Month: September 2026

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military’s price tag for the Iran war has grown to $43.6 billion as of Sept. 3, according to a new estimate provided this week to lawmakers.

NEW YORK (AP) — Amid growing anxiety over the risks posed by rapidly developing artificial intelligence technology, potential Democratic candidates for president are rushing to show that they’re taking the warnings seriously — while Donald Trump brushes off concerns — and acknowledging they need a reluctant Washington to step up.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday defended his son’s recent wedding party being partially bankrolled by a Russian oligarch, but also said he’d been told the money would be paid back.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of people joined outside the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Friday evening to protest President Donald Trump’s plans for the facility, lending their voices to a chorus of organizations and individuals who have been horrified that he might make good on his threat to close and tear down the storied institution.

MASON, Mich. (AP) — Emerson Hyde and Dan Ewart, both Republicans, stood outside a contentious city council meeting earlier this week in the central Michigan town of Mason and grappled with the fact that the most prominent person to stand with them against a possible artificial intelligence data center was the local Democratic candidate for Congress.

YARDLEY, Pa. (AP) — Mary Ryan may be a registered Republican but she has never voted for President Donald Trump, turned off by his crass style of politics and chaotic approach to governing.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The first state visit by the leader of China in more than a decade takes place next week when President Xi Jinping arrives in Washington for high-stakes talks — and a little schmoozing — at the White House with President Donald Trump.