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FILE - Pages from the U.S. Affordable Care Act health insurance website healthcare.gov are seen on a computer screen in New York, Aug. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)

Health subsidies expire, launching millions of Americans into 2026 with steep insurance hikes

4:36 AM on Thursday, January 1

Enhanced tax credits that have helped Americans offset the cost of Affordable Care Act health insurance for the last four years expired overnight

This image made from undated video provided by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025, shows a downed drone at an undisclosed location that it said was one of the Ukrainian drones involved in an alleged attack on a residence of President Vladimir Putin this week – a claim Kyiv has denied as a "lie". (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Russia says Ukrainian drone strike kills 24 in occupied Ukraine as tensions grow amid peace talks

3:21 AM on Thursday, January 1

Russian officials say that a Ukrainian attack killed 24 people in a Russian-occupied village in Ukraine’s Kherson region, as tensions between the two nations continue to spike despite diplomats hailing productive peace talks

Protesters march in downtown Tehran, Iran, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025. (Fars News Agency via AP)

Volunteer in Iran's Revolutionary Guard reportedly killed during widening protests

9:46 PM on Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Authorities in Iran say a volunteer member of the Revolutionary Guard has been killed during protests over the country's struggling economy

New York Attorney General Letitia James, left, administers the oath of office to mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, center, as his wife Rama Duwaji looks on, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Zohran Mamdani sworn in as New York City mayor at historic subway station

9:05 PM on Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Zohran Mamdani is the new mayor of New York City

Democrat Zohran Mamdani sworn in as mayor of New York City

9:04 PM on Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Democrat Zohran Mamdani sworn in as mayor of New York City

In this photo released by the Taiwan Presidential Office, Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te, center, is accompanied by his Vice President Bi-Khim Hsiao, second right, and officials wave national flags as they attend a New Year flag raising ceremony at the Presidential Office, in Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. (Taiwan Presidential Office via AP)

Taiwan’s president pledges to defend island’s sovereignty after Chinese military drills

7:29 PM on Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te on Thursday vowed to defend the self-ruled island’s sovereignty in the face of what he termed China’s “expansionist ambitions,” days after Beijing wrapped up live-fire military drills near its shores

Visit Malaysia 2026 Countdown Festival: A New Year’s Eve Celebration

5:15 PM on Wednesday, December 31, 2025

FILE - George Clooney kisses the hand of his wife Amal while posing for photographers on the red carpet for the film 'Jay Kelly' during the 82nd edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Aug. 28, 2025. (Photo by Alessandra Tarantino/Invision/AP, File)

French government defends granting citizenship to George and Amal Clooney

4:30 PM on Wednesday, December 31, 2025

France's government is defending its decision to grant citizenship to George Clooney and his wife Amal Clooney, citing their contributions to France's international influence and cultural outreach

With the Supreme Court Building under renovations, the justices hear oral arguments on President Donald Trump's push to expand control over independent federal agencies, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Chief Justice says Constitution remains 'firm and unshaken' with major Supreme Court rulings ahead

3:03 PM on Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Chief Justice John Roberts says that the Constitution remains a sturdy pillar for the country, a message that comes after a tumultuous year in the nation’s judicial system with pivotal Supreme Court decisions on the horizon

Chief Justice says Constitution remains 'firm and unshaken' with major Supreme Court rulings ahead

3:03 PM on Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Chief Justice says Constitution remains 'firm and unshaken' with major Supreme Court rulings ahead

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)

US military strikes 5 more alleged drug boats, killing 8 and possibly leaving survivors

2:09 PM on Wednesday, December 31, 2025

The U.S. military says it has struck five alleged drug-smuggling boats over two days

In this image from video released by the House Judiciary Committee, former special counsel Jack Smith speaks during a deposition Dec. 17, 2025, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (House Judiciary Committee via AP)

Capitol riot 'does not happen' without Trump, Jack Smith told Congress

1:43 PM on Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Former special counsel Jack Smith told lawmakers that the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol “does not happen” without President Donald Trump

President Donald Trump speaks 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)

Trump says he's dropping push for National Guard in Chicago, LA and Portland, Oregon, for now

1:20 PM on Wednesday, December 31, 2025

President Donald Trump says he’s dropping — for now — his push to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon

People gather for a news conference at the state capitol in St. Paul, Minn., on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025. (AP Giovanna Dell'Orto)

What to know about Trump administration freezing federal child care funds

1:13 PM on Wednesday, December 31, 2025

The Trump administration has frozen child care funds to all states after allegations of fraud at Minnesota day care centers run by Somali residents

President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable on farm subsidies in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Farmers can now learn how much aid they will get from the Trump administration

12:57 PM on Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Farmers are now learning how much aid they can expect to receive from a $12 billion package that President Donald Trump announced earlier this month

This photo provided by The New York Public Library shows the Schomburg Quran on Dec. 16, 2025 in New York. (Jonathan Blanc/The New York Public Library via AP)

Zohran Mamdani chose a Quran full of symbolism for his mayoral oath

11:17 AM on Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Incoming New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani will make history as the city's first mayor to take the oath of office on a Quran

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, 2025

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 - 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, 2025

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

Today In History, January 1: Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation

9:09 AM on Friday, December 19, 2025

Evana, an oil tanker, is docked at El Palito port in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

A timeline of the US military's buildup near Venezuela and attacks on alleged drug-smuggling boats

1:03 PM on Friday, December 5, 2025

President Donald Trump has intensified his pressure campaign on Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro

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