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Village security volunteers and resident run into shelter while the blasts sounded too close in Buriram province, Thailand, Friday, Dec. 12, 2025, following renewed border conflict between Thailand and Cambodia. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Fighting rages on Thai-Cambodian border despite Trump's ceasefire claim

12:35 AM on Saturday, December 13

Fighting is continuing along the Thailand-Cambodia border despite U.S. President Donald Trump's claim of a ceasefire agreement

FILE - Eritrea President Isaias Afwerki is greeted as he arrives at Beijing Capital Airport in Beijing, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024, ahead of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), starting Wednesday. (Greg Baker/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Eritrea withdraws from regional bloc as UN expresses concern over tensions with Ethiopia

12:29 AM on Saturday, December 13

Eritrea has withdrawn from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development

Gubernatorial candidate former Sen. Doug Jones, D-Ala., speaks during an event Friday, Dec. 12, 2025, in Birmingham, Ala. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Democratic former Sen. Doug Jones launches campaign for Alabama governor

8:20 PM on Friday, December 12

Former U.S. Sen. Doug Jones has launched his campaign for Alabama governor

FILE - Former FBI Director James Comey speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, in Washington, June 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Justice Department faces hurdle in seeking case against Comey as judge finds constitutional problems

7:45 PM on Friday, December 12

A federal judge says the Justice Department violated the constitutional rights of a close friend of James Comey and must return to him computer files that prosecutors had hoped to use for a potential criminal case against the former FBI director

Police officers escort former President Luis Arce to San Pedro Prison after his arrest as part of a corruption investigation in La Paz, Bolivia, Friday, Dec. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

Bolivian court orders ex-president jailed for 5 months on corruption charges

7:06 PM on Friday, December 12

A Bolivian court has ordered the country’s former President Luis Arce to remain detained for five months while he awaits trial on corruption charges

FILE - Salt Lake Education Association Vice President Chelsie Acosta cheers with other educators and union members in opposition to HB 267: Public Sector Labor Union Amendments, at the Capitol in Salt Lake City, Utah, Jan. 31, 2025. (Laura Seitz/ Deseret News via AP File)

Utah repeals ban on collective bargaining for teachers, firefighters and police unions

7:04 PM on Friday, December 12

Utah has repealed a collective bargaining ban that prevented labor unions serving teachers, firefighters, police and other public employees from negotiating on behalf of their workers

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy speaks as Derek Barrs, Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, listens during a news conference at the Department of Transportation in Washington, Friday, Dec. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Problems with commercial driver's licenses for immigrants found in 8 states so far

6:03 PM on Friday, December 12

The federal government’s crackdown on commercial driver’s licenses for immigrants has now found problems in eight states in the wake of several deadly crashes

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks at a news conference at Harry Reid International Airport, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ronda Churchill)

TSA renews push to end collective bargaining agreement for airport security screeners

4:45 PM on Friday, December 12

The Transportation Security Administration is renewing efforts to end a collective bargaining agreement with airport screening officers

This undated photo released by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee shows former President Bill Clinton, Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein, with Clinton's signature at the top of the photo. (House Oversight Committee via AP)

GOP chairman threatens Clintons with contempt of Congress in Epstein inquiry

4:32 PM on Friday, December 12

The Republican chairman of the House Oversight Committee is threatening contempt of Congress proceedings against Bill and Hillary Clinton

Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith announces the results of a vote to redistrict the state's congressional map, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, at the Statehouse in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Trump was unable to insult his way to victory in Indiana redistricting battle

3:47 PM on Friday, December 12

Indiana Republican senators turned down President Donald Trump's redistricting proposal this week

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., prepares to speak to reporters following a strategy session with House Republicans, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Speaker Johnson unveils health care plan as divided Republicans scramble for alternative

3:03 PM on Friday, December 12

The Senate failed to get anywhere on health care this week

FILE - A voter carries his ballot to a booth at a polling station, Nov. 4, 2025, in Lawrence, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Justice Department sues 4 more states for access to detailed voter data

12:06 PM on Friday, December 12

The U.S. Justice Department is suing four more states as part of its effort to collect detailed voting data and other election information across the country

FILE - New Vice President of the Supreme Court, Judge Alexandre de Moraes, attends his swearing-in ceremony in Brasilia, Brazil, Sept. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

US removes Brazilian Supreme Court justice and his wife from sanctions list

12:05 PM on Friday, December 12

The U.S. has removed Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes from its sanctions list

Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks with reporters during a news conference at the Department of Justice, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Justice Department asks appeals court to block judge's contempt inquiry in mass deportation case

11:28 AM on Friday, December 12

The Justice Department has asked an appeals court to block a contempt investigation of the Trump administration for failing to turn around planes carrying Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador in March

President Donald Trump gestures during a signing ceremony on an AI initiative in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump says he's sealed Thailand-Cambodia ceasefire, but fighting continues

10:49 AM on Friday, December 12

President Donald Trump says Thai and Cambodian leaders have agreed to renew a truce after days of deadly clashes

Work continues on the contruction of the ballroom at the White House, Tuesday, Dec., 9, 2025, in Washington, where the East Wing once stood. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump sued by preservationists seeking reviews and congressional approval for ballroom project

9:22 AM on Friday, December 12

President Donald Trump has been sued by preservationists seeking an architecture review and congressional approval over his White House ballroom project

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy speaks during a news conference at the Department of Transportation in Washington, Friday, Dec. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

New York is the 8th state found to have improperly issued commercial driver's licenses to immigrants

8:44 AM on Friday, December 12

The federal government continues to find states improperly issuing commercial driver’s licenses to immigrants that remain valid after their authorization to be in the country expires, putting millions of dollars of funding at risk

This undated, redacted photo released by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee shows Donald Trump standing with a group of women. (House Oversight Committee via AP)

House Democrats release photos of Trump, Clinton and Andrew from Epstein's estate

8:41 AM on Friday, December 12

President Donald Trump says he hasn’t seen the photos from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate released Friday by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee, but says they are not a big deal

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania greet guests in the Grand Foyer of the White House during the Congressional Ball, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The Latest: Thai and Cambodian leaders agree to renew ceasefire after deadly clashes, Trump says

7:06 AM on Friday, December 12

President Donald Trump says Thai and Cambodian leaders have agreed to renew a truce after days of deadly clashes threatened to undo a ceasefire that the U.S. administration helped broker this year

Today in History: December 13, Saddam Hussein captured in Iraq

9:07 AM on Monday, November 24

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