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Trump’s attacks on Powell threaten the Fed’s independence. Here’s why it matters
Donald Trump has stepped up his attacks on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell at the same time that the Supreme Court is ...
Protest letters from former Israeli soldiers lay bare profound rifts over the ongoing war
When nearly 1,000 Israeli Air Force veterans signed an open letter last week calling for an end to the war in Gaza, the ...
The US has a single rare earths mine. Chinese export limits are energizing a push for more
America’s only rare earths mine has fielded calls from anxious companies since China responded to President Donald Trump's ...
A look inside Maine’s hidden ‘Sistine Chapel’ with 70-year-old frescoes
The recent launch of a website dedicated to frescoes in a Maine meeting house has created a new surge of interest in the ...
AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
Processions for Holy Week took place around Latin America, including in Brazil, Guatemala and Uruguay. Demonstrators in ...
Marshawn Lynch, Marcus Peters join ownership group for Seawolves
The Seattle Seawolves rugby team announced Thursday that former Seahawk Marshawn Lynch and former Husky Marcus Peters are joining the organization as investors.
Person with measles was at Sea-Tac Airport, Tukwila hotel
Public Health said Tuesday that the person, a resident of Canada, traveled through the Seattle area on April 6 and 7. They ...
Trump administration seeks explosive expansion of nation’s immigration detention system
The world's largest immigration detention system is on the cusp of explosive growth as President Donald Trump pursues his ...
Law firms, universities and now civil society groups are in Trump’s sights for punitive action
Trump and his team have been working their way through the nation’s institutions, threatening to chisel away at the ...
Harvard’s stand against Trump is helping it raise more money
The Trump administration said it would take $2.2 billion in research funds from the school. Some donors are doing their best ...
Asian markets are mostly higher as Wall Street is stuck in trade war doldrums
BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares are mostly higher in thin Good Friday trading after a bumpy ride on Wall Street, where the Dow ...
US lawmakers’ bipartisan Taiwan visit signals support despite harsh words and tariffs from Trump
Republican and Democratic lawmakers are making their first trip to Taiwan under the new Trump administration a bipartisan one ...