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Panama's president says there will be no negotiation about ownership of canal
PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama President José Raúl Mulino said Thursday there will be no negotiation with the United States over ownership of the Panama Canal, and he hopes U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s upcoming visit will allow them to focus on shared interests including migration and...
Amazon's advocates fear Trump's return means little US help to protect rainforest
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Alexis Damancio Silva can’t forget the hardship in his town of Puerto Narino in far southern Colombia last year when extreme drought nearly dried up the Amazon River. Pink dolphins and fish died. Crops dried up. The town lost its easy access to markets. ...
Trump says inflation isn't his No. 1 issue. So what will happen to consumer prices?
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two months ago, in his first network television interview after the election, Donald Trump said he owed his victory to Americans' anger over immigration and inflation, specifically the rising cost of groceries. “When you buy apples, when you buy bacon, when you...
Rubio will visit Central America, including Panama, on first trip abroad as secretary of state
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio will make his first official trip abroad next week to Central America, including a stop in Panama, which President Donald Trump has riled with talk of trying to reclaim the Panama Canal. Rubio, a former Florida senator who is the son...
Trump invoked all corners of American history. How might he use them to build his new 'Golden Age'?
NEW YORK (AP) — He talked of a new Manifest Destiny and a “Golden Age." He invoked the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. An honor guard appeared with tricorn hats, fifes and drums — all traditional Revolutionary War iconography. Those in attendance heard...
FACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims Trump made at inaugural events
In his first address after being sworn in on Monday, President Donald Trump repeated several false and misleading statements that he made during his campaign. They included claims about immigration, the economy, electric vehicles and the Panama Canal. In remarks later at the Capitol's Emancipation...
Trump, in his inaugural address, rips into the country's past leaders and makes sweeping promises
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s second inaugural address sounded a lot like his first, with a sweeping indictment of the country he inherits and grand promises to fix its problems. Eight years ago, Trump described “American carnage” and promised to end it...
Voice of America is required by law to report the news accurately. Could Donald Trump change that?
LONDON (AP) — It's called the Voice of America — a storied news outlet that has promised “the truth” since it first broadcast stories about democracy into Nazi Germany during World War II. Now, it’s the voice of a country in which a majority of voters chose incomin presidentDonald Trump,...
'American Carnage': Looking back at Trump's first inaugural address before his second
Eight years ago, Donald Trump delivered an inaugural address that overshadowed the typical optimism and promises of unity with a dark portrait of national life. His unapologetically populist and nationalistic speech installed the phrases “American Carnage” and “America...
France’s new prime minister says he'll renegotiate a contested plan to raise the retirement age
PARIS (AP) — France’s new prime minister François Bayrou announced Tuesday the renegotiation of a contested plan raising the retirement age from 62 to 64, in a crucial move to seek more stability for his minority government. In his first address to lawmakers at the National...
