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FILE - Director of the Office of Management and Budget Russell Vought speaks to reporters at the White House, Thursday, July 24, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

Court says Trump admin illegally blocked billions in clean energy grants to Democratic states

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A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration acted illegally when it canceled $7.6 billion in clean energy grants for projects in states that voted for Democrat Kamala Harris in the 2024 election.

Pedestrians cross the border from Venezuela to Villa del Rosario, Colombia, Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, two days after U.S. forces captured and removed Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. (AP Photo/Santiago Saldarriaga)

Colombian rebels call for a 'national accord' after the US intervention in Venezuela

Read full article: Colombian rebels call for a 'national accord' after the US intervention in Venezuela

Colombia’s National Liberation Army called for a “national accord” to overcome political conflicts, as it faces the prospects of attacks from the governments of Colombia and the United States.

FILE - Washington Metropolitan Police investigate near the U.S. Capitol, Oct. 19, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

DC's inspector general is investigating police crime statistics, the latest probe against the force

Read full article: DC's inspector general is investigating police crime statistics, the latest probe against the force

Washington’s inspector general’s office has launched an investigation into the Metropolitan Police Department’s crime data reporting system.

FILE - PBS Kids show characters including the title character from "Arthur" decorate boxes at the Arizona PBS offices in the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication in Phoenix, May 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Katie Oyan, File)

PBS weekend newscasts shut down due to funding cuts, replaced by single-topic programs

Read full article: PBS weekend newscasts shut down due to funding cuts, replaced by single-topic programs

“PBS News Weekend,” the companion to the weekday “NewsHour” program, has signed off, eliminated due to federal funding cuts to public broadcasting.

Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., exits the Senate chamber after speaking out against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's efforts to censure him over his participation in a video that called on troops to resist unlawful orders, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sen. Kelly sues the Pentagon over attempts to punish him, declaring it unconstitutional

Read full article: Sen. Kelly sues the Pentagon over attempts to punish him, declaring it unconstitutional

Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly has sued the Pentagon over attempts to punish him for his warnings about illegal orders.

Masked workers put up fencing around the Bishop Whipple Federal Building, Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jen Golbeck)

Judge is asked for emergency hearing after Congress members blocked from ICE facility in Minneapolis

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Plaintiffs' attorneys are asking a federal judge to intervene after three Democratic members of Congress were blocked from visiting an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Minnesota over the weekend.

FILE - Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, right, and President Donald Trump look over a document of cost figures during a visit to the Federal Reserve, July 24, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

DOJ investigation of Fed Chair Powell sparks backlash, support for Fed independence

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The Trump administration’s criminal investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has sparked a backlash that may undermine the White House’s goals.

FILE - A man wears an "I voted" sticker on his shirt, printed with the American flag and the U.S. constitution, after voting at Wa-Ke Hatchee Recreation Center in Fort Myers, Fla, on Election Day, Nov. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Young Americans are increasingly rejecting the Democratic and Republican parties, a new poll shows

Read full article: Young Americans are increasingly rejecting the Democratic and Republican parties, a new poll shows

New polling from Gallup shows that Americans are increasingly identifying as political independents and rejecting the labels of the two major political parties.

People celebrate outside Versailles Cuban Cuisine after President Donald Trump announced Venezuelan President Nicols Maduro had been captured and flown out of the country, in Miami, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Jen Golbeck)

Venezuelans in the US are torn between joy and worry after ousting of Maduro

Read full article: Venezuelans in the US are torn between joy and worry after ousting of Maduro

For thousands of Venezuelans living in the U.S., the days since the Trump administration ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro have brought a mixture of joy and trepidation.

FILE - Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, right, and President Donald Trump look over a document of cost figures during a visit to the Federal Reserve, Thursday, July 24, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)
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Federal Reserve Chair Powell says DOJ has subpoenaed central bank, threatens criminal indictment

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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Sunday the Department of Justice has served the central bank with subpoenas and threatened it with a criminal indictment over his testimony this summer about the Fed’s building renovations.

President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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Trump 'inclined' to keep ExxonMobil out of Venezuela after CEO response at White House meeting

Read full article: Trump 'inclined' to keep ExxonMobil out of Venezuela after CEO response at White House meeting

President Donald Trump says he is “inclined” to keep ExxonMobil out of Venezuela after its top executive was skeptical about oil investment efforts in the country after the toppling of former President Nicolás Maduro.

FILE - New Jersey State Sen. and former Democratic Gov. Richard Codey is seen before New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy delivers his State of the State address to a joint session of the Legislature at the statehouse, in Trenton, N.J., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
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Former New Jersey acting governor Richard Codey dies at 79

Read full article: Former New Jersey acting governor Richard Codey dies at 79

Longtime New Jersey legislator and former acting governor Richard “Dick” Codey has died.

