Israel has imposed closures across a West Bank city following attacks by Palestinian gunmen that Israel says killed two of its soldiers.
An upstate New York woman has been charged with voting illegally in one of the latest arrests touted by the Trump administration as it hunts for noncitizen voters ahead of the midterm elections.
President Donald Trump is exempting some imports — including plywood sheets, packing crates and some machinery — from the 50% tariffs he slapped on $20 billion worth of Canadian products over the summer.
The Oregon man who fatally shot a teenage gunman to end a rampage at an elementary school says he was the children's “last line of defense.”.
President Donald Trump's administration has taken steps to block the results of a midterm election in Alaska.
U.S. President Donald Trump says the NFL “could have probably postponed” the upcoming game in Paris between the Pittsburgh Steelers and New Orleans Saints because of street protests in the city.
Biotech billionaire Vivek Ramaswamy has embarked on a statewide bus tour across Ohio with fellow Republicans.
Lana Nusseibeh, a diplomat from the United Arab Emirates, is the newest contender for United Nations secretary-general.
Two former FBI intelligence officials who specialized in foreign election interference have been charged with lying about their roles in investigating the origins of Hunter Biden’s laptop in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election.
The U.S. government has designated helium as a critical material because it’s indispensable for making semiconductors that are essential to energy generation, and the global supply is at risk of disruption.
The Trump administration has filed a lawsuit to block certification of the Alaska Senate race if Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan loses.
The Kremlin says that a first tanker carrying Russian diesel to the United States has set sail under a new import agreement.
The Trump administration's top border official is defending plans to build a wall in Texas' Big Bend region.
Rural Republicans have long undercut Democrats’ gains in cities and suburbs. Will enough defect to make a difference this fall?
Most of the immigrants targeted by federal authorities in California this week for alleged voter fraud had applied for U.S. citizenship and now face charges related to lying on forms or during interviews.
Plaintiffs in a lawsuit trying to stop the Trump administration from building a triumphal arch along the Potomac River are asking a federal judge to halt all construction plans, one day after the National Park Service signaled it would begin work November 5.
The younger sister of Stephen Hubbard, the U.S. citizen freed after spending more than four years in a Russian prison, said her brother didn’t realize he was being released until he was taken onto a plane and saw an American flag.
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins says the Trump administration remains “full-bore ahead” with a sweeping reorganization of the Forest Service after a judge blocked the changes last week.
A leading advocate for the Make America Healthy Again movement has resigned as a top adviser to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Calley Means says he leaves with respect for President Donald Trump and Kennedy.
The U_S_ Treasury Department has proposed a rule to crack down on American high-tech investments in China, Russia, North Korea and other “countries of concern."
The deaths of two CIA agents in April after a drug lab operation in northern Mexico have led to treason charges against a former Chihuahua state attorney general.
Mark Zuckerberg has made a deal with Meta to help him pay a proposed billionaire tax that is on the ballot in California.
Authorities have charged more than a dozen people in California with allegedly siphoning nearly $2 billion in fraudulent healthcare costs.
President Donald Trump has accused LeBron James of disrespecting the United States.
Argentina has designated five Latin American criminal and guerrilla groups, including Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, as terrorist organizations.
Republicans have won every race for U.S. Senate in Kansas for nearly a century.
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to halt investigations in nine states into whether noncitizens are registered to vote.
A federal judge has ordered President Donald Trump to sit for a deposition in his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC by Dec. 11.
The Ford Foundation, one of the world’s largest private grantmakers, will overhaul its spending to counter what new leadership views as the mutually reinforcing rise of both autocracy and inequality.
An Associated Press analysis of early voting shows that turnout is soaring in many of the states that are expected to decide control of the U.S. Senate.
A new report shows President Donald Trump's administration has sharply increased deportations over the past year.
Signs and exhibits about slavery, climate change, and Native Americans have been removed from national parks across the country as part of the Trump administration’s campaign to eliminate what it calls disparaging material.
A new AP-NORC poll shows voters from both major political parties want the next Congress to focus on making life more affordable and ending the war in Iran.
The International Criminal Court and its embattled staff have won the European Union’s top human rights honor.
Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries is on track to become House speaker if his party sweeps to power in midterm elections and elects him to the job.
Latino strategists and voters say this year’s swing is driven by anger at those in power and hinges on individual candidates. Democrats and Republicans alike agree it may not last.
Iran's government says seven oil tankers have caught fire or been damaged in the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
Russia has launched a nighttime missile barrage on Kyiv while its military says it intercepted more than 800 Ukrainian drones targeting Moscow and other Russian cities.
Russia prides itself on its digital advances — from an extensive e-commerce services sector to ambitious plans for developing artificial intelligence.
If Deb Haaland wins New Mexico’s race for governor, she’ll make history as the first Native American woman to lead a state.
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar says she will move out of her Washington, D.C., home that federal agents searched last week.
Kansas Republican Sen. Roger Marshall says Ukraine’s war with Russia — and not the U.S. war with Iran — has caused high diesel prices.
Video game publisher Electronic Arts is shutting down the popular and influential game development studio BioWare after more than three decades.
