President Donald Trump has endorsed U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany in Wisconsin’s open race for governor.

The German government has trimmed its 2026 forecast for the country’s economy, Europe’s biggest, as growth picks up more slowly than previously hoped.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio plans to warn Congress that President Donald Trump is ready to take new military action against Venezuela if the country’s interim leadership strays from U.S. expectations.

Former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has expressed defiance after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to withdraw support for Iraq if he returns to power.

Organizers are planning what they anticipate will be the largest "No Kings" protests yet, targeting what they call authoritarianism under President Donald Trump.

Iranian officials have reached out to Middle Eastern countries over the threat of a possible U.S. military strike.

Tech stocks are leading a split Wall Street higher, while the U.S. dollar’s value stabilizes against other currencies after falling to its lowest level in nearly four years.

When the Supreme Court granted an unusually quick hearing over President Donald Trump’s tariffs, a similarly fast resolution seemed possible.

A Republican senator plans to open a Foreign Relations Committee hearing by lauding Secretary of State Marco Rubio and President Donald Trump for making Americans safer with their military actions in and around Venezuela.

A man has sprayed an unknown substance on U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar before being tackled to the ground during a town hall she was hosting.

A groundswell of voices have come to the same conclusion: Kristi Noem must go.

President Donald Trump is warning Iraqi officials that the U.S. would no longer support the country if its former prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, returns to power.

The Trump administration has unveiled 15 new drugs selected for a Medicare drug price negotiation program that allows the federal government to haggle directly with drug manufacturers.

Federal Reserve officials are expected to keep their short-term interest rate unchanged Wednesday after three cuts last year, ignoring huge pressure for lower borrowing costs from the White House in favor of waiting to see how the economy evolves.

Trump-backed businessman Nasry Asfura was sworn in Tuesday as president of Honduras.

CBS News chief Bari Weiss told her staff that “we're toast” if the network continues with its current business strategy and invoked legendary newsman Walter Cronkite as a symbol of old thinking.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says that her government has suspended oil shipments to Cuba, but says the pause in shipments has been a “sovereign decision” and not the result of pressure by the United States.

A federal judge said Tuesday that a nearly completed Massachusetts offshore wind project can continue, as the industry successfully challenges the Trump administration in court.

Gov. Greg Abbott ordered Texas universities and state agencies on Tuesday to halt new H-1B visa petitions until next year.

A federal judge has issued a temporary order barring the removal of a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy and his father whose arrest last week in Minnesota became another lightning rod for divisions on immigration under the Trump administration.

A Virginia judge has ruled that a proposed constitutional amendment letting Democrats redraw the state’s Congressional maps was illegal.

Byron Donalds, Florida Representative and GOP candidate for governor endorsed by President Donald Trump, recently discussed key issues shaping the state’s future, including immigration enforcement, property taxes, and vaccination policies.

The Trump administration has notified Congress that it is taking the first steps to possibly reopen the shuttered U.S. Embassy in Venezuela as it explores restoring relations with the South American country following the U.S. military raid that ousted then-President Nicolás Maduro.

President Donald Trump says he has signed an executive order that seeks to speed up reconstruction of tens of thousands of homes destroyed by the Los Angeles area wildfires in 2025.

Families of two Trinidadian nationals killed in a Trump administration boat strike last October are suing the federal government, calling the attack a war crime and part of an “unprecedented and manifestly unlawful U_S_ military campaign.”.

Tourism in Cuba is plummeting at a time when the island desperately needs that revenue.

Prize-winning composer Philip Glass has canceled the world premiere of his symphony about Abraham Lincoln at the Kennedy Center.

Israel is marking the end of a painful chapter after the return of the remains of the last hostage held in Gaza.

A science-oriented advocacy group moved its “Doomsday Clock” to 85 seconds to midnight, saying the Earth is closer than ever to destruction.

Neil Young is offering free access to his entire music catalog to residents of Greenland.

President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown has contributed to a year-to-year drop in the U.S. growth rate as the nation's population hit nearly 342 million people in 2025.

President Donald Trump says a “big investigation” is underway into the killing of protester and ICU nurse Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis.

