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Farmers drive tractors through Paris and block highways in Greece to protest free trade deal 01/08/2026 10:24am • PARIS (AP) ��� Dozens of angry farmers demonstrated in France and Greece Thursday, halting traffic and blocking key roads with tractors to protest European Union plans to move forward with a free trade deal with five South American nations. Farmers drove about a hundred tractors into Paris and gathe How Americans feel about crowdfunding websites like GoFundMe, according to an AP-NORC poll 01/08/2026 09:37am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Quintin Sharpe considers it a duty to support those without means. Whether collecting food pantry goods through local service groups or helping out his parents' nonprofit music school, he regularly gives back to his small-town waterside community in southeast Wisconsin. But the 27- Slightly more Americans file for jobless benefits in the last week of 2025, but layoffs remain low 01/08/2026 08:50am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� U.S. filings for jobless benefits rose in the last week of 2025 but remain historically low, despite signs that the labor market is weakening. The number of Americans filing for jobless claims for the week ending Jan. 3 rose by 8,000 to 208,000, up from 200,000 the previous week, Farmers block highways across Greece in protest over rising costs and EU trade deal 01/08/2026 06:16am • KASTRO, Greece (AP) ��� Farmers in Greece escalated nationwide protests Thursday, launching a 48-hour blockade of major highways, junctions and toll stations over soaring production costs and a contentious European Union trade deal with South American nations. Tractors lined key routes across the co At CES 2026, iMogul AI pitches a smarter path into Hollywood 01/08/2026 04:09am • Breaking into Hollywood has never been easy. For decades, aspiring screenwriters have faced a familiar cycle: write a script, submit it, wait, follow up, wait some more ��� and often never hear back. In an industry where who you know is invariably more valuable than what you know, even strong mat Trump���s 'beautiful' new law means states have big decisions this year on Medicaid, SNAP and taxes 01/08/2026 01:07am • States have major decisions to make in 2026 about the social safety net and taxes in the aftermath of a sweeping law President Donald Trump signed last year. The federal government is shifting more responsibilities to states over the next few years, and states must prepare for greater costs in the Ohio governor race takes shape as Ramaswamy and Acton pick running mates 01/07/2026 09:34pm • CLEVELAND (AP) ��� In Ohio's closely watched race for governor, Republican entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and Democratic former health chief Amy Acton rolled out their picks for running mate on Wednesday, announcing a seasoned conservative lawmaker for him and an outspoken former party chair for her. Tax hikes coming to some Southeast DC businesses ��� and they welcome what it means 01/07/2026 09:21pm • D.C.'s 13th Business Improvement District has been signed off by the D.C. Council, and once the mayor���s office gives it the go-ahead later this month, tax hikes are coming to businesses and the owners of multifamily housing units in part of Southeast D.C. And there���s excitement about what Trump immigration policies and a lower fertility rate slow US growth projection, budget office says 01/07/2026 08:42pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The U.S. population is projected to grow by 15 million people in 30 years, a smaller estimate than in previous years, due to President Donald Trump's hard-line immigration policies and an expected lower fertility rate, the Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday. The nonpartis Trump proposes massive increase in 2027 defense spending to $1.5T, citing 'dangerous times' 01/07/2026 07:44pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Donald Trump on Wednesday proposed setting U.S. military spending at $1.5 trillion in 2027, citing ���troubled and dangerous times.��� Trump called for the massive surge in spending days after he ordered a U.S. military operation to capture Venezuelan leader Nicol��s Ma 7 Best Vanguard Bond Funds to Buy 01/07/2026 07:00pm • There's no inherent advantage to sticking with a single fund manager, but some of the largest providers offer enough value to make loyalty worthwhile. Vanguard is one of them. Nowhere is this more evident than in the firm's bond lineup. Vanguard offers 128 bond mutual funds and exchange-traded funds House takes step toward extending Affordable Care Act subsidies, overpowering GOP leadership 01/07/2026 06:32pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Overpowering Speaker Mike Johnson, a bipartisan coalition in the House voted Wednesday to push forward a measure that would revive an enhanced pandemic-era subsidy that lowered health insurance costs for roughly 22 million people, but that had expired last month. The tally of 221 Georgia Republicans move to scrap state income tax by 2032 despite concerns 01/07/2026 06:08pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Eliminating state income taxes sounds great to many voters, but Republicans backing the push in multiple states still face questions about whether such big tax cuts can be made without raising other taxes or sharply cutting state funding for education, health care and other services Prime Minister Mark Carney to visit China next week as Canada pivots away from the US 01/07/2026 04:52pm • TORONTO (AP) ��� Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Wednesday that he will visit China next week to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping as Canada looks to reduce its reliance on the United States, which has threatened its economy and sovereignty. It is the first visit to China by a Ca Change coming to Capitol Heights Metro could be mirrored in other parts of Maryland 01/07/2026 02:38pm • Compared with other Metro stations around the D.C. region, the area surrounding the Capitol Heights Metro station is unremarkable at best. ���Four acres of asphalt ��� a parking lot that just sits empty,��� Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said, describing the stop on Central Avenue, which sits right on t