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Prime Minister Mark Carney delivers opening remarks at the Liberal caucus in Edmonton on Wednesday Sept. 10, 2025. (Amber Bracken/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canada's Carney heads to Mexico to discuss trade before a review of their US trade deal

10:08 PM on Wednesday, September 17

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney heads to Mexico on Thursday in an effort to diversify trade and as America’s neighbors prepare for a review of the free trade deal with United States

FILE - Vice President Kamala Harris, right, next to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, speaks during a plenary session of the US-ASEAN Summit, May 13, 2022, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Harris says Buttigieg was her 'first choice' for 2024 running mate but the pairing was too risky

9:02 PM on Wednesday, September 17

In an excerpt of former Vice President Kamala Harris's new book, she says she would have picked Pete Buttigieg as her running mate last year but America wasn’t ready for the pairing

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump attend their visit to St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle, in Windsor, England, Wednesday Sept. 17, 2025. (Aaron Chown/Pool Photo via AP)

Trump says he’ll designate antifa as a terrorist group but offers few details

7:03 PM on Wednesday, September 17

President Donald Trump says he plans to designate antifa as a “major terrorist organization.”

This courtroom sketch shows Secret Service agent Robert Fercano identifying the defendant in the trial of Ryan Routh, who is charged with attempting to assassinate Donald Trump last year at a golf course in South Florida, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, in Fort Pierce, Fla. (Lothar Speer via AP)

Brothers testify about box left with them by man accused of trying to assassinate Trump

5:55 PM on Wednesday, September 17

Two North Carolina brothers have testified about a box left with them by a man accused of trying to assassinate President Donald Trump at his Florida golf course last year

FILE - Rudy Giuliani speaks to the media outside Manhattan federal court in New York, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, file)

Rudy Giuliani is ordered to pay $1.36 million in legal bills

5:42 PM on Wednesday, September 17

It’s another blow to Rudy Giuliani’s withered wallet: A judge has ordered the former New York City mayor to pay $1.36 million in legal fees he racked up during investigations into his efforts to overturn President Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speaks during a news conference in Minneapolis City Hall, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

House turns back effort to censure Rep. Ilhan Omar over remarks about Charlie Kirk

5:05 PM on Wednesday, September 17

The House declined late Wednesday to punish one of its own over commentary in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s assassination

Ghana's President John Mahama speaks to the media at the Jubilee House in Accra, Ghana, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (Ghana Presidency via AP)

Some US deportees to Ghana say they are still held there, contradicting Ghanaian authorities

5:03 PM on Wednesday, September 17

At least 11 of the 14 immigrants deported by the U.S. to Ghana are still being held there, according to the deportees and their lawyers

RFK Stadium, the onetime home of the Washington Commanders football team, the Washington Senators and Washington Nationals baseball teams, and the D.C. United soccer team is being torn down, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

DC Council gives final approval to the Washington Commanders' return to the RFK Stadium site

4:18 PM on Wednesday, September 17

The Washington Commanders’ plan to return to the site of their former home at RFK Stadium has cleared its final hurdle with the local legislature

Oklahoma County Sheriff Tommie Johnson speaks to reporters on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025 at the Oklahoma County courthouse in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Sean Murphy)

Oklahoma prosecutor: No charges after report of explicit images on education chief's TV

4:00 PM on Wednesday, September 17

An Oklahoma County prosecutor has declined to file criminal charges after two board members said they saw images of naked women on a television in the office of state School Superintendent Ryan Walters

FBI Director Kash Patel appears before the House Judiciary Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Democrats press FBI director on Epstein files and other takeaways from his testimony to Congress

2:44 PM on Wednesday, September 17

FBI Director Kash Patel has defended the Trump administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files as he returned to Capitol Hill for a second day to face intense questioning from Democrats over his promises of transparency surrounding the convicted wealthy financier’s case

As lawmakers debate a government funding extension, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., awaits the arrival of the leader of the Orthodox Christian Church, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew for a meeting, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republican leaders reject Democratic health care demands for bill to avoid shutdown

2:02 PM on Wednesday, September 17

Republican leaders in the House and Senate are rejecting Democratic demands for health care subsidies in a bill to avoid a government shutdown

FILE -An Iranian flag flutters in front of the reactor building of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, just outside the southern city of Bushehr, Iran, Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Europeans say Iran has yet to take necessary actions to stop the 'snapback' of UN sanctions

5:37 AM on Wednesday, September 17

European officials have warned Iran that it needs to take specific actions to avoid the return of United Nations sanctions over its nuclear program

President Donald Trump and Britain's King Charles III inspect the guard of honor during an arrival ceremony at Windsor Castle, in Windsor, England, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The Latest: Trump enjoys royal pageantry during unprecedented second UK state visit

3:38 AM on Wednesday, September 17

President Donald Trump is relishing the glow of a British royal spectacle during his visit to Windsor Castle

A national flag hangs over the site where conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed at Utah Valley University last week, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, in Orem, Utah. (AP Photo/Jesse Bedayn)

Suspect in Charlie Kirk killing feared being shot by police before surrendering, sheriff says

11:22 PM on Tuesday, September 16

A Utah sheriff says the 22-year-old man charged with killing with Charlie Kirk was afraid of being shot by police and agreed to surrender as long as it was done peacefully

Trader Michael Conlon works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange as the rate decision of the Federal Reserve is announced, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Federal Reserve cuts key rate for first time this year

4:11 PM on Tuesday, September 16

The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate by a quarter-point Wednesday and projected it would do so twice more this year as concern grows at the central bank about the health of the nation’s labor market

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