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8:15 AM on Friday, May 1

Profit for the two largest oil companies in the U.S. tumbled during the first quarter, a three-month period in which the price of crude and gasoline rocketed higher

8:14 AM on Friday, May 1

President Donald Trump’s administration is arguing that the war in Iran has already ended because of the ceasefire that began in early April, an interpretation that would allow the White House to avoid the need to seek congressional approval

8:09 AM on Friday, May 1

House Speaker Mike Johnson has lamented he would like to preside over a “normal Congress.”

8:01 AM on Friday, May 1

A converted church in rural central Pennsylvania has become a place where musicians with Amish roots are coming to record music and make videos that are drawing millions of views

7:35 AM on Friday, May 1

A Kentucky state trooper says a person of interest has been taken into custody in connection with the fatal shootings of two bank employees during a robbery

7:32 AM on Friday, May 1

President Donald Trump’s administration appears to be recalibrating its centerpiece policy of mass deportations after a series of major immigration enforcement operations in American cities soured the public’s mood on it

7:08 AM on Friday, May 1

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says he’s concerned about the allure of easy money — lottery tickets, buy now, pay later loans and the promise of a crypto windfall

6:48 AM on Friday, May 1

Taiwan has expressed concern hours after a call between China and the United States’ top diplomats in which Beijing stressed self-ruled Taiwan was the biggest risk in relations

3:46 AM on Friday, May 1

2:11 AM on Friday, May 1

A 45-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder in the stabbings of two Jewish men in London

1:25 AM on Friday, May 1

1:09 AM on Friday, May 1

Iran’s 90 million people have been cut off from the global internet for most of 2026, one of the world’s longest and strictest national shutdowns

1:04 AM on Friday, May 1

Syria was once a battleground, enduring 14 years of civil war

1:00 AM on Friday, May 1

The long-awaited trade deal between the South American bloc Mercosur and the European Union is finally on, at least provisionally

10:50 PM on Thursday, April 30

Markets on Wall Street were mixed in light trading and oil prices held steady with no major developments in the Iran war

9:05 PM on Thursday, April 30

Activists worldwide have gathered for May Day rallies and street protests, calling for peace, higher wages and better working conditions

8:22 PM on Thursday, April 30

Two bank employees have been fatally shot during a robbery in Kentucky, and a search is underway for the suspect

11:15 AM on Thursday, April 30

Elusive street artist Banksy has claimed responsibility for a new sculpture in central London

12:04 AM on Thursday, April 30

Taylor Frankie Paul, a reality TV star from “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives,” and the father of her 2-year-old son were ordered Thursday to stay 100 feet (30 meters) away from each other for the next three years as a Utah court commissioner continues to assess custody plans for the child

11:32 AM on Monday, April 13