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Texas state police are aiding in President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown

11:55 AM on Friday, September 12

Texas state police officers have helped arrest more than 3,000 undocumented immigrants so far this year, many of them far from the border

FILE - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference at the Prime minister's office in Jerusalem, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP, file)

Spain summons Israel's acting ambassador following comments made by Netanyahu's office

11:31 AM on Friday, September 12

Spain's Foreign Minister has summoned Israel's acting ambassador in Madrid following comments made about Spain from the Israeli Prime Minister's office

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi looks on during a meeting with Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi, and Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, at Tahrir Palace in Cairo, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Khaled Elfiqi)

Iran expects a prisoner swap with France, including an Iranian woman held in France over Gaza posts

11:29 AM on Friday, September 12

The Iranian foreign minister says Iran and France are close to agreeing to an exchange of prisoners, including the release of an Iranian woman arrested in France over online posts related to the war in Gaza

Sister Norma Pimentel (second left to right) speaks during a panel on the effects of the Trump administration's crackdown on immigrants held at Georgetown University in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)

US Catholic bishops decry Trump's immigration raids upending church life

10:00 AM on Friday, September 12

Some of the highest-ranking U.S. Catholic bishops and nuns on the front lines of America’s immigration conflict gathered in Washington to decry the Trump administration’s hard-line policies

United States Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem addresses the media during a visit to the Port of Antwerp in Antwerp, Belgium, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Judge tells Trump to update immigration website for Venezuelans with temporary protected status

9:19 AM on Friday, September 12

A federal judge has ordered President Donald Trump's administration to update its immigration services website to reflect 600,000 Venezuelans with temporary protected status are legally allowed to live and work in the United States

UN trying to help move Syria's displaced from schools ahead of the start of schoolyear

9:11 AM on Friday, September 12

The United Nations is trying to help move displaced Syrians who have been sheltering in schools in a southwestern province that was engulfed in sectarian clashes this summer to alternative housing ahead of the start of the new schoolyear

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox speaks at a news conference, as FBI Director Kash Patel looks on, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, in Orem, Utah, (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Utah's governor, in impassioned remarks, urges Americans to find 'off-ramp' from political violence

8:41 AM on Friday, September 12

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox is making an impassioned plea for Americans and young people in particular to use the horror of Charlie Kirk’s public assassination as an inflection point to turn the country away from political violence and division

FILE - An employee surveys the damage at the Great Outdoor Provision Co. after it was flooded during tropical storm Chantal, Monday, July 7, 28, 2025, in Chapel Hill, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris Seward, file)

Trump approves federal disaster aid for storms and flooding in 6 states

7:58 AM on Friday, September 12

President Donald Trump has approved federal disaster aid for six states and tribes following storms and floods this spring and summer

FILE - South Sudan's rebel leader Riek Machar speaks to the media about the situation in South Sudan following a peace agreement the week before with the government, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Monday, Aug. 31, 2015. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene, File)

Concern grows for safety of South Sudan opposition leader facing treason and other charges

6:55 AM on Friday, September 12

Amnesty International has called for a public trial for South Sudanese opposition figure Riek Machar, who faces treason and other charges

Smoke rises from an explosion, allegedly caused by an Israeli strike, in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. (UGC via AP)

UAE summons Israeli diplomat to condemn the attack on Qatar targeting Hamas leaders

4:40 AM on Friday, September 12

The United Arab Emirates has summoned Israel's envoy to condemn Israel's attack on Hamas leadership in Qatar

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., listens during a news conference after a policy luncheon at the Capitol, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Schumer warns of a shutdown if Republicans don’t accept Democrats’ health care demands

3:33 AM on Friday, September 12

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer is willing to risk a government shutdown at the end of the month if Republicans don’t accept Democratic demands on health care

Closed Polish-Belarusian border crossing in Terespol, Poland, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Rafal Niedzielski)

Russian drones force Europe to defend itself after Putin ‘put down a marker’ to NATO

3:23 AM on Friday, September 12

In the years since Russia invaded Ukraine, NATO has focused on defending its own territory first and resisted lower-level harassment from Russia, like acts of sabotage and intimidation

People watch a hearse containing the body of Charlie Kirk, the CEO and co-founder of Turning Point USA, who was shot and killed on Wednesday leave after the body arrived aboard Air Force Two at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Choose your America: In the aftermath of the Kirk slaying, a snapshot of a fractured nation

9:09 PM on Thursday, September 11

The governor of Utah struggled to find the right words to describe the question so many have been asking: What is happening in America

Vice President JD Vance, right, Second Lady Usha Vance, center, and Erika Kirk deplane Air Force Two, carrying the body of Charlie Kirk, the CEO and co-founder of Turning Point USA who was shot and killed, after landing at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Vance arrives in Arizona with Charlie Kirk's casket aboard Air Force Two

6:12 PM on Thursday, September 11

Vice President JD Vance flew to Salt Lake City aboard Air Force Two to pick up Charlie Kirk's casket and transport it to his home state of Arizona

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