Enes Kanter Freedom refused to sit in a suite the Atlanta Dream and State Farm Arena arranged for the former NBA player’s protection at Wednesday night’s Game 3 of the WNBA Finals against the Golden State Valkyries and instead left the arena.
Meta Platforms says its third-quarter profit jumped more than threefold, as revenue climbed sharply.
States with Senate races crucial to controlling the chamber this year are seeing an increase in the number of early ballots cast compared with four years ago.
The younger sister of Stephen Hubbard, the American who was freed after spending more than four years in a Russian prison, says he was in disbelief about his release.
The Trump administration is asking a federal judge to let it reconsider a major federal permit granted for a large offshore wind farm.
Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella says he is leading a cultural shift by removing exhibits from the National Museum.
The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to let it resume building a border wall through Texas's Big Bend region.
Texas adopted a new congressional map (PlanC2333) for the 2026 elections, replacing the previous PlanC2193.
President Donald Trump’s political groups have spent more than one-quarter of a billion dollars to bolster Republicans in the final stretch of this year’s midterm elections.
Federal prosecutors announced they have broken up a fraudulent marriage ring in Massachusetts that conducted dozens of bogus ceremonies with immigrants over the past decade and netted participant millions of dollars.
A state judge has ordered Meta to pay New Mexico $25 billion for deceiving users about privacy on Facebook, marking the biggest fine ever against the tech giant.
Republican Susan Collins is campaigning with a former Democratic colleague in the late stage of the Maine senator's tight reelection campaign.
The Supreme Court has rejected a Trump administration appeal seeking to immediately enforce medical care restrictions for transgender people in federal prison.
The Justice Department’s inspector general has declined to investigate the handling of the criminal case against a former Olympian who was cleared of accusations that he intentionally damaged the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
President Donald Trump is in South Carolina to boost U.S. Sen. Darline Graham, whose stumbles in her first campaign since replacing her late brother have Democratic voters hopeful that their candidate can break Republicans’ grip on the state.
President Donald Trump has traveled to South Carolina to boost U.S. Sen. Darline Graham, whose stumbles in her first campaign since replacing her late brother have Democratic voters hopeful — but not necessarily optimistic — that their candidate can break Republicans’ grip on the state.
French President Emmanuel Macron has criticized foreign leaders, including U.S. President Donald Trump, saying they exploit unrest in France for political gain.
President Donald Trump is trying to convince voters before the Nov. 3 midterm elections that the U.S. economy is rocketing upward.
Russia has agreed to resume three-way negotiations next month with Washington and Kyiv aimed at ending the war in Ukraine.
The U.K. government has approved a natural gas project off Scotland's coast despite environmental objections.
When Vice President JD Vance speaks on the campaign trail about the high costs Americans are facing, he often says he understands that people are hurting.
Beijing has expressed strong opposition to U.S. sanctions on five Chinese companies linked to a former Google engineer accused of intellectual property theft.
Polymarket has removed a contract from its prediction market platform that allowed users to wager on whether any of the seven men accused of raping a Cornell student in 2024 will be charged with a felony sex crime.
A New Jersey food importer has filed a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s power to invoke a Depression-era law to levy a 50% tariff on $20 billion worth of Canadian goods.
CNN has threatened further legal action if its journalists continue to be denied access to Air Force One.
In a story published Oct. 20, 2026, about Vivek Ramaswamy taking responsibility for an ad featuring Amy Acton’s mother, The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of a blogger.
Counties are reporting record-breaking early voting participation. But that information alone isn’t necessarily useful in interpreting who will win.
Senate Democrats' campaign spending group is wading into Mississippi's Senate race for the first time this cycle.
President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance have announced a $25 million program to encourage the public to blow the whistle on suspected fraud in the federal government.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has held talks with India's foreign minister in Mumbai.
China has criticized a U.S. ban on AI startup DeepSeek for federal civilian agencies and is warning of possible retaliatory measures, highlighting tensions in the tech race between the two countries.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Kyiv is once again receiving early warnings from its partners following recent Russian attacks that he said occurred without enough notice to Ukraine.
A driver accused of intentionally injuring Australian lawmaker Helen Haines by hitting her with his car appeared in court on Wednesday.
Voters in Alberta have overwhelmingly backed remaining in Canada, with four-fifths of votes counted showing 75% support for staying.
President Donald Trump is hoping $5,000 checks can boost Republican turnout in the midterm elections.
The United States and Cuba have clashed at the United Nations as the Trump administration sought once again to build opposition for an upcoming annual vote condemning Washington's decades-long economic embargo against Havana.
More than 100,000 people from Ukraine and Sudan can stay in the U.S. without fear of deportation.
A federal judge hearing testimony about President Donald Trump’s plans to redevelop a Washington golf course is expressing deep skepticism over the government’s claim that the recent mass cutting of trees and the plans for a new golf course are not connected.
Former Cuban President Raúl Castro is facing more charges in Florida related to the 1996 downing of civilian planes flown by Miami-based exiles after the U.S. government indicted the former leader earlier this year.
Rising food and fuel prices, a lack of funding for education, the state of public services, and access to housing have created the perfect breeding ground for a fall of protests across Europe.
Federal authorities have charged 28 foreign nationals in California who authorities said have illegally registered and voted in U.S. elections.
