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Senate Democrats are threatening to block legislation Thursday to fund the Department of Homeland Security and several other agencies, potentially bringing the government a step closer to a partial shutdown Friday if Republicans and the White House don't agree to restrict President Donald Trump's surge of immigration enforcement.
FBI agents were executing a search warrant at the Fulton County elections office near Atlanta on Wednesday, an agency spokesperson confirmed.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has given his much-anticipated congressional testimony about Venezuela, defending the Trump administration's military operation to oust then-President Nicolas Maduro and unpacking the United States' military posture on Iran.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered his much-anticipated congressional testimony about Venezuela, defending the Trump administration's military operation to oust and arrest then-President Nicolas Maduro as Republican and Democratic lawmakers offer starkly different readings of the current situation.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio plans to warn Congress that President Donald Trump is ready to take new military action against Venezuela if the country's interim leadership strays from U.S. expectations.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- A man sprayed an unknown substance on U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar before being tackled to the ground Tuesday during a town hall she was hosting in Minneapolis, where tensions over federal immigration enforcement have come to a head after agents fatally shot an intensive care nurse and a mother of three this month.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- A man wearing a black jacket was tackled to the ground after spraying an unknown substance on U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar at a town hall she was hosting in Minneapolis on Tuesday.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- New York's congressional redistricting battle is headed to the state's highest court.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Columbia University has named Jennifer Mnookin, the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, as its next president as it tries to move forward from two years of turmoil that included campus protests over the Israel-Hamas war and President Donald Trump's subsequent campaign to squelch student activism and force changes at the Ivy League school.
BANGOR, Maine (AP) -- A private aircraft carrying eight people crashed on takeoff Sunday night at Maine's Bangor International Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The annual March for Life demonstration was held in Washington, where Vice President JD Vance touted the Trump administration's record against abortion.
Leaders at the World Economic Forum urged countries and businesses to filter out the turmoil from a week of clashes with the Trump administration and focus on boosting growth and fighting inequality.
Leaders at the World Economic Forum urged countries and businesses to filter out the turmoil from a week of clashes with the Trump administration and focus on boosting growth and fighting inequality.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Thursday suspended a state House member accused of lying to collect federal unemployment benefits during the pandemic.
The Trump administration announced Thursday that human fetal tissue derived from abortions can no longer be used in research funded by the National Institutes of Health.
NEW YORK (AP) -- President Donald Trump sued banking giant JPMorgan Chase and its CEO Jamie Dimon for $5 billion, accusing JPMorgan of debanking him and his businesses for political reasons after he left office in January 2021.
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Virginia's governors traditionally wear morning suits for their inaugurations. But for her swearing-in on Saturday, Gov. Abigail Spanberger, the first woman to fill that role, dressed in white, the color of women's suffrage.
ROME, Italy (AP) -- U.S. Vice President JD Vance will lead an American delegation to the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy and attend the opening ceremony, the White House said Saturday.
President Donald Trump took the unusual step on Friday of thanking the Iranian government for not following through on executions of what he said was meant to be hundreds of political prisoners.
Several Middle Eastern allies of the United States have urged the Trump administration to hold off on strikes against Iran for the government's deadly crackdown on protesters, according to an Arab diplomat familiar with the matter.
Several Middle Eastern allies of the United States have urged the Trump administration to hold off on strikes against Iran for the government's deadly crackdown on protesters, according to an Arab diplomat familiar with the matter.
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) -- A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit against California that sought detailed voting records and personal data on its 23 million registered voters, concluding that the government's request was "unprecedented and illegal."
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado discussed her country's future with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday, even though he has dismissed her as an option to take over after an audacious U.S. military raid captured then-President Nicolas Maduro.
President Donald Trump met Thursday at the White House with Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, whose political party is widely considered to have won 2024 elections rejected by then-President Nicolas Maduro before the United States captured him in an audacious military raid this month.
President Donald Trump is meeting Thursday at the White House with Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, whose political party is widely considered to have won 2024 elections rejected by then-President Nicolas Maduro before the United States captured him in an audacious military raid this month.
President Donald Trump is set to meet Thursday at the White House with Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, whose political party is widely considered to have won 2024 elections rejected by then-President Nicolas Maduro before the United States captured him in an audacious military raid this month.
President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to justify deploying troops as protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement persist in Minneapolis.
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel will honor the late Charlie Kirk for his work combating antisemitism at a conference in late January, four months after the conservative activist was assassinated while speaking at an American university.
The Senate sidelined a war powers resolution Wednesday that would have put a check on President Donald Trump's ability to carry out further military attacks on Venezuela, as the president put intense pressure on his fellow Republicans to vote down the measure.
The Senate is headed toward a vote Wednesday on a war powers resolution that would put a check on President Donald Trump's ability to carry out further military attacks on Venezuela, but the president is putting intense pressure on his fellow Republicans to vote down the measure.
Denmark's foreign minister said Wednesday that a "fundamental disagreement" over Greenland remains with President Donald Trump after talks in Washington with Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Denmark's foreign minister said Wednesday that a "fundamental disagreement" over Greenland remains with President Donald Trump after talks in Washington with Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Officials from Greenland and Denmark met in Washington on Wednesday with top White House officials as President Donald Trump moved to ratchet up the pressure by suggesting that NATO should help the United States acquire the world's largest island and saying anything less than it being under American control is unacceptable.
