FILE - President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with the House GOP conference, Nov. 13, 2024, in Washington. (Allison Robbert/Pool Photo via AP, File)What Trump's decision to wade into spending fight tells us about the next 4 yearsRead full article: What Trump's decision to wade into spending fight tells us about the next 4 years
FILE - Effigies of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak hang from traffic lights as Egyptian anti-government protesters gathered in Tahrir (Liberation) Square, to watch U.S. President Barack Obama, not seen, live on a TV broadcast from Washington, speaking about the situation in Egypt, early Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)What will Syria's future look like? The answer could lie in other Arab countries' recent pastsRead full article: What will Syria's future look like? The answer could lie in other Arab countries' recent pasts
Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks with the media as he arrives for an EU summit at the European Council building in Brussels, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)Scholz dismisses Musk's assertion that only a far-right party can 'save' GermanyRead full article: Scholz dismisses Musk's assertion that only a far-right party can 'save' Germany
FILE - International Olympic Committee (IOC) Vice President Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr. speaks during a press conference at the headquarters of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee in Beijing, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)Looking at campaign documents for 7 IOC members running to be president of the Olympic bodyRead full article: Looking at campaign documents for 7 IOC members running to be president of the Olympic body
FILE - Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks, accompanied by Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, from left, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul at a campaign event for Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris in Riverside Park, in Grand Rapids, Mich., Friday, Oct. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)Democratic governors hammered Trump before the election. Now they're hoping to work with himRead full article: Democratic governors hammered Trump before the election. Now they're hoping to work with him
FILE - The American and Chinese flags wave at Genting Snow Park ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics, in Zhangjiakou, China, on Feb. 2, 2022. A top White House official on Wednesday said at least eight U.S. telecom firms and dozens of nations have been impacted by a Chinese hacking campaign. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)Chinese national charged with acting as Beijing's agent in local California electionRead full article: Chinese national charged with acting as Beijing's agent in local California election
FILE - President-elect Donald Trump poses for a photo with Dana White, Kid Rock and Elon Musk at UFC 309 at Madison Square Garden, Nov. 16, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)Musk ascends as a political force beyond his wealth by tanking budget dealRead full article: Musk ascends as a political force beyond his wealth by tanking budget deal
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage speaks during the New York Young Republican Club's annual gala at Cipriani Wall Street, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)Elon Musk considers funding Nigel Farage's populist party, a move that could shake up UK politicsRead full article: Elon Musk considers funding Nigel Farage's populist party, a move that could shake up UK politics
A protester holds a sign as the Republican-dominated North Carolina House convened to complete the override of Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's veto of a bill that aims to weaken the powers of Cooper's soon-to-be successor and other Democratic statewide winners in the Nov. 5 elections, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024, in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Matt Kelley)A power grab by Republicans in North Carolina becomes a referendum on democracy in the statesRead full article: A power grab by Republicans in North Carolina becomes a referendum on democracy in the states
A man waves the Romanian flag outside the closed voting station where Calin Georgescu, an independent candidate for president who won the first round of presidential elections, was supposed to vote, after Romania's Constitutional Court annulled the first round of presidential elections, in Mogosoaia, Romania, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)Romania's political tumult continues as leftist party leaves talks to form pro-European coalitionRead full article: Romania's political tumult continues as leftist party leaves talks to form pro-European coalition
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear talks about the gains in the economic growth f the state during the past year in Frankfort, Ky., Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)Gov. Andy Beshear says Democrats should set partisanship aside, work to meet people's needsRead full article: Gov. Andy Beshear says Democrats should set partisanship aside, work to meet people's needs
FILE - White House Gender Policy Council director Jennifer Klein speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Jan. 22, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)The fate of the first-ever White House Gender Policy Council is uncertain in Trump's administrationRead full article: The fate of the first-ever White House Gender Policy Council is uncertain in Trump's administration
FILE - Stewart Rhodes, founder of the Oath Keepers, speaks during a rally outside the White House in Washington, June 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)Judge: Pardoning Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes for Capitol riot plot would be 'frightening'Read full article: Judge: Pardoning Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes for Capitol riot plot would be 'frightening'
FILE - An American flag is flown next to the Chinese national emblem outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Nov. 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)China has expanded its nuclear force and strengthened ties to Russia, the Pentagon saysRead full article: China has expanded its nuclear force and strengthened ties to Russia, the Pentagon says