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The name tag and ribbons of Adm. Kevin Lunday, acting commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, are visible as he speaks during a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing on his nomination for Commandant of the Coast Guard, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Coast Guard reverses course on policy to call swastikas and nooses 'potentially divisive'

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The U.S. Coast Guard has released a new, firmer policy addressing the display of hate symbols like swastikas and nooses just hours after it was publicly revealed that it made plans to describe them as “potentially divisive” — a term that prompted outcry from lawmakers and advocates.

FILE - Prakazrel "Pras" Michel, a member of the 1990s hip-hop group the Fugees, accompanied by defense lawyer David Kenner, right, arrives at federal court April 3, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Fugees rapper Pras Michel sentenced to 14 years in prison over illegal donations to Obama campaign

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Grammy-winning rapper Prakazrel “Pras” Michel of the Fugees has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for a case in which he was convicted of illegally funneling millions of dollars in foreign contributions to former President Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign.

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

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A federal judge in Maryland says she will rule as soon as possible on whether Kilmar Abrego Garcia can be released from immigration custody.

Sitting inside an empty mosque, Morad Awad bows his head during prayer before an Eid al-Fitr celebration in Plano, Texas, Sunday, May 24, 2020. Many Muslims in America are navigating balancing religious and social rituals with concerns over the virus as they look for ways to capture the Eid spirit this weekend. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

CAIR, Muslim Legal Fund sue Texas Gov. Abbott over terrorist group proclamation

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Two Islamic civil rights organizations have filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton.

FILE - Interior Secretary Doug Burgum speaks during the annual Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference on June 3, 2025, in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

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

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The Trump administration is proposing new oil drilling off the California and Florida coasts for the first time in decades, as President Donald Trump seeks to expand U.S. oil production that is already leading the world.

FILE - Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy speaks to the media alongside President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Sean O'Brien, President and CEO of Airlines for America Chris Sununu, Vice President JD Vance and aviation industry representatives about the impact of the government shutdown on the aviation industry outside of the West Wing of the White House, Oct. 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Trump administration threatens to withhold $75M from Pennsylvania over immigrant truck drivers

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The Trump administration has threatened to withhold nearly $75 million in funding if Pennsylvania does not immediately revoke what the administration claims are illegally issued commercial driver’s licenses to immigrants.

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

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President Donald Trump is accusing half a dozen Democratic lawmakers of sedition “punishable by DEATH” after the lawmakers called on U_S_ military members to uphold the Constitution and defy “illegal orders.”.

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

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The Trump administration has revised a website to contradict the scientific consensus that vaccines don't cause autism.

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

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Washington National Cathedral hosted a bipartisan show of respect and remembrance for Dick Cheney, the consequential and polarizing vice president who became an acidic scold of fellow Republican President Donald Trump.

FILE - Former Vice President Dick Cheney attends a primary election night gathering for his daughter, Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., Aug. 16, 2022, in Jackson, Wyo. Cheney lost to challenger Harriet Hageman in the primary. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Joe Biden to attend Dick Cheney’s funeral, as Donald Trump continues to remain silent on his death

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Former president Joe Biden plans to attend Thursday’s memorial service for former vice president Dick Cheney at the Washington National Cathedral.

Bangladesh Attorney General Md Asaduzzaman, center sitting, and senior lawyers address a press conference after Supreme Court restored a nonpartisan caretaker government system for national elections but said it won't apply to the polls being held early next year, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdul Goni)

Bangladesh Supreme Court restores nonpartisan caretaker system but not for next elections

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Bangladesh’s Supreme Court has restored a nonpartisan caretaker government system for elections but says it won’t apply to the polls being held early next year.

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

Read full article: Americans like democracy, but don't believe it or US institutions are working well, poll finds

A Kettering Foundation-Gallup poll finds that about half of U.S. adults believe democracy is functioning “very” or “moderately” poorly in the United States, while only around one-quarter think it’s doing “very” or “moderately” well.

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

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A draft report on reforms to the Federal Emergency Management Agency has been significantly reduced in size, according to three people familiar with the matter.

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

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U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida has been indicted on charges accusing her of stealing federal disaster funds and using the money to aid her 2021 campaign, the Justice Department said Wednesday.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., flanked by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., the GOP whip, left, and Sen. Shelly Moore Capito, R-W.Va., as he speaks with reporters after a closed-door GOP meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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House votes to repeal provision that allows senators to sue over phone record seizures

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The House has voted to repeal part of a new law that lets senators sue the federal government for millions of dollars if their personal or office data is accessed without their knowledge.

U.S. Border Patrol Commander at large Gregory Bovino looks on, Monday, Nov. 17, 2025, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Matt Kelley)
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Appeals court pauses order restricting use of force by immigration agents in Chicago-area crackdown

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A federal appeals court is temporarily halting an order that restricts the use of force by federal immigration agents in the Chicago area, calling it “overbroad” and “too prescriptive.”.

FILE - Migrants deported months before by the United States to El Salvador under the Trump administration's immigration crackdown arrive at Simon Bolvar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, July 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)
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Judge to proceed with contempt probe after US flew migrants to El Salvador prison in March

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A federal judge says he plans to move ahead quickly on a contempt investigation of the Trump administration for failing to turn around planes carrying Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador in March.

President Donald Trump speaks with Elon Musk and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, during the Saudi Investment Forum at the Kennedy Center, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Trump's economy depends on AI for growth, a reality made clear in Saudi crown prince's US visit

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President Donald Trump is counting on the tech sector and artificial intelligence to drive his economic agenda.

President Donald Trump speaks with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during the Saudi Investment Forum at the Kennedy Center, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Trump says he'll push for peace in Sudan after Saudi crown prince urged greater US involvement

Read full article: Trump says he'll push for peace in Sudan after Saudi crown prince urged greater US involvement

President Donald Trump says he's turning his attention to helping find an end to the brutal civil war in Sudan.