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5:14 PM on Friday, November 7

Trump says US to boycott G20 in South Africa, repeating allegations about treatment of white farmers

4:59 PM on Friday, November 7

U.S. airlines cancel more than 1,000 flights on first day of cuts tied to government shutdown

4:57 PM on Friday, November 7

Investigators say a repeating bell sounded as pilots tried to control a UPS cargo plane upon takeoff before it crashed in Louisville, Kentucky, this week

4:51 PM on Friday, November 7

Florida’s attorney general has filed a lawsuit against Planned Parenthood, claiming the organization is “misrepresenting the safety” of abortion pills

4:50 PM on Friday, November 7

After voters swung toward Republican Donald Trump during last fall’s presidential election, states like Virginia and New Jersey swung back towards Democratic candidates at nearly the same velocity as 2024’s shift, an Associated Press analysis of election data from this week found

4:40 PM on Friday, November 7

The Justice Department is scrutinizing a trip that Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser took to Qatar, but the mayor is not a target of the investigation, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press, The probe into a trip Bowser took with staff in 2023 is focused on a lobbyist tied to the Democratic mayor, according to the person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the investigation

4:38 PM on Friday, November 7

President Donald Trump has granted a pardon to a former New York police sergeant who was convicted of helping China try to scare an ex-official into going back to his homeland

4:18 PM on Friday, November 7

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the Pentagon is revamping how the military buys weapons, shifting the focus away from producing advanced and complex technology and toward products that can be made and delivered quickly

4:05 PM on Friday, November 7

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to open a national call center to help local and state law enforcement agencies find unaccompanied migrant children

4:03 PM on Friday, November 7

President Donald Trump is accusing foreign-owned meat packers of driving up the price of beef in the U.S. and is asking the Department of Justice to open an investigation

2:51 PM on Friday, November 7

The U.S. government shutdown has rattled air travel — most recently with an unprecedented effort from the Federal Aviation Administration to cut flights by 10% at airports nationwide

1:50 PM on Friday, November 7

Cold temperatures across much of the U.S. and even snow in parts of the Northern Plains are forecast beginning this weekend

1:18 PM on Friday, November 7

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán says his country has received an exemption from U.S. sanctions on Russian energy after a meeting in the White House with President Donald Trump

10:29 AM on Friday, November 7

The Trump administration has asked a federal appeals court to block a judge’s order to distribute November’s full SNAP benefits during a U.S. government shutdown

8:26 AM on Friday, November 7

The Federal Aviation Administration’s unprecedented order to scale back flights nationwide because of the record-long government shutdown has taken effect, with some passengers trying to figure out backup travel plans

1:04 AM on Friday, November 7

Stock indexes wound up mixed on Wall Street but still clocked their first weekly loss in the last four

12:31 AM on Friday, November 7

The 208-year-old Maine-based Farmers’ Almanac says it will publish its planting guidance and weather predictions for the final time, citing financial challenges

12:08 AM on Friday, November 7

Anxious travelers across the U.S. felt a bit of relief as airlines mostly stayed on schedule while gradually cutting flights because of the government shutdown

12:02 AM on Friday, November 7

Republicans are swatting down an offer from Democrats to end the government shutdown

Friday, November 7

Kendrick Lamar leads the 2026 Grammy Award nominations