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People walk past a small memorial in a planter, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025, near the site where two National Guard members were shot in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Suspect in National Guard attack had been unraveling for years while alternating between ‘dark isolation and reckless travel’

By Farnoush Amiri and The Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks to the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025, in New York.

Trump says UN has ‘tremendous, tremendous potential’ but it needs to learn real peace-making from him

By Aamer Madhani, Farnoush Amiri, and others

TEHRAN, IRAN – JUNE 15: Fire and smoke rise into the sky after an Israeli attack on the Shahran oil depot on June 15, 2025 in Tehran, Iran. Iran’s foreign minister said the country would respond decisively and proportionally to a wave of attacks that Israel launched beginning in the early hours of June 13. The attacks targeted multiple military, scientific and residential locations, as well as senior government officials. (Photo by Stringer/Getty Images)

Trump says U.S. and Iran will talk next week as ceasefire holds: ‘The way I look at it, they fought, the war is done’

By Jon Gambrell, David Rising, and others

President Donald Trump speaks during a summer soiree on the South Lawn of the White House, Wednesday, June 4, 2025, in Washington.

Trump revives travel ban, barring entry from Afghanistan, Eritrea, Iran, Sudan, Yemen and 7 other countries

By Chris Megerian, Farnoush Amiri, and others

Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Wednesday, April 30, 2025, in Washington, as President Donald Trump look on. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Secretary of State Rubio now has double role as he takes over Walz’s old job as national security adviser

By Matthew Lee, Farnoush Amiri, and others

President Donald Trump listens as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks at a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Thursday, April 10, 2025, in Washington (Pool via AP)

Defense Secretary Hegseth brags about ending ‘woke’ program on women and security that Trump signed into law

By Tara Copp, Farnoush Amiri, and others

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio

Marco Rubio unveils massive State Department overhaul that includes a 15% staff cut and the closure of 100 bureaus worldwide

By Farnoush Amiri, Matthew Lee, and others

FILE – Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., testifies during a Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearing on her pending confirmation to be the United Nations Ambassador, on Capitol Hill, Jan. 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr., File)

Trump tells Rep. Elise Stefanik she has to stay in Congress instead of becoming UN ambassador because the GOP House margin is so thin

By Farnoush Amiri, Lisa Mascaro, and others

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to be Defense secretary, gives a thumbs up while leaving after his Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Senate confirms Hegseth as defense secretary after VP Vance casts tie-breaking vote to overcome 3 GOP dissenters

By Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick, and others

Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth arrives before President-elect Donald Trump at a service at St. John’s Church, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington, ahead of the 60th Presidential Inauguration. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth’s former sister-in-law alleges he abused his second wife in affidavit to Senate

By Farnoush Amiri, Tara Copp, and others

The flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter lies in state during a ceremony in the Capitol, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in Washington. Carter died Dec. 29 at the age of 100. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP)

Jimmy Carter eulogized by Kamala Harris, Mike Johnson and others: ‘First and foremost a faithful servant of his creator, and his fellow man’

By Bill Barrow, Jonathan J. Cooper, and others

Matt Gaetz speaks in front of a microphone, holding his finger up

Damning 37-page report says Matt Gaetz ‘regularly’ paid for sex and used drugs while he was a member of Congress

By Farnoush Amiri, Lisa Mascaro, and others

The U.S. Capitol, including the House of Representatives, left, are seen on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Treasury Department may soon be able to strip tax-exempt status from nonprofits it claims support terrorism, worrying civil liberties groups

By Thalia Beaty, Farnoush Amiri, and others

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks

Republican impeachment report accuses Biden of abuse of power and obstruction of justice—but no criminal charges

By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, and others

U.S. Secret Service Acting Director Ronald Rowe, left, and FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate are sworn in before they testify before a Joint Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and Senate Committee on the Judiciary hearing examining the security failures leading to the assassination attempt on Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, Tuesday, July 30, 2024 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Secret Service acting director says he is ‘ashamed’ over Trump shooting and blames agency’s ‘failure to challenge our assumptions’

By Eric Tucker, Farnoush Amiri, and others