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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testifies on his agency's proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2027 at a Senate Appropriation subcommittee, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, April 22, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

US imposes sanctions on a China-based oil refinery and 40 shippers over Iranian oil

2:12 PM on Friday, April 24

The Trump administration is sanctioning a major China-based oil refinery and about 40 shipping companies

FILE - The U.S. Department of Justice logo is seen on a podium before a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, on May 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

Justice Department to allow firing squads for executions in move to ramp up capital punishment

2:12 PM on Friday, April 24

The Justice Department will adopt firing squad as a permitted method of execution as the Trump administration moves to ramp up and expedite capital punishment cases

FILE - The moon emerges from the clouds over the U.S. Capitol dome in Washington, Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Congress keeps holding all-nighters, creating dysfunction after dark

8:30 AM on Friday, April 24

Late-night votes are an age-old pressure tactic for congressional leaders in both major political parties

Nelcy Escorcia, center, holds a sign with a message reading in Spanish; “Thinking differently isn’t a crime; isolating and torturing them is”, during a protest outside a detention center where her husband, Franklin Parra, is being held on political grounds, in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

What a reporter learned covering a protest in Venezuela led by women hoping to free their loved ones

8:21 AM on Friday, April 24

Regina Garcia Cano reports on two women protesting the Venezuelan government over their husbands' detentions

Mileidy Mendoza and her children ride a bus from Caracas to visit her husband, Eric Diaz, imprisoned on political grounds at the Yare prison complex in San Francisco de Yare, Venezuela, Sunday, April 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Two women risked everything after US raid to protest Venezuela's detentions of their husbands

8:20 AM on Friday, April 24

Venezuelan women have spent the year protesting to demand the release of hundreds of political prisoners

FILE - President Ronald Reagan watches as first lady Nancy Reagan comments from the podium during the White House Correspondents' Association annual dinner on April 23, 1987, in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi, File)

Correspondents' Dinner's biggest moments involve laughs, cringing and high-stakes politics

7:07 AM on Friday, April 24

The White House Correspondents’ Dinner has produced viral moments that were funny, cringeworthy or undeniably tense and that endure across social media

FILE -A Thai solider inspects a work station inside a scam center in O'Smach, Cambodia, Feb. 2, 2026, (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit), File)

US launches sweeping crackdown on Southeast Asia cyberscams and sanctions Cambodian senator

7:00 AM on Friday, April 24

U.S. officials have announced a major crackdown on Southeast Asian cyberscam operations controlled by Chinese transnational organized crime

Campaigners hold a banner outside parliament in London as a proposed law to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales will run out of time on Friday, more than a year after MPs first voted in favour of it, Friday, April 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Time runs out for assisted dying bill for England and Wales

6:30 AM on Friday, April 24

A proposed bill allowing terminally ill adults in England and Wales to end their lives has failed

FILE -Internally displaced people (IDPs) fleeing fighting in Congo's South Kivu province arrive in Cibitoke, Kansega, Burundi, Dec. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Berthier Mugiraneza, File)

Congolese refugees return from Burundi to take advantage of improved security

6:11 AM on Friday, April 24

Thousands of Congolese refugees in Burundi have returned home to eastern Congo after Rwandan-backed rebels withdrew from a key town

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez arrives for the EU Summit in Nicosia, Cyprus, Friday, April 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Sánchez sidesteps a Spain-US dispute at NATO, brushing off reported Pentagon email

5:40 AM on Friday, April 24

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is declining to engage in a dispute with the U.S. over reports that the Pentagon is considering punishing NATO members who don't support U.S. operations in the Iran war

In this photo released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand, Thai Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow, left, greets Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi during their meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, on Friday, April 24, 2026. ( Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand via AP)

Chinese foreign minister and Thai prime minister agree to collaborate on fighting cyberscams

2:42 AM on Friday, April 24

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has met with Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul during a visit aimed at strengthening the countries’ strategic partnership and expanding cooperation

A flight-crew member climbs into the cockpit of a French air force Rafale fighter jet stationed on a NATO air-policing mission at the Siauliai Air Base in Lithuania as another member of the French detachment stands at the foot of the ladder on Sunday, April 19, 2026 (AP Photo/John Leicester)

In Baltic skies, NATO and Russian pilots size each other up warily but without a tilt into war

2:04 AM on Friday, April 24

In Baltic skies, there's a regular ballet of posturing between pilots from NATO nations and Russia

FILE - One of four panda bears at Zoo Atlanta rests in their habitat on Dec. 30, 2023, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Kate Brumback, File)

China will send giant pandas to Atlanta again

12:13 AM on Friday, April 24

China is sending two giant pandas to Zoo Atlanta, the China Wildlife Conservation Association says

FILE - White House director of Science and Technology Policy Michael Kratsios speaks during a meeting of the White House Task Force on Artificial Intelligence Education in the East Room of the White House, Sept. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Trump administration vows crackdown on Chinese companies 'exploiting' AI models made in US

6:37 PM on Thursday, April 23

The Trump administration is vowing to crack down on foreign tech companies’ exploitation of U.S. artificial intelligence models, singling out China at a time that country is narrowing the gap with the U.S. in the AI race

FILE - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro gives a press conference at the Miraflores presidential palace, March 12, 2020, in Caracas, Venezuela. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)

US soldier charged with using classified intel to win $400K Polymarket bet on Maduro raid

6:12 PM on Thursday, April 23

A U.S. soldier involved in the military operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has been charged with using classified information about the mission to win more than $400,000 in an online betting market

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