Fewer Americans are signing up for Affordable Care Act health insurance plans this year.

Wall Street's relationship with the Trump administration is souring.

The Environmental Protection Agency says it will stop calculating the economic savings of health benefits from air pollution rules.

The Detroit Auto Show returns this week.

David Webb, a prominent Hong Kong shareholder activist, has died at 60.

The discount grocery chain Aldi is expanding rapidly and plans to open more than 180 U.S. stores this year as more Americans skip nights out at restaurants and cook at home due to anxiety over the nation’s economy.

Microsoft is trying to win over communities concerned about AI data centers.

Fanatics, the sports merchandising giant best known for jerseys and collectibles, is moving deeper into entertainment by launching a studio that will produce films, documentaries, live events and digital series tied to sports and culture.

JPMorgan Chase is reporting a 9% rise in adjusted profits for the fourth quarter, benefiting from a strong economy in both consumer and investment banking.

Judicial officials in Lebanon says that the corruption case of former central bank governor Riad Salameh is being transferred to the country’s highest criminal court.

Malaysian authorities have announced legal action against Elon Musk's social media platform X and its AI unit xAI.

Thousands of New York City nurses were back on the picket lines Tuesday as their strike against some of the city's leading hospitals entered its second day.

Central bankers from around the world have expressed full support for U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.

Russia has launched another major drone and missile attack on Ukraine that targeted the country's power grid in freezing temperatures.

Former executives of a defunct Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper are pleading for lighter sentences under a national security law.

President Donald Trump has toured a Ford F-150 assembly line in Michigan to promote his efforts to spur U.S. manufacturing and job creation.

Wall Street is edging back from its records following a mixed start to the latest profit reporting season for big U.S. companies.

Inflation declined a bit last month as prices for gas and used cars fell, a sign that cost pressures are slowly easing.

A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration acted illegally when it canceled $7.6 billion in clean energy grants for projects in states that voted for Democrat Kamala Harris in the 2024 election.

Google parent Alphabet Inc. on Monday became the fourth Big Tech powerhouse to be valued at $4 trillion, a once seemingly unfathomable milestone that’s become more like a rite of passage amid an artificial intelligence arms race.

A top aide to Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides has resigned after an online video was posted recently in which it was suggested that he and others were using their close ties to the leader to earn favors for would-be investors in exchange for cash.

President Donald Trump has dramatically escalated his confrontation with the Federal Reserve.

Apple will lean on Google to help finish its bungled attempts to smarten up its virtual assistant Siri and bring other artificial intelligence features to the iPhone as the trendsetting company plays catch up in technology’s latest craze.

A federal judge ruled Monday that work on a major offshore wind farm for Rhode Island and Connecticut can resume, handing the industry at least a temporary victory as President Donald Trump seeks to shut it down.

Allegiant Air says it will acquire Sun Country Airlines in a cash-and-stock deal valued at about $1.5 billion.

Facebook owner Meta has named Dina Powell McCormick, a former Trump administration adviser and longtime finance executive, as president and vice chairman of the tech giant.

The nonprofit Trevor Project received a $45 million gift from billionaire MacKenzie Scott at the end of 2025.

The Trump administration’s criminal investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has sparked a backlash that may undermine the White House’s goals.

Paramount Skydance is taking another step in its hostile takeover bid of Warner Bros.

Blending green hydrogen with natural gas is seen by some as key to achieving California’s clean energy goals.

New options for testing and treating some of the most common sexually transmitted diseases are becoming available.

Thousands of nurses at several major New York City hospitals have gone on strike.

China and the European Union say they have agreed on steps toward resolving their dispute over the bloc's imports of Chinese-made electric vehicles.

Malaysia and Indonesia have blocked access to Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok as concerns grow over its misuse in generating explicit images.

An autistic Barbie is joining Mattel's line of fashion dolls that's intended to celebrate diversity.

Five years after video of George Floyd's killing on a Minneapolis street, video of another law enforcement action in the northern city is central to another American debate.

Wall Street ticked to more records after bouncing back from early losses taken because of worries about the worsening feud between the White House and the Federal Reserve.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Sunday the Department of Justice has served the central bank with subpoenas and threatened it with a criminal indictment over his testimony this summer about the Fed’s building renovations.

President Donald Trump says he is “inclined” to keep ExxonMobil out of Venezuela after its top executive was skeptical about oil investment efforts in the country after the toppling of former President Nicolás Maduro.

A Hong Kong court on Monday heard arguments about the sentence for pro-democracy media founder Jimmy Lai in a landmark national security case.

“Avatar: Fire and Ash” continues to dominate the box office, holding the top spot for a fourth consecutive week.

Thousands of nurses at major New York City hospitals could soon go on strike, three years after a walkout scrambled operations at some of the same facilities.

Google is expanding the shopping features in its AI chatbot by teaming up with Walmart, Shopify, Wayfair and other big retailers to turn the Gemini app into a virtual merchant as well as an assistant.

Prediction markets let people wager on anything from a basketball game to the outcome of a presidential election — and recently, the downfall of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

President Donald Trump says Iran reached out to the U.S. and proposed negotiations after he threatened action in response to a crackdown on protesters in the Middle Eastern country.

President Donald Trump has issued a new executive order to protect Venezuelan oil revenue from judicial proceedings.

President Donald Trump says he wants a one-year, 10% cap on credit card interest rates.

Activists say the death toll in nationwide protests challenging Iran's theocracy has reached at least 116 people killed.

New York’s attorney general has sued the Trump administration for halting two major offshore wind projects expected to power more than 1 million homes.

In an unusual move, President Donald Trump posted a graph Thursday night on social media that reflected jobs data from December that weren’t supposed to be released until the Labor Department issued the monthly employment report Friday morning at 8:30 a.m. eastern.

