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A woman shows the indelible ink mark on her index finger after casting her vote at a polling center during the state election in Guwahati, India, Thursday, April 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Key Indian states hold elections that will test reach of Modi’s party in opposition strongholds

12:39 AM on Thursday, April 9

Voters in key Indian regions are casting ballots in local elections that will test the support for Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Josh Shapiro, Governor of Pennsylvania, speaks during the National Action Network (NAN) Convention in New York, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)

Democratic presidential prospects flock to New York to court activists at Al Sharpton's conference

12:14 AM on Thursday, April 9

The Democratic Party’s most ambitious politicians are courting African American activists in New York this week as the party’s unofficial 2028 presidential nomination contest begins to take shape

Activist Patrick Dattilio stands in front of a proposed ICE detention center in Williamsport, Md., Thursday, March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Protesters rally against planned Maryland immigration detention facility that's now paused

12:10 AM on Thursday, April 9

Protesters are rallying against a planned immigration detention facility in Maryland

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12:09 AM on Thursday, April 9

Rep. Tom Tiffany, R-Wis., a candidate for Wisconsin governor, speaks during a news conference Wednesday, April 8, 2026, about what the GOP needs to do in November after big defeats in the spring election, outside of the state Capitol in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer)

Republican fears grow as Democrats keep notching election victories ahead of midterms

12:08 AM on Thursday, April 9

Republicans are facing setbacks in recent elections, with Democrats winning races in Wisconsin and Georgia

Rebecca Michalski pauses as she talks about electric bills she cannot pay while sitting next to her Chihuahua, Enos, at her home in Rainelle, W.Va., Saturday, March 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump promised to cut electric costs in half. Bills in energy-rich West Virginia now top mortgages

12:06 AM on Thursday, April 9

West Virginia resident Rebecca Michalski struggles with soaring electricity bills that exceed her income

Protesters hold signs and chant antiwar slogans near Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco on Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (Dan Hernadez/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

After Trump’s Iran ultimatum and a fragile ceasefire, Iranian Americans brace for what’s next

12:06 AM on Thursday, April 9

Iranian Americans are experiencing uncertainty as the Trump administration imposes deadlines and intermediaries seek paths to avoid escalation of the war in Iran

U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, left, shake hands during a Day of Friendship event in Budapest, Hungary Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool Photo via AP)

Trump's Iran war widens rift with European nationalists once viewed as MAGA allies

12:02 AM on Thursday, April 9

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is the rare European leader seeking President Donald Trump's approval

FILE - Pages from the Anthropic website and the company's logo are displayed on a computer screen in New York on Feb. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)

Appeals court rebuffs Anthropic in latest round of its AI battle with the Trump administration

8:27 PM on Wednesday, April 8

A federal appeals court on Wednesday refused to block the Pentagon from blacklisting artificial intelligence laboratory Anthropic in a decision that differed from the conclusions reached in another judge’s ruling on the same issues

Workers hold placards as they march to demand that the government honor its commitments and address their concerns in Dakar, Senegal, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)

Hundreds march in Senegal's capital over broken government promises and rising costs

7:20 PM on Wednesday, April 8

Hundreds of workers, union members and opposition supporters march in Senegal's capital, Dakar, protesting broken government promises and a worsening cost of living

A government supporter chants slogans during a gathering after the announcement of a two-week ceasefire with the United States and Israel in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Newly created Polymarket accounts bet big on US-Iran ceasefire in hours before Trump's announcement

6:09 PM on Wednesday, April 8

A group of new accounts on the prediction market Polymarket made highly specific, well-timed bets on whether the U.S. and Iran would reach a ceasefire on April 7, resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollars in profits for those users

Attorney Amanda Cialkowski speaks with reporters outside the federal courthouse in St. Paul, Minn., Wednesday, April 8, 2026, after a hearing on a lawsuit by the Fridley and Duluth school districts and the Education Minnesota teachers union that seeks to block a Trump administration change in policy that gave immigration authorities a freer hand to conduct enforcement actions in and near schools. (AP Photo/Steve Karnowski)

Minnesota districts ask judge to restore limits on immigration enforcement near schools

4:53 PM on Wednesday, April 8

Two Minnesota school districts and the state’s main teachers union have asked a federal judge to block a Trump administration change in policy that gave immigration authorities a freer hand to conduct enforcement actions in and near schools

FILE - In this photo provided by Wausau Mayor Doug Diny, Diny uses a dolly to remove the city's lone drop box from in front of City Hall, in Wausau, Wis., on Sept. 22, 2024. (Doug Diny via AP, File)

Wisconsin mayor who removed ballot drop box ahead of 2024 elections won't be charged

4:21 PM on Wednesday, April 8

A Wisconsin mayor who carted away a drop box intended for absentee ballots ahead of the 2024 elections won't face charges

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. speaks during a fireside chat with CPAC Senior Fellow Mercedes Schlapp at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, Saturday, March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Gabriela Passos)

RFK Jr is launching a podcast to expose 'lies' that have made Americans sick

1:58 PM on Wednesday, April 8

Health Secretary Robert F_ Kennedy Jr_ is launching a new podcast called “The Secretary Kennedy Podcast.”

Fired Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman speaks during an interview with The Associated Press on Wednesday, April 8, 2026, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer)

Fired Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman tells AP he was 'blindsided' by his ouster

10:51 AM on Wednesday, April 8

Fired Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman tells The Associated Press in his first interview since the ouster that he was “blindsided” by the move but has no hard feelings and is unlikely to sue

FILE - President Donald Trump meets with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House, Oct. 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Trump complains NATO 'wasn't there when we needed them' after talks with alliance leader Rutte

7:18 AM on Wednesday, April 8

President Donald Trump repeated his complaint about NATO after a private meeting with the alliance's Secretary-General Mark Rutte on Wednesday

This is a locator map for Pakistan with its capital, Islamabad, and the Kashmir region. (AP Photo)

Afghanistan and Pakistan agree to explore a solution after weeks of fighting and hundreds of deaths

7:05 AM on Wednesday, April 8

China’s government says Afghanistan and Pakistan agreed not to escalate their conflict and to “explore a comprehensive solution” after several weeks of cross-border fighting that has killed hundreds of people

A zoom lens and slow shutter speed technique shows President Donald Trump speaking with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, April 6, 2026, in Washington.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

How Trump went from threatening Iran's annihilation to agreeing to a 2-week ceasefire with Tehran

12:18 AM on Wednesday, April 8

Over the course of a single day, President Donald Trump went from threatening Iran with “annihilation” to proclaiming that Iran's leadership had presented a “workable” plan that led him to agree to a two-week ceasefire

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