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FILE - Former Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Barry Bonds acknowledges the crowd during a ceremony for players that are part of the team's 2024 Hall of Fame class before a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds in Pittsburgh, Aug. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Barry Reeger, File)

Hall of Fame chair thinks Bonds, Clemens denied entry by committee for same views held by writers

3:20 PM on Monday, December 8

Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens face only one more chance to enter baseball's Hall of Fame under current rules

As Congress faces a year-end deadline on Affordable Care Act subsidies, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., meet with reporters about health care affordability, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Affordable Care Act enrollment is slightly ahead of last year so far, despite expiring subsidies

2:38 PM on Monday, December 8

Initial new federal data shows the number of Americans signing up for Affordable Care Act health insurance for 2026 is moderately higher than it was at a similar time last year

Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett launches bid for U.S. Senate in Texas, looking to flip a Republican-held seat

1:25 PM on Monday, December 8

Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett launches bid for U.S. Senate in Texas, looking to flip a Republican-held seat

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent listens as President Donald Trump talks after meeting with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Nov. 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Bessent divests from soybean farmland ahead of Trump aid announcement for farmers

12:35 PM on Monday, December 8

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says he has divested from his North Dakota soybean farmland

Shows all the African countries that have experienced coups since 2020. (AP Digital Embed)

Why some African countries are prone to military takeovers

12:14 PM on Monday, December 8

It had become a familiar scene in West Africa

FILE - Alina Habba, President Donald Trump's pick to be the interim U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, speaks with reporters outside the White House, March 26, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Trump's former lawyer Alina Habba resigns as top federal prosecutor in New Jersey

12:07 PM on Monday, December 8

President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, Alina Habba, announced her resignation as acting U.S. attorney in New Jersey

Trump's former lawyer Alina Habba says she is resigning as top federal prosecutor in New Jersey

12:01 PM on Monday, December 8

Trump's former lawyer Alina Habba says she is resigning as top federal prosecutor in New Jersey

FILE - A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent is seen in Park Ridge, Ill., Sept. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley, File)

ICEBlock app maker sues Trump administration over its pressure on Apple to remove app

11:32 AM on Monday, December 8

The maker of an iPhone app that flagged sightings of U.S. immigration agents has sued the Trump administration for free speech violations

Supreme Court seems likely to expand president's power and back Trump's firing of independent-agency board members

10:54 AM on Monday, December 8

Supreme Court seems likely to expand president's power and back Trump's firing of independent-agency board members

Texas launches cryptocurrency reserve with $5 million investment

10:36 AM on Monday, December 8

Texas has launched its new cryptocurrency reserve with a $5 million purchase of Bitcoin as the state continues to embrace the volatile and controversial digital currency

FILE - A Charlotte Area Transit System light rail departs a station, Sept. 8, 2025, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Erik Verduzco, File)

Honduran man is held without bond in North Carolina train stabbing that drew comments from Trump

10:17 AM on Monday, December 8

A North Carolina judge says a Honduran man charged in a non-fatal stabbing on a Charlotte commuter train will remain held without bond

This combination of images shows, from left, Alex Cooper, Amy Poehler, and Dax Shepard. (AP Photo)

Golden Globes enter the world of podcasts and tread carefully, avoiding controversy

9:39 AM on Monday, December 8

The Golden Globes have introduced a best podcast category that's likely to spark conversations

Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks as Australia's Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Richard Marles, Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listen at the State Department, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Rubio and Hegseth discuss Indo-Pacific security with Australian counterparts

9:04 AM on Monday, December 8

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have met their Australian counterparts for annual talks focused on Indo-Pacific security and countering China’s increasing assertiveness in the region

Washington Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela Smith stands during a news conference at the Department of Justice, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Washington's Mayor Bowser says the city's police chief, Pamela Smith, is stepping down

6:13 AM on Monday, December 8

Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser says the city's police chief, Pamela Smith, is stepping down

This is a locator map for Yemen with its capital, Sanaa. (AP Photo)

UAE-backed separatists tighten grip over southern Yemen, and airspace is briefly closed

6:00 AM on Monday, December 8

An official says the airspace over Yemen was briefly closed as tensions rose in the south of the country

Israeli police and officials hang an Israeli flag on the compound of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees in East Jerusalem, after Israel police forcibly entered the compound, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

UN Palestinian aid agency says Israeli police 'forcibly entered' its Jerusalem compound

4:12 AM on Monday, December 8

Israeli police have forcibly entered the United Nations agency compound for Palestinian refugees in east Jerusalem

A worker shovels snow and ice in front of the Supreme Court building during the first snowfall of the winter season on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Supreme Court seems likely to back Trump's power to fire independent agency board members

7:00 PM on Sunday, December 7

The Supreme Court seems likely to expand presidential control over independent federal agencies, signaling support for President Donald Trump’s firing of board members

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