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FILE – Candidate Tina Peters speaks during a debate for the state leadership position, Feb. 25, 2023, in Hudson, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Colorado doesn’t plan to transfer imprisoned former county clerk to federal custody

Peters’ release has become a cause celebre in the election conspiracy movement.
FILE – Tourists walk along a boardwalk in Upper Geyser Basin on June 22, 2022, in Yellowstone National Park, Wyo. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

Higher fees for foreigners visiting US national parks stokes tourism concerns

Interior officials described the new fee structure as “America-first pricing.”
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Gregory Bovino arrives outside federal court in Chicago, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Court transcripts show Border Patrol official Greg Bovino dodging questions about use of force

Greg Bovino sat for the sworn deposition over three days in October and November.
FILE – Demonstrators approach the Legislative Building during a rally protesting a proposed election redistricting map, Oct. 21, 2025, in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris Seward, File)

Judges allow North Carolina to use a map drawn in bid to give Republicans another US House seat

A three-judge panel denied a preliminary injunction request, acting after a hearing in mid-November.
FILE – Voters cast their ballots on the UCLA campus Nov. 4, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

FACT FOCUS: It is not illegal for voters to show ID in New York and California

Social media users are using false information to advocate for more voter ID laws.
FILE – A school bus is seen behind a fence with barbed wire outside Ferriday High School in Ferriday, La., May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Trump administration’s effort to end 1960s school desegregation cases faces a hurdle

A judge refused to close the books on a 1960s desegregation case.
FILE – A view of the headquarters of Euroclear in Brussels, on Oct. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, File)

Russia’s frozen assets at center of negotiations over Ukraine peace deal

There’s agreement on using Russian assets to cover Ukraine’s future needs.
Foto entregada por el Registro de Delincuentes Sexuales del Estado de Nueva York, que muestra a Jeffrey Epstein, el 28 de marzo del 2017. (Registro de Delincuentes Sexuales del Estado de Nueva York via AP)

Government push to unseal court records offers clues about what could be in the Epstein files

Tens of thousands of pages of records have already been released over the years.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks with reporters at the White House, Monday, Nov. 24, 2025, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Immigrant with family ties to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is detained by ICE

Bruna Ferreira came to the U.S. as a young child from Brazil.
As a person on a bicycle rides past, construction on the front of the U.S. Supreme Court continues Monday, Nov. 24, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Supreme Court won’t immediately let Trump administration fire copyright office head

The Supreme Court has largely allowed Trump to fire officials.
FILE – In this file photo taken Sept. 25, 2019, U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the InterContinental Barclay New York hotel during the United Nations General Assembly, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Pushing an end to the Russia-Ukraine war, Trump looks to his Gaza ceasefire playbook

Trump had issued a 28-point plan favoring Russia, alarming Europe.
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during the Western Governors’ Association meeting Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025, in Scottsdale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rebecca Noble)

Trump administration says lower prices for 15 Medicare drugs will save taxpayers billions

The negotiation program is mandated by law and began under the Biden administration.
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters while in flight on Air Force One from Joint Base Andrews to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

New prosecutor won’t pursue charges against Trump and others in Georgia election interference case

Rudy Giuliani and Mark Meadows were among 14 defendants who still faced charges.
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

Trump’s Ukraine peace plan ignites diplomatic flurry but major hurdles lie ahead

Ukrainian and European leaders expressed optimism about the talks' momentum.
FILE – Russian President Vladimir Putin’s envoy Kirill Dmitriev, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff attend talks in St. Petersburg, Russia, on April 11, 2025. (Vyacheslav Prokofyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Report: US envoy coached Putin aide on how Russian leader should pitch Trump on Ukraine peace plan

President Trump described his envoy's approach as “standard” in negotiations.
FILE – Law officials spread out through an apartment complex during a raid, Feb. 5, 2025, in east Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Federal judge says immigration officers in Colorado can only arrest those at risk of fleeing

