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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow deployment of National Guard in Chicago area

1:07 PM on Friday, October 17

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow deployment of National Guard in Chicago area

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., expresses his frustration as he speaks to reporters outside the Senate chamber to blame President Donald Trump and the Republicans with the government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP turns Schumer print quotes into AI-generated video of him saying shutdown good for Democrats

12:52 PM on Friday, October 17

Senate Republican campaign leaders are using artificial intelligence-generated video to falsely depict Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer appearing to say on camera comments he made in a print publication interview about the political impacts of the partial government shutdown

FILE - A sign for the Federal Emergency Management Agency is pictured at FEMA headquarters, April 20, 2020, in Washington. (Al Drago/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

FEMA staff sound the alarm on disaster preparedness at rally in front of agency headquarters

11:59 AM on Friday, October 17

Current and former FEMA staff have gathered for a “FEMA Solidarity Rally” outside the agency's headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Friday

Trump confirms US strike on alleged 'drug-carrying submarine,' doesn't share plans for survivors

11:12 AM on Friday, October 17

Trump confirms US strike on alleged 'drug-carrying submarine,' doesn't share plans for survivors

Zelenskyy says with Gaza ceasefire Trump now has 'momentum' to stop Russia-Ukraine conflict

10:43 AM on Friday, October 17

Zelenskyy says with Gaza ceasefire Trump now has 'momentum' to stop Russia-Ukraine conflict

FILE - Ed Cox, Chairman of the New York Republican State Committee, speaks to reporters at the Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)

New York Republicans suspend Young Republicans group after release of offensive group chat

10:25 AM on Friday, October 17

New York’s Republican State Committee has suspended a Young Republican organization following the release of a group chat that included jokes about rape and flippant commentary on gas chambers

FILE - Members of opposition parties stand to vote against a government confidence motion at the Portuguese parliament in Lisbon, Tuesday, March 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Armando Franca, file)

Portuguese parliament approves bill banning face coverings in public

10:10 AM on Friday, October 17

Portugal's parliament has approved a bill banning face veils worn for gender or religious reasons in public

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9:59 AM on Friday, October 17

FILE - This May 23, 2019, file photo shows the logo for the Jefferies Financial Group in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Regional banks' bad loans spark concerns on Wall Street

9:44 AM on Friday, October 17

Wall Street is concerned about the health of the nation’s regional banks, after a few of them wrote off bad loans to commercial customers in the last two weeks

Democrat Mikie Sherrill participates in the final debate in the New Jersey governor's race with Republican Jack Ciattarelli, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025, in New Brunswick, N.J. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)

Obama, aiming to boost Democrats in New Jersey and Virginia, endorses Sherrill and Spanberger

9:18 AM on Friday, October 17

Barack Obama has endorsed Democratic candidates Mikie Sherrill and Abigail Spanberger for governor in New Jersey and Virginia

Former Trump administration national security adviser John Bolton, left, arrives for his arraignment at the federal courthouse in Greenbelt, Md., Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

What to know about federal charges against former national security adviser John Bolton

9:04 AM on Friday, October 17

Former national security adviser John Bolton has turned himself in to federal authorities in Maryland and pleaded not guilty after being indicted on charges of keeping top secret documents at his home and sharing classified information with family members

FILE - President Donald Trump, right, shakes the hand of Russia's President Vladimir Putin during a joint press conference at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Russians and Ukrainians expect no major breakthrough at planned Trump-Putin summit

7:44 AM on Friday, October 17

People in Russia and Ukraine are not expecting major breakthroughs in ending their war at an upcoming summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin

FILE - Tokyo Tower is visible amid tall buildings as a container ship leaves a cargo terminal in Tokyo, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae, File)

US blocks a global fee on shipping emissions as international meeting ends without new regulations

7:03 AM on Friday, October 17

The U.S. has blocked a global fee on shipping emissions as an international maritime meeting ended Friday without adopting new regulations

President Donald Trump waits to greet leaders during a summit to support ending the more than two-year Israel-Hamas war in Gaza after a breakthrough ceasefire deal, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. (Suzanne Plunkett/Pool via AP)

How Trump's approval shifted after the ceasefire in Gaza, according to a new AP-NORC poll

4:10 AM on Friday, October 17

A new AP-NORC poll finds that more U.S. adults support President Donald Trump’s handling of the conflict in Israel after he brokered a ceasefire deal in Gaza, but his approval ratings on domestic issues remain weak

FILE - Dee Cahill of Margate, Fla., holds a "No Kings" sign as she participates in a pro-democracy, anti-Trump protest outside Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., Thursday, July 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

'No Kings' protests return as Trump ramps up authoritarian practices, organizers say

4:02 AM on Friday, October 17

Big crowds of protesters are expected across the United States against what some call authoritarian practices by President Donald Trump

The coffin carrying the remains of former Kenya Prime Minister Raila Odinga arrives for his state funeral at Nyayo National Stadium in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku)

Stampede at the funeral of Kenya's former Prime Minister Raila Odinga kills 2

3:10 AM on Friday, October 17

Two people have died and more than 100 others were injured during a stampede at a state funeral service for Kenya’s former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, who died this week at 80

President Donald Trump greets Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban during a summit to support ending the more than two-year Israel-Hamas war in Gaza after a breakthrough ceasefire deal, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool)

Orbán celebrates Hungary as 'the only place in Europe' where a Trump-Putin meeting can be held

12:16 AM on Friday, October 17

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has celebrated his country's role as the host for upcoming talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin

A man walks past a mural promoting presidential candidate Rodrigo Paz days ahead of the runoff election, in El Alto, Bolivia, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

After years of socialist rule, Bolivia’s presidential runoff tests how far and fast it veers right

10:51 PM on Thursday, October 16

After nearly two decades of one-party rule and a worsening currency and fuel crisis, Bolivia is shifting to the right

FILE - Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro points at a map of the Americas during a new conference in Caracas, Venezuela, Sept 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Jesus Vargas), File

A war on drugs or a war on terror? Trump's military pressure on Venezuela blurs the lines

9:02 PM on Thursday, October 16

Legal experts say U.S. strikes against alleged members of Latin American drug cartels are pushing the bounds of international law

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