Politics

President Donald Trump returns to the White House following a trip to Clarksville, Tenn., on the South Lawn of the White House, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)

Judge orders the Trump administration to cancel taxpayer-funded promotional TV ads

By Associated Press

October 11, 2026 at 8:11 p.m.

President Donald Trump must cancel any remaining television commercials paid for with millions of dollars...

South Korean army soldiers watch the North Korean side from the Unification Observation Post in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

South Korea’s military says North Korea fired a projectile toward the sea

By Associated Press

October 11, 2026 at 8:13 p.m.

South Korea’s military says North Korea fired at least one projectile toward its eastern waters,...

U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle speak during a dedication ceremony at the chancery of the U.S. Embassy, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, in Athens, Greece. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)

AP source: Pres. Donald Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio weigh firing US envoy to Greece after mounting reports of improper conduct

By Matthew Lee

October 11, 2026 at 7:01 p.m.

President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are considering firing U.S. Ambassador to...

President Donald Trump holds up an image taken from his Truth Social account as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. watches during a meeting to sign an executive order about vaccines, Monday, Aug. 10, 2026, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

President Trump signs executive order calling for spacing out childhood shots

By Ali Swenson

August 10, 2026 at 3:18 p.m.

President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order calling for revamped childhood vaccine recommendations...

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Todd Blanche is sworn in as attorney general after bruising confirmation fight

By Alanna Durkin Richer

August 10, 2026 at 3:14 p.m.

President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, Todd Blanche, was sworn in Monday as attorney general...

A closeup of a closed jail cell
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Lauren Boebert’s son arrested on charges of sexual exploitation of a child, court records show

By Seth Klamann

August 10, 2026 at 2:54 p.m.

Tyler Boebert, 21, was arrested in Garfield County and was released from the county's jail...

FILE – Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., listens during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, May 27, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

President Donald Trump officials propose new scrutiny of food additives and ingredients

By Matthew Perrone

August 10, 2026 at 12:55 p.m.

U.S. health officials on Monday proposed a rule change that would require food manufacturers to...

FILE – Armed National Guard soldiers from West Virginia patrol the Mall near the Capitol in Washington, as part of President Donald Trump’s order to impose federal law enforcement in the nation’s capital, Aug. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Washington grapples with a National Guard deployment extended until 2029

By Gary Fields

August 10, 2026 at 12:58 p.m.

It’s been 12 months since President Donald Trump announced a crime emergency in Washington, pledging...

Young men ride motorcycles along the shore as a tractor pulls equipment from the water and commercial vessels appear anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Monday, July 27, 2026. (Razieh Poudat/ISNA via AP)

Iran won’t reopen Strait of Hormuz without US concessions and other Mideast developments

By Associated Press

August 10, 2026 at 8:25 a.m.

Iran is insisting that the U.S. meet its demands in negotiations before the Strait of...

A person walks past a sign for a polling place on the first day of in-person absentee voting for Wisconsin’s chaotic Democratic primary for governor Tuesday, July 28, 2026, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer)

Wisconsin and Minnesota primaries are next to feature progressive clash with Democratic establishment

By Scott Bauer

August 10, 2026 at 4:08 p.m.

Progressive candidates for governor in Wisconsin and U.S. Senate in Minnesota are making their final...

Army Staff Sgt. Alexis Jaramillo poses with a photo of his wife, Maisa Lopes Eliaser, a Brazilian national who is being detained by ICE, before visiting her at the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center in Basile, La., Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Joseph Vidrine)

Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth among congressional Democrats investigating efforts to deport US military members

By Jack Brook

August 10, 2026 at 6:26 a.m.

Congressional Democrats said they are investigating the Trump administration’s efforts to deport military service members...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson attends a National Night Out event outside Soldier Field in Chicago on Aug. 4, 2026. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

As Chicago’s mayoral race takes shape, social media influencers step in — including for Brandon Johnson

By Jake Sheridan

August 10, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Paying for social media posts is a political strategy in campaigns that raises thorny questions...

Ambar Merlin, center, walks with her son Uriel, 2, as Andrea Avila, right, carries her son Sebastian, 2, at the end of the day at Brightpoint’s Mitzi Freidheim Child & Family Center on Aug. 7, 2026. BrightPoint operates six early learning centers in the state that provide Head Start services, including this Englewood location. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

As Trump proposes deregulating Head Start, Illinois providers worry what the changes could mean for families

By Kate Perez

August 10, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The Trump administration is proposing sweeping changes to Head Start that would eliminate federal requirements...