The judge said each of those who sued had longstanding ties to their communities.
People gather for a multifaith vigil and procession at a federal courthouse where they say immigrants are being detained in the basement by federal authorities Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Lawsuit challenges arrests of people showing up to ICE check-ins in San Diego

By ELLIOT SPAGAT and VALERIE GONZALEZ SAN DIEGO (AP) — A week before Chancely Fanfan...
FILE – Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., condemns hate speech and misinformation about Haitian immigrants, at the Capitol in Washington, Sept. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Judge sets $60K bond for Florida congresswoman accused of stealing $5M in COVID-19 funds

The Florida Democrat is accused of stealing funds mistakenly overpaid to her family's company.
National Guard soldiers patrol at Union Station, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

FACT FOCUS: Trump gets it wrong claiming no murders in DC for the last six months

There have been 62 homicides in Washington since May 25, including one last week.
FILE — Audrey Strauss, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, speaks during a news conference to announce charges against Ghislaine Maxwell for her alleged role in the sexual exploitation and abuse of multiple minor girls by Jeffrey Epstein, July 2, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Judge gives Justice Department a day to detail Ghislaine Maxwell trial materials to be released

Maxwell is serving a 20-year prison sentence after her 2021 conviction.
A podium is prepared before Democrats hold news conference on the health care funding fight on the steps of the House before votes to end the government shutdown, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Health care plan circulated by the White House runs into familiar GOP divisions

The proposal has so far been met with a stony silence on Capitol Hill.
FILE – District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill, Sept. 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

DC Mayor Bowser announces she won’t seek fourth term, as Trump’s federal intervention continues

Bowser has served three terms since being first elected in 2015.
FILE – The entrance to the Wisconsin Supreme Court chambers is seen in the state Capitol in Madison, Wis., on March 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Todd Richmond, File)

Wisconsin Supreme Court says 3-judge panels must decide congressional redistricting cases

It’s unclear whether new districts could be ordered in time for the 2026 midterms.
FILE – Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., speaks during a House Judiciary Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Democratic congressman’s lawsuit claims Trump housing official abused post to target Trump critics

U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell sued Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte.
FILE – Workers install lighting on an “X” sign atop the company headquarters in downtown San Francisco, July 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

X’s new feature raises questions about the foreign origins of some popular US political accounts

Elon Musk’s X unveiled a feature that lets users see where an account is based.
FILE – Steve Kramer sits in Superior Court on June 5, 2024, in Laconia, N.H., during his arraignment in connection with charges of voter suppression and impersonating a candidate. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, Pool, File)

Political consultant defies court order in lawsuit over AI robocalls that mimicked Biden

He said he won't pay $22,500 to three voters despite a recent federal court order.
FILE – Emissions rise from the smokestacks at the Jeffrey Energy Center coal power plant as the suns sets, near Emmett, Kansas, Sept. 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Trump EPA moves to abandon rule that sets tough standards for deadly soot pollution

The EPA previously said reducing fine particle matter could prevent thousands of premature deaths a...
The Capitol Christmas Tree, a 53-foot red fir, arrives to the U.S. Capitol from the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest in Nevada, Friday, Nov. 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

FBI seeks interviews with Democratic lawmakers who urged US troops to defy illegal orders

The FBI has contacted them to begin scheduling interviews, signaling a possible inquiry into the...
FILE – Former FBI Director James Comey testifies before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 8, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Dismissal of Comey, James cases won’t be the final word. Here’s what the path ahead may look like

The Justice Department says it plans to immediately appeal the dismissals.
FILE – DACA supporter Claudia Valdivia wields a megaphone at a rally outside federal appeals court in New Orleans on Thursday, Oct. 10 ,2024. (AP Photo/Jack Brook, File)

