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Backdropped by ships in the Strait of Hormuz, damage, according to local witnesses caused by several recent airstrikes during the U.S.-Israel military campaign, is seen on a fishing pier in the port of Qeshm island, Iran, Monday, April 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Asghar Besharati)

Traffic and trepidation in the Persian Gulf could keep gasoline prices from dropping quickly

5:30 PM on Friday, April 17

Oil prices plunged and the stock market rallied after U.S. President Donald Trump and Iran’s foreign minister said that the Strait of Hormuz is fully open

FILE - People vote in Oak Creek, Wis., on Nov. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

Former Wisconsin man sentenced to 20 months in federal prison for illegal campaign contributions

4:50 PM on Friday, April 17

A federal judge has sentenced a former Wisconsin man to 20 months in prison for making campaign contributions after renouncing his U.S. citizenship

Gov. Greg Abbott threatens $200 million in funding from major Texas cities over ICE policies

4:14 PM on Friday, April 17

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's office has threatened to cut state funding to Houston, Dallas, and Austin if they don't change policies limiting police cooperation with federal immigration authorities

Federal judge dismisses DOJ lawsuit seeking detailed information about Rhode Island voters

3:15 PM on Friday, April 17

A federal judge in Rhode Island has dismissed the Trump administration's lawsuit demanding the state's unredacted voter rolls

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before departing on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House, Thursday, April 16, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump's lawyers are in talks with the IRS to resolve president's $10B lawsuit

3:01 PM on Friday, April 17

The Trump administration says it’s in talks with the IRS to resolve a $10 billion lawsuit over leaked tax information

FILE - Maricopa County Recorder candidate Arizona state Rep. Justin Heap, R-Phoenix, speaks during a campaign event, Oct. 22, 2024, in Peoria, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Judge sides with Arizona election official in ruling that has implications for midterms voting

2:52 PM on Friday, April 17

The top election official in Arizona’s most populous county will get more authority in running elections after a judge sided with his office in a prolonged legal fight with the county board that shares responsibility for overseeing voting

FILE - The Kaktovik Lagoon and the Brooks Range mountains of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge are seen in Kaktovik, Alaska, Oct. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)

New oil and gas lease sale set for Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, amid litigation

2:38 PM on Friday, April 17

The U.S. government plans another oil and gas lease sale for Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Becky Pepper-Jackson prepares to throw a discus Tuesday, April 7, 2026, at Bridgeport High School in Bridgeport, W.VA. (AP Photo/John Raby)

Transgender athlete focuses on what may be her last track season as Supreme Court ruling looms

1:52 PM on Friday, April 17

A West Virginia transgender girl who competes on her high school girls' track team says she's focused on having fun with her friends

FILE - Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax, right, and his wife, Cerina, at the inauguration of Gov. Ralph Northam at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., Saturday, Sept. 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Kevin Morley, File)

Patients and dental community mourn Dr. Cerina Fairfax, killed by Virginia's ex-lieutenant governor

12:54 PM on Friday, April 17

Patients and colleagues in the Virginia dental community are remembering Dr. Cerina Fairfax as a devoted mother, a caring dentist and the rock at the center of her family, after she was killed by her estranged husband, former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax

FILE - This image from video provided by U.S. South Command, shows a vessel accused of trafficking drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean shortly before it was destroyed by the U.S. military, killing two and injuring one, on Jan. 23, 2026. (U.S. Southern Command via AP, File)

FACT FOCUS: Trump says drug trafficking by sea is down 98.2%. The numbers don't show that

11:52 AM on Friday, April 17

President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed that the flow of drugs into the U.S. by sea has been nearly eradicated under his administration

Indian women lawmakers pose outside Parliament House before the start of the debate on a landmark bill to reserve one-third of seats for women, in New Delhi, India, Thursday, April 16, 2026. (AP Photo)

India Parliament blocks Modi’s bid to redraw voting boundaries alongside seat quota for women

11:06 AM on Friday, April 17

India's lower house of Parliament has failed to pass a bill to implement reservation of a third of seats for women lawmakers

Daniel Bell watches his sheep graze Friday, Feb. 20, 2026, at a farm in Lancaster, Ky. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)

Takeaways from AP-Grist reporting on federal support for rural renewable energy

9:06 AM on Friday, April 17

The Associated Press and Grist have collaborated on a project to analyze how federal policy changes on energy are affecting farmers

A sheep stands in front of solar panels on a farm Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, in Lancaster, Ky. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)

Some American farmers bet on solar. Then Trump changed the rules

9:03 AM on Friday, April 17

Farmers in the U.S. operate on the thinnest of margins, and some have looked to renewable energy as a way to cut costs on electricity

FILE -The Congo airport terminal building before its opening by Congo president Joseph Kabila in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, June 25, 2015. (AP Photo/John Bompengo, File)

About 15 Latin American deportees from the US arrive in Congo

6:24 AM on Friday, April 17

Fifteen people deported from the U.S. have landed in Congo's capital, Kinshasa

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks as Starmer hosts social media industry leaders to discuss child safety online Thursday, April 16, 2026, in London. (Leon Neal/Pool Photo via AP)

Starmer rejects calls to resign over Mandelson appointment as pressure builds

4:24 AM on Friday, April 17

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has no plans to resign over the appointment of Peter Mandelson as U.K. ambassador to Washington, despite Mandelson failing security checks

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and fellow Republicans celebrate GOP tax policies at an event outside the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate extends surveillance powers until April 30 after chaotic votes in House

12:19 AM on Friday, April 17

Congress has approved a short-term renewal of a controversial surveillance program used by U.S. spy agencies just days before it was set to expire

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, left, and French President Emmanuel Macron co-host a multinational virtual summit at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris, Friday April 17, 2026 (Tom Nicholson/Pool Photo via AP)

Macron and Starmer welcome Hormuz reopening and push for permanent navigation security

12:08 AM on Friday, April 17

France and the U.K. have welcomed the announcement by Iran and the U.S. that the Strait of Hormuz is open

Democrat Jason Esteves, a former Georgia state senator running for governor, speaks to supporters at a campaign event on Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)

Georgia Democrats try to make their move in a jumbled, low-dollar primary for governor

12:01 AM on Friday, April 17

Democrats running for governor in Georgia are scrambling for attention and cash

Fayetteville High senior Lily Adler, president of the Young Democrats of Arkansas, is photographed in the halls at Fayetteville High School Tuesday, April, 7, 2026 in Fayetteville, Ark. (AP Photo/Michael Woods) CORRECTION: Adler, not Alder

Turning Point USA’s high school push in GOP states meets free speech and religion concerns

12:02 AM on Wednesday, April 15

A push by Republican leaders to promote Turning Point USA chapters in public high schools is stirring a free speech debate

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