The Supreme Court is considering a Republican-led drive, backed by President Donald Trump’s administration, to overturn a quarter-century-old decision and erase limits on how much political parties can spend in coordination with candidates for Congress and president.

A candidate backed by Donald Trump and one supported by national Democrats are facing off to be the next Miami mayor.

Immigration lawyers and authorities say arrests of Afghans are on the rise following the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C. The suspect in the attack is an Afghan national.

President Donald Trump will road-test his claims he's fixing Americans' affordability woes at a nighttime rally in Pennsylvania.

Asian shares are mostly lower after U.S. stocks pulled away from their record heights.

A National Guardsman has shot and killed three fellow service members in Michoacan, Mexico.

A federal judge has struck down President Donald Trump’s executive order blocking wind energy projects, saying the effort to halt virtually all leasing of wind farms on federal lands and waters was “arbitrary and capricious” and violates U.S. law.

President Donald Trump is justifying the U.S. military's decision to fire a second missile in a heavily scrutinized U.S. attack on a boat in the Caribbean Sea.

A federal magistrate judge has rejected a bid by a former Colorado county clerk to be released from prison while she appeals her state conviction for orchestrating a data breach scheme driven by false claims about voting machine fraud in the 2020 presidential race.

A federal judge investigating whether Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should face a contempt charge over flights carrying migrants to El Salvador wants to hear from a whistleblower and a top Justice Department official.

President Donald Trump’s former attorney in battleground Wisconsin is alleging that a judge presiding over his case and that of two other Trump aides charged with felonies related to the 2020 election is guilty of misconduct and must step aside.

President Donald Trump says he will allow Nvidia to sell its H200 computer chip used in the development of artificial intelligence to “approved customers” in China.

President Donald Trump won't be getting his wish, at least not soon.

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says he has divested from his North Dakota soybean farmland.

President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, Alina Habba, announced her resignation as acting U.S. attorney in New Jersey.

A Brazilian woman with family ties to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will be released from immigrant detention while she fights potential deportation.

Twelve former FBI agents fired after kneeling during a 2020 racial justice protest in Washington have sued to get their jobs back.

A North Carolina judge says a Honduran man charged in a non-fatal stabbing on a Charlotte commuter train will remain held without bond.

Midterm elections are historically tough on the party of the sitting president.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are meeting their Australian counterparts for annual talks expected to focus on Indo-Pacific security and countering China’s increasing assertiveness in the region.

A bomb explosion has killed more than 30 people and wounded 20 others in eastern Congo.

President Donald Trump is giving farmers some $12 billion in aid to help as they struggle to sell their crops while getting hit by rising costs.

Paramount has launched a hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros.

Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett has launched a campaign for the U.S. Senate in Texas.

Pakistan’s newly appointed chief of defense forces has warned Afghanistan’s Taliban government to choose between maintaining ties with Islamabad or supporting the Pakistani Taliban, the militant group blamed for a surge in deadly attacks in recent years.

The U.S. Supreme Court seems likely to expand presidential control over independent federal agencies, signaling support for President Donald Trump’s firing of board members.

Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser says the city's police chief, Pamela Smith, is stepping down.

House Republicans in key battleground districts are working to contain the political fallout expected when thousands of their constituents face higher bills for health insurance coverage obtained through the Affordable Care Act.

A top European Union official has warned the United States against interfering in European affairs.

Israeli police have forcibly entered the United Nations agency compound for Palestinian refugees in east Jerusalem.

British, French and German leaders met in London with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a show of European support for Kyiv at what they called a “critical moment” in the U.S.-led effort to end Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Iranian officials say a second flight carrying deported Iranians has left the United States.

President Donald Trump says a deal struck by Netflix last week to buy Warner Bros.

The U.N.’s humanitarian aid coordinator is downsizing its appeal for annual funding in 2026 after support this year — mostly from Western governments — plunged to the lowest level in a decade.

An Indiana state Senate committee took the first step toward enacting a new congressional map.

U.S. stocks pulled away from their record heights.

Thailand has launched airstrikes along its disputed border with Cambodia.

The Supreme Court seems likely to expand presidential control over independent federal agencies, signaling support for President Donald Trump’s firing of board members.

Democratic governors who met over the weekend in Arizona say the party must focus on affordability in next year's midterm elections.

The Republican who leads the Senate Intelligence Committee says a video of a U_S_ military strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean that killed two survivors of the initial attack shows “nothing remarkable."

President Donald Trump is angry that Rep. Henry Cuellar plans to run for reelection as a Democrat rather than switch parties after the president pardoned the Texas congressman and his wife in a federal bribery and conspiracy case.

A Hamas official says the group is ready to discuss “freezing or storing” its arsenal of weapons as part of its ceasefire with Israel.

A federal judge has dealt a setback to Justice Department efforts to seek a new indictment against former FBI Director James Comey.

Democrats are hoping to win a race for Miami mayor after decades out of power.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel and Hamas are expected to move into the second phase of their ceasefire soon.

Sylvester Stallone, Kiss and Gloria Gaynor are among the luminaries celebrated at the annual Kennedy Center Honors.

President Donald Trump is claiming Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “ hasn’t read” a U.

Police in Edmonton, Canada, have started a pilot project using AI-equipped body cameras to detect faces on a "high risk" watch list.

Police in North Carolina have charged a 33-year-old man with stabbing someone on a commuter train in Charlotte.

