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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau walks through the lobby of the Delta Hotel by Marriott, Friday, Nov. 29, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau flies to Florida to meet with Trump after tariffs threat
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has flown to Florida to have dinner with President-elect Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago club after Trump threatened to impose sweeping tariffs on Canadian products.
 
FILE - Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., speaks with The Associated Press about his new role on the House Intelligence Committee, in his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Democratic lawmakers from Connecticut report Thanksgiving bomb threats against their homes
Six Democratic members of Congress from Connecticut have been targeted by bomb threats on their homes. Sen. Chris Murphy and all five House members — Reps.
 
FILE - President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with the House GOP conference, Nov. 13, 2024, in Washington. (Allison Robbert/Pool via AP, File)
Trump claims a win on immigration after a call with Mexico’s president. But she suggests no change
President-elect Donald Trump is declaring a win on stopping illegal immigration through Mexico after talking with that country’s leader.
 
FILE - Ret. Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg speaks to reporters at Trump Tower, Nov. 15, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
Trump selects longtime adviser Keith Kellogg as special envoy for Ukraine and Russia
President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Keith Kellogg, a highly decorated retired three-star general, to serve as his special envoy for Ukraine and Russia.
 
FILE - White House senior adviser Kevin Hassett speaks as President Donald Trump and others listen during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House, June 5, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Trump fills out his economic team with two veterans of his first administration
President-elect Donald Trump is turning to two officials with experience navigating not only Washington but the key issues of income taxes and tariffs as he fills out his economic team.
 
FILE - A sign is displayed outside the Internal Revenue Service building May 4, 2021, in Washington. On Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
The IRS is at risk of losing $20 billion in funding without legislative intervention
Already bracing for funding cuts under a new Trump administration, U.S. Treasury officials are calling on Congress to unlock $20 billion in IRS enforcement money that is tied up in legislative language that has effectively rendered the money frozen.
 
FILE - The Treasury Building is viewed in Washington, May 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
The rising price of paying the national debt is a risk for Trump’s promises on growth and inflation
Donald Trump has big plans for the economy. He also has big debt problem that’ll be a hurdle to delivering on those plan. Trump has bold ambitions on tax cuts, tariffs and other programs.
 
FILE - Investor Scott Bessent speaks on the economy in Asheville, N.C., Aug. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Kelley, File)
Trump raced to pick many Cabinet posts. He took more time to settle on a treasury secretary
President-elect Donald Trump launched a blitz of picks for his Cabinet, but he took his time settling on billionaire investor Scott Bessent as his choice for treasury secretary.
 
FILE - Investor Scott Bessent speaks on the economy in Asheville, N.C., Aug. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Kelley, File)
What to know about Scott Bessent, Trump’s pick for treasury secretary
President-elect Donald Trump has chosen money manager Scott Bessent, an advocate for deficit reduction and deregulation, to serve as his next treasury secretary.
 
FILE - President Donald Trump, left, listens as acting director of the Office of Management and Budget Russel Vought speaks during an event on "transparency in Federal guidance and enforcement" in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Oct. 9, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Trump chooses Bessent to be treasury secretary, Vought as budget chief, Chavez-DeRemer for Labor
President-elect Donald Trump has chosen hedge fund manager Scott Bessent, an advocate for deficit reduction, to serve as his next treasury secretary. Bessent, 62, is founder of hedge fund Key Square Capital Management.
 
FILE - The Treasury Building is viewed in Washington, May 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
The biggest remaining unsanctioned Russian bank hit with U.S. sanctions, nearly three years into war
Russia’s third largest bank, Gazprombank and its six foreign subsidiaries were hit with U.S. sanctions on Thursday.
 
Howard Lutnick speaks before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
What to know about Howard Lutnick, Trump’s pick for commerce secretary
President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Howard Lutnick, head of brokerage and investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald and cryptocurrency enthusiast, as his nominee for commerce secretary.
 
FILE - Small Business Administration Administrator Linda McMahon speaks during a news conference with President Donald Trump in Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., March 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
Trump picks Dr. Oz to run Medicare and Medicaid, Linda McMahon for Education, Lutnick for Commerce
President-elect Donald Trump has tapped billionaire professional wrestling mogul Linda McMahon to be secretary of the Education Department, tasked with overseeing an agency Trump has promised to dismantle. He also selected Dr.
 
FILE - The Treasury Building is viewed in Washington, May 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
Trump’s treasury pick could give an indication of what he plans to do about tariffs
One of the top remaining vacancies in President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed Cabinet is his treasury secretary — and the views of his top contenders there reflect broader questions about how the president-elect might wield tariffs in his new administration.
 
