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FILE - Mohammed Ben Sulayem. FIA President visits the starting grid before the Qatar Formula One Grand Prix at the Lusail International Circuit in Lusail, Qatar, on Dec. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic, File)

FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem re-elected unopposed after rivals dispute rules

6:24 AM on Friday, December 12

Mohammed Ben Sulayem has been re-elected unopposed as president of auto racing governing body the FIA

Bulgarian Parliament approves resignation of ruling coalition

5:39 AM on Friday, December 12

Bulgaria's Parliament has approved the resignation of Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov's coalition government amid nationwide anti-corruption protests

An exterior view of the International Criminal Court, ICC, where Ali Muhammad Ali Abd al-Rahman, a leader of the Sudanese Janjaweed militia, will hear the court's verdict, in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Cut off by their banks and even iced out by Alexa, sanctioned ICC staffers remain resolute

12:12 AM on Friday, December 12

International Criminal Court judges and prosecutors are trying to live and work under the same financial and travel restrictions brought against Russian President Vladimir Putin and Osama bin Laden

Jonathan Escalante stands over the broken window of his mother's car, which was shattered by federal immigration agents who took her away, during a federal immigration crackdown in Kenner, La., Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Immigration crackdown leaves teens to care for siblings after parents get detained

12:05 AM on Friday, December 12

An immigration crackdown in Louisiana has forced some teenagers to grow up fast after their parents were arrested by federal agents

Flags of the ruling party LIBRE, Liberty and Refoundation, fly on a home's roof in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Spectacular loss by Honduras' governing party spurs reflection and criticism

12:03 AM on Friday, December 12

Honduras’ governing LIBRE party experienced a spectacular collapse in the presidential election, going from more than 50% of the vote four years ago to less than 20% this time

Ryan Crosswell, a former federal prosecutor who quit the Department of Justice in protest, speaks at a campaign event for his run for Congress, Dec. 4, 2025, in Allentown, Pa. (AP Photo/Marc Levy)

Ryan Crosswell quit Trump's DOJ. Now his resignation letter is part of his stump speech for Congress

12:02 AM on Friday, December 12

Ryan Crosswell, a former federal prosecutor, is running for Congress after resigning when the Trump administration dropped corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams

FILE - Law enforcement officers guard outside an ICE processing facility in the Chicago suburb of Broadview, Ill., on Nov. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

Court blocks the release of hundreds of immigrants arrested in a Chicago-area crackdown

11:43 PM on Thursday, December 11

A federal appeals court has blocked the immediate release of hundreds of immigrants detained during a Chicago-area immigration crackdown

President Donald Trump speaks during a signing ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump pardons former Colorado elections clerk, but it alone won't free her from prison

9:12 PM on Thursday, December 11

President Donald Trump has issued a symbolic pardon for Tina Peters, a former Colorado elections administrator convicted of a data breach scheme tied to false claims of election fraud

FILE - The Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters is photographed in Washington, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Federal judge orders FEMA to restore billions in canceled disaster mitigation funding

8:35 PM on Thursday, December 11

A federal judge in Massachusetts has ordered the Trump administration to restore billions in canceled FEMA disaster mitigation funding

Flanked by Sen. Ted Cruz R-Texas, left, and Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, President Donald Trump displays his signed AI initiative in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump signs executive order to block state AI regulations

7:55 PM on Thursday, December 11

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to block states from regulating artificial intelligence

Amtrak's 18,000 workers to receive $900 bonuses, funded by executive cuts

7:37 PM on Thursday, December 11

More than 18,000 Amtrak workers will receive a $900 bonus before the end of the year, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation

Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul wins royal approval to dissolve Parliament and hold elections early next year

7:31 PM on Thursday, December 11

Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul wins royal approval to dissolve Parliament and hold elections early next year

Prime Minister Mark Carney reacts as Michael Ma, Member of Parliament for Markham-Unionville, who crossed the floor from the Conservatives to the Liberals hours earlier, makes brief remarks at the Liberal caucus holiday party in Ottawa, on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canada's Liberals are one shy of a majority government after another Conservative defects

6:53 PM on Thursday, December 11

A Canadian Conservative lawmaker has defected from his party and joined Prime Minister Mark Carney’s governing Liberals

Kilmar Abrego García arrives to his home in Beltsville, Md., Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, after being released from ICE custody. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Kilmar Abrego Garcia freed from federal immigration detention on judge's order and returns home

10:42 AM on Thursday, December 11

Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released from an immigration detention center in Pennsylvania following an order from a federal judge issued Thursday

Members of the National Guard patrol in front of the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

The Latest: Senate rejects legislation to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits

8:01 AM on Thursday, December 11

The Senate has rejected two partisan health bills on expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies, essentially guaranteeing that millions of Americans will see a steep rise in costs at the beginning of the year

Tyler Robinson, who is accused of fatally shooting Charlie Kirk, appears during a hearing in Fourth District Court in Provo, Utah, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025. (Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP, Pool)

The man accused of killing Charlie Kirk appears in court for 1st time as a judge weighs media access

12:06 AM on Thursday, December 11

The Utah man charged with killing Charlie Kirk has made his first in-person court appearance as his attorneys push to further limit media access in the high-profile criminal case

Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith announces the results of a vote to redistrict the state's congressional map, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, at the Statehouse in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Indiana Republicans defy Trump and reject his House redistricting push in the state

12:04 AM on Thursday, December 11

In a resounding rejection of a pressure campaign from the White House, Indiana Republican Senators voted down a new congressional map created to give the GOP an advantage in the upcoming 2026 election

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