French leader says European pressure forced Trump to back down

BRUSSELS (AP) – French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday said that European pressure forced U.S. President Donald Trump to back down from his threats to take control of Greenland, as EU leaders gathered to chart a new course in transatlantic relations.

Huge US winter storm to bring crippling snow from Texas to Boston

ATLANTA (AP) – Bread was flying off the shelves, salt was being loaded into trucks and utility workers were nervously watching forecasts Thursday as a huge winter storm that could bring catastrophic damage, widespread power outages and bitterly cold weather was barreling toward the eastern two-thirds of the U.S.

House moves to finish government funding as Democrats baulk

WASHINGTON (AP) – The House will look to pass this year’s final tranche of spending bills on Thursday, an effort that is being complicated by Democratic lawmakers’ concerns that the measure funding the Department of Homeland Security inadequately addresses President Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts.

NATO chief Mark Rutte shows he's a 'Trump whisperer'

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) – For days it seemed there was no way out of the latest standoff between Europe and the United States: U.S. President Donald Trump insisted he must have Greenland – and would settle for nothing short of total ownership.

Smith defends his Trump investigations at a public hearing

WASHINGTON (AP) – Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith on Thursday defended his investigations of Donald Trump at a congressional hearing in which he insisted that he had acted without regard to politics and had no second thoughts about the criminal charges he brought.

Prices ticked up in November as Americans keep spending

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge ticked up in November in the latest sign that prices remain stubbornly elevated, while consumers spent at a healthy pace. Consumer prices rose 2.8% in November from a year earlier, the Commerce Department said Thursday, up from a 2.7% annual pace in October.

Homicide rate declines sharply in dozens of US cities, a new report shows

Data collected from 35 American cities showed a 21% decrease in the homicide rate from 2024 to 2025, translating to about 922 fewer homicides last year, according to a new report from the independent Council on Criminal Justice.

Inflation fears are high. A new poll shows one group is particularly worried

WASHINGTON (AP) – Anxiety about costs and affordability is particularly high among Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders and Native Hawaiians, even at a moment when economic stress is widespread, according to a new poll. About half of Asian American and Pacific Islander adults said they wanted the government to prioritize addressing the high cost of living and inflation.

Paramount extends its deadline for its Warner Bros. tender offer, again

NEW YORK (AP) – Skydance-owned Paramount is again extending the tender offer window in its $77.9 billion hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, while doubling down on a coming proxy fight. Warner stockholders now have until Feb. 20 to sell their shares to Paramount for $30 apiece in cash – a price that remains unchanged.