Some DACA recipients have been arrested in the Trump’s immigration crackdown

At least 20 cases have been documented.
FILE – Sen. Jim Justice, R-W.Va., listens as President Donald Trump speaks during an event on energy production in the East Room of the White House, April 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
Federal agents block people protesting an ICE immigration raid at a nearby licensed cannabis farm on July 10, 2025, near Camarillo, California. Protestors stood off with federal agents for hours outside the farm in the farmworker community in Ventura County. A Los Angeles federal judge is set to rule Friday on a temporary restraining order which would… (Mario Tama/Getty Images North America/TNS)

Trump allows more foreign ag workers, eases off ICE raids on farms

ICE in recent months appears to be refraining from conducting agricultural workplace raids.
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump, stand next to national Thanksgiving turkey Gobble during a pardoning ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump spares turkeys — but not his political opponents — at annual pardoning ceremony

Trump brought insults and grievances to the traditional Thanksgiving turkey pardoning ceremony.
FILE -Myanmar’s Military leader Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing speaks during a session at the World Atomic Week forum at the Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy (VDNKh) in Moscow, Russia, Sept. 25, 2025. (Evgenia Novozhenina/Pool Photo via AP, File)
FILE – Federal law enforcement agents walk on Beale Street, Oct. 10, 2025, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File)

Thousands of arrests by Trump’s crime-fighting task force in Memphis strain crowded jail and courts

More than 2,800 people have been arrested and more than 28,000 traffic citations were issued.
President Donald Trump talks after meeting with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Nov. 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump administration plans to review refugees admitted under Biden, memo obtained by The AP says

The Biden administration admitted 185,640 refugees from October 2021 through September 2024.
Protesters hold signs against Immigration and Customs Enforcement during the “ICE and DHS Out of Little Village” demonstration at the predominantly Mexican-American neighborhood of Little Village, also known as “La Villita”, in Chicago, Illinois on October 25, 2025. US President Donald Trump’s administration has asked the Supreme Court to lift lower court rulings blocking his deployment of the National Guard in Chicago. Trump has ordered hundreds of National Guard troops to Chicago, claiming they are needed to combat crime and to protect immigration agents and facilities in America’s third-largest city. (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / AFP) (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

New survey finds rising pessimism among U.S. Hispanics

Hispanic adults are increasingly unhappy with how the administration is handling the economy and immigration.
JD Vance, the venture capitalist and author of “Hillbilly Elegy,” autographs a book after a rally Thursday, July 1, 2021, in Middletown, Ohio, where he announced he is joining the crowded Republican race for the Ohio U.S. Senate seat being left by Rob Portman. (AP Photo/Jeff Dean)

Drugs sneaked into Ohio prison soaked into the pages of ‘Hillbilly Elegy’

The memoir's latest role is secretly transporting drugs into an Ohio prison.
President Donald Trump talks after meeting with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Nov. 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

White House circulates a plan to extend Obamacare subsidies as Trump pledges health care fix

The proposal includes capping eligibility at 700% of the federal poverty level.
FILE – Sudan’s military chief Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, center, is greeted by troops as he arrives at the Republican Palace, recently recaptured from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group, in Khartoum, Sudan, March 26, 2025. (AP Photo/File)

Sudan’s top general rejects US-led ceasefire proposal, calling it ‘the worst yet’

The devastating war has killed more than 40,000 people, according to U.N. figures.
FILE – The Miami-Dade College parking lot, the area where Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is proposing to establish President Donald Trump’s presidential library, is seen next to the Freedom Tower, left, on Sept. 23, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier, File)

August trial set in case challenging Miami land transfer for Trump’s presidential library

The decision will further delay plans to give the plot of land to the state.
FILE – People protest outside the White House in Washington, May 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump administration plan to reduce access to some student loans angers nurses, health care groups

The Trump administration believes the changes could reduce tuition costs.
Alek Schott photographs a Flock Safety license plate reader in his neighborhood, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Houston. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Lawmakers question legality of Border Patrol license plate reader program

Sen. Ed Markey raised the possibility that the program may run afoul of the Constitution.
FILE – Pedestrians are reflected as they walk outside BBC Broadcasting House in London, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, file)

