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FILE - Pharmaceuticals are seen in North Andover, Mass., on June 15, 2018. AP Photo/Elise Amendola, file)

Trump plans a hefty tax on imported drugs, risking higher prices and shortages

2:28 AM on Monday, September 1

President Donald Trump has plastered taxes on products from almost every country on earth

This photo provided Monday, Sept. 1, 2025, by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects a new weapons factory in undisclosed location, North Korea, on Aug. 31, 2025. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

North Korean leader inspects new missile factory ahead of visit to China

7:57 PM on Sunday, August 31

North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un inspected a new weapons factory that’s key to his plan to accelerate mass production of missiles

FILE - Mark Knoller, of CBS News, center, waits for the start of the daily press briefing by White House Press Secretary Jay Carney at the White House in Washington, Sept. 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

CBS News' Mark Knoller, veteran White House correspondent, dies at 73

4:02 PM on Sunday, August 31

Mark Knoller, a longtime White House correspondent for CBS News, has died at 73

Protesters throw rocks at the police during a protest against lavish allowances given to parliament members, outside the parliament in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Indonesian leader pledges to revoke lawmakers' perks after protests leave 6 dead

10:42 AM on Sunday, August 31

Indonesia's president has pledged to revoke lawmakers’ perks, including a $3,000 housing allowance, to ease public anger after protests left six dead

A Guatemalan migrant, in white, is embraced by an emotional relative after being deported from the United States, outside La Aurora International Airport, in Guatemala City, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

As Guatemalan kids sit in planes on tarmac, judge orders they stay in the US, for now

10:12 AM on Sunday, August 31

A U.S. judge has blocked the government from deporting Guatemalan children who had crossed the border without their families

A man watches the news on TV, displaying footage of Ahmed al-Rahawi, the prime minister of the Houthi-controlled government, who was killed, along with others, in Thursday's Israeli strikes on the capital, in Sanaa, Yemen, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)

Iran-backed Houthis raid UN offices in Yemen and detain at least 11 employees

7:52 AM on Sunday, August 31

Iran-backed Houthis have raided United Nations offices in Yemen's capital, detaining at least 11 U.N. employees

Members of the Louisiana National Guard patrol Union Station, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Democrats see crime as a major problem. Their party is struggling to address it

6:04 AM on Sunday, August 31

A new AP-NORC poll finds that while most Democrats disapprove of how Trump is handling the issue, a large majority, 68%, see crime as a “major problem” in large cities

FILE- In this Feb. 5, 2018, file photo, the seal of the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve System is displayed in the ground at the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

How the Fed losing its independence could affect Americans’ everyday lives

3:07 AM on Sunday, August 31

President Donald Trump’s attempt to fire a member of the Federal Reserve’s governing board has raised alarms among economists and legal experts who see it as the biggest threat to the central bank’s independence in decades

FILE - Filipino Catholic priest Flavie Villanueva gestures during an interment ceremony for victims of extrajudicial killings under former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's "war on drugs" at the "Dambana ng Paghilom" or Shrine of Healing inside a cemetery in Caloocan City, Philippines, on March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)

Filipino priest who fought Duterte's brutal drug crackdown among Magsaysay Award winners

12:39 AM on Sunday, August 31

A Filipino priest who protested Rodrigo Duterte’s drug crackdown is among the winners of this year’s Ramon Magsaysay Awards, Asia’s version of the Nobel Prize

In this photo provided by Indian Prime Minister's Office, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hand before their meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Tianjin, China Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025. (Indian Prime Minister's Office via AP)

China's Xi and India's Modi vow to resolve border differences at a meeting in Tianjin

10:58 PM on Saturday, August 30

Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have pledged to resolve their border differences and bolster cooperation ahead of the opening of a regional summit in Tianjin

Heather Colley, right, poses with her son, Michah, outside their home Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025, in Talbott, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Trump wants to ax an affordable housing grant that's a lifeline for many rural communities

10:02 PM on Saturday, August 30

President Donald Trump and House Republicans want to cut new funding for a housing grant that many rural areas rely on to help fund affordable housing

The Chicago city skyline is seen from Diversey Harbor, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

Chicago mayor defies Trump's immigration crackdown plan for the city

3:51 PM on Saturday, August 30

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has signed an executive order to counter the Trump administration's plan to send federal officers into the city

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, center pose for a group photo with international guests including Russian President Vladimir Putin, seventh from left, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, fourth from left and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, second from left before a welcome banquet for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025 at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin, northern China on Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025. (Huang Jingwen/Xinhua via AP)

A look at the world leaders attending China's SCO summit and military parade

7:14 PM on Friday, August 29

Beijing is rolling out the red carpet for more than two dozen world leaders at two major events this week

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