Vice President JD Vance met with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Milan on Friday, part of his trip to the Olympics.

President Donald Trump’s social media post featuring a video about election conspiracy theories and a racist depiction of former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, as primates in a jungle has been deleted.

A division of the U.S. Agency for International Development eliminated by Trump administration cuts last year was reborn Thursday as an independent nonprofit.

Madison Chock and Evan Bates set the tone for the U.S. Figure Skating team at the Milan Cortina Olympics with a high-energy rhythm dance to Lenny Kravitz music.

The Kremlin says Russian and U.S. negotiators have discussed the expiration of their last remaining nuclear arms pact.

Canada and France were opening diplomatic consulates in the capital of Greenland.

Iran and the United States have held indirect talks in Oman.

In Venezuela, political critics are emerging from hiding following the U.S. ouster of President Nicolás Maduro.

Hayley Scamurra scored twice, and the United States opened the Milan Cortina Games women’s hockey tournament with a 5-1 win over Czechia.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance is in Milan leading U.S. President Donald Trump’s delegation to the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Border czar Tom Homan said the Trump administration is reducing the number of immigration enforcement officers in Minnesota after state and local officials agreed to cooperate by turning over arrested immigrants.

The Trump administration says it wants to create a critical minerals trading bloc with its allies and partners.

Hong Kong's CK Hutchison Holdings has started arbitration against Panama after its Supreme Court ruled a canal port concession unconstitutional.

Thirty days after the U.S. captured then-President Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela remains in turmoil.

Hundreds of demonstrators have gathered in Milan to protest the deployment of ICE agents during the upcoming Winter Olympics.

U.S. allies and partners in the Middle East again are urging restraint from both the United States and Iran as the Trump administration warns of a possible strike and builds up its military presence in the region.

Caribbean correspondent Dánica Coto has returned to Cuba after more than three years.

Panama’s president has vowed that critical ports at both ends of the Panama Canal will continue to operate without interruption.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that would impose a tariff on any goods from countries that sell or provide oil to Cuba, a move that puts pressure on Mexico.

President Donald Trump’s latest attempt to sidestep the United Nations through his new Board of Peace appears to have inadvertently backfired.

Senate Democrats are threatening to block legislation Thursday to fund the Department of Homeland Security and several other agencies, potentially bringing the government a step closer to a partial shutdown Friday if Republicans and the White House don't agree to restrict President Donald Trump’s surge of immigration enforcement.

President Donald Trump says he asked Russian President Vladimir Putin not to target the Ukrainian capital and other towns for one week as the region experiences frigid temperatures and Putin agreed, but Russia hasn't confirmed that.

The United States will allow Venezuela to sell oil that's currently under American sanctions and use the proceeds to pay for basic government services.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says that technical talks with officials from Denmark and Greenland over hatching an Arctic security deal are now underway.

Iran has reached out to Middle Eastern countries over the threat of a possible U.S. military strike.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has given a full-throated defense of President Donald Trump's military operation to oust and arrest then-Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

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.

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.

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.

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

The U.S.-led push to end Russia’s nearly 4-year-old war in Ukraine gained momentum late last year and is moving ahead in 2026, with leaders, diplomats and envoys working on trying to reach a deal.

A federal judge ruled that the academics, who are party to a lawsuit alleging U.S. policy singles out noncitizens for detention or deportation over their pro-Palestinian activism on college campuses, can seek relief from the court if their immigration status is changed as retribution for taking part in the case.

The House has barely rejected a Democratic-backed resolution that would have prevented President Donald Trump from sending U.S. military forces to Venezuela.

The U.S. has imposed sanctions on five Costa Ricans and five Costa Rican entities for allegedly transporting cocaine from Colombia.

Democratic state Rep. Angie Nixon has announced her candidacy for the Florida U.S. Senate seat held by Republican Ashley Moody in the 2026 election.

Florida State Rep. Angie Nixon (D-Jacksonville) announced Thursday that she’s joining a crowded field of Democrats who are running for U.S. Senate in the special midterm election this fall.

