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Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., takes questions from reporters as senators depart a classified briefing on President Donald Trump’s directed strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities last weekend, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 26, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Pres. Donald Trump urges calls to Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton in push for permanent daylight saving time

October 3, 2026 at 5:34 p.m.

President Donald Trump on Saturday pressured Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas to support a bill to make daylight saving time permanent, urging Americans to call what appeared to be...

Vice President JD Vance applauds as President Donald Trump arrives on the stage at the Republican convention Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

A closer look at claims during the Republican midterm convention

September 11, 2026 at 1:14 p.m.

President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and other Republican officials came together for a two-day convention this week to rally voters in advance of midterm elections in November. But...

Construction continues on the arena on the South Lawn of the White House for a future UFC mixed martial arts fight, Saturday, June 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

Lawsuit seeks to stop the UFC fight on the White House South Lawn for Trump’s birthday

June 7, 2026 at 12:58 p.m.

By MELISSA GOLDIN NEW YORK (AP) — A federal lawsuit seeks to halt the upcoming UFC fight card on the White House South Lawn in a mixed martial arts show...

President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (Jessica Koscielniak/Pool Photo via AP)

A look at President Trump’s false and misleading claims in his State of the Union speech

February 24, 2026 at 11:14 p.m.

On inflation, immigration, tariffs and matters of war and peace, President Donald Trump presented a frequently distorted account of the state of the nation Tuesday as he claimed a “turnaround...

U.S. players celebrate after the women's ice hockey gold-medal game against Canada at the 2026 Winter Olympics on Feb. 19, 2026, in Milan. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Gold-medal US women’s hockey team declines President Trump’s invitation to attend State of Union address

February 23, 2026 at 7:44 p.m.

Scheduling is a challenge for the U.S. hockey teams as the NHL regular season resumes Wednesday and the PWHL resumes Thursday.

Attorney General Pam Bondi listens as President Donald Trump holds an executive order signing ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

What to know about cashless bail after Trump’s executive order

August 26, 2025 at 8:30 a.m.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday threatening to withhold or revoke federal funding to local and state governments that offer cashless bail, arguing that it is a...

A bouquet of white flowers placed outside the headquarters of the United States Agency for International Development, or USAID, is pictured, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Claims about USAID funding are spreading online. Many are not based on facts

February 7, 2025 at 3:25 p.m.

As the Trump administration moves to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development, false and misleading information is being pushed on social media to support the change, much of it...

President Donald Trump speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Donald Trump targets FAA diversity efforts in plane crash probe despite no evidence they played any role

January 31, 2025 at 4:31 p.m.

President Donald Trump wasted little time this week trying to assign blame for the nation’s deadliest air disaster in more than two decades. Among his chief targets: An FAA diversity...

FILE – Rudy Giuliani speaks outside the Fulton County jail in Atlanta, on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

Rudy Giuliani testifies at contempt hearing as lawyers for election workers pursue $148M judgment

January 3, 2025 at 5:24 p.m.

Rudy Giuliani testified Friday at a contempt hearing to decide whether he has dodged and deceived lawyers trying to recover a $148 million judgment for two Georgia election workers, lamenting...

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