FILE – Illinois House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch, D-Hillside, testifies before the Executive Committee on his legislation to allow legislative staff to unionize, Oct. 24, 2023, in Springfield, Ill. (AP…
Students from Columbus, Ohio, wait outside a barrier as U.S. Capitol Police watch over the East Plaza where congressional leaders will have a news conferences on the government shutdown at…
Members of the Pentagon press corp carry their belongings out of the Pentagon after turning in their press credentials, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)(AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)…
WASHINGTON (AP) — A neutering by the Supreme Court of the Voting Rights Act’s last remaining major provision would potentially trigger a political avalanche — an event that starts narrow…
Vice President JD Vance speaking with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)(AP Photo/Evan Vucci) The…
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FILE – Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy speaks during a news conference Aug. 5, 2025, at the Department of Transportation in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)(AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)…
FILE – President Donald Trump holds the FIFA World Cup Winners Trophy as FIFA President Gianni Infantino looks on during an announcement in the Oval Office of the White House,…
FILE – Debris from the Titan submersible, recovered from the ocean floor near the wreck of the Titanic, is unloaded from the ship Horizon Arctic at the Canadian Coast Guard…
FILE – President, Andry Rajoelina, addresses supporters at an election rally in Antananarivo, Sunday Nov. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Alexander Joe, File)(AP Photo/Alexander Joe, File) JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Andry Rajoelina was…
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Gali Berman, carries a placard reading in Hebrew "The People of Israel Live," as he sits onboard an IAF helicopter en route to the hospital after being released from Hamas…
Specialist John McNierney, left, and trader Edward Curran work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)(AP Photo/Richard Drew) NEW YORK (AP)…
President Donald Trump speaks during an event in the Oval Office at the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)(AP Photo/John McDonnell) WASHINGTON (AP) — President…
United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth addresses a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025 (AP Photo/Omar Havana)(AP Photo/Omar Havana) WASHINGTON…
CAPSAT military unit commander Col. Michael Randrianirina during an interview with The Associated Press in Antananarivo, Madagascar, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/ Brian Inganga)(AP Photo/ Brian Inganga) ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar…
The Capitol is seen under gray skies on the thirteenth day of the government shutdown, in Washington, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) WASHINGTON (AP)…
FILE – The front row of 14 graduates, part of a group who graduated from basic training and were sworn in as new citizens under a government initiative, graduate from…
Voting rights activists gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington, early Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025, as the justices prepare to take up a major Republican-led challenge to the Voting Rights…
FILE – A mosquito feeds at the Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District on July 26, 2023, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)(AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File) A person…
Janet Dufek, a professor at the School of Integrated Health Sciences at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, poses at the school, Sept. 8, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John…
FILE – A sign that reads "Closed due to federal government shutdown," is seen outside of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, Oct. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana,…
A hydraulic shovel demolish a structure during an operation against illegal settlement of Afghan refugees conducted by local government, on the outskirts of Karachi, Pakistan, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025. (AP…
FILE – A person checks his mobile phone as farmers burn crop residue after harvest near Bundelkhand expressway in India, on Nov. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)(AP Photo/Manish Swarup,…
Los Angeles Lakers' Lebron James, left, and Rui Hachimura watch action from the bench during the first half of a preseason NBA basketball game against the Golden State Warriors Sunday,…
FILE – U.S. conservative commentator Candace Owens speaks at the Convention of the Right, in Paris, on Sept. 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, FILE)(AP Photo/Michel Euler, FILE) MELBOURNE, Australia (AP)…
Voting rights activists gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington, early Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025, as the justices prepare to take up a major Republican-led challenge to the Voting Rights…
FILE – President Donald Trump holds the FIFA World Cup Winners Trophy as FIFA President Gianni Infantino looks on during an announcement in the Oval Office of the White House,…
SAN JUAN ISLAND, Wash. (AP) — As dawn broke over San Juan Island, a team of scientists stood on the deck of a barge and unspooled over a mile of…
FILE – Presidential candidate Raila Odinga arrives to attend Sunday mass in St. Francis church in Nairobi, Kenya, Aug. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy, File)(AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy, File) NAIROBI, Kenya…
