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19+ min ago (533+ words) President Donald Trump will road-test his claims that he's tackling Americans' affordability woes at a Tuesday rally in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania " shifting an argument made in Oval Office appearances and social media posts to a campaign-style event. The trip comes as polling consistently shows that public trust in Trump's economic leadership has faltered. Following dismal results for Republicans in last month's off-cycle elections, the White House has sought to convince voters that the economy will emerge stronger next year and that any anxieties over inflation have nothing to do with Trump. Video above: Get the Facts: Federal income tax elimination unlikely due to tariff revenue "We're bringing prices way down," Trump said at the White House on Monday. "You can call it 'affordability' or anything you want " but the Democrats caused the affordability problem and we're the ones that are…...

1+ hour, 25+ min ago (424+ words) A man convicted of stabbing a woman to death during home invasion robbery more than 30 years ago is scheduled to be executed Tuesday evening in Florida. Mark Allen Geralds, 58, is set to receive a lethal injection starting at 6 p.m. at Florida State Prison near Starke. Geralds was convicted of murder, armed robbery, burglary and stealing a car and was sentenced to death in 1990. The Florida Supreme Court later vacated the sentence but affirmed the conviction, and Geralds was resentenced to death in 1992. It would be Florida's 18th death sentence carried out in 2025, further extending the state record for total executions in a single year. According to court records, Tressa Pettibone's 8-year-old son found his mother beaten and stabbed to death on the kitchen floor of their Panama City home in February 1989. Geralds was a carpenter who had previously done remodeling work at…...

1+ hour, 43+ min ago (578+ words) The Trump administration is announcing $12 billion to help farmers facing economic headwinds after a turbulent year for trade. The Trump administration is rolling out a $12 billion aid package for struggling farmers. It comes as farmers are facing a range of economic challenges, including the fallout from President Donald Trump's tariffs. During a roundtable with farmers on Monday, Trump said his policies would usher in a "golden age" for agriculture. The aid program is intended to "bridge the gap between Biden's failures and the president's successful policies taking effect," according to White House spokesperson Anna Kelly. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins said roughly $11 billion will go toward a newly designed Farmer Bridge Assistance program, which will offer one-time payments to row crop farmers. Rollins said farmers applying for the program will find out how much aid they can expect by the…...

2+ hour, 6+ min ago (397+ words) The flight originated in Everett, Washington, and was en route to San Francisco, California, when former pilot Joseph Emerson tried to pull the fire suppression handles. The crew requested an emergency landing and landed safely at Portland International Airport in Oregon. Cockpit audio captured tense exchanges between the crew, Emerson, and air traffic control. In the audio recording, a crew member is heard asking Emerson, "What's that?" Emerson replies, "I'm not OK." The crew member asks him, "What's wrong?" to which Emerson replies, "I gotta get home." "You want to be home?" the crew member says. Emerson replies, "Yeah." Emerson is then heard uttering expletives. The crew member says, "Dude, what's going on?" before a crew member says, "Horizon, we need to make an emergency landing." Air traffic control asks, "I'm sorry, who was that?" The crew replies, explaining, "It's…...

2+ hour, 28+ min ago (19+ words) Travel concerns with refreeze overnight and patchy ice in North Carolina Travel concerns with refreeze overnight and patchy ice...

2+ hour, 46+ min ago (249+ words) WASHINGTON " Check your tickets: Powerball's jackpot has climbed to an estimated $875 million for Monday's drawing, marking the second-largest Powerball prize of 2025 as it inches closer to another possible billion-dollar jackpot." Monday's jackpot still falls nearly a billion dollars below September's historic $1.8 billion jackpot, which was split by two tickets sold in Missouri and Texas " the second-largest lottery prize in U.S. history. The current jackpot has been rolling since Sept. 6, when those two winners beat odds of 1 in 292.2 million. Monday's prize represents the cash value of an annuity paid over 29 years; winners can also choose a lump sum payment, which amounts to $403.6 million before accounting for taxes." The largest Powerball jackpot remains $2.04 billion, won by a single ticket in California in November 2022. This year has produced three major Powerball wins: the $1.8 billion September prize, a $526.5 million jackpot claimed in California in March…...

3+ hour, 2+ min ago (369+ words) President Donald Trump said Monday that he would allow Nvidia to sell an advanced type of computer chip used in the development of artificial intelligence to "approved customers" in China. There have been concerns about allowing advanced computer chips to be sold to China, as it could help the country better compete against the U.S. in building out AI capabilities, but there has also been a desire to develop the AI ecosystem with American companies such as chipmaker Nvidia. The chip, known as the H200, is not Nvidia's most advanced product. Those chips, called Blackwell and the upcoming Rubin, were not part of what Trump approved. Trump said on social media that he had informed China's leader Xi Jinping about his decision and "President Xi responded positively!" "This policy will support American Jobs, strengthen U.S. Manufacturing, and benefit American Taxpayers," Trump said in…...

3+ hour, 25+ min ago (234+ words) CHARLOTTE, N.C. " Some riders say the light-rail system feels different in the wake of a recent stabbing, with many commuters moving more cautiously during their daily trips. "I put my back against the wall. I want to see everything," one commuter said. Another rider said incidents on the trains have left many feeling unprotected. "There is just not enough security. We need more security " too many incidents going on, people getting hurt on the trains," the commuter said. Immigrant families " particularly those still unsettled after recent immigration raids " say the stabbing has intensified existing fears. "The Latino community is still recovering from everything. This is shining yet another light on what is concerning the Latino community and the Charlotte community," said Paola Garcia, a spokesperson for Camino. Garcia said the violence has contributed to a decline in the number of Latino…...

4+ hour, 7+ min ago (266+ words) Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has proclaimed solidarity with U.S. farmers in recent months as they grappled with the loss of a major soybean buyer due to President Donald Trump's trade war with China. But now, Bessent says he's divested his holdings in North Dakota soybean farmland. "I actually just divested it this week as part of my ethics agreement, so I'm out of that business," Bessent said on the CBS program "Face the Nation," Sunday. Bessent's holdings had raised eyebrows as he headed Trump administration negotiations with China over trade and tariffs. On Monday, he's expected to be part of an announcement for a new $12 billion farm aid package at the White House. Bessent, a millionaire former hedge fund manager, had in October stated that he shared the concerns of U.S. farmers who bore the brunt of the trade war between the…...

4+ hour, 22+ min ago (860+ words) President Donald Trump announced a $12 billion farm aid package Monday " a boost to farmers who have struggled to sell their crops while getting hit by rising costs after the president raised tariffs on China as part of a broader trade war. He unveiled the plan Monday afternoon at a White House roundtable with Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, lawmakers from farm states, and farmers who thanked him for the help. "With this bridge payment, we'll be able to farm another year," Iowa farmer Cordt Holub told Trump during the event. Rollins put the immediate value of the program at $11 billion " money that the White House said will offer one-time payments to row-crop farmers. Another $1 billion will be put aside for specialty crops as the administration works to better understand the circumstances for those farmers, Rollins said. The aid will move by…...