Chief Justice John Roberts quietly defended the courts’ independence by focusing on history, not politics at the end of 2025. But the real test is coming in 2026, when the Supreme Court will decide if President Donald Trump can change major laws on citizenship, trade, and the Federal Reserve using executive power alone.

A Customs and Border Protection official told Congress in a notice that two federal officers fired shots during the encounter that killed ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.

Spain will grant legal status to potentially hundreds of thousands of immigrants living and working in the country without authorization.

A key figure in President Donald Trump's first impeachment is running for the U.S. Senate in Florida as a Democrat.

Officials in Ukraine say that a heavy Russian drone attack on Odesa has killed at least three people and wounded 23, including children and a pregnant woman.

News that a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement unit will be present at the upcoming Winter Games has sparked confusion and concern in Italy.

President Donald Trump is making a big pitch in Iowa as the White House tries to focus on affordability ahead of midterm elections despite fallout over his administration's immigration crackdown.

Prominent Republicans and gun rights advocates helped elicit a White House turnabout this week after bristling over the administration’s characterization of Alex Pretti as responsible for his own death because he lawfully possessed a weapon.

Wall Street ticked to a record as stocks zigzagged underneath the market’s surface following mixed profit reports from UnitedHealth, General Motors and other big companies.

The National Transportation Safety Board says the placement of a helicopter route so close to Reagan National Airport's secondary runway was a key factor in causing a midair aircraft collision that killed 67 people near Washington, D.C., a year ago.

Lawmakers in both parties are calling for investigations following the killing of Alex Jeffrey Pretti by a U.S. Border Patrol officer.

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is heading to China, aiming to improve relations with Beijing amid tensions with the United States.

A new Minnesota website lays out evidence to counter what state officials have called federal misinformation after immigration officials fatally shot two residents during the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.

President Donald Trump is taking a more conciliatory approach with Democratic leaders in Minnesota.

A group of lawyers and family members of cartel members accused Mexico’s government on Tuesday of breaking the law by sending nearly a hundred Mexican citizens to the United States without an extradition order.

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter is backing a proposed fan boycott of World Cup matches in the United States because of the conduct of President Donald Trump and his administration at home and abroad.

New York’s congressional redistricting battle is headed to the state’s highest court.

After two weeks of intense political and legal scrutiny, the Federal Reserve will seek to make this week’s meeting about interest rates as straightforward and uneventful as possible, though President Donald Trump probably still won’t like the result.

The fatal shooting of Minneapolis man Alex Pretti by federal immigration officers has sparked calls for an independent investigation.

The shooting deaths of two American citizens at the hands of federal law enforcement in Minneapolis have upended the politics of the Trump administration’s deportation agenda.

The U.S. military says the death toll from strikes on alleged drug boats is up to 126 people, with the inclusion of those presumed dead after being lost at sea.

President Donald Trump strong-armed America’s biggest trading partners into pledging trillions of dollars of investment in the United States.

President Donald Trump says he is increasing tariffs on South Korean goods because the country’s national assembly has yet to approve the trade framework announced last year.

The first refugee to lead the U_N_ refugee agency tells The Associated Press that the world faces a “very difficult moment in history.”.

Authorities in Mexico are investigating an attack that killed 11 people and injured 12 others during a post-match gathering in central Mexico.

Alex Pretti, a Minnesota nurse, is the sixth person to die during the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement campaign in the U.S. Federal authorities immediately said Pretti was a threat to federal officers.

Israelis expressed relief as the remains of Ran Gvili, the last hostage taken into Gaza, were recovered Monday.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says some of U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats should be viewed as prepositioning before negotiations to renew the countries' free trade pact.

The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and three accompanying warships have arrived in the Middle East.

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte insists Europe cannot defend itself without U.S. military support.

The U.S. Treasury Department has cut contracts with Booz Allen Hamilton after a former contractor leaked tax information about wealthy individuals, including Donald Trump.

Businesses are coming into the crosshairs of President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign, whether it’s public pressure for them to speak out against aggressive immigration enforcement or becoming the sites for arrests themselves.

A Michigan Republican businessman has joined a crowded field of candidates vying for to be the state's next governor.

Aiming to shake up the Golden State’s media landscape, the California Post has launched a new tabloid newspaper and news site that brings a brash, cheeky and conservative-friendly fixture of the Big Apple to the West Coast.

