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4:43 PM on Thursday, January 8

Trump says he wants government to buy $200 billion in mortgage bonds in a push to bring down mortgage rates

4:42 PM on Thursday, January 8

Austin Peay State University has reinstated a professor who was fired for his social media post after the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk

4:40 PM on Thursday, January 8

Washington Commanders cornerback Marshon Lattimore was arrested on weapons charges outside his hometown of Cleveland

4:23 PM on Thursday, January 8

Environmental groups claim federal and state officials withheld evidence about funding for an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades

4:18 PM on Thursday, January 8

Modest moves for Wall Street overall masked big gains underneath the surface, including for makers of weapons and other military equipment

4:09 PM on Thursday, January 8

The House has passed a bipartisan package of three spending bills that would fund parts of the federal government through September

3:47 PM on Thursday, January 8

Former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords returned to the House floor on the 15th anniversary of the assassination attempt that ended her political career

3:43 PM on Thursday, January 8

Trump advisers met at the White House with Denmark, Greenland envoys as Trump reignites 'takeover' talk, AP sources say

3:35 PM on Thursday, January 8

Russia has strongly condemned the U.S. seizure of an oil tanker

3:24 PM on Thursday, January 8

House refuses to override Trump vetoes of 2 bipartisan bills as Republicans stick with president

3:12 PM on Thursday, January 8

The Congressional Budget Office has released new economic projections, expecting the Federal Reserve to cut short-term rates in 2026

3:02 PM on Thursday, January 8

Artificial intelligence took center stage at this year's CES gadget show, but not always for the right reasons

2:10 PM on Thursday, January 8

President Donald Trump is causing some commotion for investors in U.S. defense contractors this week

11:26 AM on Thursday, January 8

The IRS will start accepting 2025 tax returns on Jan. 26, marking the official start of the 2026 tax filing season

7:16 AM on Thursday, January 8

Denmark and Greenland’s envoys to Washington have begun a vigorous effort to urge U.S. lawmakers as well as key Trump administration officials to step back from President Donald Trump’s call for a “takeover” of the strategic Arctic island

7:01 AM on Thursday, January 8

Fulton County Commissioner Dana Barrett has announced her candidacy to become Georgia's secretary of state

12:50 AM on Thursday, January 8

The longest-serving Democrat in Congress has announced he's retiring at the end of his term, saying he's deeply concerned "this House is not living up to the Founders’ goals.”

12:03 AM on Thursday, January 8

The House refused Thursday to override President Donald Trump’s veto of two low-profile bills as Republicans stuck with the president despite their prior support for the measures

12:01 AM on Thursday, January 8

A judge says Harvey Weinstein is weighing a potential guilty plea to resolve an undecided rape charge and avoid going to trial for a third time in New York

3:33 PM on Wednesday, January 7