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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

FILE - Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk speaks at a Turning Point event prior to Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, speaking, Sept. 4, 2024, in Mesa, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Grief over Kirk's assassination echoes worldwide and testifies to his influence on the right

8:20 AM on Friday, September 12

Dozens of angry European lawmakers bang their hands on their desks after being denied a moment of silence to honor Charlie Kirk

US suspends talks with Kosovo and blames the caretaker government for rising tensions

8:17 AM on Friday, September 12

The United States has suspended talks with Kosovo, saying the actions by its caretaker government were leading to increased tensions and instability in the small Balkan country and the region

Bessent will meet Chinese officials in Spain for trade and TikTok talks

8:10 AM on Friday, September 12

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is traveling to Madrid this weekend for trade talks with Chinese counterparts

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

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

Protesters yell at officers as they walk back to the gates after they created a path for vehicles to exit the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland, Ore., on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

Trump threatened Portland with troops to quell protests. The mayor says it's not needed

9:03 PM on Thursday, September 11

President Donald Trump has threatened sending the National Guard to Portland, Oregon, to quell protests

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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