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In this photo provided by Ukraine's 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Separate Mechanized Brigade press service, soldiers fire a mortar towards positions of Russian troops near Kostyantynivka in Donetsk region, Ukraine, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (Iryna Rybakova/Ukraine's 93rd Mechanized Brigade via AP)

Trump administration announces a $825 million arms sale to Ukraine

6:04 PM on Thursday, August 28

The Trump administration has approved a $825 million arms sale to Ukraine, which will include extended-range missiles and related equipment to boost its defensive capabilities

President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025, at the White House in Washington, as Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, looks on. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Marco Rubio will head to Latin America again as Trump prioritizes immigration

6:00 PM on Thursday, August 28

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is heading back to Latin America next week for visits to Mexico and Ecuador

Trump proposed getting rid of FEMA, but his review council seems focused on reforming the agency

5:57 PM on Thursday, August 28

President Donald Trump has floated the idea of “getting rid of” the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which manages federal disaster response

Top adviser to RFK Jr. will serve as acting CDC leader after White House pushes out director, AP source says

5:23 PM on Thursday, August 28

Top adviser to RFK Jr. will serve as acting CDC leader after White House pushes out director, AP source says

Federal judge blocks Trump administration from removing Voice of America director

4:17 PM on Thursday, August 28

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from removing Michael Abramowitz as director of Voice of America

FILE - Former Texas Rangers first baseman Mark Teixeira signs autographs before a baseball game between the Rangers and the Oakland Athletics on April 12, 2019, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Jeffrey McWhorter, File)

Former MLB star Mark Teixeira announces bid for US House seat in Texas

3:47 PM on Thursday, August 28

Former Major League Baseball star Mark Teixeira is seeking the Republican nomination for a House seat in Texas

FILE - Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr, center, speaks to a delegate at the Georgia Republican Convention in Dalton, Ga., June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy, File)

Judge throws out campaign finance lawsuit between Republican rivals in Georgia governor's race

3:11 PM on Thursday, August 28

A federal judge has thrown out Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr's campaign finance lawsuit against Lt. Gov. Burt Jones

Alabama will seek to put legislative redistricting order on hold

2:55 PM on Thursday, August 28

Alabama plans to appeal a federal judge’s order to swiftly draw new state Senate districts for use in next year’s legislative elections

Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan, the presidential candidate of the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party, delivers her remarks during the launch of the party's campaign for the upcoming general elections, at Tanganyika Packers grounds in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Steven Genya)

Official election campaigns kick off in Tanzania as main opposition leader remains in custody

1:52 PM on Thursday, August 28

The official campaign period has started for Tanzania's October general elections

Trump fires Democratic member of Surface Transportation Board ahead of huge rail merger decision

12:18 PM on Thursday, August 28

President Donald Trump has fired one of two Democratic members of the U.S. Surface Transportation Board to break a 2-2 tie ahead of the board considering the largest railroad merger ever proposed

FILE - President Donald Trump answers questions from reporters as he meets with Congo's Foreign Minister Therese Kayikwamba Wagner, and Rwanda's Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe, Friday, June 27, 2025, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

What to know after the US deports more migrants to Africa

9:51 AM on Thursday, August 28

The Trump administration has deported more migrants from the United States as it expands its program to send people to countries they have no ties with

FILE - Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve member Lisa Cook, speaks during a conversations with leaders from organizations that include nonprofits, small businesses, manufacturing, supply chain management, the hospitality industry, and the housing and education sectors at the Federal Reserve building, Sept. 23, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Fed official sues Trump over attempt to fire her, challenging his power over the independent agency

9:43 AM on Thursday, August 28

Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook is suing the Trump administration in an effort to overturn the president’s attempt to fire her, launching an unprecedented legal battle that could significantly reshape the Fed’s longstanding political independence

The gun used in the murder of Emmett Till is on display at the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum on Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025 in Jackson, Miss.. (AP Photo/Sophie Bates)

Gun used in Emmett Till's lynching is displayed in a museum 70 years after his murder

9:28 AM on Thursday, August 28

The gun used in the lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till is now on display for the public to see, 70 years after the killing

FILE - A portrait of President Donald Trump hangs on the Labor Department headquarters near the Capitol in Washington, Aug. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)

The Latest: RFK Jr. adviser will serve as acting CDC leader after director’s firing, AP source says

8:53 AM on Thursday, August 28

Jim O'Neill, a top deputy to Health Secretary Robert F

Kawsu Leigh, a fisherman who was injured in a seabound arson attack, stands for a portrait at his home in Banjul, Gambia, on March 25, 2025, almost a year after an attack on the foreign-owned vessel Abu Islam where he was working. (AP Photo/Grace Ekpu)

A 'sea war' brews off Gambia as desperate local fishermen attack foreign vessels, and each other

8:38 AM on Thursday, August 28

A “sea war” is brewing off the West African nation of Gambia as desperate local fishermen attack foreign commercial fishing vessels, and each other

File - A national flag of Iran waves in front of the building of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, in Vienna, Austria, Friday, Dec. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Gruber, File)

UK, France and Germany initiate 'snapback' sanctions on Iran over status of nuclear program

4:22 AM on Thursday, August 28

France, Germany and the United Kingdom have moved to reimpose United Nations sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program

Rev. Al Sharpton, center, alongside Martin Luther King III, walk for the March on Wall Street, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)

Al Sharpton leads pro-DEI 'March on Wall Street' on anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington

11:46 PM on Wednesday, August 27

The Rev. Al Sharpton led a protest through Manhattan's Financial District to urge corporate America to resist the Trump administration’s campaign to roll back diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives

Firefighters work on the site of a burning building after a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, early Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

A major Russian drone and missile attack on Kyiv kills at least 21 people

11:08 PM on Wednesday, August 27

Authorities say a mass Russian drone and missile attack on Ukraine’s capital has killed at least 21 people and wounded 48

Shiite men hold up posters that read in Arabic: "America is the mother of terrorism", during a protest against Tom Barrack, U.S. President Donald Trump's envoy to the Middle East, who was supposed to visit Tyre city in south Lebanon, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

UN votes to end its peacekeeping force in Lebanon next year after nearly 5 decades

8:07 PM on Wednesday, August 27

The U.N. Security Council has voted unanimously to terminate the U.N. peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon at the end of next year after nearly five decades

Like Reagan, Trump is slashing environment regulations, but his strategy may have a far deeper impact

8:03 AM on Tuesday, August 26

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