Ellensburg Daily Record

1 day ago | dailyrecordnews.com | Zeke Miller |Bassem Mroue |Aamer Madhani

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he will ease sanctions on Syria and move to normalize relations with its new government to give the country "a chance at peace."Trump made the announcement shortly before he was set to meet Wednesday in Saudi Arabia with Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, the onetime insurgent who last year led the overthrow of longtime leader Bashar Assad.

1 day ago | dailyrecordnews.com | David Bauder

By DAVID BAUDER - AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) - ESPN said Tuesday that its new all-encompassing streaming service will take on a familiar name - ESPN - and launch in September at an initial price of $29.99 per month. The service will enable consumers to view all of ESPN's various networks, including ones devoted to the SEC, Big 10 and ACC college leagues, as well as content from the current ESPN+ streaming service, which will be folded in to the new product. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press.

1 day ago | dailyrecordnews.com | Paul Wiseman |Lindsay Whitehurst

By PAUL WISEMAN and LINDSAY WHITEHURST - Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump is waging a trade war without getting approval from Congress: He declared a national emergency to slap import taxes - tariffs - on almost every country on earth. The president is now facing at least seven lawsuits that argue he's gone too far and asserted power he does not have. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

2 days ago | dailyrecordnews.com | Matthew Lee |Rebecca Santana |Mogomotsi Magome

DULLES, Virginia (AP) - The Trump administration on Monday welcomed a group of 59 white South Africans as refugees, saying they face discrimination and violence at home, which the country's government strongly denies. The decision to admit the Afrikaners also has raised questions from refugee advocates about why they were admitted when the Trump administration has suspended efforts to resettle people fleeing war and persecution who have gone through years of vetting.

3 days ago | dailyrecordnews.com | Jerry Beach

NEW YORK (AP) - Cade Horton earned the win with four solid innings of relief in his major league debut, and the Chicago Cubs held off the New York Mets 6-5 on Saturday night. Cubs opener Brad Keller worked a perfect first inning before giving way to Horton, who was recalled from Triple-A Iowa earlier in the day. The team's top pitching prospect gave up three hits - including Brett Baty's three-run homer in the fourth - and struck out five.