SEMINOLE, Fla. (AP) -- Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday named to the Florida Supreme Court a state appellate court judge who pledged his allegiance to a legal theory that a law's meaning doesn't change over time, giving the Republican governor his sixth conservative appointee to the seven-member court.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday revived a Republican challenge to a law that allows the counting of late-arriving mail ballots, a target of President Donald Trump.
President Donald Trump posted Wednesday on social media that anything less than U.S. control of Greenland is "unacceptable," hours before Vice President JD Vance was to host Danish and Greenlandic officials for talks.
President Donald Trump posted Wednesday on social media that anything less than U.S. control of Greenland is "unacceptable," hours before Vice President JD Vance was to host Danish and Greenlandic officials for talks.
President Donald Trump was in Michigan Tuesday to promote his efforts to boost U.S. manufacturing, as he tries to counter fears about a weakening job market and worries that still-rising prices are hurting Americans' pocketbooks. The day trip included a tour of a Ford factory in Dearborn that makes the best-selling F-150 pickups.
President Donald Trump was in Michigan Tuesday to promote his efforts to boost U.S. manufacturing, as he tries to counter fears about a weakening job market and worries that still-rising prices are hurting Americans' pocketbooks. The day trip included a tour of a Ford factory in Dearborn that makes the best-selling F-150 pickups.
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- A jury has convicted a former Navy SEAL with neo-Nazi beliefs of transporting fireworks across state lines with plans to shoot explosives at police during last year's "No Kings" protest in San Diego, federal prosecutors said.
President Donald Trump is in Michigan to promote his efforts to boost U.S. manufacturing, as he tries to counter fears about a weakening job market and worries that still-rising prices are taking a toll on Americans' pocketbooks. The day trip includes a tour of a Ford factory in Dearborn that makes best-selling F-150 pickups, and an address to the Detroit...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Chris Cuomo is returning to SiriusXM, putting him on the air with morning and evening talk shows.
President Donald Trump travels to Michigan on Tuesday to promote his efforts to boost U.S. manufacturing, trying to counter fears about a weakening job market and worries that still-rising prices are taking a toll on Americans' pocketbooks. The day trip will include a tour of a Ford factory in Dearborn that makes best-selling F-150 pickups, and an address to the...
The state of Minnesota and the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul are suing the federal government to stop an enforcement surge by Immigration and Customs Enforcement following the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman by an ICE officer.
Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona sued the Pentagon on Monday over attempts to punish him for his warnings about illegal orders.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powellsaid Sunday the Department of Justice has served the central bank with subpoenas and threatened it with a criminal indictment over his testimony this summer about the Fed's building renovations.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powellsaid Sunday the Department of Justice has served the central bank with subpoenas and threatened it with a criminal indictment over his testimony this summer about the Fed's building renovations.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Virginia man has pleaded not guilty to charges accusing him of planting two pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Democratic and Republican national parties on the eve of the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.
U.S. forces have boarded another oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea. The announcement was made Friday by the U.S. military. The Trump administration has been targeting sanctioned tankers traveling to and from Venezuela.
U.S. forces have boarded another oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea. The announcement was made Friday by the U.S. military. The Trump administration has been targeting sanctioned tankers traveling to and from Venezuela.
Attorneys general in five Democratic-led states have filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump's administration after it said it would freeze money for several public benefit programs.
In a remarkable rebuke of Republican leadership, the House passed legislation Thursday, 230-196, that would extend expired health care subsidies for those who get coverage through the Affordable Care Act as renegade GOP lawmakers joined essentially all Democrats in voting for the measure.
The Senate has advanced a resolution that would limit President Donald Trump's ability to conduct further attacks against Venezuela, sounding a note of disapproval for his expanding ambitions in the Western Hemisphere. Five Republicans backed the resolution, and more war powers votes are looming on Greenland and other countries where Trump has expressed military ambitions.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he plans to meet with Danish officials next week after the Trump administration doubled down on its intention to take over Greenland, the strategic Arctic island that is a self-governing territory of Denmark. Rubio told U.S. lawmakers that Trump wants to buy it, rather than use military force.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he plans to meet with Danish officials next week after the Trump administration doubled down on its intention to take over Greenland, the strategic Arctic island that is a self-governing territory of Denmark. Rubio told U.S. lawmakers that Trump wants to buy it, rather than use military force.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he plans to meet with Danish officials next week after the Trump administration doubled down on its intention to take over Greenland, the strategic Arctic island that is a self-governing territory of Denmark. Rubio told U.S. lawmakers that Trump wants to buy it, rather than use military force.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he plans to meet with Danish officials next week after the Trump administration doubled down on its intention to take over Greenland, the strategic Arctic island that is a self-governing territory of Denmark. Rubio told U.S. lawmakers that Trump wants to buy it, rather than use military force.
ATLANTA (AP) -- An elected leader in Georgia's Fulton County, which drew national attention after the 2020 election when President Donald Trump claimed without proof that voter fraud there cost him victory in Georgia, announced that she is running to be the state's top election official.
President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order suspending U.S. support for 66 organizations, agencies and commissions, including those affiliated with the United Nations, as the country further retreats from global cooperation.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Trump administration says it's going to depart 66 international organizations, nearly half them affiliated with the United Nations.