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Servicemen of Rosguardia (National Guard) guard an area near Red Square prior to celebrating the New Year's Day, in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024. (AP Photo)
23 hours ago

US imposes sanctions on Russian and Iranian groups over disinformation targeting American voters

Read full article: US imposes sanctions on Russian and Iranian groups over disinformation targeting American voters

The U.S. has imposed sanctions on two groups linked to Russian and Iranian disinformation campaigns targeting this year's election.

U.S.-Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, D-Del., left, and her incoming Deputy Chief of Staff & Communications Director, Michaela Kurinsky-Malos, move out of McBride's Delaware State Senate office at the Delaware Legislative Hall in Dover, Del., Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
1 day ago

Takeaways from AP's reporting on Sarah McBride, the first openly trans person elected to Congress

Read full article: Takeaways from AP's reporting on Sarah McBride, the first openly trans person elected to Congress

Sarah McBride made history in Delaware, as the first openly transgender state senator in the United States.

U.S.-Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, D-Del., hugs Delaware State Democrat Senator Laura Sturgeon from District 4 on the Senate floor during a special session, McBride's last day as a Delaware state senator, at the Delaware Legislative Hall in Dover, Del., Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
1 day ago

Transgender trailblazer Sarah McBride heads to her debut in Congress, hoping for a touch of grace

Read full article: Transgender trailblazer Sarah McBride heads to her debut in Congress, hoping for a touch of grace

U.S. Rep.-elect Sarah McBride will be sworn in as the first openly transgender member of Congress on Jan. 3.

Christine Mason, of Atlanta, places flowers at entrance the The Jimmy Carter Presidential Center in Atlanta Monday, Dec. 30, 2024, in Atlanta. Formr President Jimmy Carter died Sunday at his home in Plains, Ga, at the age of 100. (AP Photo/John Bazemore )
1 day ago

A guide to funeral services for former President Jimmy Carter

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Funeral services honoring former President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday at age 100, will be held in Georgia and Washington, D.

Gail Hassler and her mother Sara Hassler view a classroom inside the Jimmy Carter National Historical Park, Monday, Dec. 30, 2024, in Plains, Ga. Former President Carter died Sunday at the age of 100. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
1 day ago

Jimmy Carter is being mourned in his tiny hometown and around the world

Read full article: Jimmy Carter is being mourned in his tiny hometown and around the world

Tributes to former President Jimmy Carter are pouring in from his small hometown of Plains, Georgia, and around the world.

FILE - American flags are displayed with Chinese flags on top of a trishaw on Sept. 16, 2018, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)
1 day ago

Treasury says Chinese hackers remotely accessed workstations, documents in 'major' cyber incident

Read full article: Treasury says Chinese hackers remotely accessed workstations, documents in 'major' cyber incident

The Treasury Department said Chinese hackers remotely accessed several employee workstations and unclassified documents after compromising a third-party software service provider.

FILE - Men seeking asylum, including Peruvians, line up as they wait to be processed after crossing the border with Mexico nearby, on April 25, 2024, in Boulevard, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)
2 days ago

Border arrests are little changed in December, ending Biden's term at lowest level

Read full article: Border arrests are little changed in December, ending Biden's term at lowest level

A U.S. official says arrests for illegally crossing the border from Mexico in December are little changed from a month earlier.

El presidente de la Cmara de Representantes, Mike Johnson, habla con reporteros tras la aprobacin del proyecto de ley de financiacin para evitar el cierre del gobierno en el Capitolio, Washington, el viernes 20 de diciembre de 2024. (AP Foto/Jose Luis Magana)
2 days ago

Trump endorses Mike Johnson to stay on as House Speaker despite government funding turmoil

Read full article: Trump endorses Mike Johnson to stay on as House Speaker despite government funding turmoil

President-elect Donald Trump has endorsed House Speaker Mike Johnson, providing crucial backing as the Louisiana Republican prepares for what is expected to be another contentious speakership race this week.

FILE - E. Jean Carroll exits the New York Federal Court after former President Donald Trump appeared in court, Sept. 6, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, File)
2 days ago

An appeals court upholds a $5 million award in a sexual abuse verdict against President-elect Trump

Read full article: An appeals court upholds a $5 million award in a sexual abuse verdict against President-elect Trump

A federal appeals court has upheld a jury's finding in a civil case that Donald Trump sexually abused a columnist in an upscale department store dressing room in the mid-1990s.

