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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks at an event with President Donald Trump on the relocation of U.S. Space Command headquarters from Colorado to Alabama in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump will seek 'Department of War' rebrand for Pentagon

4:55 PM on Thursday, September 4

President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order to rebrand the Department of Defense as the Department of War

People wait for loved ones from Guatemala deported from the United States outside La Aurora International Airport, in Guatemala City, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Chaotic showdown over Guatemalan children exposes fault lines in Trump’s deportation push

4:43 PM on Thursday, September 4

A reconstruction of the aborted deportation of dozens of Guatemalan children on Labor Day weekend illuminates the latest clash between the administration’s desire for mass deportations and longstanding legal protections for migrants

Actress Valentina Bassi, mother of a son with autism, celebrates after senators rejected President Javier Milei's veto of a bill to expand protections for people with disabilities, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

Argentina's senate delivers blow to Milei's agenda, overturning veto on disability benefits

4:06 PM on Thursday, September 4

Argentina’s senate has dealt a blow to President Javier Milei’s libertarian agenda overriding his veto on raising disability benefits

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3:58 PM on Thursday, September 4

FILE - Former President Joe Biden speaks during the National Bar Association's 100th Annual Awards Gala in Chicago, July 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

Joe Biden undergoes surgery to remove skin cancer on forehead

3:42 PM on Thursday, September 4

Joe Biden recently underwent surgery to remove skin cancer lesions

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., appears before the Senate Finance Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Takeaways from RFK Jr.'s contentious hearing before Senate lawmakers

2:45 PM on Thursday, September 4

Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. faced bipartisan questioning over recent changes to health agencies, vaccine approvals and other priorities at a contentious three-hour Senate hearing

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker visits with members of the family-owned soccer gear business Extreme Soccer, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025, in Berwyn, Ill. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

Trump's promised immigration crackdown in Chicago could last about six weeks, suburban official says

2:08 PM on Thursday, September 4

Leaders of a Chicago suburb that houses a federal immigration processing center say they were told that the Trump administration's promised immigration enforcement surge will run for about six weeks

FILE - Department of Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Health, Admiral Rachel Levine, left, claps after Dr. Nizar Dowla, right, administered a vaccine, to Emiola Adebayo, 3, the daughter of fellow doctor Emy Jean-Marie, center, on June 28, 2022, at the Borinquen Health Care Center in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Florida's vaccine mandate removal: What it means for public health

12:47 PM on Thursday, September 4

Florida is set to become the first state in the nation to remove vaccine mandates

FILE - Federal Reserve Board of Governors member Lisa Cook listens during an open meeting of the Board of Governors at the Federal Reserve, June 25, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Justice Department probes mortgage fraud claims against Lisa Cook of Federal Reserve, AP source says

12:20 PM on Thursday, September 4

The Justice Department has issued subpoenas as part of an investigation into mortgage fraud allegations against Lisa Cook, who is fighting a Trump administration effort to remove her from her role as a Federal Reserve governor

FILE - Northwestern University President Michael Schill testifies during a hearing of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce regarding pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses on Capitol Hill, Thursday, May 23, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

Northwestern University president says he will resign following tenure marked by White House tension

11:49 AM on Thursday, September 4

Northwestern University President Michael Schill announced Thursday that he will resign, ending a three-year tenure marked by the freeze of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding by the Trump administration and heated criticism from House Republicans over the university’s response to campus protests

The logo for the Danish company Orsted is displayed on the exterior of the Avedore Power Station in Hvidovre, Copenhagen, Aug. 19, 2025. (Sebastian Elias Uth/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

States and developer sue the Trump administration for halting work on New England offshore wind farm

8:57 AM on Thursday, September 4

Rhode Island, Connecticut and the developer of an offshore wind farm that would power 350,000 homes in the two states are suing the Trump administration for stopping the nearly completed project

FILE - In this April 4, 2013, file photo, a mining dumper truck hauls coal at Cloud Peak Energy's Spring Creek strip mine near Decker, Mont. AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

Republicans move to lift drilling and mining restrictions in Western states

8:56 AM on Thursday, September 4

Republican lawmakers in Congress are moving to eliminate limits on energy development in several Western states

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, from second left in front, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrive for a reception marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

China’s Xi and North Korea’s Kim pledge deeper ties during meeting in Beijing

2:18 AM on Thursday, September 4

Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have pledged mutual support and enhanced cooperation during talks in Beijing

A police officer urges Art Sennholtz, 80, center, and Christy Howard, 70, of Just Us Volusia to be careful of fast-moving traffic as they hold protest signs outside the entrance to an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as "Alligator Alcatraz," Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025, in Collier County, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Appeals court panel stops order to wind down operations at 'Alligator Alcatraz' in Everglades

10:02 PM on Wednesday, September 3

A federal appeals court panel has put on hold a lower court judge’s order to wind down operations of the immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.”

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