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Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual leader of the world's Eastern Orthodox Christians, arrives for a meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House, Monday, Sept. 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Orthodox patriarch defends recognition of an independent Ukrainian church

1:36 PM on Friday, September 19

The spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Christians has defended his 2019 decision to recognize an independent church in Ukraine

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 threatens further sanctions in escalating fight with Harvard

1:28 PM on Friday, September 19

The Trump administration escalated its fight with Harvard University on Friday, placing the Ivy League school under extra financial oversight and threatening sanctions if it does not provide additional data on its admissions practices

FILE - The Supreme Court Building is seen in Washington on March 28, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to strip legal protections from Venezuelan migrants

12:41 PM on Friday, September 19

The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court for an emergency order allowing it to strip legal protections from more than 300,000 Venezuelan migrants

FILE - U.S. Army AH-64E Apache helicopters are pictured at Joint Base Andrews, Md., June 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Trump administration proposes selling nearly $6 billion in weapons to Israel

12:24 PM on Friday, September 19

The Trump administration has told Congress it plans to sell nearly $6 billion in weapons to Israel

Deep South mayors discuss building prosperous communities at economic growth conference

11:09 AM on Friday, September 19

Mayors of cities across the Deep South gathered in Jackson, Mississippi, this week for a conference about building prosperous communities in Southern states

Senate confirms Mike Waltz as Trump's US ambassador to the United Nations

11:07 AM on Friday, September 19

Senate confirms Mike Waltz as Trump's US ambassador to the United Nations

FILE - Chad's President General Mahamat Idriss Deby arrives at the 19th Francophonie Summit, at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, Oct. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte, File)

Chad's opposition leader accuses the government of crackdown on dissent

8:54 AM on Friday, September 19

A Chadian opposition leader has accused the country's government of targeting opposition figures in a crackdown, and alleged that he was mistreated during eight months he was in custody in Chad

FILE - U.S. passports are arranged for a photograph in Tigard, Ore., Dec. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Trump asks the Supreme Court to allow him to enforce transgender and nonbinary passport policy

8:47 AM on Friday, September 19

President Donald Trump’s administration is asking the Supreme Court to let it enforce a passport policy for transgender and nonbinary people requiring male or female sex designations based on birth certificates

FILE - The Iranian flag flies in front of a U.N. building where closed-door nuclear talks take place at the International Center in Vienna, Austria, on June 18, 2014. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, File)

UN Security Council votes against lifting Iran 'snapback' sanctions ahead of deadline

9:10 PM on Thursday, September 18

A U.N. Security Council resolution aimed at halting the reimposition of sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program failed

Jimmy Kimmel appears at the Walt Disney Television upfront in New York on May 14, 2019, left, and President Donald Trump appears on the South Lawn of the White House on Aug. 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo)

A timeline of Trump's fights with media, including Jimmy Kimmel and The New York Times

10:40 AM on Thursday, September 18

President Donald Trump’s contentious relationship with U.S. news organizations over his time in office has led to a host of legal battles and disputes

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