would “pursue our manifest destiny into the stars,...

Bitcoin soars past $109,000 ahead of possible early action on crypto by Trump

Jan. 20, 2025 10:49 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The price of bitcoin surged to over $109,000 early Monday, just hours ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, as a pumped up cryptocurrency industry bets he'll take action soon after returning to the White House. Once a skeptic who said a few...

Trump's inauguration will be first attended by foreign leaders

Jan. 19, 2025 16:15 PM EST

For the first time in U.S. history, a president-elect will welcome foreign leaders for one of the most American political traditions — the peaceful transfer of power. President-elect Donald Trump invited Chinese President Xi Jinping and conservative world leaders such as Argentine...

Federal Reserve says it will leave climate change organization

Jan. 17, 2025 15:46 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve said Friday that it is leaving an international grouping of central banks that focused on how regulation of the financial system could help combat climate change. The Fed's membership has been criticized by Republicans in Congress. In a short...

Bitcoin soars past $100,000 ahead of possible early action on crypto by Trump

Jan. 17, 2025 11:12 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The price of bitcoin topped $100,000 again early Friday as a pumped up cryptocurrency industry expects early action by Donald Trump when he's sworn in as president next week. Once a skeptic who said a few years ago that bitcoin “ seems like a scam,” Trump has...

Trump's EPA nominee stays vague on plans as senators press him on climate views

Jan. 16, 2025 17:23 PM EST

Lee Zeldin said Americans deserve a clean environment “without suffocating the economy” during his Senate confirmation hearing Thursday to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, a department likely to play a central role in President-elect Donald Trump’s pledge to slash federal regulations...