National News

12:53 PM on Friday, August 22

China’s Pop Mart says it is rolling out a mini version of its popular Labubu plush toys this month, along with a new long-fur version of the toothy little monster

12:47 PM on Friday, August 22

President Donald Trump is calling national security and privacy concerns related to TikTok and its Chinese parent company highly overrated

12:18 PM on Friday, August 22

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has dropped an investigation into a buy now, pay later company linked to President Donald Trump's son Donald Trump Jr. The agency says the investigation was politically motivated against firearms companies and Trump Jr. On Tuesday, the CFPB notified Public Square Holdings subsidiary Credova it was no longer under investigation

11:58 AM on Friday, August 22

A federal appeals court in New York has rejected challenges to a ban on assault weapons that Connecticut put in place after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting

11:47 AM on Friday, August 22

AP source: Canada to drop retaliatory tariffs to match U.S. tariff exemptions for goods covered under USMCA trade pact

10:45 AM on Friday, August 22

National Guard members who are on the streets in Washington for Trump's crackdown will soon be armed, military says

10:01 AM on Friday, August 22

The Associated Press has used an "efficiency gap" analysis to examine congressional elections in 2024 and other recent presidential election years

10:00 AM on Friday, August 22

Powell signals the Federal Reserve is open to cutting rates but gives no indication of the timing in Jackson Hole speech

9:59 AM on Friday, August 22

Moves by Texas Republicans and California Democrats to redraw their U.S. House districts could disrupt a rare partisan balance in American politics

7:34 AM on Friday, August 22

FBI searches home of ex-Trump national security adviser John Bolton as part of documents investigation, AP source says

7:20 AM on Friday, August 22

Berlin’s newest panda twins have celebrated their first birthday with frozen vegetable treats and a candle made out of bamboo shoots

7:03 AM on Friday, August 22

President Donald Trump's administration has been pushing for the death penalty, but judges are blocking attempts to reverse previous decisions against capital punishment

5:47 AM on Friday, August 22

Former Sri Lankan President Wickremesinghe arrested on allegations of misusing state funds, aide says

5:04 AM on Friday, August 22

5:03 AM on Friday, August 22

The world’s leading authority on food crises has determined that the Gaza Strip’s largest city is now gripped by famine

2:51 AM on Friday, August 22

Russia needs more workers, primarily due to its war in Ukraine

2:27 AM on Friday, August 22

India’s Supreme Court has ordered the release of all stray dogs that were removed from New Delhi streets after sterilization and immunization following an increase in the number of people who were bitten by dogs

12:01 AM on Friday, August 22

President Donald Trump is proudly promoting the work of roughly 2,000 National Guard troops in Washington to confront what the Republican president describes as an out-of-control crime wave in the Democratic-run city

5:54 PM on Thursday, August 21

Police say rapper Lil Nas X has been jailed on suspicion of misdemeanor obstructing a police officer after a run-in with police in Los Angeles

2:05 PM on Thursday, August 21

Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi announced on Instagram that they've recently adopted a daughter