The U.S. is taking a minority stake in an Oklahoma rare earth miner, the latest government investment in the sector as it seeks to minimize its reliance on imports of a material used prevalently in smartphones, robotics, electric vehicles and many other high tech products.

A senior Border Patrol commander and some agents are expected to leave Minneapolis as early as Tuesday, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.

Negotiations to end Russia's invasion of Ukraine are showing signs of progress, but major challenges remain, according to a senior Kremlin official.

A senior French official has emphasized the importance of honoring French soldiers who died in Afghanistan.

Israel says the remains of the final hostage in Gaza have been recovered, clearing the way for the next phase of the ceasefire that stopped the Israel-Hamas war.

Seven Japanese American soldiers have been promoted to officer ranks in a solemn ceremony that comes eight decades after they died fighting for the U.S. during World War II.

This year brings important changes, including increased standard deductions for the 2025 tax year.

Egypt is exploring ways to regulate children's use of social media.

In a story published Jan. 26, 2026, about Iranian-backed militia groups' threats amid tensions between Iran and the United States, The Associated Press erroneously reported about Yemen's Houthi rebels' actions during Israel's 12-day war in June on Iran.

Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino is expected to leave Minneapolis on Tuesday as the Trump administration reshuffles leadership of its immigration enforcement operation and scales back the federal presence after a second fatal shooting in the city by federal officers.

The Trump administration has thrown up new obstacles for international students, from travel bans to a pause in visa appointments and new layers of vetting.

A collision between a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines jet killed 67 people near Washington, D.C. in January 2025.

U.S. stock indexes ticked higher, while other markets made louder moves, including another record-breaking rush for the price of gold.

The Minnesota Timberwolves and Golden State Warriors have returned to the court after their game was postponed following the fatal shooting of a man in Minneapolis by federal immigration officers.

Priests and priestesses of the Afro-Cuban religion known as Santería have offered gifts to deities and asked for peace as tensions rise between the United States and Cuba and the island braces for more economic difficulties.

The fatal shooting of a Minneapolis protester by a federal immigration officer touched off a firestorm and prompted some fellow Republicans to question President Donald Trump’s hard-line immigration crackdown, but the president on Sunday night doubled down and blamed Democratic officials.

Family members say the man who was killed by a federal officer in Minneapolis was an intensive care nurse at a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospital who cared deeply about people and was upset by President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown in his city.

Moderate Democratic Sen_ Jacky Rosen is calling for the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, saying that her “attempt to mislead the American public” about the fatal shooting of a 37 year-old protester in Minneapolis is “deeply shameful.”.

President Donald Trump says the U.S. used a secret weapon he called “The Discombobulator” to disable Venezuelan equipment when the U.S. captured Nicolás Maduro.

The District of Columbia's longtime delegate is closing out her career in Congress.

Israel says its military is conducting a large-scale operation to locate the last hostage in Gaza.

Democratic senators are vowing to oppose a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security following the shooting death of a man in Minnesota.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says his country has no intention of pursuing a free trade deal with China.

A man has been arrested for allegedly assaulting Florida Congressman Maxwell Frost at a party during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a security agreement with the United States is “100% ready.”.

A growing number of Republicans are pressing for a deeper investigation into federal immigration tactics after a U.S. Border Patrol agent fatally shot a man in Minneapolis.

A massive winter storm has dumped sleet, freezing rain and snow across much of the U.S., halting air and road traffic and sending temperatures plunging.

American religious history is rife with protest movements.

Authorities in Iran have unveiled a new mural in a central Tehran square with a direct warning to the United States to not attempt a military strike on the country.

European leaders are finding a way to speak with one voice against President Donald Trump and they're increasingly willing to say “no” to his demands.

Figure skating for decades has provided a progressive sort of safe space for those within the LGTBQ+ community, some of whom still may be trying to realize their authentic selves.

In dueling news conferences, federal and state officials offered starkly different messages about the immigration crackdown that has swept across Minneapolis and surrounding cities.

Law enforcement leaders are expressing alarm over a deadly shooting by federal officers in Minneapolis.

Dozens of immigrant families protested behind the fences of a Texas detention facility where a 5-year-old boy Ecuadorian boy and his father were sent this week after being detained in Minnesota.