BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentina and the United States signed a sweeping trade agreement Thursday, a key victory for President Javier Milei, who has forged close ties with President Donald Trump. The deal is set to accelerate Milei’s push to open his country’s economy, the third largest in Latin America,...
Bessent Says Trump’s Comment About Suing His Fed Chair Nominee Was a Joke
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Friday stressed that President Donald Trump was joking when he said over the weekend that he could sue Kevin Warsh, his nominee to lead the Federal Reserve, if he doesn't lower interest rates. Bessent, who had been asked about the comment by Senator Elizabeth...
Fresno Teen Killed in Pedestrian Crash on Highway 99 Identified
A 16-year-old Fresno boy was struck and killed by a pickup truck Thursday morning while attempting to cross Highway 99, authorities said. The Fresno County Sheriff-Coroner’s Office identified the victim as Maxwell Thompson, a student at Justin Garza High School, on Friday. The California Highway Patrol said officers responded just...
White House Deletes Racist Trump Post Depicting Obamas as Apes
A video shared on Donald Trump's social media account that depicted Democratic former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama as apes was deleted on Friday, following criticism that the U.S. president's post evoked racist imagery long used to dehumanize people of African descent. "A White House staffer erroneously made...
Anti-ICE Protesters Rally in Milan Ahead of Opening Ceremony
Hundreds of protesters chanted slogans, blew whistles and set off flares at a rally on Friday to oppose the presence in Italy of U.S. immigration agents and the closure of streets ahead of the Milano Cortina Winter Games' opening ceremony. The reported presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials...
Moltbook Is What Happens When AI Stops Performing and Starts Talking
Moltbook, which bills itself as the Reddit of AI, has given artificial intelligence something dangerously close to a sense of itself. AI agents using the very much real website already created a religion. They’ve tried to sue a human. They talk to each other the way we talk to each...
$16 Billion Hudson River Tunnel Project Begins to Wind Down
NEW YORK — Workers were winding down their construction activity on the biggest transportation infrastructure project in the nation as the Trump administration’s prolonged suspension of its funding was scheduled to bring work to a halt Friday. The project, known as Gateway, centers on a new $16 billion rail tunnel...
Suicide Bomber Kills 31 in Shi’ite Mosque in Pakistan’s Capital
An attacker opened fire at the gates of a Shi'ite Muslim mosque in Islamabad on Friday before setting off a suicide bomb and killing at least 31 people, in the deadliest attack of its kind in Pakistan's capital in over a decade. More than 170 others were wounded in the explosion,...
As Olympics Open, Pope Leo Warns Against Using Sports for ‘Propaganda or National Supremacy’
MILAN — Hours before the official opening of the Winter Olympics in northern Italy on Friday, Pope Leo XIV issued a papal letter on the value of sports, calling for nations to pause military conflict during the Games as “a symbol and promise of a reconciled world.” Leo, who recently...
Luigi Mangione Faces June 8 Trial in State Case Over CEO Killing
Luigi Mangione, the man accused of fatally shooting a health insurance executive outside a hotel in New York City, will face trial for murder on June 8 in state court in Manhattan, a judge said on Friday. Mangione, 27, is accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a...