As a new workweek begins, here’s a reminder that businesses and investors hate uncertainty most of all.

President Donald Trump last week should have received that message clearly, as his will-he-or-won’t-he gyrations over tariffs on Canada and Mexico prompted a Wall Street sell-off. Before last week, markets were riding the Trump roller-...Read more

A 20-year legal odyssey seeking the return of a Nazi-looted painting that once belonged to the German Jewish family of a former La Mesa, California, resident endured its latest twist Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court ordered an appellate court to reconsider the fate of the artwork.

The ruling is a win — for now — for the family of Claude ...Read more

The ultra-conservative House Freedom Caucus threw its backing behind a stopgap funding package, bolstering Speaker Mike Johnson’s attempt to pass the bill without the help of House Democrats and avert a government shutdown on March 15.

The vote on the stopgap is set for Tuesday, and Johnson can likely only afford to lose two Republicans on ...Read more

A U.S. judge ordered the Trump administration to undo some of its cuts to billions of dollars in foreign assistance programs through the U.S. Agency for International Development, the latest turn in a legal fight that’s likely to end up at the U.S. Supreme Court.

In a ruling Monday, U.S. District Judge Amir Ali in Washington issued a mixed ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Tuesday’s U.S.-Ukraine meeting in Saudi Arabia is intended to help clarify what concessions might be possible in the push toward a ceasefire with Russia, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, playing down the possibility of a major breakthrough.

“We’re not going to be sitting in a room drawing lines on a map, but just get a ...Read more

A 20-year legal odyssey seeking the return of a Nazi-looted painting that once belonged to the German Jewish family of a former La Mesa, California, resident endured its latest twist Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court ordered an appellate court to reconsider the fate of the artwork.

The ruling is a win — for now — for the family of Claude ...Read more

WASHINGTON — There’s no specific new disaster aid to help victims of the devastation from the Southern California wildfires in the budget bill Congress is considering this week.

Gov. Gavin Newsom is seeking $39.68 billion in emergency aid, and a UCLA Anderson analysis last week said total property and others losses could top that.

But in ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday revived a family’s claim to recover a painting that had been hung in a Berlin apartment in 1939 and was stolen by the Nazis.

In a brief order, the justices overturned the 9th Circuit Court for the second time and said the fate of the Claude Pissarro painting should be decided under the terms of a ...Read more

Congressional Republicans and President Donald Trump are set to tee up a stopgap spending vote Tuesday that would avert government shutdown as soon as this weekend.

The spending bill, which will need near-unanimous support from House GOP lawmakers, would keep federal agencies funded through Sept. 30 and has sparked a major confrontation with ...Read more

CBS has asked the Federal Communications Commission to end its investigation into edits of its “60 Minutes” Kamala Harris interview, arguing that the federal government risks becoming “a roving censor” trampling on free speech rights.

President Donald Trump was furious over last October’s “60 Minutes” interview with then-Vice ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday revived a family’s claim to recover a painting that had been hung in a Berlin apartment in 1939 and was stolen by the Nazis.

In a brief order, the justices overturned the 9th Circuit Court for the second time and said the fate of the Claude Pissarro painting should be decided under the terms of a ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a free-speech challenge to laws in Colorado, California and 20 other states that forbid licensed counselors from seeking to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of minors.

Beginning with California in 2012, state lawmakers prohibited "conversion therapy" on the grounds it was ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump alleged Sunday that “the Democrats want” a government shutdown at the end of this week, but he predicted that a lapse in appropriations probably will not take place this time.

“I think the CR is going to get passed. We’ll see. But it could happen,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One, ...Read more

As promised, the second Trump administration has quickly rolled out a slew of policies and executive orders that the president says are all aimed at “Making America Great Again.” This takes on different forms, including Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency quickly laying off thousands of workers at various federal agencies, ...Read more

During his three presidential campaigns, Donald Trump promised to run the federal government as though it were a business. True to his word, upon retaking office, Trump put tech billionaire Elon Musk at the head of a new group in the executive branch called the Department of Government Efficiency.

DOGE, as Musk’s initiative is known...Read more

President Donald Trump said Sunday he was negotiating with four different possible buyers for TikTok’s U.S. business and that a deal for the social video app could come “soon.”

“We’re dealing with four different groups, and a lot of people want it,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday. He didn’t specify the ...Read more

President Donald Trump said the U.S. economy faces “a period of transition,” deflecting concerns about the risks of a U.S. slowdown as his early focus on tariffs and federal job cuts cause market turmoil.

Asked on Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures whether he’s expecting a recession this year, Trump said, “I hate to predict things like ...Read more

U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick signaled he doesn’t expect a reprieve on 25% tariffs for steel and aluminum imports scheduled to take effect on Wednesday.

The levies, ordered by President Donald Trump in February, include imports from Canada and Mexico — which are among the top foreign suppliers — and apply to finished metal ...Read more

President Donald Trump said Volodymyr Zelenskyy will eventually make a natural-resources deal with the U.S., while accusing the Ukrainian president of “taking candy from a baby” in maximizing U.S. military aid during the Biden years.

Trump also repeated his assertion in an interview on Fox News’ "Sunday Morning Futures" that Zelenskyy was...Read more

The Department of Veterans Affairs is planning to cut 83,000 jobs, slashing employment by over 17% at the federal agency that provides health care for millions of veterans, according to an internal memo obtained by The Associated Press on March 5, 2025.

The department known as the VA manages and directly provides comprehensive ...Read more