Matt Sedensky

People arrive at the International Airport in Frankfurt, Germany, after being evacuated from Dubai on a commercial flight, Tuesday, March 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Anxious travelers scramble as Iran war strands tens of thousands across the Middle East

March 3, 2026 at 2:57 p.m.

Frustrated and anxious travelers clamored Tuesday for flights out of the Middle East and other regions where a widening Iran war has stranded tens of thousands of people, closed major...

Coffee is for sale at a grocery store Monday, Feb. 9, 2026, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

Soaring coffee prices rewrite some Americans’ daily routines

February 14, 2026 at 1:32 p.m.

Years of steadily climbing coffee prices have some in this country of coffee lovers upending their habits by nixing café visits, switching to cheaper brews or foregoing it altogether.

A woman sits in front of a store in the Petare neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Cristian Hernandez)

As Trump promises Venezuelan renaissance, locals struggle with crumbling economy

January 9, 2026 at 8:14 a.m.

At the White House, President Donald Trump vows American intervention in Venezuela will pour billions of dollars into the country’s infrastructure, revive its once-thriving oil industry and eventually deliver a...

FILE – President Donald Trump speaks during an event to announce new tariffs, April 2, 2025, in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Truce fizzles as U.S.-China trade tensions return to full boil

October 11, 2025 at 4:28 p.m.

A series of tit-for-tat moves this week by the two superpowers has thrust trade hostilities back in the global spotlight, roiling markets and raising alarms of what might come next.

FILE – Jimmy Kimmel arrives at the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, Sept. 12, 2022. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

What are Nexstar and Sinclair, the ABC affiliate owners who issued statements against Jimmy Kimmel

September 18, 2025 at 5:17 p.m.

Two ABC affiliate owners spoke out against late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel ahead of ABC’s decision to suspend the presenter over comments he made about the killing of...

A sign touting a tariff-free message to attract vehicle shoppers at an auto dealership in Totowa, N.J., on April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)

Spike in steel tariffs could imperil President Donald Trump’s promise of lower grocery prices

May 31, 2025 at 3:19 p.m.

President Donald Trump’s doubling of tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum could hit Americans in an unexpected place: grocery aisles.

Linda Hilton, a 76-year-old retired office worker, stands in front of her home Tuesday, May 13, 2025, in Apache Junction, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Older people in crosshairs as government restarts Social Security garnishment on student loans

May 15, 2025 at 11:22 a.m.

As the Trump administration resumes collections on defaulted student loans, a surprising population has been caught in the crosshairs: Hundreds of thousands of older Americans whose decades-old debts now put...

FILE – Elon Musk speaks during an event with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House, Feb. 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

DOGE trumpets unemployment fraud that the government already found years ago

April 15, 2025 at 4:21 p.m.

Federal investigators already found what appears to be the same unemployment fraud that DOGE found years earlier and on a far greater scale.

Kit Kats from Japan are displayed for sale at Economy Candy in New York’s Lower East Side, Friday, April 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Trump’s tariffs hit a sour note in landmark NYC emporium of sweets

April 6, 2025 at 8:58 a.m.

Economy Candy in New York City has gummies from Germany, lollipops from Spain, chocolates from Japan and a panoply of candies from across the U.S. They will all be affected...

President Donald Trump gives a thumbs-up as he waits to greet France’s President Emmanuel Macron before a news conference at the White House, Monday, Feb. 24, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Judge rejects immediately restoring AP’s access to White House but urges government to reconsider

February 24, 2025 at 4:14 p.m.

A federal judge on Monday refused to immediately order the White House to restore The Associated Press' access to presidential events, saying the news organization had not demonstrated it had...

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