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Pro-Tibet independence protestors demonstrate near the U.S. Capitol while China's President Xi Jinping visits the White House, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)

Protesters of Xi's policies push for change in earshot of White House visit with Trump

6:35 PM on Thursday, September 24

President Donald Trump warmly welcomed Chinese leader Xi Jinping, but protesters gathered outside the White House

FILE - New Jersey Democratic Lt. Governor elect Dale Caldwell speaks during an election night party in East Brunswick, N.J., Nov. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

New Jersey governor asks her No. 2 to resign over ethics and sexual harassment violations

6:17 PM on Thursday, September 24

New Jersey’s governor has called on her hand-picked lieutenant governor to resign by Friday after a law firm hired by her office concluded he behaved inappropriately around women

Who was invited to China state dinner: White House releases guest list for celebration

5:20 PM on Thursday, September 24

The White House has released the guest list for the dinner hosted Thursday by President Donald Trump and Melania Trump for Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan

Barbados Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley addresses the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

They said it: Leaders at the UN, in their own words

5:16 PM on Thursday, September 24

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez poses for a portrait at the Permanent Mission of Cuba on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

US weighs new limits on Cuban travel at the UN as Havana decries Trump's economic squeeze

4:53 PM on Thursday, September 24

The Trump administration is considering imposing new restrictions on Cuban officials traveling to the United Nations, another step to squeeze the government in Havana

Sarkisian expecting communication issues with Trump attending Texas-Tennessee game

4:03 PM on Thursday, September 24

Texas coach Steve Sarkisian knows what to expect when President Donald Trump attends Saturday’s game at Tennessee

FILE - A campaign rally site for Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is empty and littered with debris on July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Man who was shot during 2024 Trump campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, has died

3:04 PM on Thursday, September 24

James Copenhaver, one of three campaign rally attendees shot in 2024 during an assassination attempt on then-candidate Donald Trump, has died

Bolivia's President Rodrigo Paz Pereira speaks during the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Small bites from the UN: Defiance, fiery language and a cold building

2:50 PM on Thursday, September 24

FILE - This image, contained in the indictment against former President Donald Trump, shows boxes of records stored in a bathroom and shower in the Lake Room at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla. (Justice Department via AP)

FBI employees in Trump Mar-a-Lago case seek clarity on subpoenas in Florida 'grand conspiracy' probe

1:59 PM on Thursday, September 24

Former FBI employees involved in the investigation into President Donald Trump’s retention of classified documents have been subpoenaed to appear before a grand jury in a broad Florida-based conspiracy probe

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump pose for a photo with China's President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan in the Grand Foyer of the White House during a State Dinner, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump's state dinner for Xi features sea bass and a long list of tech titans

1:36 PM on Thursday, September 24

Donald Trump has hosted a state dinner for China's leader Xi Jinping, highlighting the glitzier side of diplomacy with a tech-heavy guest list and lavish details

FILE - The Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Aug. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)

Trump administration turns to Supreme Court as third-country deportations are thrown into question

1:14 PM on Thursday, September 24

A ruling to halt deportations of people to countries other than their own has thrown a core immigration policy of the Trump administration into question, at least temporarily, and prompted a desperate appeal to the Supreme Court

FILE - Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco arrives at the Supreme Court of California for a hearing about his seizure and recount of more than half a million 2025 election ballots on Aug. 24, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

California Supreme Court orders Riverside County sheriff to return 650,000 seized ballots

10:36 AM on Thursday, September 24

The California Supreme Court has ruled that a Republican California sheriff must return over 650,000 ballots he seized following a November 2025 special election that favored Democrats

Jannatur Nayeem, 33, an Italian citizen of Bangladeshi origin, top left, chats with other mothers as they wait for a sports lesson to end at a school in downtown Rome, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Italy decrees limits on non-Italian speakers and veils in school classrooms

10:10 AM on Thursday, September 24

Italy’s conservative government on Thursday has approved a school decree limiting classrooms to 30% of students with insufficient Italian-language skills and banning full-face Islamic veils, including burqas and niqabs

First lady of China Peng Liyuan, right, and first lady Melania Trump, pose for a photo with choir students from the Hope Chinese School at the Smithsonian's National Museum Of Asian Art, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026, in Washington. (Finn Gomez/Pool Photo via AP)

Melania Trump takes China's first lady on a museum outing that's watched for diplomacy and style

9:29 AM on Thursday, September 24

First ladies Melania Trump and Peng Liyuan have toured the Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art, celebrating cultural ties between the United States and China during China’s diplomatic visit to Washington

Yemen Vice President Abdullah Abdulkader Al Alimi-Bawzer addresses the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Yemen tells UN that Houthi rebels' moves on key strait threaten global economy

5:40 AM on Thursday, September 24

Yemen’s internationally recognized government is pressing world leaders anew for help defeating the Iran-backed Houthi rebels

President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping participate in an arrival ceremony in the Grand Foyer of the White House, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

The Latest: Trump-Xi state dinner includes tech titans, sea bass and glitzy diplomacy

5:13 AM on Thursday, September 24

President Donald Trump is hailing the friendship he’s forged with Xi Jinping during the Chinese leader's highly anticipated state visit

Energy Secretary Chris Wright speaks at a news conference at a PPL Corp. facility to announce that the Energy Department will spend almost $2 billion to try to squeeze more electricity out of the nation's aging and stressed power grid, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026, in Allentown, Pa. (AP Photo/Marc Levy)

Energy Department will spend $2 billion to squeeze more electricity from the aging power grid

4:00 AM on Thursday, September 24

The Energy Department says it will spend almost $2 billion to try to squeeze more electricity out of the nation’s aging and stressed power grid

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Delegates walk out as Netanyahu addresses UN, and other Mideast developments

3:12 AM on Thursday, September 24

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the United Nations General Assembly, calling his decision to attack Iran as “one of the easiest” he's ever made and allegations of genocide in Gaza “the biggest lie of the century.”

CNN Senior Photojournalist and contributing Producer Peter Morris, arrives on the White House grounds, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

3 US news outlets return to White House after judge orders Trump to lift ban

10:38 PM on Wednesday, September 23

Reporters from CNN, MS NOW and Politico returned to the White House hours after a federal judge temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s ban of the three news outlets

President Donald Trump arrives with China's President Xi Jinping and first lady Melania Trump and Peng Liyuan during a State Dinner for China's President Xi Jinping in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump lays out the pomp for Xi but says little about the significant tensions in US-China relations

9:01 PM on Wednesday, September 23

Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping met on Thursday for important talks on the U.S.-China relationship

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