New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is standing by his past criticisms that President Donald Trump acted like a despot and a fascist.

A proposed peace plan for Ukraine led by the United States has been met with anguish by many Ukrainians, who fear a post-war amnesty for Russian forces would erase accountability for alleged atrocities.

Chicago has entered what many consider a new uneasy phase of a Trump administration immigration crackdown that has already led to thousands of arrests.

The race for California governor features former presidential wannabes, a county sheriff, two women who could become the first female to hold the office, current and former House members and at least one billionaire.

Poorer nations at the Group of 20 summit in South Africa have urged world leaders to address climate action and debt issues affecting the developing world.

The federal agency that oversees the security of election systems was largely absent from planning before elections this month in several states.

The Group of 20 summit in South Africa has ended with the glaring absence of the United States — the next country to lead the bloc.

President Emmanuel Macron's promise to win over far-right voters in France is faltering.

President Donald Trump’s administration is promoting efforts to work with Nigeria’s government to counter violence against Christians.

A Texas A&M committee agreed the university was wrong to fire a professor earlier this year after a controversy over a classroom video that showed a student objecting to a children’s literature lesson about gender identity.

John F. Kennedy’s granddaughter has disclosed that she has terminal cancer and may live for only about another year.

President Donald Trump says he's teaming up with legendary golfer Jack Nicklaus to revamp the golf courses at Joint Base Andrews.

U.S. senators critical of President Donald Trump’s approach to ending the Russia-Ukraine war say they spoke with Secretary of State Marco Rubio who told them that the peace plan Trump is pushing Kyiv to accept is a “wish list” of the Russians and not the actual U.S. plan.

President Donald Trump has pledged to end temporary legal protections for Somalis in Minnesota, sparking fear in the state's immigrant community.

There was a time when presidential hopefuls were coy about their ambitions.

President Donald Trump is resurfacing his argument that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy doesn’t “have the cards” to continue on the battlefield.

The Justice Department is on the clock to release files relating to Jeffrey Epstein after President Donald Trump signed a measure passed by Congress.

Trump has signed legislation compelling the Justice Department to release the files on Jeffrey Epstein.

United Nations climate talks in Brazil have reached a subdued agreement to deliver more money to countries hit hardest by climate change to help them adapt to the wrath of extreme weather.

World leaders from the Group of 20 rich and developing economies have broken with tradition and adopted a declaration at the start of their summit in South Africa despite opposition from the United States.

President Donald Trump says he’s “immediately” ending temporary legal protections for Somali migrants in Minnesota.

The U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a lower court ruling that found Texas’ 2026 congressional redistricting plan pushed by President Donald Trump likely discriminates on the basis of race.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, a once-loyal supporter of President Donald Trump who has become a critic, says she is resigning from Congress in January.

The administrative ruling is a first step before the court decides whether to pause the use of the 2025 map, drawn to increase GOP seats in the U.S. House, for the rest of the legal battle.

The U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a lower court ruling that found Texas’ 2026 congressional redistricting plan pushed by President Donald Trump likely discriminates on the basis of race.

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is appealing a ruling that has stalled the criminal case against President Donald Trump’s former chief of staff Mark Meadows, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and others for trying to overturn Trump’s 2020 election loss in the state.

The fallout from Jeffrey Epstein’s transgressions spans oceans and continents, from the vulnerable girls he exploited to the elite people and institutions that chose to get involved, cover it up — or look away.

The daughter of a detained Chinese Christian pastor is urging U.S. lawmakers to help free her father at a time when President Donald Trump has vowed to “save our Great Christian population” worldwide.

An American proposal to end the war in Ukraine puts the country in a delicate diplomatic position — caught between placating its most important ally, the United States, and not capitulating to Russia, its much larger neighbor that launched a full-scale invasion nearly four years ago.

The widow of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi is calling for the release of the transcript of a 2019 phone call President Donald Trump had with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

Barbara Lee has been Oakland’s mayor for half a year.

The Trump administration has sued California for providing in-state college tuition, scholarships, and subsidized loans to students who aren't legally in the United States.

“High Horse: The Black Cowboy,” a new docuseries executive produced by Jordan Peele and his Monkeypaw Productions that is now streaming on Peacock, highlights who it says are the first American cowboys – Black men.

A special election in Tennessee has gained national attention in a heavily Republican district.

Former Democratic U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan has decided not to run for Ohio governor next year.

Brazil's Vice President Geraldo Alckmin says U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to remove additional import tariffs on some Brazilian agribusiness products marks significant progress.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia says she is resigning from Congress in January.

France's government is taking action against Elon Musk's AI chatbot, Grok, after it generated posts questioning the use of gas chambers at Auschwitz.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is fending off criticism from his own base as some of the environmental and anti-vaccine activists who propelled him into politics have said they want stronger action against vaccines and pharmaceutical companies.

World leaders are arriving for a historic first Group of 20 summit in Africa that aims to put the problems of poor countries at the top of the global agenda.

