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FILE - President Donald Trump speaks during an event to announce new tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House, on April 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Trump made lots of tariff threats in 2025. Here are some that never materialized

5:48 AM on Wednesday, December 31

President Donald Trump made a lot of tariff threats and trade promises this year

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, speaks at the New Year gathering held by the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Beijing on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025. (Yan Yan/Xinhua via AP)

China’s Xi hails nation's technological progress and renews promise to take back Taiwan

5:05 AM on Wednesday, December 31

Chinese President Xi Jinping has hailed his country’s technological progress in areas such as artificial intelligence and semiconductors

Former White House chief usher Gary Walters, author of "White House Memories," is interviewed about his book, in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump isn't the 1st president to want more room to entertain, longtime White House usher says

5:03 AM on Wednesday, December 31

The longest-serving White House chief usher says presidents before Donald Trump were interested in having a larger space for entertaining too

Residents use their smartphones to film a large screen at a shopping mall showing CCTV broadcasting Chinese President Xi Jinping delivering his 2026 New Year message, in Beijing, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China announces it 'successfully completed' Taiwan military maneuvers

4:22 AM on Wednesday, December 31

China’s People’s Liberation Army says it has “successfully completed” two days of military exercises in the waters off Taiwan

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, emergency services personnel work to extinguish a fire following a Russian attack in Odesa, Ukraine, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)

Russian drone attack injures 3 Ukrainian children as Putin expresses confidence in victory

2:11 AM on Wednesday, December 31

Russian drones have blasted apartment buildings and the power grid in Ukraine's city of Odesa, injuring six people including three children

FILE - Bangladesh's former prime minister and Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Khaleda Zia, center, leaves court after a hearing in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Aug. 10, 2016. (AP Photo, File)

Huge crowds join funeral prayers for former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia in Bangladesh

12:17 AM on Wednesday, December 31

Huge crowds have arrived at the venue of the funeral prayers for Bangladesh's former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia who died Tuesday in the nation's capital

FILE - President Donald Trump talks to the media as he walks to Marine One from the White House, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

A rough year for journalists in 2025, with a little hope for things to turn around

10:10 PM on Tuesday, December 30

By most measures, 2025 was a rough year for those who care about freedom of the press

In this photo released by Agence Kampuchea Press (AKP), Cambodian soldiers, center, arrive after being captured and held by the Thai army, at Prum border gate, in Pailin province, Cambodia, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025. (AKP via AP)

Thailand releases 18 Cambodian prisoners of war as part of ceasefire agreement

9:58 PM on Tuesday, December 30

Thailand has repatriated 18 Cambodian prisoners of war

FILE - Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., left, New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, center, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., appear on stage during a rally, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa, File)

Zohran Mamdani is set to be sworn in as mayor as NYC rings in the New Year

9:03 PM on Tuesday, December 30

Zohran Mamdani will become mayor of New York City as the clock ticks over into 2026 — but the celebrations are set to last through New Year’s Day

President Donald Trump listens during a news conference with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

CIA behind strike at Venezuelan dock that Trump claims was used by drug smugglers, AP sources say

7:46 PM on Tuesday, December 30

The CIA was behind a drone strike last week at a docking area believed to have been used by Venezuelan drug cartels

FILE - Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, R-Colo., chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, delivers a parting statement to witness Michael Scanlon, President of Capitol Campaign Strategies, as he takes the fifth at an oversight hearing on the In Re tribal lobbying matters in Washington, Nov. 17, 2004. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Former US Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, of Colorado, dies at 92

5:15 PM on Tuesday, December 30

Former Colorado congressman and Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell has died

FILE - Big rigs stack up at the Flying J Truck Stop along Interstate 70 near the small Colorado plains community of Limon, May 21, 2009. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

California delays revoking 17,000 commercial driver's licenses until March after immigrants sue

4:04 PM on Tuesday, December 30

California has announced plans to delay the revocation of 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses until March, but Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the state could lose $160 million if it does that

Officials count ballots at a polling station as polls close during the presidential election in Conakry, Guinea, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Fode Toure)

Junta leader is declared the winner of Guinea’s presidential election

3:30 PM on Tuesday, December 30

Junta leader Gen. Mamdi Doumbouya was declared the winner of Guinea’s presidential election held over the weekend

FILE - State Sen. Michelle Benson reacts at a news conference on Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul to a report by the state's legislative auditor on combatting fraud in Minnesota's Child Care Assistance Program. (AP Photo/Steve Karnowski,File)

Trump administration says it's freezing child care funds to Minnesota after series of fraud schemes

3:18 PM on Tuesday, December 30

The Trump administration has announced that it is freezing child care funds to Minnesota after a series of fraud schemes in recent years

FILE - Caroline Kennedy, ambassador of the United States to Australia, left, arrives with her husband, Edwin Schlossberg, center left, and her children, Tatiana Schlossberg, center right, and Jack Schlossberg, right, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023, before the presentation ceremony for the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Tatiana Schlossberg, a grandchild of the late President John F. Kennedy, has died at 35

11:28 AM on Tuesday, December 30

Environmental journalist Tatiana Schlossberg, one of three grandchildren of the late President John F. Kennedy, has died after a battle with leukemia

This undated photo provided by Hardman for Iowa on Friday, Dec. 26, 2025, shows Democrat Renee Hardman. (Hardman for Iowa via AP)

Democrat Renee Hardman wins Iowa state Senate seat, blocking GOP from reclaiming a supermajority

9:04 PM on Monday, December 29

Democrat Renee Hardman has been elected to the Iowa state Senate in a holiday-week special election, denying Republicans’ bid to reclaim two-thirds control of the chamber

FILE - Pope Francis leaves at the end of his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, May 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

From Pope Francis to Charlie Kirk, many deaths in 2025 had a wide impact

4:02 AM on Friday, December 5

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

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