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Nigel Farage takes aim at the UK’s dominant parties with hefty gains in local elections

LONDON -- The hard-right party Reform UK led by Nigel Farage snatched a seat in Parliament from the governing Labour…

14 hours ago

Homeless camp in Oregon national forest to be cleared

BEND, Ore. -- Dozens of homeless people who have been living in a national forest in central Oregon for years…

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Loss of FEMA program spells disaster for hundreds of communities and their projects

NEW ORLEANS -- The textile mills that once served as the backbone of Mount Pleasant, North Carolina, have long been…

5 days ago

Georgia Democrat Jon Ossoff says Trump’s ‘chaos and uncertainty’ hurts the economy

MARIETTA, Ga. -- Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff of Georgia said Saturday that President Donald Trump's unsettled economic policy is the…

6 days ago

Talk of raising taxes on millionaires swirls as Republicans draft Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’

WASHINGTON -- Why not tax the millionaires?As Congress begins drafting a massive package for President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill”…

1 week ago

What do ‘expert level’ talks signal in Iran-US nuclear negotiations?

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Negotiations between Iran and the United States over Tehran's rapidly advancing nuclear program will move…

2 weeks ago

CEO of French luxury conglomerate LVMH calls for calming trade tensions with US

PARIS -- PARIS (AP) — Bernard Arnault, chairman and CEO of French luxury conglomerate LVMH, called on Thursday for a…

2 weeks ago

UnitedHealth cuts 2025 forecast after dealing with first-quarter care use spike

UnitedHealth chopped its 2025 forecast after being surprised by care use from its Medicare Advantage customers in a worse-than-expected first…

2 weeks ago

Former Michigan health officer Abdul El-Sayed enters Democratic US Senate race

LANSING, Mich. -- A former Michigan public health official and Democratic candidate for governor entered the race for the state's…

2 weeks ago

Joe Biden will speak about Social Security in his return to national stage

WASHINGTON -- Former President Joe Biden returns to the national stage Tuesday to elevate liberal concerns that President Donald Trump's…

3 weeks ago