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Health care compromise appears far off as the government shutdown stalemate persists 10/23/2025 06:22am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The government shutdown has reopened debate on what has been a central issue for both major political parties in the last 15 years: the future of health coverage under the Affordable Care Act. Tax credits for people who get health insurance through the marketplaces created by Top UN court says Israel must allow UN relief agency to supply aid to Gaza 10/22/2025 08:51pm • THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Court of Justice said on Wednesday that Israel must allow the U.N. aid agency in Gaza, known as UNRWA, to provide humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian territory. The Hague-based court was asked late last year by the U.N. General Assembly to det Task force aims to move those displaced by ex-typhoon in Alaska from shelters to hotels, rentals 10/22/2025 08:08am • Officials have identified more than 1,000 available hotel rooms plus additional rental options in Alaska's largest city for the hundreds of people displaced to Anchorage after the remnants of a typhoon ravaged their villages earlier this month. Becky Windt Pearson, Anchorage's municipal manager, tol The Latest: Trump hosts GOP senators at White House as shutdown drags on 10/21/2025 08:46pm • Senate Republicans projected a unified front at the White House Rose Garden Tuesday, arriving at President Donald Trump ’s invitation as they refuse to yield to Democratic demands for health care funds into the fourth week of the government shutdown. While hosting, Trump praised the GOP leadership Trump hosts Senate Republicans at renovated White House as the shutdown drags into fourth week 10/21/2025 05:36pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Head Start programs for preschoolers are scrambling for federal funds. The federal agency tasked with overseeing the U.S. nuclear stockpile has begun furloughing its 1,400 employees. Thousands more federal workers are going without paychecks. But as President Donald Trump welcome What Americans think about rising health care costs, according to a new AP-NORC poll 10/21/2025 01:22pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Most U.S. adults are worried about health care becoming more expensive, according to a new AP-NORC poll, as they make decisions about next year’s health coverage and a government shutdown keeps future health costs in limbo for millions. About 6 in 10 Americans are “extremelyâ The Latest: Trump signs $8.5 billion rare earths deal with Australian prime minister 10/20/2025 09:42pm • President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese signed a critical minerals deal Monday at the White House, making good on U.S. interest in Australia’s rich rare-earth resources as a potential counterpoint to China’s new minerals export restrictions. The two leaders describe Vietnam’s love affair with gas bikes is colliding with a new electric reality 10/20/2025 01:51am • HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam is split between two visions: the rumbling, reliable gas-powered motorbikes that now rule the roads, and sleek, silent electric bikes the government says are its future. Hanoi plans to ban fossil-fuel motorcycles from its city center in July 2026, part of a national d Israel resumes ceasefire in Gaza and says aid deliveries will restart Monday 10/20/2025 12:53am • JERUSALEM (AP) — Gaza's fragile ceasefire faced its first major test Sunday as Israeli forces launched a wave of deadly strikes, saying Hamas militants had killed two soldiers, and an Israeli security official said the transfer of aid into the territory was halted. The military later said it resum How Senior Living Fosters Strong Family Connections 10/19/2025 08:00pm • For octogenarian Ed Bollinger, moving with his wife to Oak Crest, a senior living community in Maryland, became a family affair. "My oldest sibling spent the last five years living by herself in Massachusetts, and her son convinced her to come to live here," he says. "We eat together on Saturday and How Americans are feeling about their chances on the job market, according to an AP-NORC poll 10/19/2025 01:44pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are growing increasingly concerned about their ability to find a good job under President Donald Trump, an Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll finds, in what is a potential warning sign for Republicans as a promised economic boom has given way Shutdown impact: What it means for workers, federal programs and the economy 10/18/2025 01:30pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government shutdown is quickly approaching the second longest on record with no end in sight. Some lawmakers are predicting it could become the longest, surpassing the 35 days from President Donald Trump's first term. The Trump administration is using the current s UK sees lessons from Northern Ireland that could aid the fragile Gaza ceasefire process 10/18/2025 12:01am • LONDON (AP) — As Israelis and Palestinians wait anxiously to see what comes after a ceasefire in the two-year war in Gaza, the experience of the Northern Ireland peace process in the 1990s may offer lessons in the thorny process of moving from seemingly intractable conflict to enduring peace. Two Daily struggles persist in Gaza even as ceasefire offers some respite 10/17/2025 03:45pm • DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Bassil Naggar can finally sleep without getting jolted awake by the sounds of Israeli airstrikes. For Naggar and his displaced family, and for many in Gaza facing similar challenges, the ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war has provided a much-needed respite from a tw How Trump's approval shifted after the ceasefire in Gaza, according to a new AP-NORC poll 10/17/2025 03:28pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — More U.S. adults support President Donald Trump's handling of the conflict in Israel after he brokered a ceasefire deal in Gaza, a new AP-NORC poll finds — but his approval ratings on domestic issues remain weak. The survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affa