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greenland

Denmark and Greenland agree to form working group over the future of the territory

By Emma Burrows, Claudia Ciobanu, and others

FILE – A plane carrying Donald Trump Jr. lands in Nuuk, Greenland, Jan. 7, 2025. (Emil Stach/Ritzau Scanpix via AP, file)

If Trump takes control of Greenland, he would have to build a welfare state ‘that he doesn’t want for his own citizens,’ expert says

By Emma Burrows, Ben Finley, and others

maduro

Trump has been laying the groundwork for a strike on Venezuela for a full year. Here’s the timeline

By Ben Finley, Konstantin Toropin, and others

President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth salute as carry teams move the transfer cases with the remains of Iowa National Guard soldiers Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, 29, of Marshalltown, Iowa, and Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, 25, of Des Moines, Iowa, and civilian interpreter Ayad Mansoor Sakat, who were killed in an attack in Syria, during a casualty return, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025 at Dover Air Force Base, Del. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

U.S. forces attack Islamic State targets in Syria in ‘a declaration of vengeance’ for ambush that killed Americans

By Konstantin Toropin, Ben Finley, and others

National Guard patrol the National Mall near the Lincoln Memorial, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Trump administration halts all asylum decisions and pauses issuing visas for people with Afghan passports

By Cedar Attanasio, Collin Binkley, and others

FILE The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier leaves Naval Station Norfolk, June 23, 2025, in Norfolk, Va. (AP Photo/John Clark, File)

The most advanced U.S. aircraft carrier arrives in the Caribbean as Trump adds to the growing fleet of warships near Venezuela

By Ben Finley and The Associated Press

Family at home stressed

Meet the military families anxious about whether their next paychecks will arrive: ‘It’s almost like the service is taken for granted’

By The Associated Press and Ben Finley

The American aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, on its way into the Oslofjord, at Drobak in Norway, Sept. 12, 2025.

Trump’s decision to sail aircraft carrier to South America will leave the Mideast and Europe with none during a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas

By Ben Finley, Konstantin Toropin, and others

U.S. military senior leadership listen as President Donald Trump speaks at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025 in Quantico, Va.

Trump says U.S. cities should be ‘training grounds’ for the military to fight an ‘invasion from within’ during unusual speech to generals

By Ben Finley, Konstantin Toropin, and others

Buckingham Nicks

Before Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham made a cult classic. Now they’re reuniting for a reissue

By Ben Finley, Kristin M. Hall, and others

This courtroom sketch depicts Kilmar Abrego Garcia sitting in court during his detention hearing on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn. (Diego Fishburn via AP)

DOJ says Kilmar Abrego Garcia will face trial on federal smuggling charges before it tries to deport him again

By Ben Finley, Alanna Durkin Richer, and others

Protesters gather outside the Federal Courthouse before arguments whether Kilmar Abrego Garcia can be released from jail on Friday, June 13, 2025 in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Judge will order Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s pre-trial release but ICE plans to detain him and possibly try to deport him again

By Travis Loller, Ben Finley, and others

In this photo provided by El Salvador’s presidential press office, prison guards transfer deportees from the U.S., alleged to be Venezuelan gang members, to the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador, Sunday, March 16, 2025. (El Salvador presidential press office via AP)

ICE admits Maryland man sent to El Salvador prison was deported by ‘administrative error’

By Ben Finley and The Associated Press

And there’s snow too: Pedestrians cross a snowy street in downtown Kansas City, Mo., as a winter storm passed through the area on Feb. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Heavy rains, strong winds threaten California’s burn zones as ‘atmospheric river’ looms

By Ben Finley, John Raby, and others

A man wearing Dodgers apparel stands with a Mega Millions lottery ticket he purchased from a convenience store

The Mega Millions jackpot is now over $1 billion—and experts say larger payouts are on the horizon once ticket prices increase next year

By Ben Finley and The Associated Press