A top Justice Department official is playing down the possibility of additional criminal charges arising from the Jeffrey Epstein files.

Prominent political and business leaders are named in the documents released by the Justice Department in connection with its investigations into Jeffrey Epstein.

Newly released files on Jeffrey Epstein have prompted the resignation of a top official in Slovakia and revived calls in Britain for a former prince to cooperate with authorities.

A huge new tranche of files on millionaire financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein released Friday revealed details of his communications with the wealthy and powerful, some not long before his death by suicide in 2019.

A huge new tranche of files on millionaire financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein released Friday revealed details of his communications with the wealthy and powerful, some not long before his death by suicide in 2019.

The release of many more records from Justice Department files on Jeffrey Epstein is revealing more about what investigators knew of his sexual abuse of young girls and his interactions with the rich and powerful such as Donald Trump and Bill Clinton.

Stocks fell on Wall Street, while gold and silver prices plunged as investors tried to gauge what President Donald Trump’s new nominee to lead the Federal Reserve will mean for interest rates.

Elon Musk’s company got a boost in its application by the Starbase city commissioners. Two commissioners are SpaceX employees.

President Donald Trump says he asked Russian President Vladimir Putin not to target the Ukrainian capital and other towns for one week as the region experiences frigid temperatures and Putin agreed, but Russia hasn't confirmed that.

Tesla’s annual profit plunged to its lowest level since the pandemic as it ceded the title of the world’s biggest electric vehicle maker to a Chinese rival and boycotts hammered sales.

A new humanoid robot named Sprout, developed by Fauna Robotics, is making its debut.

European Union regulators have opened a formal investigation into Elon Musk's social media platform X after its AI chatbot Grok started producing nonconsensual sexualized deepfake images.

U.S. President Donald Trump has taken center stage at the World Economic Forum in Davos, overshadowing discussions on AI and renewable energy.

U.S. President Donald Trump used the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, to unveil a proposed "Board of Peace" for Gaza.

Ryanair's CEO Michael O'Leary is dismissing Elon Musk's idea of buying the airline and shrugging off his insults.

President Donald Trump has commanded attention during his second term.

On the anniversary of his inauguration, President Donald Trump is heading to the World Economic Forum in Davos, an annual gathering of the global elite.

The mother of one of Elon Musk's children is suing his AI company over deepfake images of her on the internet.

Elon Musk's AI assistant, Grok, is facing scrutiny from governments worldwide.

The Democratic-backed candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court raised 10 times as much last year as her Republican-endorsed opponent, putting in stark relief the challenge conservatives face in winning the race in the battleground state.

Elon Musk’s X says its AI chatbot Grok won't be able to edit photos of real people in revealing clothing in places where that is illegal.

Federal officials are reinstating hundreds of U.S. health workers who were laid off last year from a small health agency that aims to protect workers.

Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia written by volunteers, is embracing artificial intelligence to mark its 25th anniversary.

SpaceX's Starlink has dropped fees to help Iranian demonstrators share protest details globally, activists say.

A proposal to tax the accumulated wealth of California billionaires has ignited a political uproar in Silicon Valley and across the state.

President Donald Trump promoted his efforts to boost U.S. manufacturing, as he tries to counter fears about a weakening job market and worries that still-rising prices are hurting Americans’ pocketbooks.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok will join Google’s AI engine inside the Pentagon network.

London's murder rate fell in 2025 to its lowest level in decades, officials said Monday.

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

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.

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

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.

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

GameStop is providing details on a compensation package for CEO Ryan Cohen that depends on him meeting certain performance targets.

Elon Musk's AI chatbot, Grok, is facing global criticism for generating sexualized deepfakes.

Tesla lost its crown as the world’s bestselling electric vehicle maker on Friday as a customer revolt over Elon Musk’s right-wing politics, expiring U.S. tax breaks to buyers and stiff overseas competition pushed sales down for a second year in a row.

Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as layoffs remain low despite a weakening labor market.

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week and remain at historically healthy levels despite some signs that the labor market is weakening.

France, Germany, the European Union and the United Kingdom are hitting out at a U.S. decision to impose travel bans on five Europeans the Trump administration accuses of pressuring tech firms to censor or suppress American views.

Federal officials are considering swapping 775 acres of the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge with the aerospace company, according to The New York Times.

The State Department is barring five Europeans it accuses of leading efforts to pressure U.S. tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints.

In a breathless year of tariffs unleashed by the administration of President Donald Trump, perhaps no one has had to live the reality of every fluctuation of trade policy than customs brokers.

The oldest baby boomers are turning 80 in 2026.

NATO-nation intelligence services believe Russia is developing a weapon to target Starlink satellites.

U.S. applications for unemployment benefits fell by 13,000 last week, remaining in the same historically healthy range of the past few years even as concerns grow about the health of the labor market.

California regulators are threatening to suspend Tesla’s license to sell its electric cars in the state early next year unless the automaker tones down its marketing tactics for its self-driving features after a judge concluded the Elon Musk-led company has been misleading consumers about the technology’s capabilities.

The United States gained a decent 64,000 jobs in November but lost 105,000 in October as federal workers departed after cutbacks by the Trump administration, the government said in delayed reports.

In the past year, tens of thousands hostile to immigrants marched through London chanting “send them home!”.

The commercial boom in artificial intelligence has sparked interest in humanoid robots.

Mega billionaire Elon Musk said his efforts leading the Department of Government Efficiency were only “somewhat successful” and he would not do it over again.

The language of politicians has become more vulgar in recent years.