BBC leaders grilled by lawmakers over its standards after Trump threatened to sue

The BBC’s chairman acknowledged that it was too slow in responding over a misleading edit.
FILE – In this July 30, 2008, file photo, Jeffrey Epstein, center, appears in court in West Palm Beach, Fla. (Uma Sanghvi/The Palm Beach Post via AP, File)

Justice Department renews bid to unseal Jeffrey Epstein grand jury materials

U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton asked the judge to issue an expedited ruling.
FILE – FBI Director James Comey gestures as he speaks on cyber security at the first Boston Conference of Cyber Security at Boston College, March 8, 2017, in Boston. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, File)

Judge dismisses Comey, James indictments after finding that prosecutor was illegally appointed

The orders make Lindsey Halligan the latest Trump administration prosecutor to be disqualified.
First lady Melania Trump receives the official 2025 White House Christmas Tree

Melania Trump welcomes Christmas tree to the White House

The tree came from Korson’s Tree Farms in Michigan.
Sen. Mark Kelly

Pentagon says it’s investigating Sen. Mark Kelly over video urging troops to defy ‘illegal orders’

Kelly joined lawmakers in a video that called for U.S. troops to refuse unlawful orders.
FILE The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier leaves Naval Station Norfolk, June 23, 2025, in Norfolk, Va. (AP Photo/John Clark, File)

Top US military adviser visits Caribbean as Trump ramps up pressure on Venezuela

This will be Gen. Dan Caine's second visit to the region since the U.S. military...
FILE – Hall of Fame broadcaster Marty Brennaman, right, speaks with Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, left, during “Marty Brennaman Day” prior to a baseball game between the New York Mets and the Cincinnati Reds, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Jeff Dean, File)

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed a law legalizing sports betting. He now says he’s opposed to it

DeWine said his concerns with sports gambling began almost as soon as Ohio's law took...
President Donald Trump, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping

Trump says he will visit Beijing in April and host China’s Xi for a state visit later next year

'Our relationship with China is extremely strong!' Trump said.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio

Officials say progress made on amending US peace plan for Ukraine

The plan pressed Ukraine to hand over some territory to Russia and reduce its army.
Venezuelan President Nicolas speaks during a Student Day event at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Cristian Hernandez)

US labels Maduro-tied Cartel de los Soles as a terror organization. It’s not a cartel per se

The move is part of the Trump administration's escalating campaign to combat drug trafficking into...
Soon to be graduates pose for a photo at the University of North Carolina on May 1, 2024 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. (Sean Rayford/Getty Images North America/TNS)

Accreditation of colleges, once low key, has gotten political

The accreditation process is critical to the survival of institutions of higher education.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., speaks during a news conference on the Epstein Files Transparency Act, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, former Trump loyalist, says she is resigning from Congress

The Republican congresswoman from Georgia had criticized Trump’s reluctance to release more documents related to...
President Donald Trump talks after meeting with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Nov. 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Takeaways from Trump and Mamdani visit: Both men get something they want, GOP loses a punching bag

Republicans hoped to make Mamdani a poster boy for Democratic party excess and radicalism.
FILE – The State Capitol is seen in Austin, Texas, on June 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Supreme Court blocks order that found Texas congressional map is likely racially biased

The state called on the high court to intervene to avoid confusion.
North Dakota Supreme Court Chief Justice Jon Jensen, center, addresses new lawyers during a ceremony, Friday, Sept. 26, 2025, in the North Dakota House of Representatives at the state Capitol in Bismarck, North Dakota. The other justices are, from left, Douglas Bahr, Daniel Crothers, Lisa Fair McEvers and Jerod Tufte. (AP Photo/Jack Dura)

Abortion is illegal again in North Dakota after court reverses a judge’s earlier decision

The split decision means abortion is once again illegal in North Dakota.
FILE – People talk with National Guard soldiers on the Ellipse, with the White House in the background, Oct. 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

A federal judge blocked Trump’s National Guard deployment to DC but troops aren’t leaving just yet