For Country Caucus co-chair Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., right, and Rep. Steve Womack, R-Ark., left, pose for a portrait at the Capitol following a vote, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
2 days ago

A caucus of military veterans seeks to bridge the political divide in a polarized Congress

Read full article: A caucus of military veterans seeks to bridge the political divide in a polarized Congress

In a deeply partisan Congress, one group of lawmakers with a shared background is working in a bipartisan way to try to pass important legislation.

FILE - A general view outside St. Matthew's Cathedral in Washington, D.C., during President John F. Kennedy's funeral, with flag-draped coffin in the foreground, Nov. 25, 1963. The president's brothers can be seen behind the casket. At left is Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.), and at right entering limousine is Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. (AP Photo, File)
2 days ago

How American presidents have planned their own funerals

Read full article: How American presidents have planned their own funerals

Jimmy Carter’s funeral will feature an interstate choreography of grief, ceremony and logistics that is characteristic of state funerals.

A video tribute to former President Jimmy Carter is seen before an NFL football game between the Washington Commanders and the Atlanta Falcons, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024, in Landover. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
2 days ago

Moment of silence for former President Jimmy Carter held before the Falcons-Commanders game

Read full article: Moment of silence for former President Jimmy Carter held before the Falcons-Commanders game

A moment of silence was held for former President Jimmy Carter before the Atlanta Falcons' game at the Washington Commanders.

U.S. President Jimmy Carter gave dodgers of the military draft a full pardon on Jan. 21, 1977. The majority of draft dodgers escaped to Canada and returned after the pardon.Photo Courtesy: telegraph.co.uk
3 days ago

The eventful four-year term of Jimmy Carter, America’s 39th president

Read full article: The eventful four-year term of Jimmy Carter, America’s 39th president

During President Jimmy Carter's one term in the White House he sought to be competent, compassionate and honest. After President Richard Nixon and the Watergate scandal, those were the values American voters needed in 1976.

Steven Fish, of Garnett, Kan., stands outside a drivers license office like one in the same strip mall where in 2014 he went to register to vote, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024, in Lawrence, Kan. Fish was unable to register in 2014 because he didnt have an acceptable copy of his birth certificate to comply with a proof-of-citizenship law that was later struck down by the federal courts. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
3 days ago

Kansas once required voters to prove citizenship. That didn't work out so well

Read full article: Kansas once required voters to prove citizenship. That didn't work out so well

Republicans made claims about illegal voting by noncitizens a centerpiece of their 2024 campaign messaging.

FILE - President-elect Donald Trump listens to Elon Musk as he arrives to watch SpaceX's mega rocket Starship lift off for a test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, Nov. 19, 2024. (Brandon Bell/Pool via AP, File)

Trump appears to side with Musk, tech allies in debate over foreign workers roiling his supporters

Read full article: Trump appears to side with Musk, tech allies in debate over foreign workers roiling his supporters

President-elect Donald Trump appears to be siding with Elon Musk and his other backers in the tech industry as a dispute over immigration visas has divided his supporters.

FILE - Rudy Giuliani speaks to reporters as he leaves the federal courthouse in New York, Nov. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Judge signals that contempt hearing for Rudy Giuliani over his assets might not go well for him

Read full article: Judge signals that contempt hearing for Rudy Giuliani over his assets might not go well for him

A federal judge is signaling that Rudy Giuliani's contempt hearing next Friday might not end so well for the former New York City mayor and onetime personal lawyer for President-elect Donald Trump.

FILE - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks during a visit to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) in Vienna, Va., on Jan. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Janet Yellen tells Congress US could hit debt limit in mid-January

Read full article: Janet Yellen tells Congress US could hit debt limit in mid-January

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says her agency will need to start taking “extraordinary measures,” or special accounting maneuvers intended to prevent the nation from hitting the debt ceiling, as early as January 14th, in a letter sent to congressional leaders Friday afternoon.

A Ukrainian AS-90 self-propelled artillery vehicle fires towards Russian positions at the frontline on Pokrovsk direction, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

US to send $1.25 billion in weapons to Ukraine, pushing to get aid out before Biden leaves office

Read full article: US to send $1.25 billion in weapons to Ukraine, pushing to get aid out before Biden leaves office

U.S. officials say the United States is expected to announce it will send another $1.25 billion in military assistance to Ukraine.

