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FILE - An American flag is burned during a march for Jayland Walker, July 6, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

Trump's order on flag burning could return the question to the Supreme Court

4:21 PM on Tuesday, August 26

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order challenging a 1989 Supreme Court decision that protects flag burning as free speech

FILE - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko gestures during a joint news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin following their talks at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Concerns mount over health of Belarusian journalist sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison

3:45 PM on Tuesday, August 26

Activists have raised concerns about the health of Belarusian journalist Aleh Suprunyuk, who was sentenced to three and a half years in prison

FILE - Taylor Swift embraces Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce after the NFL Super Bowl 58 football game against the San Francisco 49ers, Feb. 11, 2024, in Las Vegas. The Chiefs won 25-22 against the 49ers. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Brittany Mahomes, the NFL and Donald Trump among those praising Swift and Kelce's engagement

3:38 PM on Tuesday, August 26

President Donald Trump, the NFL and scores of stars in the entertainment and sports worlds have reacted to Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's engagement

President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump saying 600,000 Chinese students could come to the US draws MAGA backlash

3:38 PM on Tuesday, August 26

President Donald Trump has sparked backlash from some members of his loyal base by saying his administration would allow 600,000 Chinese students into American universities

FILE - Heather Honey, a conservative election researcher, leaves the federal courthouse in Harrisburg, Pa., Oct. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Scolforo, File)

Researcher who has distorted voter data appointed to Homeland Security election integrity role

3:17 PM on Tuesday, August 26

A conservative election researcher whose faulty findings on voter data were cited by President Donald Trump as he tried to overturn his 2020 election loss has been appointed to an election integrity role at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security

A person walks through Plaza Murillo outside Congress in La Paz, Bolivia, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

Bolivia's long-ruling party was almost eliminated from Congress, final vote results show

3:05 PM on Tuesday, August 26

Final election numbers show that Bolivian voters practically threw the long-governing party out of Congress in elections earlier this month

Judge says Cuomo can't prolong court battle with accuser to 'resurrect his public image'

2:57 PM on Tuesday, August 26

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's attempt to continue a legal battle involving an ex-aide's sexual harassment claim has been rejected by a judge

Russia's President Vladimir Putin, right, and Alexei (John Trader), Archbishop of the Orthodox Church in America Diocese of Alaska talk after laying flowers to the graves of Soviet soldiers who died during World War II at Fort Richardson National Cemetery, Alaska, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, after meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Orthodox archbishop apologizes to anyone pained by his meeting with Putin

2:18 PM on Tuesday, August 26

An Orthodox archbishop who exchanged friendly greetings and gifts with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska is apologizing to “those who have experienced pain, suffering, or confusion" because of his actions

Democratic leaders withdraw measure clarifying the party position on the Israel-Hamas war

1:35 PM on Tuesday, August 26

The Democratic National Committee leadership has withdrawn a measure that would have clarified the party’s position on the Israel-Hamas war

FILE - Election workers recount ballots from the recent Pennsylvania Senate race at the Allegheny County Election Division warehouse on the Northside of Pittsburgh, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Pennsylvania must stop throwing out mail ballots over date errors, court rules

11:01 AM on Tuesday, August 26

A federal appeals court says it's unconstitutional for Pennsylvania to throw out mail-in ballots simply because the voter didn’t write an accurate date on the return envelope

FILE - Lisa Cook, right, takes the oath of office to become a member of the Federal Reserve Board, May 23, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, file)

What to know about Lisa Cook, the Fed Governor who Trump says he's firing

10:49 AM on Tuesday, August 26

Lisa Cook made headlines three years ago when she became the first Black woman to serve on the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors, one of the most powerful financial institutions in the world

British Reform party leader Nigel Farage poses in front of a mock departures board during a press conference in a hangar at Oxford Airport in Kidlington, England, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025.(AP Photo/Joanna Chan)

UK's hard-right Reform party says it will mass-deport migrants if it wins power

8:18 AM on Tuesday, August 26

The leader of Britain’s hard-right Reform party has pledged to leave the European Convention on Human Rights and detain and deport anyone who arrives in the country illegally

University of Florida picks an interim president after last choice was rejected

2:29 PM on Monday, August 25

The University of Florida has selected an interim president after their last choice was rejected by the state Board of Governors that oversees the university system

President Donald Trump speaks with members of law enforcement and National Guard soldiers, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

What Trump's crime crackdown in DC looks like in photos

2:20 PM on Thursday, August 21

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