The case may also have implications for other cities.
FILE – Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a news conference on the Autism report by the CDC at the Hubert Humphrey Building Auditorium in Washington, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, file)

RFK Jr. says he personally directed CDC’s new guidance on vaccines and autism

Many current and former staffers at the agency were surprised to see new published guidance.
FILE – Students walk past Royce Hall on the UCLA campus in Los Angeles, Aug. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Trump administration sues California over giving in-state tuition to immigrants in US illegally

The lawsuit alleges the practice harms U.S. citizens and encourages illegal immigration.
From left, Rep. Eugene Vindman, D-Va., Hanan El-Atr Khashoggi, the widow of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., hold a news conference as they call on President Donald Trump to release the transcript of a call he had with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman after Khashoggi’s killing, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Kashoggi’s widow and Democrats demand release of a call transcript with Trump and Saudi crown prince

It is unlikely that the Trump administration would voluntarily release the 2019 call transcript.
A homeless man, 24,  smokes fentanyl on March 12, 2022, in Seattle. Widespread drug addiction is endemic in Seattle’s large homeless community, which the city is currently trying to move out from shared public spaces. (John Moore/Getty Images/TNS)

Progress on overdose deaths could be jeopardized by federal cuts, critics say

The cuts come at a time of steady progress in the fight against opioid addiction.
Marty Makary holds up an example of a 7- OH product as he speaks about the sending of warning letters to companies for illegally marketing products containing 7- hydroxymitragynine, also known as 7- OH, as part of their actions combatting opioids, during a press conference at HHS Headquarters in Washington, D.C., July 29, 2025. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images North America/TNS)

FDA’s plan to boost biosimilar drugs could stall at the patent office

Biosimilars are essentially generic versions of biologics which are made from living organisms.
A small group of veterans, healthcare workers and supporters, gather outside the Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital in protest of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, who are using part of the facility to facilitate Operation Midway Blitz, on Sept. 15, 2025, in Hines, Illinois. (Scott Olson/Getty Images North America/TNS)

Once a patient’s in custody, ICE can be at hospital bedsides — but detainees have rights

Detained patients can try to advocate for themselves or seek legal recourse.
Federal agents patrol the halls of immigration court at the Jacob K. Javitz Federal Building on Oct. 22, 2025, in New York City. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and other federal agencies continue to make detainments in immigration courts as people attend their court hearings despite a government shutdown thats going on it’s twenty second day. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images North America/TNS)

ICE courthouse arrests meet resistance from Democratic states

States clamping down on ICE continue to allow the agency to make criminal arrests.
Ernesto Diaz stands near the corner in Chicago’s Archer Heights neighborhood on Nov. 13, 2025, where he was detained by federal authorities in September despite being a U.S. citizen. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)

Latino US citizens racially profiled by federal immigration agents in Chicago: ‘I felt like a piece of trash’

The Tribune spoke to U.S. citizens and green card holders who have either been questioned...
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., arrives on stage at the inaugural Make America Healthy Again summit at the Waldorf Astoria, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

MAHA idealism meets political reality as RFK Jr. attempts to wrangle a growing movement

Some Kennedy supporters have questioned why he and other government leaders have appeared willing to...
President Donald Trump shakes hands with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani in the Oval Office

Trump and Mamdani go from adversaries to allies after White House meeting

The Republican president and New York City’s Mayor-elect were warm and friendly.
Education Secretary Linda McMahon speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Schools fear disruptions as the White House begins dismantling the Education Department

The plan to dismantle the Education Department has drawn pushback from state and district leaders,...
FILE -An American flag flies at half-staff outside the Supreme Court Nov. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Supreme Court meets to weigh Trump’s birthright citizenship restrictions, blocked by lower courts

If the Supreme Court steps in now, the case would be argued in the spring.
Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer, center left is welcomed by a South African representative upon his arrival at the OR Tambo International airport in Ekurhuleni on Friday, Nov. 21, 2025 ahead of the G20 leaders’ Summit. ( Marco Longari /Pool Photo via AP)

