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US trade deficit slipped modestly in 2025 as President Donald Trump upended global commerce with double digit tariffs

5:38 AM on Thursday, February 19

US trade deficit slipped modestly in 2025 as President Donald Trump upended global commerce with double digit tariffs

AEVEX Appoints Christi Morrison as Chief Legal Officer

5:32 AM on Thursday, February 19

Fahe Launches Multi-State Housing Can't Wait Campaign

4:00 AM on Thursday, February 19

Andrey Gyurov, the prime minister–designate, speaks to journalists after presenting the list of his caretaker government, at Bulgarian presidency office in Sofia, Bulgaria, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova)

Bulgaria's new prime minister reaffirms country's pro-Western orientation ahead of April vote

3:22 AM on Thursday, February 19

Bulgaria’s new prime minister, Andrey Gyurov, says the country stays firmly pro-Western as it heads into another election

FILE - People watch a TV screen showing South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's televised briefing at a bus terminal in Seoul, South Korea, Dec. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

A look at major events that led to ex-South Korean president's conviction over martial law

2:08 AM on Thursday, February 19

A South Korean court has sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to life in prison for rebellion tied to his short-lived martial law order

South Korean court says former President Yoon Suk Yeol is guilty of rebellion over brief imposition of martial law

10:54 PM on Wednesday, February 18

South Korean court says former President Yoon Suk Yeol is guilty of rebellion over brief imposition of martial law

Gov. Wes Moore, D-Md., vice chair of the National Governors Association, responds to a question by Economic Club of Washington Chairman David Rubenstein at the Economic Club of WashingtonWednesday, Feb. 18, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)

Gov. Wes Moore on Trump: 'I pray for him and I just feel bad for him'

9:10 PM on Wednesday, February 18

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is pushing back on President Donald Trump while trying to rally Democrats in his state around a mid-decade redistricting fight

FILE - South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol attends a hearing of his impeachment trial at the Constitutional Court in Seoul, South Korea, Feb. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, Pool, File)

Former South Korean president receives life sentence for imposing martial law in 2024

9:05 PM on Wednesday, February 18

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been sentenced to life in prison for his brief imposition of martial law to suppress the opposition

FILE - Immigrants seeking asylum walk at the ICE South Texas Family Residential Center, Aug. 23, 2019, in Dilley, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Lawmaker says the US deported a sick baby, while authorities say the child was medically cleared

8:02 PM on Wednesday, February 18

A U.S. representative from Texas says immigration authorities deported a 2-month-old baby with bronchitis to Mexico along with his family

Congress elects José Balcázar as interim president of Peru after the removal of José Jerí

7:23 PM on Wednesday, February 18

Congress elects José Balcázar as interim president of Peru after the removal of José Jerí

Latifa Bakkar attempts to give oxygen to her severely malnourished 2½-year-old son, Abu Bakar, as a nurse inserts an intravenous cannula into his arm at Indira Gandhi Children's Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Siddiqullah Alizai)

Afghanistan faces catastrophic hunger crisis as aid cuts force the WFP to turn away 3 in 4 children

7:07 PM on Wednesday, February 18

Afghanistan is facing a surging child malnutrition crisis as aid cuts leave most families without food or treatment

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio waves as he departs at the Liszt Ferenc International Airport in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

Rubio plans to update Netanyahu on US-Iran talks in Israel next week, officials say

5:31 PM on Wednesday, February 18

Secretary of State Marco Rubio plans to travel to Israel next week to update Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the U.S.-Iran nuclear talks

Jose Maria Balcazar speaks upon arriving at the presidential palace after lawmakers elected him president a day after voting to remove interim President Jose Jeri from office in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Gerardo Marin)

José María Balcázar becomes Peru's eighth president in a decade

8:31 AM on Wednesday, February 18

José María Balcázar has become Peru's new interim president, replacing another interim leader who was removed over corruption allegations just four months into his term

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks at a campaign event for a proposed "billionaires tax," in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Bernie Sanders and Gavin Newsom become adversaries over push to tax California billionaires

9:09 PM on Tuesday, February 17

Bernie Sanders has traveled to Los Angeles to kick off a campaign for a proposed “billionaires tax” that has set off an uproar in the Silicon Valley and led to divisions among Democrats

Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, center, attends a special session of the lower house in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Takaichi, reelected as Japan's leader, wants to cooperate with US in rare earths development

4:41 PM on Tuesday, February 17

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi says she hopes to deepen her relationship with U.S. President Donald Trump

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