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President Donald Trump toasts with state leaders during a dinner event hosted by South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in South Korea on Wednesday.

Trump isn’t canceling travel, golf, or his ballroom, even with the government shuttered and 750,000 furloughed federal employees

By Will Weissert and The Associated Press

Vice President JD Vance says troops should receive pay, though didn't disclose specifics on the pay plan.

Vance says 1.3 million U.S. troops will be paid at the end of the week as pressure mounts for Democrats to end the shutdown

By Kevin Freking, Stephen Groves, and others

Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints shop for new sleeveless sacred garments.

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Mormon women are lining up to purchase new $5 ‘sacred’ garments that symbolize a turning point for the church

By Hannah Schoenbaum, Deepa Bharath, and others

The American aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, on its way into the Oslofjord, at Drobak in Norway, Sept. 12, 2025.

Trump’s decision to sail aircraft carrier to South America will leave the Mideast and Europe with none during a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas

By Ben Finley, Konstantin Toropin, and others

Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka, pictured in 2021, says his his non-resident visa to enter the United States had been rejected.

Nigeria’s 91-year-old Nobel laureate says his visa was revoked after criticizing Trump

By The Associated Press

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam walks outside the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa, on Feb. 6, 2025, during a hearing over new evidence uncovered in his 1983 murder case.

‘Mr. Vedam, where were you born?’: A man who spent 43 years in prison before his conviction was thrown out now faces deportation

By Maryclaire Dale and The Associated Press

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White House says TikTok ownership deal could be finalized in South Korea, ending months of uncertainty over the app’s fate in the U.S.

By The Associated Press and Barbara Ortutay

President Donald Trump shakes hands with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung as they attend a high honor ceremony at the Gyeongju National Museum in Gyoeongju, South Korea, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025.

Gold-adorned brownies, gold medal crowns: Seoul turns up the pomp to impress Trump, and it seems to be working

By Chris Megerian and The Associated Press

A joint law enforcement operation uses a drone swarm for inspection in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China, on August 26, 2025.

The U.S. keeps warning about China’s surveillence tech threat—while cashing in on it: ‘I think we’ve been naive or complicit in the extreme’

By Garance Burke, Dake Kang, and others

The Trump administration is transforming ICE leadership across the country in a major overhaul.

A major ICE shake-up is reportedly underway affecting at least half of the agency’s top leadership positions

By Rebecca Santana, Elliot Spagat, and others

Layoffs from big corporations are cutting jobs thousands of jobs in the months and years to come.

From retail to tech, here are the 10 corporations that recently announced mass layoffs

By Wyatte Grantham-Philips and The Associated Press

The New York Stock Exchange on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025.

PayPal and UPS are sparking a late-session rally, powering stocks to fresh records

By Stan Choe and The Associated Press

Labor unions have sued to stop the government firings, saying the firings were an abuse of power.

A federal judge just indefinitely barred the Trump administration from firing federal employees during the government shutdown

By Janie Har and The Associated Press

1.3 million active-duty service members risk missing their paychecks Friday if the government shutdown continues.

1.3 million active-duty service members face missed paychecks as government shutdown stubbornly lags on

By Kevin Freking, Stephen Groves, and others

More air traffic controllers are calling out sick and fearing for their financial future amid the government shutdown.

Air traffic controllers are now working without pay. Some are grappling with how to pay for the medicine needed to keep their children alive

By Josh Funk and The Associated Press