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  • FILE – USAID humanitarian aid destined for Venezuela is displayed for the media at a warehouse next to the Tienditas International Bridge on the outskirts of Cucuta, Colombia, Feb. 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)Politics

    Elon Musk’s DOGE gets access to classified USAID info after security chiefs tried to block move and then were put on leave, officials say

    By Ellen Knickmeyer and The Associated Press
  • FILE – USAID humanitarian aid destined for Venezuela is displayed for the media at a warehouse next to the Tienditas International Bridge on the outskirts of Cucuta, Colombia, Feb. 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)Politics

    Over 50 USAID senior officials put on leave over fears they might thwart Trump orders

    By Ellen Knickmeyer, Matthew Lee, and others
  • FILE – This Monday, Dec. 8, 2008 courtroom drawing by artist Janet Hamlin and reviewed by the U.S. military, shows Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, center, and co-defendant Walid Bin Attash, left, attending a pre-trial session at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. (AP Photo/Janet Hamlin, Pool, File)Politics

    Biden administration manages to temporarily block plea deal that would avoid death sentence for accused 9/11 mastermind

    By Ellen Knickmeyer, Jennifer Peltz, and others
  • FILE – This Monday, Dec. 8, 2008 courtroom drawing by artist Janet Hamlin and reviewed by the U.S. military, shows Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, center, and co-defendant Walid Bin Attash, left, attending a pre-trial session at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. (AP Photo/Janet Hamlin, Pool, File)Politics

    Biden administration asks federal court to block plea deal for accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

    By Eric Tucker, Ellen Knickmeyer, and others
  • Secretary of State Antony Blinken sits in a hearingPolitics

    A new lawsuit backed by crafters of the 1997 Leahy law says the federal government is carving out loopholes for Israel despite ‘reasonable’ evidence it violated international law

    By Ellen Knickmeyer and The Associated Press
  • Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin SalmanPolitics

    U.S. courts are growing more open to lawsuits accusing foreign officials of abuses, rulings signal

    By Ellen Knickmeyer and The Associated Press
  • FILE – This Monday, Dec. 8, 2008 courtroom drawing by artist Janet Hamlin and reviewed by the U.S. military, shows Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, center, and co-defendant Walid Bin Attash, left, attending a pre-trial session at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. The man accused of being the main plotter in al-Qaeda’s Sept. 11, 2001 attacks has agreed to plead guilty, The Defense Department said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Janet Hamlin, Pool, File)Politics

    Accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed agrees to plead guilty to al-Qaida attack

    By Ellen Knickmeyer, Larry Neumeister, and others
  • Joe Biden, Benjamin NetanyahuPolitics

    White House report criticizes Israel but draws no conclusion about breaking international law, sources say

    By Aamer Madhani, Ellen Knickmeyer, and others
  • Security advisers gave a briefingPolitics

    Fears about space-deployed Russian anti-satellite weapons spur vague warnings

    By Matthew Lee, Kevin Freking, and others
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Joe Biden shake hands with Israeli and American flags behind themPolitics

    New Mideast war could derail yearslong U.S. effort to establish Israel-Saudi relations

    By Aamer Madhani, Ellen Knickmeyer, and others
  • John KerryEnvironment

    U.S. climate envoy John Kerry says it’s a ‘stupid’ lie that he regularly takes private jets around the world

    By Ellen Knickmeyer and The Associated Press
  • Joe BidenPolitics

    Biden denies any U.S. or NATO involvement in Wagner rebellion, calling it ‘a struggle within the Russian system’

    By Seung Min Kim, Aamer Madhani, and others
  • Joe BidenPolitics

    Biden defiant hours after China registers formal protest over ‘dictator’ remarks: ‘Just not something I’m going to change very much’

    By Ellen Knickmeyer, Sylvie Corbet, and others
  • FILE – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Monday, June 19, 2023. China on Wednesday, June 21, called comments by U.S. President Joe Biden referring to Chinese leader Xi Jinping as a dictator “extremely absurd and irresponsible.” (Leah Millis/Pool Photo via AP, File)

    Biden called Xi a ‘dictator’ right after Blinken visited China to mend relations, opening a new rift

    By Ellen Knickmeyer, Josh Boak, and others
  • UAEPolitics

    Russian spies caught boasting they’ve turned the UAE away from American ally in leaked top-secret files

    By Nomaan Merchant, Ellen Knickmeyer, and others