Olympic leader Kirsty Coventry is yet to have formal contact with U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration but says she looks forward to meeting Vice President JD Vance in Milan next month.

President Donald Trump’s plane, Air Force One, has safely returned to Joint Base Andrews about an hour after departing for Switzerland on Tuesday evening.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says the bid by U.S. President Donald Trump to take over Greenland poses a “deep crisis” for NATO and raises questions about the alliance’s preservation as a single military-political bloc.

Nearly 3,000 high-level participants from business, government and beyond plus untold numbers of activists, journalists and observers are converging on the Swiss town of Davos for the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting.

The White House has announced that U.S. Vice President JD Vance will lead an American delegation to the 2026 Winter Olympics.

President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” that was initially seen as a mechanism focused on ending the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza is taking shape with ambitions to have a far broader mandate of other global crises.

Israel’s government is objecting to a White House announcement about leaders overseeing the next steps in Gaza as the ceasefire enters its challenging second phase.

In a story published Jan. 17, 2026, about members of an executive committee for Gaza, The Associated Press erroneously reported the title of Yakir Gabay.

President Donald Trump says he'll impose a 10% import tax starting in February on goods from eight European nations because of their opposition to American control of Greenland.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says that efforts to crack down on Mexican cartels and slow migration north were showing “compelling results” in an effort to head off intervention by the Trump administration.

The Trump administration has identified a host of athletic competitions it classifies as “major sporting events” — aside from soccer's 2026 World Cup and the 2028 Olympic Games — that athletes and coaches will be allowed to travel to the U.S. to take part in despite a broad visa ban.

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has discussed her country’s future with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House.

U.S., Danish and Greenlandic officials have met face to face to discuss President Donald Trump’s ambitions to take control of Greenland, a semiautonomous territory of Denmark.

Senators from opposing parties are working together in hopes of finally banning members of Congress from trading stocks.

Troops from European countries, including France and Germany, are arriving in Greenland to boost security.

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado says she presented her Nobel Peace Prize medal to President Donald Trump.

President Donald Trump says he’s been told “on good authority” that plans for executions in Iran have stopped, even as Tehran has signaled fast trials and executions ahead in its crackdown on protesters.

Greenland biathlete Ukaleq Slettemark is used to the stress of competing on the world stage as she tries to qualify for the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.

A legal memo that came out days before the U_S_ military operation against Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro said such a move would “not rise to the level of a war in the constitutional sense” and would serve “important national interests."

The State Department says it will suspend the processing of immigrant visas for citizens of 75 countries whose nationals are deemed likely to require public assistance while living in the United States.

The Senate is headed toward a vote on a war powers resolution that would put a check on President Donald Trump’s ability to carry out further military attacks on Venezuela.

A new poll shows most Americans believe President Donald Trump has “gone too far” in using the U.S. military to intervene in other countries.

Senate Republicans have voted to dismiss a war powers resolution that would have limited President Donald Trump’s ability to conduct further attacks on Venezuela.

The plane used by the U.S. military to strike an alleged drug-smuggling boat off Venezuela last fall was painted to look like a civilian aircraft.

President Donald Trump's administration has made good on its pledge to label three Middle Eastern branches of the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist organizations, imposing sanctions on them.

The leaders of Denmark and the country’s territory of Greenland on Tuesday offered a united front against President Donald Trump’s calls for the United States to take over the strategic Arctic island.

Minnesota and the Twin Cities are suing the federal government to stop surge by federal immigration authorities.

There's another warning from President Donald Trump to Cuba in the wake of Nicolás Maduro's ouster in Venezuela.

Israel is closely monitoring the fallout from widespread Iranian protests.

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

Adam Johnson, known for grabbing Nancy Pelosi's podium during the Capitol riot, is running for a county office in Florida.

Activists say the death toll in nationwide protests challenging Iran's theocracy has reached at least 116 people killed.

Venezuela’s sudden release of detainees brought relief and guarded optimism to a country consumed by uncertainty.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio, a football fan, now is quarterbacking President Donald Trump’s foreign policy team as it navigates particularly turbulent global waters, notably in Venezuela.

