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  • TrumpNorth America

    ‘They took all of our oil not that long ago. And we want it back’: Trump demands Venezuela return seized assets

    By David Klepper, Aamer Madhani, and others
  • ISAI

    Making nightmares into reality: AI finds fans in the Islamic State, other militant and terrorist other groups worldwide

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Tourists flock to Mather Point at Grand Canyon National Park, Oct. 1, 2025, in Grand Canyon, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)Politics

    National Park Service drops free admission on Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth while adding Trump’s birthday

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)Politics

    Hegseth likens strikes on alleged drug boats to post-9/11 war on terror, saying Trump can order use of force ‘as he sees fit’

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • A rocketship launches with a lot of smoke into spaceGlobal

    ‘This is the Cuban Missile Crisis in space’: Russia is building a space nuke that could wipe out every satellite in orbit, U.S. warns

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • FILE – A California National Guardsmen stands to protect federal buildings, June 10, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo Damian Dovarganes, File)Politics

    Los Angeles mayor celebrates ‘retreat’ as Pentagon ends deployment of 2,000 National Guard troops in city

    By Julie Watson, David Klepper, and others
  • This Tuesday, June 24, 2025, satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows damage at Fordo enrichment facility after strikes in Iran on June 23. (Maxar Technologies via AP)Middle East

    Pro-Iran hackers are back at work after air strikes, targeting U.S. banks, defense contractors, and oil companies

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • FILE – A child holds an iPhone at an Apple store on Sept. 25, 2015 in Chicago. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)Cybersecurity

    ‘The world is in a mobile security crisis’ as Chinese hackers and user lapses put smartphones at risk

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • US President Donald Trump during a US ambassadors meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, March 25, 2025. Trump directed the Treasury Department to modernize and centralize its payment system in an effort to root out fraud as money is transferred throughout the federal government. Photographer: Shawn Thew/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesPolitics

    Trump downplays leaked group texts with 18 senior officials and a reporter as not ‘serious’ while Democrats blast ‘utterly unprofessional’ lapse

    By The Associated Press, David Klepper, and others
  • FILE – Demonstrators rally in support of federal workers outside of the Department of Health and Human Services, Feb. 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)Politics

    DOGE gutting of federal agencies presents an unprecedented opportunity for America’s enemies to recruit informants, experts say

    By David Klepper, Eric Tucker, and others
  • Attorney General Pam Bondi swears in Tulsi Gabbard as the Director of National Intelligence in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, in Washington, as her husband Abraham Williams watches. (Photo/Alex Brandon)Politics

    Senate confirms Tulsi Gabbard as Trump’s intelligence chief as GOP falls in line—except for one senator

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Elon Musk speaks at an indoor Presidential Inauguration parade event in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)Politics

    DOGE access to U.S. finances risks loss of American credibility that ‘will prove difficult to regain’, former Treasury secretaries warn

    By Fatima Hussein, David Klepper, and others
  • FILE – A view of the P4 lab inside the Wuhan Institute of Virology is seen after a visit by the World Health Organization team in Wuhan in China’s Hubei province, Feb. 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)Health

    CIA now believes COVID most likely originated from a lab but has low confidence in its own finding

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 8: The J. Edgar Hoover building, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) headquarters, is photographed on October 8, 2024 in Washington, DC. A report released by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) reveals that the Trump White House restricted the FBI’s 2018 investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, limiting the agency to a narrow inquiry and directing tips to the White House without further probing, despite public claims of a full investigation. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)Politics

    FBI tells telecom firms to boost network security following massive Chinese hacking campaign

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • Vice presidential candidate Tim Walz stares directly into the cameraPolitics

    Russian operatives are targeting Tim Walz, spreading viral disinformation about his time as a teacher

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press