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In this photo released by Myanmar President Office, Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing, right, shakes hands with Commander-in-Chief Gen. Ye Win Oo, left, upon his departure to Vietnam, at the Naypyitaw international airport Friday, Sept. 4, 2026, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. (Myanmar President Office via AP)

Head of Myanmar’s military-backed government visits Vietnam in bid to normalize ties

11:09 PM on Thursday, September 3

Min Aung Hlaing, Myanmar’s military-backed leader, has arrived in Vietnam for talks with Vietnamese leaders

FILE - A Flock Safety license plate reader is seen along a public road, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Houston. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Flock surveillance cameras become midterm campaign target as voters balk at tech companies' power

9:01 PM on Thursday, September 3

Across the country and up and down the ballot, candidates from both parties are increasingly on the attack over Flock cameras

Wake County Board of Elections employees prepare absentee ballots to be mailed on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026, in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Matt Ramey)

Midterm mail ballots start to go to voters as litigation over Trump's order creates uncertainty

9:00 PM on Thursday, September 3

Statewide mail voting for this year’s midterm elections is kicking off amid a churning legal battle over President Donald Trump’s attempts to limit the practice

FILE - Gloria Steinem of the National Organization for Women attends an Equal Rights Amendment rally outside the White House on July 4, 1981, in Washington.(AP Photo/Scott Applewhite, File)

Gloria Steinem lived to see a powerful backlash against her vision of feminism

6:40 PM on Thursday, September 3

It was the fight for abortion rights that launched Gloria Steinem into feminism

Vice President JD Vance speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) CORRECTION: Date corrected to Sept. 3 instead of July 23.

Vance says Iran fight isn't a 'war' as Trump tries to navigate unpopular conflict as election nears

5:30 PM on Thursday, September 3

Vice President JD Vance says he wouldn't call the U.S. conflict with Iran a “war,” despite recent escalations

In this image provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Adam Telle speaks April 13, 2026, to announce action to complete the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) Reservoir Project, in South Bay, Fla. (Brigida I. Sanchez/U.S. Army Corps of Engineers via AP)

Trump names Adam Telle as acting Army secretary following the departure of Driscoll

3:58 PM on Thursday, September 3

President Donald Trump has named Adam Telle as the acting Army secretary following the departure of Dan Driscoll amid widespread reports of tensions with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth

FILE - A worker blows leaves and snow off steps outside of the Maryland Statehouse on, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020, in Annapolis, Md. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Maryland’s top court allows Democratic-backed congressional redistricting measure on November ballot

3:53 PM on Thursday, September 3

The Maryland Supreme Court says a congressional redistricting amendment backed by Democrats can appear on the November ballot

FILE - Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) trainees practice shooting handguns at the indoor firing range at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC) in Brunswick, Ga., Aug. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Fran Ruchalski, File)

ICE whistleblower warned of 'unprecedented lowering of standards' during hiring spree

3:20 PM on Thursday, September 3

A supervisor overseeing background checks warned last year that Immigration and Customs Enforcement was hiring scores of new officers without basic vetting, violating federal rules and putting the agency at risk of misconduct

A White House website featuring arcade games is photographed on a computer screen Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

White House website debuts 5 retro arcade video games that promote Trump's agenda

3:10 PM on Thursday, September 3

The White House website has unveiled Arcade, a collection of five low-resolution video games that promote different aspects of President Donald Trump’s agenda

In this photo taken with a smartphone, people opposing a congressional redistricting plan rally outside the Missouri Supreme Court in Jefferson City, Mo., Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026, while displaying the number of petition signatures submitted seeking a statewide vote on the measure. (AP Photo/David A. Lieb)

Missouri court blocks Trump-backed US House map and orders it to be put to a vote

2:53 PM on Thursday, September 3

The Missouri Supreme Court has blocked a new U.S. House map backed by President Donald Trump from being used in the November election

Argentina's President Javier Milei speaks at the Madrid Forum in Santiago, Chile, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Argentina's Milei escalates Falklands dispute, seizing on Trump comments and oil tensions

1:24 PM on Thursday, September 3

Argentine President Javier Milei is escalating his country’s dispute with Britain over the Falkland Islands

New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon attends a news conference at the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting in Koror, Palau, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Charlotte Graham-McLay)

Pacific leaders at summit fail to reach unanimous condemnation of China's ballistic missile launch

12:31 PM on Thursday, September 3

Pacific nation leaders have expressed collective concern over China's ballistic missile launch into their waters

FILE - FOX Business Network's Mornings with Maria show anchor Maria Bartiromo, speaks during an interview, June 9, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Maria Bartiromo out at Fox News after more than a decade; no reason specified

10:34 AM on Thursday, September 3

Fox News Media has announced that Maria Bartiromo is no longer with the company

FILE - A federal agent wears an Immigration and Customs Enforcement badge in New York, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)

ICE officer charged with lying about shooting turns himself in to feds, AP source says

9:14 AM on Thursday, September 3

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer charged with lying to investigators about the events leading up to the shooting of a Venezuelan man during the Minneapolis immigration crackdown is in federal custody

FILE - People take photos near a John Harvard statue, left, on the Harvard University campus, Jan. 2, 2024, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Trump administration pushes to remove tax exemption for private colleges with DEI policies

8:25 AM on Thursday, September 3

The Trump administration is proposing a rule that would strip private schools and colleges of their tax-exempt status if they provide targeted help to students based on their race

This photo provided by Ruth Wang shows her arriving at an airport in Taiwan on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (Ruth Wang via AP)

AP Exclusive: Lawyer for China's Zion Church seeks resettlement help while transiting through Taiwan

3:28 AM on Thursday, September 3

A Chinese lawyer who defended an underground church in Beijing has fled to Taiwan and is seeking help for resettlement abroad

FILE - Delivery vans are parked during a protest staged as part of a countrywide National Day of Action Tuesday, July 28, 2026, outside the main United States Postal Service headquarters in northeast Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Trump again appeals to Supreme Court on mail-voting restrictions with midterm elections looming

3:25 AM on Thursday, September 3

The Trump administration is again asking the Supreme Court to let it move ahead with restrictions on mail ballots before the midterm elections in November even as legal wrangling over President Donald Trump’s executive order continues in lower courts

Crew members of the USS Abraham Lincoln talk to a souvenir vendor in Pattaya, Thailand, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

USS Lincoln crew hits the streets of Thai beach city after lengthy Middle East deployment

12:11 AM on Thursday, September 3

The crew of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln has streamed into Pattaya, Thailand, as part of the port call after the ship's lengthy deployment to the Middle East

A person walks past figures depicting Johann Wolfgang Goethe, right, and Russian poet Alexander Pushkin installed in the window of the Goethe-Institut, Germany's cultural center in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Russia to close German cultural centers amid deepening tensions with Europe over supporting Ukraine

10:36 PM on Wednesday, September 2

Russia says it will close German cultural centers on its territory in a retaliatory measure amid deepening tensions between Moscow and European countries who are helping Ukraine resist the Kremlin’s invasion

Today in History: September 4, the 1949 Peekskill Riots

10:34 AM on Monday, August 17

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