Leaders arrive for a first African G20 summit overshadowed by a rift between the host and the US

While the U.S. will be absent, other G20 nations are signaling a willingness to work...
FILE – La Catedral Arena horse race track in Wilder, Idaho is seen in Oct. 22, 2025, three days after the FBI and other law enforcement agencies raided the property as part of a gambling investigation. (AP Photo/Rebecca Boone, File)

Federal judge orders release of 16 migrants detained in Idaho raid, citing due process violations

The raid at the outdoor track was part of an investigation into suspected illegal gambling.
FILE – Demonstrators approach the Legislative Building during a rally protesting a proposed election redistricting map, Oct. 21, 2025, in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris Seward)

Federal judges uphold several North Carolina US House districts drawn by Republicans

By GARY D. ROBERTSON RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Federal judges on Thursday upheld several U.S....
FILE – An information packet and an American flag are placed on a chair at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Miami Field Office on Aug. 17, 2018, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Government ordered to resume deportation protection program for vulnerable immigrant youth

The decision will allow the program to continue while the lawsuit brought by plaintiffs continues.
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard speaks during a roundtable on criminal cartels with President Donald Trump in the State Dining Room of the White House, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Democrats allege spy agency work is being undermined and politicized under Trump

Colombia, Britain and the Netherlands have reportedly limited some intelligence sharing with the U.S.
United Airlines aircraft move from the gate at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

FAA gives $10K bonuses only to air traffic controllers with perfect attendance during shutdown

Many controllers called out of work as they dealt with not getting a paycheck.
FILE – Former FBI Director James Comey speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, in Washington, June 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Justice Department insists Comey indictment was properly approved as it tries to keep case afloat

Halligan described the situation as a “clerical inconsistency.”
Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during a news conference at the COP30 U.N. Climate Summit, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, in Belem, Brazil. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Trump expands tariff relief on coffee, fruit and beef from Brazil

Thursday's decision harmonizes Trump's plans, ensuring that neither the April nor July tariffs apply.
FILE – Jennifer Vasquez Sura, front left, her husband Kilmar Abrego Garcia, front center, and Attorney Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg, front right, attend a protest rally at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Baltimore, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, to support Kilmar Abrego Garcia. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough, File)

Judge to rule on whether to release Kilmar Abrego Garcia from immigration custody

His attorneys noted that there is no final order of removal in his immigration records.
US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem holds up a sign encouraging undocumented migrants to “self-deport” during a roundtable discussion as she visits a migrant detention center, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” located at the site of the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport in Ochopee, Florida, on July 1, 2025. President Trump is visiting a migrant detention center in a reptile-infested Florida swamp dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.” Trump will attend the opening of the 5,000-bed facility — located at an abandoned airfield in the Everglades wetlands — part of his expansion of deportations of undocumented migrants, his spokeswoman said. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Lawsuit filed on behalf of immigrants fined up to $1.8 million for remaining in the country

The fines were called unconstitutional — and grossly disproportionate to the gravity of any immigration...
Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., speaks with reporters about President Donald Trump’s foreign policy intentions, with Venezuela in particular, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Justice Department is examining handling of mortgage fraud investigation into Sen. Adam Schiff

The revelation is likely to bring fresh scrutiny to already criticized efforts to investigate Trump...
National Guard soldiers patrol at Union Station, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Judge orders Trump administration to end National Guard deployment in DC

She put her order on hold for 21 days to allow for an appeal, however.
FILE – A worker removes oil from the sand at Refugio State Beach, north of Goleta, Calif., May 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Trump administration announces plan for new oil drilling off the coasts of California and Florida

Critics say the project could harm coastal communities and ecosystems.
Vice President JD Vance speaks with Breitbart News Washington bureau chief Matthew Boyle at Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Vance says Americans need patience on prices but says ‘We hear you’ on affordability concerns

