The Latest Business Are we in a recession? Maybe professional Santas can tell us Demand for professional Santas and other seasonal workers seems to have cooled. Could that be a sign we're in a recession? Greg Rosalsky National Black bear populations are bouncing back. Here's how these Texas towns are coping Historically, Black bears were the biggest predator to travel the Big Bend area of Texas. But overhunting and habitat loss led to their decline. Carlos Morales National A 101-year-old runs the largest nutcracker museum in the U.S. Here's a look inside Arlene Wagner has been collecting nutcrackers for nearly 50 years. Now, she's got one of the largest collections in the world, housed at the Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum in Washington. Vanessa Romo Politics The GOP has allowed Trump to expand his authority. Here's where they're pushing back Republicans in Congress have shown some willingness to push back on President Trump, but it is not clear how far they are willing to push back against the leader of their own party. Sam Gringlas National Morning news brief President Trump expected to address affordability at Pennsylvania rally, SCOTUS seems poised to side with Trump in FTC firing, Indiana lawmakers expected to vote on controversial redistricting plan. A Martínez World Machado to accept Nobel Peace Prize as her strategy against the regime hardens As María Corina Machado is set to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, the Venezuelan opposition leader is betting everything on her prediction of an imminent political transition. John Otis World Fighting between Thailand and Cambodia threatens Trump-brokered ceasefire The fighting between Thailand and Cambodia could deal a serious blow to a ceasefire agreement brokered by President Donald Trump with help from Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. Michael Sullivan Politics Indiana lawmakers to vote on Trump-backed plan to redraw maps in favor of GOP Indiana Republicans are weighing a plan backed by President Trump to redraw its congressional map to add more GOP seats ahead of next year's midterm election. Leila Fadel Health Care HIPAA protects patient privacy, but some say it shuts out caregivers The federal law known as HIPAA protects patient privacy — some advocates say it can also shut out family members trying to help relatives experiencing mental-health crises. A mother in Michigan faced that challenge as she struggled to get basic information about her son's care. Maxwell David Howard Environment Environmental groups call for a moratorium on data center construction An environmental group is leading a call for Congress to place a moratorium on the construction of new data centers used to power artificial intelligence. Jeff Brady Prev 48 of 1650 Next Sponsored
Business Are we in a recession? Maybe professional Santas can tell us Demand for professional Santas and other seasonal workers seems to have cooled. Could that be a sign we're in a recession? Greg Rosalsky
National Black bear populations are bouncing back. Here's how these Texas towns are coping Historically, Black bears were the biggest predator to travel the Big Bend area of Texas. But overhunting and habitat loss led to their decline. Carlos Morales
National A 101-year-old runs the largest nutcracker museum in the U.S. Here's a look inside Arlene Wagner has been collecting nutcrackers for nearly 50 years. Now, she's got one of the largest collections in the world, housed at the Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum in Washington. Vanessa Romo
Politics The GOP has allowed Trump to expand his authority. Here's where they're pushing back Republicans in Congress have shown some willingness to push back on President Trump, but it is not clear how far they are willing to push back against the leader of their own party. Sam Gringlas
National Morning news brief President Trump expected to address affordability at Pennsylvania rally, SCOTUS seems poised to side with Trump in FTC firing, Indiana lawmakers expected to vote on controversial redistricting plan. A Martínez
World Machado to accept Nobel Peace Prize as her strategy against the regime hardens As María Corina Machado is set to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, the Venezuelan opposition leader is betting everything on her prediction of an imminent political transition. John Otis
World Fighting between Thailand and Cambodia threatens Trump-brokered ceasefire The fighting between Thailand and Cambodia could deal a serious blow to a ceasefire agreement brokered by President Donald Trump with help from Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. Michael Sullivan
Politics Indiana lawmakers to vote on Trump-backed plan to redraw maps in favor of GOP Indiana Republicans are weighing a plan backed by President Trump to redraw its congressional map to add more GOP seats ahead of next year's midterm election. Leila Fadel
Health Care HIPAA protects patient privacy, but some say it shuts out caregivers The federal law known as HIPAA protects patient privacy — some advocates say it can also shut out family members trying to help relatives experiencing mental-health crises. A mother in Michigan faced that challenge as she struggled to get basic information about her son's care. Maxwell David Howard
Environment Environmental groups call for a moratorium on data center construction An environmental group is leading a call for Congress to place a moratorium on the construction of new data centers used to power artificial intelligence. Jeff Brady