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President Donald Trump shakes hands with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung as he receives a gift of a gold crown and an award of the Grand Order of Mugunghwa, not seen, during a high honor ceremony at the Gyeongju National Museum in Gyeongju, South Korea, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

US will share tech to let South Korea build a nuclear-powered submarine, Trump says

5:10 PM on Wednesday, October 29

The United States will share closely held technology to allow South Korea to build a nuclear-powered submarine, President Donald Trump said on social media Thursday after meeting with the country’s president

Federal government shutdown threatens SNAP food aid as several states scramble to help

5:03 PM on Wednesday, October 29

A handful of states rolled out plans to use their own funds to provide benefits as the SNAP federal food aid program runs dry

Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., meets with reporters to discuss President Donald Trump's strategy on tariffs, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate is voting on a Democratic effort to block Trump's tariffs on Canadian imports

4:41 PM on Wednesday, October 29

The Senate is voting on legislation that would nullify U.S. tariffs on Canada

FILE - Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser is seen during a news conference, Tuesday, July 22, 2025, in Denver. (Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post via AP,File)

Colorado says relocation of Space Command to Alabama is 'punishment' for mail-in voting

4:39 PM on Wednesday, October 29

Colorado officials say the relocation of U.S. Space Command to Alabama was illegally motivated by President Donald Trump’s desire to punish Colorado for allowing mail-in voting

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni addresses the Senate ahead of the upcoming European Council, in Rome, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2025. (Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse via AP)

Italian court rejects Sicily bridge project, dealing a blow to Meloni government

4:18 PM on Wednesday, October 29

Italy’s Court of Auditors has rejected a government plan to build a massive bridge connecting Sicily to the mainland

FILE - Students who survived the shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School hug survivors of the Pulse nightclub shooting before boarding buses in Parkland, Fla., Feb. 20, 2018, to rally outside the state capitol and talk to legislators about gun control reform. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Judges rule some Florida gun laws are unconstitutional. Here's what to know

4:07 PM on Wednesday, October 29

A pair of court rulings declaring some of Florida’s gun restrictions unconstitutional are creating some confusion in the notoriously firearm friendly state

FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2017, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, right, chats with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

Trump and China's Xi are meeting in South Korea to try to roll back months of trade tensions

4:01 PM on Wednesday, October 29

President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are meeting face-to-face today in South Korea

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks with reporters following a closed-door meeting of Senate Republicans on day 28 of the government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Food aid at risk of expiring as effort to fund SNAP benefits fails in Senate

3:10 PM on Wednesday, October 29

Food aid for more than 40 million Americans is at risk of expiring at week's end

President Donald Trump looks towards Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney as he delivers remarks at a dinner hosted by South Korea President Lee Jae-Myung in Gyeongju, South Korea, Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP)

Ontario's premier says US ambassador should apologize for tirade against his diplomat

2:23 PM on Wednesday, October 29

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has called on Pete Hoekstra, the U.S. ambassador to Canada, to apologize to Ontario’s representative in Washington

FILE - Protesters demonstrate outside of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview, Ill., Sept. 19, 2025. (Zubaer Khan/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, file)

Democratic congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh indicted over ICE protests outside Chicago

1:19 PM on Wednesday, October 29

A Democratic congressional candidate in Illinois has been accused of blocking a federal agent's vehicle during September protests outside a federal immigration building near Chicago

FILE - Vehicles wait outside the international terminal at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, July 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Lawyers for British political commentator Sami Hamdi are challenging his US detention in court

12:53 PM on Wednesday, October 29

Attorneys for Sami Hamdi, a British political commentator being held by immigration authorities in California, are challenging his detention in court

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Gregory Bovino arrives outside federal court in Chicago, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Appeals court blocks order requiring Bovino to brief judge on Chicago immigration sweeps

12:02 PM on Wednesday, October 29

A federal appeals court has blocked an order that required a senior Border Patrol official to brief a judge on Chicago immigration sweeps

A man walks in the rain before the arrival of Hurricane Melissa in Canizo, a community in Santiago de Cuba, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Ramón Espinosa)

The Latest: Hurricane Melissa nears the Bahamas after pummeling Jamaica, then Cuba

8:24 AM on Wednesday, October 29

Hurricane Melissa has left dozens dead and widespread destruction across Cuba, Jamaica and Haiti on Wednesday, knocking out power and forcing residents from their homes in inundated towns

Residents stand on the wreckage of a house destroyed by Hurricane Melissa in Santa Cruz, Jamaica, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Hurricane Melissa leaves trail of destruction across Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica

12:29 AM on Wednesday, October 29

Hurricane Melissa has left a trail of destruction across Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica

Rob Jetten, leader of the center-left D66 party, speaks on stage during exit poll results an election venue during a general election in Leiden, Netherlands, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Exit poll suggests Dutch election result too close to call, with center-left party slightly ahead

11:20 PM on Tuesday, October 28

An exit poll published immediately after voting ended Wednesday in the Netherlands’ general election suggested the result is too close to call, with the center-left D66 narrowly ahead of the far-right party of anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders

President Donald Trump shakes hands with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung as they attend a high honor ceremony at the Gyeongju National Museum in Gyoeongju, South Korea, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

The Latest: US and South Korea advance trade talks during Trump’s visit to Asia

7:18 PM on Tuesday, October 28

The United States and South Korea have advanced trade talks after negotiations and ceremonies that included the presentation of a gold medal and crown to President Donald Trump

North Carolina state Sen. Warren Daniel, R-Burke (left and standing), presides over the Senate Committee on Elections while it considers legislation to redraw the state's U.S. House district map at the Legislative Office Building in Raleigh N.C., Monday, Oct. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Gary D. Robertson)

Trump urged GOP-led states to redraw US House districts. Now other states also are gerrymandering

2:56 PM on Monday, October 27

President Donald Trump has called for Republican states to redraw their U.S. House districts ahead of next year's elections

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