The White House is grappling with how to speak to voters about the cost of...
FILE – Activists from the Women’s Ordination Conference release pink smoke to call for full equality for women in the Catholic Church on the first day of the conclave to elect the 267th pope, in Rome, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, file)

As US debates gender roles, some women in male-led faiths dig in on social and political issues

The U.S. feminist movement’s perpetual quest for gender equality has suffered notable setbacks.
President Donald Trump speaks during the Saudi Investment Forum at the Kennedy Center, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump says Democrats’ video message to military is ‘seditious behavior’ punishable by death

Lawmakers called on military members to uphold the Constitution and defy “illegal orders.”
Gigi Cervantes, who resigned from her position as a theater teacher at a Fort Worth school rather than teach in a classroom where the Ten Commandments are hung, poses for a photo at her home, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025, in Fort Worth, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Beliefs clash among students, parents and teachers as the Ten Commandments go up in Texas classrooms

Posters have gone up in some classrooms but not all.
Jose Aguilar, who recorded cell phone video of federal agents chasing and tackling a Black teen in the East Side neighborhood in October, stands outside his family’s business Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

These are the sights and sounds of Trump’s immigration crackdown in Chicago

The crackdown has galvanized Chicagoans, who have banded together to protect their neighbors.
President Donald Trump speaks at the McDonald’s Impact Summit

Trump and Republicans once more face a tough political fight over Obama-era health law

Trump is once more targeting Obama’s signature health care law.
FILE – Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a news conference on the Autism report by the CDC at the Hubert Humphrey Building Auditorium in Washington, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, file)

CDC website changed to contradict scientific conclusion that vaccines don’t cause autism

The update has outraged public health and autism experts.
Former Presidents front row from left, George W. Bush with Laura Bush and Joe Biden with Jill Biden, look on as military pall bearers arrive with the casket of former Vice President Dick Cheney at the Washington National Cathedral, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025 in Washington. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Respect and remembrance for Cheney from Bush, Biden and past vice presidents as Trump is excluded

Two ex-presidents came: Republican George W. Bush and Democrat Joe Biden.
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., holds a folder during a news conference on the Epstein Files Transparency Act, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

House gets back to work and quickly falls into a cycle of punishing its own

With few bills to consider, the House has instead devoted time to lawmakers’ demands to...
FILE – Demonstrators rally on Pennsylvania Avenue during a No Kings protest in Washington, Oct. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Americans like democracy, but don’t believe it or US institutions are working well, poll finds

Alongside the widespread disappointment in how democracy is working, a poll also finds that few...
The Washington National Cathedral is photographed in Washington, Monday, Nov. 17, 2005. (AP Photo/Mike Pesoli)

Funerals at Washington’s National Cathedral tell the story of a nation

When former Vice President Dick Cheney 's funeral is held Thursday at the Washington National...
President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with the White House task force

Trump signs bill to release Jeffrey Epstein case files after fighting it for months

The bill requires the Justice Department to release all files and communications related to Epstein.
FILE – South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem gives a news conference along the Rio Grande, Aug. 21, 2023, in Eagle Pass, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Trump administration makes major changes to a report it commissioned on FEMA reforms, AP sources say

The report, expected around Dec. 12, included recommendations on disaster preparedness.
FILE – Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., condemns hate speech and misinformation about Haitian immigrants during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Sept. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

US Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida indicted on charges of stealing $5M in disaster funds

The Democrat is accused of stealing FEMA funds that her family’s health care company received.
A plane taxis past the control tower before takeoff at the Nashville International Airport, Friday, Oct. 31, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Democratic senator accuses Trump of playing politics with aviation safety during shutdown

More than 6 million travelers were affected by delays and cancellations.
FILE – The Prairieland Detention Center is seen, Sept. 15, 2016, in Alvarado, Texas. (Louis DeLuca/The Dallas Morning News via AP, File)

5 accused of supporting antifa plead guilty to terrorism-related offense after Texas shooting

They face up to 15 years in prison at sentencing.
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