James Fishback, an investment firm executive, recently announced his candidacy for Florida governor in the 2026 race. He aims to challenge Republican Congressman Byron Donalds, who has President Trump’s endorsement.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has defended U_S_ military strikes on alleged drug cartel boats, saying President Donald Trump has the right to take military action “as he sees fit.”.

The National Park Service will no longer offer free admission to Americans on Martin Luther King Jr. Day or Juneteenth, but will waive admission costs on President Donald Trump's birthday.

Supporters of Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado have demonstrated in several cities worldwide to celebrate her Nobel Peace Prize win.

A federal judge has rejected a request from the Trump administration to toss a lawsuit challenging the detention of migrants at the U.S. Navy base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

President Donald Trump has presented medals to the 2025 Kennedy Center honorees during an Oval Office ceremony.

Top law enforcement officials in the Trump administration had a clear message when they announced the arrest of a man charged with placing pipe bombs outside political party headquarters in Washington on Jan. 5, 2021.

Republicans in the Indiana Senate are facing threats as President Trump pushes for lawmakers to redraw the state's congressional map.

Chief Justice John Roberts has led the Supreme Court’s conservative majority on a steady march of increasing the power of the presidency.

Qatar’s prime minister says the Gaza ceasefire has reached a “critical moment” as its first phase winds down.

Russia has launched a major missile and drone attack on Ukraine, targeting energy infrastructure and triggering air raid alerts.

The Trump administration is bringing back dozens of Education Department staffers who were slated to be laid off.

Perhaps it's fitting that after the World Cup draw ceremony began, it took about 90 minutes for the actual drawing of teams to begin in earnest.

Iran will play at least one World Cup match in the United States, though a group-stage clash with the U.S. was avoided in Friday's draw.

Rep. Darrell Issa tells the Associated Press he isn’t moving to Texas to run for Congress.

A federal judge has questioned the Trump administration’s authority and need to maintain command of California National Guard troops it first deployed to Los Angeles in June following violent protests.

Members of Congress now know that the U.S. military fired upon two people clinging to the wreckage of a boat allegedly carrying drugs — and they want answers.

The Trump administration has built up a fleet of warships near Venezuela as American forces keep blowing up small boats accused of smuggling narcotics for drug cartels.

An international body tasked with governing the Gaza Strip under the next phase of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire is expected to be announced by the end of the year.

The Social Security Administration plans to cut foot traffic to its field offices by 50% next year.

Florida’s Republican-dominated congressional delegation is urging the Trump administration to drop a plan that would allow new oil drilling off the state’s coast.

The Supreme Court has agreed to take up the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s order on birthright citizenship.

Indiana state House lawmakers have passed a new congressional map that could net Republicans two seats.

A prosecutor says the man accused of planting pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national parties in Washington on the eve of the U.S. Capitol attack told investigators he was “disappointed” in the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.

Melania Trump has continued a decades-old first lady tradition of visiting with hospitalized children for the holidays.

President Donald Trump has finally met with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum.

President Donald Trump this week announced plans to weaken strict gas mileage requirements for automakers set under former President Joe Biden.

FIFA gives its new peace prize to President Donald Trump.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says the Trump administration is expanding its travel ban to more than 30 countries.

U.S. Steel says it'll resume making steel slabs at its Granite City Works plant in Illinois amid strengthening demand.

The man accused of planting a pair of pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national parties in Washington on the eve of the U.S. Capitol attack confessed to the act in interviews with investigators.

Argentina and Lionel Messi will play Algeria to open their World Cup title defense as part of a group that also includes Austria.

Sports officials from United States cities have gone to the heart of the Olympic family this week to show their country wants to host more world championships and top events.

The draw ceremony for the 2026 FIFA World Cup is underway at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. A record 48 teams will take part in the tournament field this summer.

President Donald Trump's White House has established a hall of shame for journalists it finds guilty of media bias as it looks for new avenues of attack against legacy news outlets.

The Cooper family has worked in the coal industry in Colorado for generations.

President Donald Trump’s administration has come out with a new national security strategy.

A federal judge has ordered the release of Florida grand jury transcripts from the federal sex trafficking cases of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, citing the transparency law President Donald Trump recently signed.

The Montgomery Bus Boycott is marking its 70th anniversary.

When President Donald Trump suspended the refugee program, he left thousands stranded worldwide.

The world lost influential people in 2025, and some of their deaths had significant impacts.

European Union regulators have fined Elon Musk’s social media platform X 120 million euros for failing to comply with digital regulations.

Germany’s president has laid a wreath at Coventry Cathedral in central England.

President Donald Trump’s advisers and Ukrainian officials say they’ll meet for a third day of talks on Saturday after making progress on finding agreement on a security framework for postwar Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has held talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at an annual summit, focusing on diversifying economic ties.

President Donald Trump has intensified his anti-immigrant rhetoric, calling Somali immigrants in the U.S. “garbage” during a Cabinet meeting.

The Trump administration will start sending more water to California farmers in the state's crop-rich Central Valley.

First lady Melania Trump has lit the National Christmas Tree on a chilly night in the nation’s capital.

U.S. Southern Command says it has conducted another strike against a small boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean, following a pause of almost three weeks.

Democratic Governor Tim Walz has denounced former President Donald Trump for his comments about Minnesota’s Somali community.