President Donald Trump says he will allow Nvidia to sell its H200 computer chip used in the development of artificial intelligence to “approved customers” in China.

European Union regulators have fined Elon Musk’s social media platform X 120 million euros for failing to comply with digital regulations.

Billionaire spacewalker Jared Isaacman is back before the Senate after being yanked and then renominated by President Donald Trump for NASA's top job.

Over the weekend, Elon Musk’s X unveiled a feature that lets users see where an account is based.

France's government is taking action against Elon Musk's AI chatbot, Grok, after it generated posts questioning the use of gas chambers at Auschwitz.

Spanish legacy media companies in Spain have scored a victory against social media giant Meta after a Madrid-based court ordered that it must pay news outlets nearly half a billion euros in damages.

Nvidia reported more eye-catching numbers for its fiscal third quarter Wednesday, with net income jumping 65% and revenue increasing 62% from a year earlier.

President Donald Trump is counting on the tech sector and artificial intelligence to drive his economic agenda.

The heavily redacted emails reveal little of the two men’s relationship.

Ten Democratic secretaries of state are asking the Trump administration to provide more information about its efforts to seek voter registration data.

In a story published Nov. 18, 2025, The Associated Press reported that Elon Musk was Tesla’s founder.

In a story published Nov. 14, 2025, about the post office, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the U.S. Postal Service is 150 years old.

Blue Origin has launched its huge New Glenn rocket with a pair of NASA spacecraft destined for Mars.

Waymo is hitting the highway.

South Africa's leader says that U_S_ President Donald Trump’s decision that the United States government boycott the Group of 20 summit next weekend is “their loss."

President Donald Trump boasts that his tariffs protect American industries, lure factories to the United States, raise money for the federal government and give him diplomatic leverage.

The executive leading Tesla’s Cybertruck business is leaving the Elon Musk-led automaker after eight years.

Stock indexes wound up mixed on Wall Street but still clocked their first weekly loss in the last four.

The world’s richest man was just handed a chance to become history’s first trillionaire.

Tesla shareholders will decide soon on whether Elon Musk could have a shot at becoming the world's first trillionaire.

Stocks gained ground on Wall Street following several upbeat economic updates and a steady flow of quarterly reports from U.S. companies.

President Donald Trump is nominating Jared Isaacman to serve as his NASA administrator after all.

Signs of a potential end to the government shutdown are intensifying with behind-the-scenes talks.

Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, one of Tesla’s biggest investors says it will vote against a proposed compensation package that could pay CEO Elon Musk as much as $1 trillion over a decade.

The nation’s largest police fleet of Tesla Cybertrucks is set to begin patrolling the streets of Las Vegas in November.

Nvidia on Wednesday became the first public company to reach a market capitalization of $5 trillion.

JPMorgan Chase wants to stop paying millions in legal fees for two convicted fraudsters.

Elon Musk literally left a government job with a black eye, has seen profits at his car company sink and must worry about federal regulators disrupting his plans to unleash a fleet of driverless taxis on America's roads in the next few years.

Tesla, the car company run by Elon Musk, reported Wednesday that it sold more vehicles in the past three months after boycotts hit hard earlier this year, but profits still fell sharply.

Prince Harry and Meghan have joined a diverse group, including Steve Bannon and Glenn Beck, to call for a ban on AI "superintelligence" that threatens humanity.

Progressive groups are launching an effort to reconnect with Latino voters to regain support in places where President Donald Trump has made inroads.

Furloughs have begun at the federal agency tasked with overseeing the U.S. nuclear stockpile.

Myanmar's military says it has shut down a major online scam operation near the Thailand border.

Large crowds of protesters have gathered in cities across the United for “No Kings” demonstrations against what they see a drift into authoritarianism under President Donald Trump.

OpenAI has announced that ChatGPT will soon engage in "erotica for verified adults."

Democrats are calling on President Donald Trump to get more involved with negotiations to end the government shutdown.

President Donald Trump is making this government shutdown unlike any the nation has ever seen.

SpaceX has launched another of its mammoth Starship rockets on a test flight.

New York Attorney General Letitia James and President Donald Trump have long found themselves as legal and political foes.

Federal regulators have opened yet another investigation into Tesla’s so-called full-self driving technology after dozens of incidents in which the electric vehicle maker’s cars ran red lights or drove on the wrong side of the road, sometimes crashing into other vehicles and endangering drivers.

Tennessee state Rep. Justin Pearson says he is running for a U.S. House seat representing Memphis, challenging longtime Democratic congressman Steve Cohen to represent the majority-Black city in a contest of youth versus experience.

Tesla announced the launch of cheaper versions of two of its electric vehicles Tuesday in hopes of reviving flagging sales.

Frank Bisignano has been named CEO of the IRS, adding to his role as Social Security Administration Commissioner.

Republicans and Democrats have begun pouring money into an election this November for the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

Halfway through Donald Trump’s inaugural White House meeting with congressional leadership, the red "Trump 2028" hats appeared on the president’s desk.

Native Americans watched the shuttered government on Friday and braced for damage to their health care, education and infrastructure.

FBI Director Kash Patel says the bureau is cutting ties with two organizations that for decades have tracked domestic extremism and racial and religious bias, a move that follows complaints about the groups from some conservatives and prominent allies of President Donald Trump.

OpenAI could now be the world’s most valuable startup, ahead of Elon Musk’s SpaceX and TikTok parent company ByteDance, after a secondary stock sale designed to retain employees at the ChatGPT maker.

Tesla reported a surprise increase in sales in the third quarter as the electric car maker likely benefited from a rush by consumers to take advantage of a $7,500 credit before it expired on Sept. 30.