Officials say police are locked in negotiations with a man holding hostages inside a building that houses a Chase bank branch and school district office in the Southern California city of Bakersfield

The U.S. Trade Representative says the Trump administration is proposing tariffs of 10% or more for dozens of major trading partners following a probe into alleged forced labor

When musical acts pulled out of a concert series marking America’s 250th anniversary, fearing it might be too closely tied to Donald Trump, the president decided to formally make himself the headlining act

California voters are deciding who will advance in the race to replace Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom

Former Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell used one of his first major public appearances since leaving office to deliver a broad defense of independent institutions while accepting the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award… Jerome Powell uses JFK award speech to warn against political pressure on Fed, courts and schools

Court records show a bus driver accused of causing a fatal chain-reaction crash in Virginia had been cited twice for speeding in the last two years

New Mexicans are choosing Democratic and Republican nominees for governor as the state grapples with high rates of violent crime, chronically underperforming schools and cuts to federal safety net programs

Voting begins in Ethiopia where Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s party is expected to win a majority of seats

The world is getting more uptight about lending money to President Donald Trump’s government

Oil prices have gained more than 3%, and stock markets in Japan and South Korea have hit fresh record highs on enthusiasm over the artificial intelligence boom