The Supreme Court has agreed to take up an appeal from tech giant Cisco seeking to shut down a lawsuit claiming that the company’s technology was used to persecute members of the Falun Gong spiritual movement in China.

Lyft and Uber drivers protested Waymo’s self-driving taxis in San Francisco.

A recent report says Michigan needs to tackle risks to its $348 billion automotive industry to keep jobs and production in the state.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says his agency is taking a closer look at financial transactions between Minnesotan residents and businesses and Somalia.

A federal judge has dismissed Salt-N-Pepa's lawsuit to reclaim ownership of their master recordings from Universal Music Group.

Rock and Brews, co-founded by Paul Standley and Gene Simmons of Kiss, is set to open in Royal Oak, in the spring, in a space formerly occupied by HopCat.

Environmental experts warn that U.S. plans under President Donald Trump to restart and control Venezuelan oil exports could intensify pollution, greenhouse gas emissions and ecological damage in a country already burdened by decades of oil-related degradation.

President Donald Trump is calling on oil executives to rush to invest in Venezuela as the White House looks to quickly secure $100 billion in private funding to revive the country's ability to fully tap into its expansive reserves of petroleum.

Facebook parent Meta has reached nuclear power deals with three companies as it continues to look for electricity sources for its artificial intelligence data centers.

President Donald Trump says American intervention in Venezuela will bring billions of dollars of investment in the country's infrastructure, a revival of its once-thriving oil industry and a new age of prosperity for the Latin American country.

A new U.N. rights report says that the presidential election in Uganda next week will be “marked by widespread repression and intimidation" against the opposition and others.

General Motors will be hit with charges of about $6 billion in its fourth quarter after sales of electric vehicles sputtered when the U.S. cut tax incentives to buy them and also eased auto emissions standards.

The United States will be providing significant aid to Thailand and Cambodia to ensure regional stability in the wake of the two nations fighting last year.

Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok is now restricting image generation and editing to paying users.

Thousands of homes and businesses across northern France and southern England are without power and residents faced widespread travel delays after a storm swept in off the Atlantic.

Hundreds of demonstrators have gathered in Somalia’s capital to protest Israel’s recognition of the self-declared Republic of Somaliland.

A week in which longtime tensions between neighbors China and Japan ratcheted up economically and politically is drawing to a close with no sign of improvements.

Demonstrations broke out in Iran on Dec. 28 and have spread nationwide as protesters vent their increasing discontent over the Islamic Republic’s faltering economy and the collapse of its currency.

Protests in Iran have continued despite threats from the government to crack down.

Luigi Mangione’s federal death penalty trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson could begin before the end of the year.

U.S. stocks rose to more records following a mixed report on the U.S. job market.

CES 2026 showcased futuristic tech, from paper-thin screens to AI-driven gadgets.

President Donald Trump’s plan to control Venezuela's oil industry and counter China's influence could clash with his goal of stabilizing trade with Beijing.

The United Nations is forecasting that the global economy will grow by 2.7% this year.

U.S. President Donald Trump's withdrawal from the United Nations climate framework marks a significant escalation of anti-climate policy.

Elon Musk's AI company, xAI, plans to spend $20 billion on a data center in Southaven, Mississippi.

The U.S. Transportation Department says North Carolina could lose nearly $50 million in federal funding if the state doesn’t revoke commercial driver’s licenses from immigrants who aren't qualify to hold them.

Sluggish hiring last month closed out a year of weak employment gains that have frustrated job seekers even as layoffs and unemployment have also been low.

President Donald Trump says he is directing the federal government to buy $200 billion in mortgage bonds, a move he said would help reduce mortgage rates at a time when Americans are worried about home prices.

The Congressional Budget Office has released new economic projections, expecting the Federal Reserve to cut short-term rates in 2026.

Artificial intelligence took center stage at this year's CES gadget show, but not always for the right reasons.

President Donald Trump is causing some commotion for investors in U.S. defense contractors this week.

The IRS will start accepting 2025 tax returns on Jan. 26, marking the official start of the 2026 tax filing season.

Getting into nature can be challenging during the workday.

DeepSeek, a Chinese tech startup, is gaining traction in developing nations, narrowing the AI adoption gap with advanced economies.

The Apple Card, known for its intuitive features and other perks for consumers, will now be issued by JPMorgan but Apple says nothing will change for users.

U.S. filings for unemployment benefits rose in the last week of 2025 but remain historically low, despite signs that the labor market is weakening.

More artificial intelligence is being implanted into Gmail as Google tries to turn the world’s most used email service into a personal assistant that can improve writing, summarize far-flung information buried in inboxes and deliver daily to-do lists.

Prosecutors in the United States say Chen Zhi boasted of pulling in $30 million a day.

New York City parents may soon have access to free child care for their 2-year-olds, under a plan unveiled by Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

A new AP-NORC poll finds that about 2 in 10 U.S. adults donated money to a crowdfunding campaign over the last year, with medical expenses proving most common.

Farmers in Greece have escalated nationwide protests by launching a 48-hour blockade of major highways and toll stations.

China's commerce ministry says it plans to investigate Meta's acquisition of AI startup Manus.

When a game kicks off in the Spanish league about 50 analysts start looking for signs of online piracy.

Iran’s government has cut off the country from the internet and international telephone calls.

Dozens of angry farmers have demonstrated in France and Greece, halting traffic and blocking roads with tractors to protest European Union plans to move forward with a free trade deal with five South American nations.

They’re at it again.

State lawmakers and governors will have decisions to make in 2026 about the budgets for their biggest social safety net programs.

Modest moves for Wall Street overall masked some big swings underneath the surface, including for makers of weapons and other military equipment.

Gadgets promoting a wide array of health benefits are on display at the annual CES trade show in Las Vegas.