FILE - In this photo provided by the Georgian Dream party, Bidzina Ivanishvili, leader of the Georgian Dream party, which he initiated, applauds Mikheil Kavelashvili during a session discussing presidential candidates in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Nov. 27, 2024. (Georgian Dream party via AP, File)

US sanctions the founder of Georgia's ruling political party

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President Joe Biden has imposed sanctions on Bidzina Ivanishvili, the founder of Georgia’s ruling political party.

El presidente electo Donald Trump escucha a Elon Musk previo al despegue del megacohete Starship de la empresa SpaceX, propiedad de Musk, para un vuelo de prueba desde Starbase en Boca Chica, Texas, el 19 de noviembre de 2024. (Brandon Bell/Pool va AP, Archivo)

An online debate over foreign workers in tech shows tensions in Trump's political coalition

Read full article: An online debate over foreign workers in tech shows tensions in Trump's political coalition

An online spat between factions of Donald Trump’s supporters over immigration and the tech industry has thrown internal divisions in the president-elect’s political movement into public display.

FILE - Anne Neuberger, Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technology, speaks during a press briefing at the White House,March 21, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

A 9th telecoms firm has been hit by a massive Chinese espionage campaign, the White House says

Read full article: A 9th telecoms firm has been hit by a massive Chinese espionage campaign, the White House says

A top White House official says a ninth U.S. telecoms firm has been confirmed to have been hacked as part of a sprawling Chinese espionage campaign that gave officials in Beijing access to private texts and phone conversations of an unknown number of Americans.

FILE - Lisa Hyland, left, and other family members of Marc Fogel, who has been detained in Russia since August 2021, rally outside the White House for his release, July 15, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough, File)

US teacher jailed in Russia is formally designated as wrongfully detained

Read full article: US teacher jailed in Russia is formally designated as wrongfully detained

The State Department says an American schoolteacher arrested in Russia on drug charges more than three years ago has been designated by the U.S. government as wrongfully detained.

A demonstrator holds up a sign while waiting for the arrival of Luigi Mangione for his arraignment at Manhattan Criminal Court, Monday, Dec. 23, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)

Most Americans blame insurance profits and denials alongside the killer in UHC CEO death, poll finds

Read full article: Most Americans blame insurance profits and denials alongside the killer in UHC CEO death, poll finds

Most Americans believe health insurance profits and coverage denials share responsibility for the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO — although not as much as the person who pulled the trigger.

FILE - Palestinian women and girls struggle to reach for food at a distribution center in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip Friday, Dec. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana, File)

The US says it pushed retraction of a famine warning for north Gaza. Aid groups express concern

Read full article: The US says it pushed retraction of a famine warning for north Gaza. Aid groups express concern

U.S. officials say they asked for — and got — the retraction of an independent monitor's warning of imminent famine in north Gaza.

FILE - Voters fill out ballots in the municipal offices in Cabot, Vt., on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke, File)
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Trump has pressed for voting changes. GOP majorities in Congress will try to make that happen

Read full article: Trump has pressed for voting changes. GOP majorities in Congress will try to make that happen

Republicans in Congress plan to move quickly in their effort to overhaul the nation’s voting procedures, seeing an opportunity with control of the White House and both chambers of Congress.

FILE - People watch TV screens showing a debate between Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, right on screen, and Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump, at Sports Grill Kendall, where the Miami-Dade Democratic Hispanic Caucus had organized a watch party, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Americans are exhausted by political news. TV ratings and a new AP-NORC poll show they're tuning out

Read full article: Americans are exhausted by political news. TV ratings and a new AP-NORC poll show they're tuning out

A lot of Americans, after an intense presidential election campaign, are looking for a break in political news.

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to be defense secretary, arrives for a meeting with Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Fate of Trump's Cabinet picks unclear as Republicans prepare to take power in Senate

Read full article: Fate of Trump's Cabinet picks unclear as Republicans prepare to take power in Senate

The fate of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet is still unclear after Republican senators spent much of December carefully dodging questions.

President-elect Donald Trump speaks at AmericaFest, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

Trump vows to pursue executions after Biden commutes most of federal death row

Read full article: Trump vows to pursue executions after Biden commutes most of federal death row

President-elect Donald Trump says he'll “vigorously pursue” capital punishment after President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of most people on federal death row partly to stop Trump from pushing forward their executions.