Surging stock markets lifted the fortunes of many of the world’s richest people last year, leaving a record billionaire class of 3,508 individuals with $13.4 trillion in collective wealth, up 10.3% from a year earlier.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said service members will miss paychecks by Nov. 15 if the government shutdown stretches on.

The Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Korea (hereinafter referred to as the “Participants”), Expressing

President Trump is beginning his remarks to hundreds of American troops at the U.S.S. George Washington, an aircraft carrier docked at the Yokosuka Naval Base south of Tokyo. He walked out to “God Bless the USA,” and the crowd began chanting “U-S-A” as he began speaking. Prime Minister​ Sanae Takaichi of Japan is also there.

Security personnel at Coast Guard Base Alameda in California opened fire on a U-Haul truck that ignored commands and tried to back into the base, officials said.

Maduro criticized the movement of the carrier as an attempt by the U.S government to fabricate “a new eternal war” against his country.

Due to the ongoing government shutdown, the prospect of November's SNAP benefits going unpaid indefinitely is growing closer.

The aircraft had taken off from the USS Nimitz and crashed into the South China Sea within 30 minutes of each other.

British Columbia's government says it is opening a "forest trade office" in London, U.K., in an effort to boost exports to Europe.

U.S. soybean farmers are hoping that President Trump's meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday will bring relief from the ongoing trade war between the two countries. CBS News' Lana Zak has the latest.