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FILE - Afrikaner refugees from South Africa holding American flags arrive, May 12, 2025, at Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Va. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

Trump considers cutting US refugee intake to 7,500, focusing on white South Africans, officials say

9:51 AM on Monday, October 6

President Donald Trump is considering admitting far fewer refugee into the U.S. this year – as few as 7,500, and mostly white Afrikaners

FILE - President Donald Trump, Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, and others, tour "Alligator Alcatraz," a new migrant detention facility at Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility, Tuesday, July 1, 2025, in Ochopee, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

DOJ contradicts DeSantis: Some detainees at 'Alligator Alcatraz' likely never in removal proceedings

9:01 AM on Monday, October 6

U.S. government lawyers say detainees at the Florida Everglades immigration detention center, known as "Alligator Alcatraz," likely include people who have never been in removal proceedings

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9:00 AM on Monday, October 6

A sign that reads "Closed due to federal government shutdown," is seen outside of the National Gallery of Art on the 6th day of the government shutdown, in Washington, Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

AP reader question: Is it legal to fire furloughed federal workers during a shutdown?

8:38 AM on Monday, October 6

Here’s a question submitted by an Associated Press reader: Is it legal to fire furloughed federal workers during a shutdown

FILE - The Department of Justice seal and podium is viewed at the Department of Justice headquarters in Washington, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Trump taps longtime investigator to serve as next Justice Department watchdog

8:28 AM on Monday, October 6

President Donald Trump has tapped a career government attorney as the next independent watchdog of the Justice Department

Illinois governor and Chicago mayor sue to block Trump administration's plan to deploy National Guard troops to the city

8:04 AM on Monday, October 6

Illinois governor and Chicago mayor sue to block Trump administration's plan to deploy National Guard troops to the city

FILE - Judge Scott McAfee addresses the lawyers during a hearing on charges against former President Donald Trump in the Georgia election interference case, Thursday, March 28, 2024 in Atlanta. (Dennis Byron/Hip Hop Enquirer via AP, Pool, File)

Agency asks for more time to appoint new prosecutor in Georgia election case against Trump

7:54 AM on Monday, October 6

The head of a nonpartisan agency tasked with finding a new prosecutor for the Georgia election interference case against President Donald Trump is asking for more time

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitri Patrushev at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. (Alexander Kazakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Kremlin welcomes Trump's comments on Putin's offer to extend the New START nuclear arms pact

7:13 AM on Monday, October 6

The Kremlin has welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump’s comments about Russia’s offer to extend the last remaining nuclear arms treaty with the United States, saying it raises hope for keeping the pact alive after it expires in February

A man fishes in Cocorite, Trinidad and Tobago, Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Anselm Gibbs)

Fishermen in Trinidad and Tobago fear for their lives and jobs after US strikes in the Caribbean

6:33 AM on Monday, October 6

Fishermen in Trinidad and Tobago are fearing that a U.S. military strike in the Caribbean could kill them and their livelihoods

FILE — Audrey Strauss, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, speaks during a news conference to announce charges against Ghislaine Maxwell for her alleged role in the sexual exploitation and abuse of multiple minor girls by Jeffrey Epstein, July 2, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Supreme Court rejects appeal from Ghislaine Maxwell, imprisoned former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein

6:32 AM on Monday, October 6

The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Ghislaine Maxwell, the imprisoned ex-girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein

FILE - President Donald Trump speaks during an event to announce new tariffs, April 2, 2025, in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Trump says the US has secured $17 trillion in new investments. The real number is likely much less

6:00 AM on Monday, October 6

President Donald Trump claims his policies have generated $17 trillion in new investments, but the real number is likely much less

Taylor Moyer slices strawberries as her youngest son, Bradley, helps put the sliced fruit into a bowl while at home in the kitchen, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025, in Virginia Beach, Va. (AP Photo/John Clark)

Government shutdown threatens food aid program relied on by millions of families

4:38 AM on Monday, October 6

Experts say a food aid program that helps 6 million low-income mothers and young children will run out of federal money unless the government shutdown ends within two weeks

ICE airs ads stirring up local frustration to recruit police for mass deportation efforts

3:56 AM on Monday, October 6

An Associated Press tally shows U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is spending millions of dollars on TV recruitment ads targeting officers frustrated by local restrictions on immigration enforcement

FILE - Rep.-elect Wesley Hunt, R-Texas, walks past reporters at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Jan 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Rep. Wesley Hunt is running for US Senate in Texas, defying GOP leaders to take on Cornyn and Paxton

3:23 AM on Monday, October 6

Republican congressman Wesley Hunt is running for the U.S. Senate in Texas, defying Senate GOP leadership and adding a new element to an already contentious primary campaign

From left to right Presidents of Bosnia and Herzegovina Zeljka Cvijanovic , Denis Becirovic, Zeljko Komsic , Kosovo's President Vjosa Osmani , Croatian President Zoran Milanovic , President of Albania Bajram Begaj, Natasa Pirc Musar, President of Slovenia and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, Montenegro President Jakov Milatovic and North Macedonia President Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova pose for a photo during the Brdo-Brijuni, Process Leaders' Meeting in Golem, Albania, 50 kilometers (30 miles) west of the capital, Tirana , Albania on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025 .(AP Photo/Vlasov Sulaj)

Western Balkan leaders reaffirm commitment to EU future

1:32 AM on Monday, October 6

The presidents of the Western Balkan nations have gathered in Albania to discuss accelerating economic integration with the European Union

Bad Bunny kicks off 'SNL' 51st season with a group of new faces and jabs at his Super Bowl critics

9:04 PM on Friday, October 3

Bad Bunny kicked off the 51st season of ��Saturday Night Live” with a few timely jokes about his next high-profile gig: the Super Bowl

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