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Trade takeaways from Trump's meeting with Chinese leader Xi 10/30/2025 02:53pm • BANGKOK (AP) ��� U.S. President Donald Trump said he had an ���amazing��� meeting Thursday with China���s top leader Xi Jinping that produced very important decisions. The first official Chinese comments on the meeting were less specific and suggested any trade deal is not done. Trump met with Xi on Europe's Central Bank leaves key interest rate unchanged as businesses weather US tariffs 10/30/2025 01:52pm • FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) ��� The European Central Bank left its key interest rate unchanged Thursday as inflation remains under control and European businesses weather the impact of higher U.S. tariffs better than previously feared. The bank���s deposit rate has stayed at 2% now for the third meeting UK's Starmer stands by his Treasury chief after house rental rule breach 10/30/2025 01:52pm • LONDON (AP) ��� U.K. Treasury chief Rachel Reeves has apologized for breaking the law by renting out her London house without a license. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he would not take action over what Reeves called an inadvertent mistake. Reeves and her family moved out of their south London hom Trump cuts tariffs on China after meeting Xi in South Korea 10/30/2025 09:43am • ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) ��� President Donald Trump described his face-to-face with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday as a roaring success, saying he would cut tariffs on China, while Beijing had agreed to allow the export of rare earth elements and start buying American soybeans. The president Federal government shutdown threatens SNAP food aid as several states scramble to help 10/30/2025 06:15am • With federal SNAP food assistance set to run dry this weekend amid the protracted U.S. government shutdown, Louisiana, New Mexico and Vermont became the latest states Wednesday to announce help for low-income households that rely on the funds to eat. They join states from New York to Nevada in scram AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Texas on Election Day 10/30/2025 12:17am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Texans will vote on a large menu of constitutional amendments Tuesday while some Houston voters will choose among 16 candidates from across the ideological spectrum in a special election to fill a vacant congressional seat. Voters will check off whether they are ���for��� or "aga The Latest: US will share sensitive nuclear submarine technology with South Korea, Trump says 10/29/2025 10:24pm • The United States will share closely held technology to allow South Korea to build a nuclear-powered submarine, President Donald Trump said on social media after meeting with the country���s president during Trump���s ongoing trip to Asia. President Lee Jae Myung stressed to Trump in their Wednesday Furloughed IRS tax attorney starts second career running popular hot dog stand 10/29/2025 08:43pm • A furloughed federal tax attorney is turning his childhood dream into a reality with more time on his hands during the nearly monthlong government shutdown. Furloughed IRS tax attorney Isaac Stein, 31, is selling hot dogs from his ���Shysters Dogs" stand, whose motto is ���the only honest rip Ways to Lower Your Student Loan Interest Rate 10/29/2025 08:00pm • On average, class of 2024 graduates who took out loans left college with $29,890 in student loan debt. On its own, that's a lot to stomach. But with a 4.24% interest rate (the average federal undergraduate student loan interest rate for class of 2024 borrowers) and a 10-year repayment plan, you'd en What to Expect During the Mortgage Underwriting Process 10/29/2025 08:00pm • Mortgage underwriters are the fact-checkers of the home loan approval process, ensuring that the financial picture you portrayed in your application and the documentation you provided are accurate. The loan underwriting process not only assesses your creditworthiness and ability to repay a mortgage, Meta shares slide after company projects higher expenses for 2026 10/29/2025 07:02pm • Meta's stock slid in after-hours trading on Wednesday after the tech giant posted strong third-quarter results but warned that its expenses will be significantly higher in 2026 than this year. Like its rivals, Meta Platforms Inc. has been on an artificial intelligence spending spree and said its co What shutdown? Trump isn't canceling travel, golf or his ballroom even with the government shuttered 10/29/2025 06:55pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Donald Trump isn't curtailing travel. He's not avoiding golf or making do with a skeleton staff in the West Wing. Even hamburgers served at the White House aren't from McDonalds, this time. In shutdowns past ��� including during Trump's first term ��� presidents normal Senate vote on nullifying tariffs on Canada demonstrates opposition to Trump's trade policy 10/29/2025 06:44pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Senate passed legislation Wednesday that would nullify U.S. tariffs on Canada, just as President Donald Trump is engaged in trade talks in Asia as well as an increasingly bitter trade spat with U.S.'s northern neighbor that is one of its largest economic partners. The 50-46 t Food aid at risk of expiring as effort to fund SNAP benefits fails in Senate 10/29/2025 06:44pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Republican leaders in Congress said it���s all or nothing on Wednesday as they rejected a Democratic push to carve out food aid funding for more than 40 million Americans who stand to lose it as part of the government shutdown. Democrats have repeatedly voted against reopening t Rozier and Billups will not receive NBA salaries while on leave in gambling cases, AP sources say 10/29/2025 04:21pm • NBA guard Terry Rozier and coach Chauncey Billups will not receive their salaries while on leave for their arrests on federal gambling-related charges, two people with knowledge of the matters told The Associated Press on Wednesday. Rozier had been due to receive the first installment of a $26.6 mil