A general view of the West Bank Jewish settlement of Efrat ,Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
US sanctions group that builds illegal West Bank settlements, with close ties to Israeli government
The U.S. on Monday imposed sanctions on organizations and firms involved in illegal settlement development in the occupied West Bank, including a well-established decades-old group that has close ties with Israeli leadership.
 
President Joe Biden meets with President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
The last actions the Biden administration will take before Trump takes over the White House
Biden administration officials are working against the clock doling out billions in grants and taking other steps to try to preserve at least some of the outgoing president’s legacy before President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January.
 
FILE - This combination of photos shows Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump, left, and Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris during an ABC News presidential debate at the National Constitution Center, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
Harris team warns CEOs that Trump is a threat to economy, while Trump says tariffs can drive growth
Kamala Harris’ campaign is actively warning business leaders that Donald Trump has a pattern of disregard for democracy and the rule of law that would threaten U.S. economic growth.
 
FILE - A sign is displayed outside the Internal Revenue Service building May 4, 2021, in Washington. On Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
IRS announces pension and retirement plan contribution adjustments for 2025
The IRS has announced an increase to the amount individuals can contribute to their 401(k) plans in 2025, to $23,500, up from $23,000 in 2024.
 
Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen, center, leaves the G20 meeting during the World Bank/IMF Annual Meetings in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
US imposes sanctions on top members of the armed wing of a Mexican fentanyl-trafficking cartel
 
FILE - The Treasury Building is viewed in Washington, May 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
US sanctions 398 firms in more than a dozen countries, accusing them of helping Russia’s war effort
The U.S. on Wednesday imposed sanctions on 398 firms across Russia, India, China, and more than a dozen other nations — accusing them of providing products and services that enable Russia’s war effort and aid its ability to evade sanctions.
 
AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Idaho on Election Day
Nine presidential candidates will appear on Idaho’s ballot in the Nov. 5 general election, including Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris, Republican former President Donald Trump and seven others running as independents or representing a minor political party.
 
AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Kentucky on Election Day
Kentucky voters will weigh in on five dozen races across the state in the Nov. 5 general election, including for president, U.S. House, state Legislature, state Supreme Court and two constitutional amendments.
 
In this photo provided by the Press Service Of The President Of Ukraine on Oct. 21, 2024, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, right, and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shake hands during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Press Service Of The President Of Ukraine via AP)
G7 allies are moving ahead with a $50 billion loan for Ukraine backed by frozen Russian funds
Ukraine will receive $50 billion in loans, backed by frozen Russian assets, from Group of Seven allies. That word comes Wednesday from the White House.
 
University of Pittsburgh freshman Teba Latef, center, talks with a reporter on campus in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Young women lean Democratic. Now the election may hinge on Harris’ ability to run up the score
This year’s presidential election could see a historic gender gap as young women line up behind Democrat Kamala Harris’ bid to be the first female president.
 
Penn State students Baybars Charkas, left, of Lancaster, Pa., and James Wachtman, center, of Swarthmore, Pa., man a voter registration table on the Penn State campus in University Park, Pa., Friday, Oct. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
In Pennsylvania, an influx of college graduates could push a key county toward Harris
All over the country, people with more education are leaning more Democratic, a shift that’s reshaping American politics.
 
President Joe Biden delivers remarks on lowering the cost of prescription drugs, at NHTI Concord Community College, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024, in Concord, N.H. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Biden says global leaders are terrified of Trump and quietly tell him, ‘He can’t win’
President Joe Biden has torn into his predecessor, suggesting that international leaders are terrified of what Donald Trump’s return to the White House could do to democratic rule around the world.
 
FILE - Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks during a news conference in Philadelphia, July 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Yellen says isolationism ‘made America and the world worse off’ in speech to global finance leaders
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says the U.S. economy has grown stronger because the Biden administration rejected isolationism, offering a barely veiled criticism of former President Donald Trump’s policies two weeks before the U.S. election.
 
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden toast at a dinner Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024, in the East Room of the White House, celebrating the new enhanced and expanded White House Public tour being unveiled by first lady Jill Biden on Oct. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
President Biden and first lady toast a reimagined White House tour that she’s unveiling on Monday
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden on Sunday toasted the unveiling of a long-awaited reimagined public White House tour. The couple held a dinner in celebration of the first lady’s update of the White House public tour.
 
FILE - The World Bank building is pictured in Washington, April 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
US presidential election looms over IMF and World Bank annual meetings
Global finance leaders are facing a major uncertainty as they meet in Washington next week: Who will win the U.S. presidential election and shape the policies of the world’s biggest economy?
 
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Grand Sierra Resort and Casino, Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, in Reno, Nev. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Data shows migrants aren’t taking jobs from Black or Hispanic people, despite what Trump says
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump promises the biggest deportation event the U.S. has ever seen if he is elected.
 
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