When President Donald Trump announced widespread reciprocal tariffs in April, U.S. shrimpers rejoiced. “Our initial visceral response was that we finally felt seen,” said Bryan Jones, vice president of the South Carolina Shrimpers Association. Jones is the captain of a South Carolina shrimping boat. He remembers when hundreds of other shrimpers were out on the…
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Wednesday left the door open for direct U.S. military involvement in the bubbling conflict between Israel and Iran but declined to definitively say what he is going to do. At the same time, he said Iran has reached out to him and maintained that it still wants to make…
DOHA, Qatar — President Donald Trump on Thursday said he wants the U.S. to take over the Gaza Strip and make it a “freedom zone,” renewing his call for an idea that had faded from his regular discourse about the region since his unveiling of it stunned the world. What You Need To Know President…
TEXAS — A seven-day U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation led to the arrest of 422 undocumented immigrants and the deportation of 528 immigrants. The operation took place as a weeklong operation in the Houston area. “As part of our commitment to national security and lawful immigration enforcement, the CBP Air and Marine Operations Houston…
U.S. and Chinese officials said Monday they had reached a deal to roll back most of their recent tariffs and call a 90-day truce in their trade war for more talks on resolving their trade disputes. Stock markets rose sharply as the globe’s two major economic powers took a step back from a clash that…
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump weighed in Friday on whether the U.S. should “lock the clocks,” calling on Congress to make daylight saving time permanent to allow for more daylight later in the day. The president wrote in a post on Truth Social that the option is “Very popular and, most importantly, no more changing…
OSLO, Norway — Denmark Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen told The Associated Press “you cannot spy against an ally” after reports that the United States has stepped up intelligence gathering on Greenland, a semi-autonomous Danish territory coveted by U.S. President Donald Trump. What You Need To Know Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen told The Associated Press…
NEW BERN, N.C. — New Bern won a challenge against the U.S. Census Bureau, city officials said Thursday. The city challenged population estimates that the federal agency releases annually, saying they did not accurately reflect the municipality’s population. The census originally showed slowing growth trends for the city in 2021 and 2023 and a negative…
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has agreed to cut tariffs on U.K. autos, steel and aluminum in a planned trade deal with Britain, which would buy more American beef and streamline its customs process for goods from the United States. What You Need To Know President Donald Trump has agreed to cut tariffs on U.K….
WASHINGTON — In the Oval Office on Tuesday, President Donald Trump said Houthi rebels in Yemen have agreed to stop attacking merchant vessels and other ships following a weekslong, daily bombing campaign by the U.S. that the military says struck the small country in southern Arabia more than 1,000 times and killed hundreds since it began…