A visitor stops to look at a photograph of President Donald Trump and a short plaque next to it are on display at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery's "American Presidents" exhibit on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026 in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
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Reference to Trump's impeachments is removed from the display of his Smithsonian photo portrait

Read full article: Reference to Trump's impeachments is removed from the display of his Smithsonian photo portrait

References to President Donald Trump’s two impeachments have been removed from his photo portrait display at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington.

FILE - In this March 12, 2020, file photo, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro gives a press conference at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)
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A $400,000 payout after Maduro's capture is putting prediction markets in the spotlight

Read full article: A $400,000 payout after Maduro's capture is putting prediction markets in the spotlight

Prediction markets let people wager on anything from a basketball game to the outcome of a presidential election — and recently, the downfall of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

Immigration activists rally outside the Supreme Court as the justices hear arguments over the Trump administration's plan to ask about citizenship on the 2020 census, in Washington, April 23, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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Lawsuits by Trump allies could shape how the 2030 census is done and who will be counted

Read full article: Lawsuits by Trump allies could shape how the 2030 census is done and who will be counted

The next U.S. census is four years away, but two lawsuits playing out this year could affect how the head count will be done and who'll be counted.

An official of the Union Election Commission shows a slip as they count ballots at a polling station during the second phase of general election in Yangon, Myanmar, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Thein Zaw)
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Myanmar holds second round of voting in first general election since military takeover

Read full article: Myanmar holds second round of voting in first general election since military takeover

Myanmar has begun a second round of voting in its first general election since the military takeover five years ago.

A relative embraces Diogenes Angulo after his release from prison in San Francisco de Yare, Venezuela, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026. Angulo had been detained two days before the 2024 presidential election. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
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Slow-moving prisoner releases in Venezuela enter 3rd day after government announces goodwill effort

Read full article: Slow-moving prisoner releases in Venezuela enter 3rd day after government announces goodwill effort

Venezuelan detainee Diógenes Angulo has been released from prison after a year and five months.

National Guard patrol the Washington Mall, with the U.S. Capitol in the background, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
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Virginia man pleads not guilty to charges in DC pipe bomb case

Read full article: Virginia man pleads not guilty to charges in DC pipe bomb case

A Virginia man has pleaded not guilty to charges accusing him of planting two pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Democratic and Republican national parties on the eve of the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.

This photo provided by the U.S. Air Force shows a U.S. Airman preparing an A-10 Thunderbolt II for flight from a base in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, in support of Operation Hawkeye Strike. (U.S. Air Force/DVIDS via AP)
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US launches new retaliatory strikes against IS in Syria after deadly ambush

Read full article: US launches new retaliatory strikes against IS in Syria after deadly ambush

The U.S. has launched another round of strikes against the Islamic State group in Syria.

President Donald Trump chooses a reporter to ask a question with Vice President JD Vance, left, and Sec. of State Marco Rubio, right, during a meeting with oil executives in the East Room of the White House, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Trump signs executive order meant to protect the money from Venezuelan oil

Read full article: Trump signs executive order meant to protect the money from Venezuelan oil

President Donald Trump has issued a new executive order to protect Venezuelan oil revenue from judicial proceedings.

The U.S. Capitol is photographed, Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)
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Congress is debating the possible consequences for ICE and even Noem after Renee Good's killing

Read full article: Congress is debating the possible consequences for ICE and even Noem after Renee Good's killing

Members of Congress are considering the possible consequences for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and even Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem after an ICE officer shot Renee Good to death in Minnesota.

This image provided by the National Gallery of Art shows a painted portrait of American founding-father Thomas Paine by John Wesley Jarvis. (National Gallery of Art via AP)(National Gallery of Art via AP)
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Supporters press for a DC memorial to Thomas Paine, whose writings helped fuel the Revolutionary War

Read full article: Supporters press for a DC memorial to Thomas Paine, whose writings helped fuel the Revolutionary War

British-born Thomas Paine helped inspire the 13 English colonies to declare independence and form the United States of America.

FILE -Olive, 4, deposits an election ballot into a drop box in Seattle, Wash. under the supervision of her mother, on Nov. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio, File)
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Judge blocks Trump's elections order in lawsuit by vote-by-mail states Oregon and Washington

Read full article: Judge blocks Trump's elections order in lawsuit by vote-by-mail states Oregon and Washington

A federal judge on Friday blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from enforcing most of his executive order on elections against the vote-by-mail states Washington and Oregon, in the latest blow to Trump’s efforts to require documentary proof of citizenship to vote and to require that all ballots be received by Election Day.

Children watch television at ABC Learning Center in Minneapolis, Minn., on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Vancleave)
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Trump administration can’t block child care money for 5 Democratic-led states for now, judge says

Read full article: Trump administration can’t block child care money for 5 Democratic-led states for now, judge says

A judge has ruled that President Donald Trump’s administration cannot block child care and other federal social service money from flowing to five states for now.