The Supreme Court is meeting in private with a key issue on its agenda — President Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship order declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens.

Radio Free Europe's Hungarian service, Szabad Európa, has ceased operations after the Trump administration decided to cut its funding.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has told his country that it could face a pivotal choice between standing up for its sovereignty and preserving the American support it needs, as leaders discuss a U.S. peace proposal seen as favoring Russia.

Israel’s prime minister has met with top security officials to assess a rising tide of Israeli settler violence in the West Bank.

Gunmen have attacked a Catholic school in Nigeria, abducting more than 200 schoolchildren and 12 teachers.

President Donald Trump has met the man who had proudly proclaimed himself “Donald Trump’s worst nightmare,” but he seemed to find the opposite.

The Trump administration is steaming forward on its plan to dismantle the Education Department.

More swings hit Wall Street, except it finished higher this time.

Japan has reported that its exports to the world rose 3.7% in October from a year earlier, while imports edged up 0.6%.

Federal judges have upheld several U.S. House districts drawn by North Carolina Republicans in 2023.

The U.S. Treasury Department plans to reclassify certain refundable tax credits as "federal public benefits," barring undocumented immigrants and some noncitizens from receiving them.

The Federal Aviation Administration says only 776 of the nearly 20,000 air traffic controllers and technicians who had to work without pay during the shutdown will receive bonuses.

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.

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

The clock is ticking for the U.S. government to open up its files on Jeffrey Epstein.

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

Mining industry access to federally owned coal in northeastern Wyoming will continue under a bill headed to President Donald Trump.

A federal judge is ordering the Trump administration to end its monthslong deployment of National Guard troops to help police the nation’s capital.

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.

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 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.”.

Law enforcement leaders in Charlotte, North Carolina, say a federal immigration crackdown centered around the city appears to be tapering off Thursday.

It's a tough time for the job market.

President Donald Trump is once more targeting former President Barack Obama’s signature health care law, and Trump is picking a political fight before next year’s elections.

Fire disrupted United Nations climate talks with just two scheduled days left and negotiators yet to announce any major agreements.

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

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.

The White House has hit out at South Africa’s leader for "running his mouth" over the United States’ boycott of this weekend’s Group of 20 summit in Johannesburg.

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

The Trump administration has announced new oil drilling off the California and Florida coasts for the first time in decades.

GE Appliances says it has awarded more than $150 million in new contracts to U.S. suppliers as a result of its decision to shift production from China to Kentucky.

A new Texas law says every public school classroom must display a poster listing the Ten Commandments.

President Donald Trump’s plan for ending the war in Ukraine would cede territory to Russia and limit the size of Kyiv’s military, according to a draft proposal obtained by The Associated Press.

Residents in the southernmost part of Texas want to remind themselves — and the nation — that the region is more than a political battleground. It’s their home.

New Orleans is warily awaiting a monthslong federal crackdown to arrest thousands of immigrants.

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.

President Donald Trump says he will meet with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani in Washington later this week.

President Donald Trump has signed a bill to release files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The U.S. House is back in session after a multi-week hiatus.

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.

U.S. employers added a suprisingly solid 119,000 jobs in September, the government said, issuing a key economic report that had been delayed seven weeks by the federal government shutdown.

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.

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.”.

President Donald Trump is again expressing support for skilled immigrants training U.S. workers in high-tech factories.

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

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

Until being labeled as the "radical left," Brown was widely supported by Texas Republicans, including Gov. Greg Abbott, who previously hired him as his clerk. Abbott called the ruling “clearly erroneous.”

President Donald Trump’s administration is moving to roll back protections for imperiled species and the places they live.

A veteran FBI employee is claiming in a lawsuit that he was fired last month after displaying an LGBTQ+ flag at his workspace.

President Donald Trump has signed a bill to compel the Justice Department to make public its case files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The Labor Department said Wednesday that it will not be releasing a full jobs report for October because the 43-day federal government shutdown meant it couldn’t calculate the unemployment rate and some other key numbers.

President Donald Trump’s nominee to be U.S. deputy ambassador to the United Nations has urged “bold reform” of what she calls the “bloated, unfocused and ineffective” global organization.

Nvidia’s sales of the computing chips powering the artificial intelligence craze surged beyond the lofty bar set by stock market analysts in a performance that may ease recent jitters about a Big Tech boom turning into a bust that topples the world’s most valuable company.

South African authorities say they are planning for multiple protests by local and international activists around this weekend's Group of 20 world leaders summit in Johannesburg.

Federal agents have now arrested more than 250 people during an immigration crackdown in North Carolina centered around Charlotte, the state’s largest city.

Billionaire businessman and activist Tom Steyer is running for California governor as a Democrat.

President Trump has nominated Stuart Levenbach as the next director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

The U.S. trade deficit fell by nearly 24% in August as President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs pushed imports lower.

Christian music is gaining in popularity, and Brandon Lake is one reason why.