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Gov. JB Pritzker says Trump administration gave 'ultimatum' and plans to federalize 300 Illinois National Guard members

12:11 PM on Saturday, October 4

Gov. JB Pritzker says Trump administration gave 'ultimatum' and plans to federalize 300 Illinois National Guard members

Police use a water cannon to block protesters during an opposition rally in the city center of Tbilisi, Georgia, on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, boycotting the municipal elections and call for the release of political opponents. (AP Photo/Zurab Tsertsvadze)

Georgia's police use water cannons to push back protesters trying to storm presidential palace

10:46 AM on Saturday, October 4

Georgia's police have used water cannons and pepper spray to push back protesters who tried to storm the presidential palace

Populist billionaire Andrej Babiš wins Czech parliamentary election, official results show

9:50 AM on Saturday, October 4

Populist billionaire Andrej Babiš wins Czech parliamentary election, official results show

Members of the Awami Action Committee, a civil rights alliance, chant slogans during a rally demanding subsidized food, electricity and other services in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistani controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/M.D. Mughal)

Violent protests end as peace agreement reached in Pakistan-administered Kashmir

5:57 AM on Saturday, October 4

Pakistani authorities have reached a peace agreement with a civil rights alliance, ending days of violent protests in Pakistan-administered Kashmir

Peter Mutharika is sworn in as Malawi president in political comeback at the age of 85

5:38 AM on Saturday, October 4

Peter Mutharika has been sworn in as Malawi’s president in a political comeback at the age of 85

FILE - A haul truck is seen after being loaded with coal by a mechanized shovel at the Spring Creek mine, in this Nov. 15, 2016 photo, near Decker, Mont. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)

Trump is reviving large sales of coal from public lands. Will anyone want it?

5:19 AM on Saturday, October 4

U.S. officials in coming days are set to hold the government’s biggest coal sales in more than a decade

In this photo made with a slow shutter speed, President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Legal setbacks mount for Trump’s birthright order before likely Supreme Court review

5:10 AM on Saturday, October 4

Now it's five federal courts that have rejected President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end automatic citizenship for the children of people who are in the United States illegally or temporarily

More than 67,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, Gaza’s Health Ministry says

3:50 AM on Saturday, October 4

More than 67,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, Gaza’s Health Ministry says

A large lithium battery energy storage system operated by Key Capture Energy that can power 15,000 homes for two hours during outages or high demand sits surrounded by a fence in Blasdell, N.Y., Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)

Fears of massive battery fires spark local opposition to energy storage projects

3:02 AM on Saturday, October 4

Lithium-ion batteries are increasingly being used to store power for electrical grids, but some localities are concerned about fire risks

Chairman of opposition "ANO" (YES) movement Andrej Babis reacts as he addresses the media during the parliamentary elections in Prague, Czech Republic, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Populist billionaire Andrej Babiš wins Czech parliamentary election, official results show

2:44 AM on Saturday, October 4

Populist Czech billionaire Andrej Babiš has won a parliamentary election, marking a political comeback

Czech author Ivan Klima is pictured after receiving the Ferdinand Peroutka Journalism Prize in Prague, Czech Republic, on Feb. 6, 2014. (Michal Dolezal/CTK via AP)

Czech author and anti-communist dissident Ivan Klíma dies at 94

1:44 AM on Saturday, October 4

Ivan Klima, a Czech author and anti-communist dissident whose work and life were shaped by Europe’s 20th-century totalitarian regimes, has died

A Syrian woman passes in front of posters showing Syrian-American Jew Henry Hamra, a candidate for the Syrian Parliamentary elections, in the Jewish neighborhood of old Damascus, Syria Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Many Syrians are unaware of the first parliamentary election since Assad's fall

11:11 PM on Friday, October 3

The streets of Damascus show little sign a parliamentary election is set to take place

Japan’s ruling party elects Sanae Takaichi as new leader, likely to become country’s first female prime minister

10:56 PM on Friday, October 3

Japan’s ruling party elects Sanae Takaichi as new leader, likely to become country’s first female prime minister

A general view of MOL's Danube refinery which produces fuel from Russian crude oil in Százhalombatta, Hungary, on Sept. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

Hungary clings to Russian oil and gas as EU and NATO push to cut supplies

10:24 PM on Friday, October 3

Hungary remains firm in maintaining its supplies of Russian oil and gas, even as the European Union accelerates efforts to cut Russian energy imports

Opposition supporters wave Maldivian national flags during an anti-government protest in Male, Maldives, Friday, Oct, 3, 2025. (AP Photo/ Mohamed Sharhaan)

Maldives police arrest 8 demonstrators during opposition party protest

9:09 PM on Friday, October 3

Maldives police have arrested eight people during an overnight public protest accusing the government of corruption and curtailment of basic freedoms

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La. and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Friday, Oct. 3, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

The GOP says it's winning the shutdown. Some fear Trump's cuts may change that

9:03 PM on Friday, October 3

President Donald Trump is using the federal shutdown to push deep spending cuts in states that backed Democrat Kamala Harris in 2024

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., talk to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House, Monday, Sept. 29, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The Oval Office meeting didn't stop a shutdown, but the Trump 2028 hats and a sombrero set a tone

9:02 PM on Friday, October 3

Halfway through Donald Trump’s inaugural White House meeting with congressional leadership, the red "Trump 2028" hats appeared on the president’s desk

FILE - President Donald Trump silences his mobile phone in the Oval Office of the White House, May 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump's 'paper tiger' jab at Russia echoes Mao's propaganda against the US

9:01 PM on Friday, October 3

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin have been trading barbs using the term "paper tiger," a phrase popularized by the Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong

This combination photo of candidates to replace Republican Rep. Mark Green in a Tennessee special election for the U.S. Seventh Congressional District shows Republican Jody Barrett, from top left, Democrat Aftyn Behn, Republican Gino Bulso, Democrat Darden Copeland, Democrat Vincent Dixie, Republican Mason Foley, and bottom row from left, Republican Joe Leurs, Democrat Bo Mitchell and Republicans Lee Reeves, Matt Van Epps and Tres Wittum. (AP Photo)

In Tennessee, a US House primary special election draws a crowd

9:01 PM on Friday, October 3

A Tennessee special election to replace a Republican congressman who stepped aside this summer has attracted crowded primaries for both major parties

The U.S. Capitol is seen on the second day of the government shutdown, in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

AP reader question: Have agencies violated the Hatch Act by using Democrat-blaming language online?

1:41 PM on Friday, October 3

Here’s a question submitted by an Associated Press reader: Have agencies violated the Hatch Act by using Democrat-blaming language online in discussing the shutdown

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