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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

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

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)

What to know about Trump administration freezing federal child care funds

1:13 PM on Wednesday, December 31

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

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

1:13 PM on Wednesday, December 31

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

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

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

FILE - Vanessa Shields-Haas, a nurse practitioner, walks from the lobby toward the examination rooms at the Maine Family Planning healthcare facility, July 15, 2025, in Thomaston, Maine. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Appeals court says Medicaid funding cuts for Planned Parenthood can stand while lawsuit proceeds

12:45 PM on Wednesday, December 31

A federal appeals court says the Trump administration can continue to withhold Medicaid funding from Planned Parenthood while legal challenges continue

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 will be sworn in as mayor on a Quran, a first in New York City history

11:17 AM on Wednesday, December 31

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 - Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks during an event with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House, Oct. 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell, file)

Department of Justice is reviewing more than 5.2 million documents related to Jeffrey Epstein

10:49 AM on Wednesday, December 31

The Department of Justice has expanded its review of documents related to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to 5.2 million as it also expands the number of attorneys trying to comply with a law mandating their release

This frame grab from video broadcast by Saudi state television on Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025, shows what the kingdom describes as a shipment of weapons and armored vehicles coming from the United Arab Emirates, at Mukalla, Yemen. (Saudi state television via AP)

Pakistan’s premier offers 'complete solidarity' to Saudi Crown Prince after Yemen port strike

9:19 AM on Wednesday, December 31

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif spoken to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to express solidarity with the Kingdom following the recent Saudi bombing of Yemen’s port city of Mukalla

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)

These bipartisan bills were noncontroversial — until Trump vetoed them

9:16 AM on Wednesday, December 31

President Donald Trump has issued the first vetoes of his second term, rejecting two bipartisan natural resources bills

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

The seized vessel Fitburg rests in the harbour in Kirkkonummi, Finland, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025. (Roni Rekomaa/Lehtikuva via AP)

Authorities investigating damage to undersea telecom cable in Gulf of Finland

4:27 AM on Wednesday, December 31

Authorities are investigating damage to an undersea telecommunications cable in the Gulf of Finland that occurred between the capitals of Finland and Estonia

Police and the Rosguardia (National Guard) servicemen walk in the Red Square closed for celebrations on New Year's Eve in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)

Drummers pound in the new year as others mark 2026 with defiance or hope

3:02 AM on Wednesday, December 31

The new year swept closer for the Middle East and parts of Europe and Africa after drummers in Asia pounded in 2026 and fireworks lit the skies

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 - 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 to become NYC's next mayor with a midnight oath underground

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

FILE - An EBT SNAP sign is shown on a self check out screen at a grocery store in Mount Prospect, Ill., Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

SNAP bans on soda, candy and other foods take effect in five states Jan. 1

9:09 AM on Tuesday, December 30

Americans in five states who get government help paying for groceries will see new limits starting Thursday on soda, candy and other foods they can buy with those benefits

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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