Category Archives: 24/7 Newsroom News
More Than 17,000 Under Evacuation Orders as Southern California Wildfire Threatens Homes
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) - More than 17,000 people are under evacuation orders as a wildfire continues to threaten suburban homes in Southern California. The Sandy Fire in hills above Simi Valley, nor...
May 20, 2026 SIMI VALLEY, CA - MAY 19, 2026: Tim Clark with the City of Downey Fire Department, right, watches as the Sandy Fire burns off Redwood Grove ct. on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, in Simi Valley, CA. Cooler temperatures and lighter winds slowed the Sandy fire's advance in Simi Valley overnight, holding the blaze at 1,386 acres burned with 5% containment. (Kayla Bartkowski / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Trump Discloses Thousands of Stock Trades, Some in Companies Directly Influenced by His Policies
NEW YORK (AP) - Recent presidents have stayed away from trading stocks in companies whose fortunes they could lift or scuttle with the stroke of a pen. But Donald Trump smashed that precedent in the f...
May 20, 2026
Samsung Faces Strike After Pay Talks With Union Fall Apart
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Management and union leaders at Samsung Electronics have failed to reach a last-minute deal over wages. That raises prospects for a strike at the South Korean computer chip g...
May 20, 2026
UN Lowers Forecast for Global Economic Growth in 2026 Over Mideast Energy Crisis
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United Nations has lowered its forecast for global economic growth and raised the prospects for inflation in response to Middle East crises and rising oil prices. U.N. econom...
May 20, 2026
US Government Agrees to Drop Tax Claims Against Trump in Broadening of IRS Lawsuit Settlement
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. government has agreed to permanently drop tax claims against President Donald Trump, according to a settlement document that is part of a deal to resolve Trump's $10 billion...
May 20, 2026
Trump Orders Banks to Take a Closer Look at Clients' Citizenship in New Immigration Enforcement Move
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump has signed an executive order requiring banks to scrutinize their customers' citizenship. The order instructs bank regulators and government departments to ide...
May 20, 2026
US Stocks Fall Further From Their Records After Bond Markets Crank Up the Pressure
NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. stock market gave back more of its record-setting rally. The S&P 500 fell 0.7% Tuesday for its third straight loss since setting its latest all-time high. The Dow Jones In...
May 20, 2026
OpenAI Avoided a Costly Court Loss to Elon Musk, but Neither Side is Unscathed
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Elon Musk lost his case against OpenAI and its top executives in a high-stakes trial that pitted billionaire against billionaires. But neither side emerged as too sympathetic. A...
May 19, 2026
Affordable Care Act Enrollment Projected to Plunge by 5 Million as Costs Spike, Analysis Shows
NEW YORK (AP) - Nationwide enrollment in the Affordable Care Act marketplace could drop by nearly 5 million people this year. That's according to a new analysis from the healthcare research nonprofit ...
May 19, 2026
Trump endorses Paxton in Texas Republican primary, boosting his challenge to incumbent Sen. Cornyn
ALLEN, Texas (AP) - President Donald Trump has endorsed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, supercharging his effort to oust incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in a Republican primary runoff. Paxton and Cornyn...
May 19, 2026