U.S. President Donald Trump's withdrawal from the United Nations climate framework marks a significant escalation of anti-climate policy.

In a remarkable rebuke of Republican leadership, the House has passed legislation that would extend expired health care subsidies for those who get coverage through the Affordable Care Act.

Denmark and Greenland’s envoys to Washington have begun a vigorous effort to urge U.S. lawmakers as well as key Trump administration officials to step back from President Donald Trump’s call for a “takeover” of the strategic Arctic island.

President Donald Trump is proposing setting U_S_ military spending at $1_5 trillion in 2027, citing “troubled and dangerous times.”.

Mexico has emerged as a key fuel supplier to Havana as the United States prepares to seize control of Venezuelan oil and the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump hardens its stance toward Cuba.

The U.S. military operation in Venezuela can be seen as both a benefit and a burden for Russian President Vladimir Putin.

In a move to assert control over Venezuelan oil, President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday seized a pair of sanctioned tankers transporting petroleum and announced plans to “selectively” remove some sanctions so the U.S. can oversee the sale of Venezuela’s petroleum worldwide.

Faith leaders are urging prayers for peace following the U.S. capture of Nicolás Maduro.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he plans to meet with Danish officials next week after the Trump administration reiterated its intention to take over the strategic Arctic island.

Opposition supporters have long hoped their leaders could replace Nicolás Maduro as Venezuela's president.

Delcy Rodríguez, Venezuela's interim president, has risen to prominence through strategic moves and political savvy.

President Donald Trump says Venezuela will be providing 30 million to 50 million barrels of oil to the U.S., and he pledges to use proceeds from the sale of this oil “to benefit the people” of both countries.

President Donald Trump’s has made broad but vague assertions that the United States is going to “run” Venezuela after the ouster of Nicolás Maduro but has offered almost no details about how it will do so.

Venezuela's military says the U.S. operation to capture Nicolás Maduro resulted in dozens of casualties.

News organizations got a rare “thank you” from the Trump administration for not putting its military action in Venezuela in jeopardy by reporting on it before it happened.

Ukraine’s allies have made major progress toward defending the country if a peace deal is struck with Russia.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other top officials have briefed leaders in Congress on the striking military operation in Venezuela.

President Donald Trump hasn’t minced words about the larger message he’s trying to send the world with the U.S. military raid to capture Nicolás Maduro.

After apparent months of planning, the U.S. strike that resulted in the arrest of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro unfolded swiftly over the weekend, with American forces converging on Caracas to arrest Maduro and his wife.

Cubans have lowered flags to mourn 32 officers who died in the weekend strike against the president of Venezuela.

Venezuelan leaders are asserting the country's independence after the U.S. captured President Nicolás Maduro.

Allies and adversaries of the United States have used an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council to voice opposition to the audacious U.S. military operation in Venezuela that captured leader Nicolás Maduro.

Deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro declares himself “innocent” and a “decent man” as he pleads not guilty to federal drug trafficking charges.

Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodríguez has taken the place of her ally President Nicolás Maduro who was captured by the United States in a nighttime military operation.

A day after the ouster of Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro, President Donald Trump is renewing his calls for an American takeover of the Danish territory of Greenland and is threatening Colombia with military action over its drug trade.

President Donald Trump's military intervention in Venezuela is testing his ability to hold the Republican coalition together.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggested the United States would not take a day-to-day role in governing Venezuela, a turnaround after President Donald Trump announced a day earlier that the U.S. would be running Venezuela following its ouster of leader Nicolás Maduro.

Venezuelans remain in shock after President Nicolás Maduro was deposed and captured in a U.S. military operation.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is suggesting the United States won’t govern Venezuela other than enforcing an existing “oil quarantine” on the country.

A newly unsealed U.S. Justice Department indictment accuses captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro of running a “corrupt, illegitimate government” fueled by a drug-trafficking operation that flooded the U.S. with thousands of tons of cocaine.