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Texas launches cryptocurrency reserve with $5 million investment

9:36 AM on Monday, December 8

Texas has launched its new cryptocurrency reserve with a $5 million purchase of Bitcoin as the state continues to embrace the volatile and controversial digital currency

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara is inaugurated at the Presidential Palace in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. (Sia Kambou/Pool Photo via AP)

Ivory Coast's incumbent leader Ouattara is sworn in for a fourth term

6:43 AM on Monday, December 8

Ivory Coast’s incumbent President Alassane Ouattara has been sworn in for a fourth term after taking over 89% of the vote in an October election marked by low turnout and unrest

Trump is proposing a $12B farm aid package, White House official says, as sector grapples with China tariffs (CORRECTS: A previous APNewsAlert incorrectly attributed the connection to tariffs to a White House official)

6:15 AM on Monday, December 8

Trump is proposing a $12B farm aid package, White House official says, as sector grapples with China tariffs (CORRECTS: A previous APNewsAlert incorrectly attributed the connection to tariffs to a White House official)

Jani Silva, 63, sails in a boat on the Putumayo River, on the outskirts of Puerto Asis, Colombia, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)

'It’s not safe to live here.' Colombia is deadliest country for environmental defenders

6:00 AM on Monday, December 8

Jani Silva is a renowned environmental activist in Colombia’s Amazon, but she has been unable to live in her house for nearly a decade

FILE - Migrants push a small boat in an attempt to reach Britain, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025 in Gravelines, northern France. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias, file)

The European Union moves ahead with toughening its migration system

5:48 AM on Monday, December 8

European Union officials are finalizing a major overhaul of its migration system, including streamlined deportations and increased detentions

Are sanctuary policing policies no more than a public relations facade?

5:36 AM on Monday, December 8

Altus Power Hires Justin Biltz as Head of Policy and Government Affairs

5:00 AM on Monday, December 8

Lynn Weidner, a home care worker who worries that the cost of her health insurance plan in the Affordable Care Act marketplace will rise, poses in front of her home, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025, in Allentown, Pa. (AP Photo/Marc Levy)

Swing district Republicans brace for political fallout if health care subsidies expire

4:00 AM on Monday, December 8

House Republicans in key battleground districts are working to contain the political fallout expected when thousands of their constituents face higher bills for health insurance coverage obtained through the Affordable Care Act

Cars drive in an afternoon traffic jam in a high air pollution in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

A second flight of Iranian deportees, carrying 55, has left the US, Iran says

11:10 PM on Sunday, December 7

Iranian officials say a second flight carrying deported Iranians has left the United States

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump, walk the red carpet before the 48th Kennedy Center Honors, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump hosts Kennedy Center Honors, a touchstone in his attack against what he calls 'woke' culture

5:06 AM on Sunday, December 7

Sylvester Stallone, Kiss and Gloria Gaynor are among the luminaries celebrated at the annual Kennedy Center Honors

President Donald Trump talks to the media while walking the red carpet before the 48th Kennedy Center Honors, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump says Zelenskyy 'hasn't read' a US-authored proposal to end Russia-Ukraine war

4:24 AM on Sunday, December 7

President Donald Trump is claiming Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “ hasn’t read” a U

Today in History: December 8, U.S. enters World War II

8:00 AM on Monday, November 24

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