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Coin with Trump's face, gold finish to go on sale

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The $1 coin designed to celebrate America's 250th birthday — and seemingly President Donald Trump, whose face gazes from one side of the gold finish — will go on sale Wednesday, according to the U.S. Mint. The coin's design — Trump's visage as "heads" and the Great Seal of the United States as "tails" — received the stamp of approval this year from the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, whose members Trump appointed. In past comments, the president said that the idea to stamp his face on a coin was "very unusual" but that he was "honored by it." The president's second term has ...

Judge lacked power to overturn ex-soldier Bergdahl's military conviction

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge had no authority to overturn former U.S. Army soldier Bowe Bergdahl's military conviction for deserting his post in Afghanistan before Taliban-allied forces abducted him and held him captive for nearly five years, an appeals court has ruled. A three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday ordered the dismissal of Bergdahl's claims in district court. The panel said District Judge Reggie Walton in Washington lacked the jurisdiction to vacate Bergdahl's court-martial conviction and sentence in ...

Lawmakers ask Army to explain why it told a military unit to stop specializing in drone warfare

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers is pressing the Army to explain why it told a unit based in Europe to stop specializing in drone warfare, an order that comes as the world's battlefields rapidly evolve and military tactics increasingly rely on uncrewed systems to fight. The 173rd Airborne Brigade was building its own drones and practicing the kind of warfare that Ukraine has pioneered against Russia and that Iran has fought against the U.S. — warfare that has killed and wounded American troops. The brigade of 600 soldiers was set up in November to be deployed ...

Carney tells Trump 'Stop trying to be tough'

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TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney told the Trump administration Tuesday to "stop doing memes, stop throwing shade and stop trying to be tough," as he pushed back against a fresh wave of attacks from Washington. Carney said U.S.-Canada trade talks could resume if Washington became serious about negotiations, but he also accused the United States of pursuing terms that he said could leave Canadian industries "gradually wound down in Canada and wiped out." "When the Americans stop doing memes, stop throwing shade and stop trying to be tough, and start being serious ...

Chevron confirms it will expand operations in Venezuela

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Oil giant Chevron confirmed that it will expand operations in Venezuela after President Donald Trump announced an ambitious deal to develop the nation's oil reserves and give the Pentagon a stake in the profits. Chevron, the only U.S. oil company with a major presence in Venezuela, said Wednesday that it has been assigned additional acreage in the Orinoco Belt, where it has active operations. The company plans to invest more than $7 billion over the next five years, with the goal of more than doubling its current production to about 600,000 barrels a day. "Chevron's history in ...

German companies under pressure to adapt as China challenges

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MOOSBURG, Germany (AP) — The heart of the German economy is making and exporting the big-ticket, complex goods that make global business run: everything from cars and locomotives to factory machinery, aircraft and construction equipment. That model for growth is under serious pressure from a new competitor whose exports can often match or approach Germany's in quality and sell for far less: China. The China shock — as economists call it — is emerging as a key reason for Germany's chronic economic stagnation since the COVID-19 pandemic. The sluggish economy has helped make ...