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FILE -President Donald Trump, right, shakes the hand of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, Sept. 25, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

US ambassador to Ankara says Trump is moving closer to resolving Turkey's F-35 ban

2:10 AM on Wednesday, December 10

The United States ambassador to Turkey says the close relationship between U.S. President Donald Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has brought their countries closer to resolving issues that led to Turkey being kicked off the F-35 fighter jet program

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, attends a plenary meeting of the Workers Party's Central Committee in North Korea, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 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)

North Korea's ruling elite prepares for once-in-5-years party meeting

11:35 PM on Tuesday, December 9

North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un has opened a meeting to prepare for the upcoming ruling party congress, one of the country’s biggest political conferences meant to lay out new state priorities

FILE -Participants wear wind turbine headgear to raise peoples awareness on renewable energy, fix their costumes during the Global Day of Action Against Climate Change ,Dec. 8, 2007 in suburban Quezon City, north of Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo/Pat Roque, File)

Southeast Asia embraces offshore wind power, as Trump bashes renewable energy

11:32 PM on Tuesday, December 9

Southeast Asia is embracing the embattled offshore wind industry as it reels from U.S. President Donald Trump’s rejection of renewable energy

Democrat Eric Gisler talks to supporters about his election victory in a Georgia state House race on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025 at the Trappeze Pub in Athens, Ga.. (Christopher Dowd/Athens Political Nerd via AP)

Georgia Democrat Eric Gisler claims upset state House win in historically Republican district

11:07 PM on Tuesday, December 9

Democrat Eric Gisler is claiming victory in a Republican state House district in Georgia

President Donald Trump speaks at the Mount Airy Casino Resort in Mount Pocono, Pa., Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Trump once denied using this slur about Haiti and African nations. Now he boasts about it

10:36 PM on Tuesday, December 9

President Donald Trump admits he used the slur “shithole countries” during a private 2018 meeting with lawmakers to disparage Haiti and African nations

FILE - U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige speaks to reporters at the Education Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Terry Ashe, File)

Rod Paige, nation's first African American to serve as secretary of education, dies at 92

9:02 PM on Tuesday, December 9

Rod Paige, the first African American to serve as U.S. secretary of education, has died at 92

FILE - Ambassador of Canada to the U.S. Kirsten Hillman listens during a First Ministers' meeting in Ottawa, Ontario, Jan. 15, 2025. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

Canada's top envoy to the US will resign before review of free trade agreement

6:21 PM on Tuesday, December 9

Canada’s ambassador to the U.S. for the last six years says she’s resigning next year as the two major trading partners review the free trade agreement

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., joined at left by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., speaks to reporters after a closed-door meeting with fellow Republicans, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate heads toward dueling partisan votes on health care, with each likely to fail

6:08 PM on Tuesday, December 9

The Senate is heading toward dueling partisan votes on health care this week

Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz holds a press conference at the presidential palace in La Paz, Bolivia, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

Bolivia and Israel restore ties severed over the war in Gaza

5:41 PM on Tuesday, December 9

Bolivia’s new right-wing government says it restored diplomatic relations with Israel, the latest sign of the dramatic geopolitical realignment underway in the South American country

FILE - Members of the Lumbee Tribe bow their heads in prayer during the BraveNation Powwow and Gather at UNC Pembroke, March 22, 2025, in Pembroke, N.C. (AP Photo/Allison Joyce, file)

Lumbee Tribe poised to gain federal recognition through Defense bill

4:45 PM on Tuesday, December 9

The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina could be federally recognized through the National Defense Authorization Act the House plans to vote on this week

President Donald Trump arrives for a signing ceremony with Rwanda's President Paul Kagame and Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix-Antoine Tshisekedi at the U.S. Institute of Peace, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Two of Trump's peace deals at risk as fighting surges in Congo and at Cambodia-Thailand border

2:55 PM on Tuesday, December 9

At least two of several agreements aimed at ending global conflicts that President Donald Trump has hailed as evidence of his negotiating prowess are in trouble and at risk of collapsing

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth smiles as he walks to a secure room in the basement of the Capitol to brief lawmakers on how he handled a military strike on a suspected drug smuggling boat and its crew in the Caribbean near Venezuela Sept. 2, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Hegseth tells congressional leaders he is weighing release of boat strike video

2:31 PM on Tuesday, December 9

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says he's still weighing whether to release the full video of an attack on an alleged drug boat that killed two survivors

An opponent of new Missouri congressional districts approved by the Republican-led legislature holds signs outside the secretary of state's office in Jefferson City, Missouri, on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, as petitions calling for a referendum election are delivered. (AP Photo/David A. Lieb)

Opponents of Trump-backed redistricting in Missouri submit a petition to force a public vote

11:04 AM on Tuesday, December 9

Opponents of Missouri’s new congressional map have submitted thousands of petition signatures calling for a statewide vote on the plan backed by President Donald Trump

President Donald Trump listens during a roundtable on farm subsidies in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The Latest: Trump speaks on Americans’ economic worries and blames Democrats at Pennsylvania rally

8:20 AM on Tuesday, December 9

President Donald Trump road-tested his claims that he’s tackling Americans’ affordability woes at a Tuesday rally in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania

A general view of the Pokhara Airport in Pokhara, Nepal, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Dake Kang)

Nepal charges dozens and says corruption inflated an airport's costs by $74 million

8:08 AM on Tuesday, December 9

Former Nepali ministers, officials and a Chinese company have been charged with corruption in a case alleging financial irregularities inflated an airport's construction costs by more than $74 million

People take off fish from net for their meal as they take refuge in Srey Snam, Siem Reap province, Cambodia Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, after fleeing from home following fighting between Thailand and Cambodia over territorial claims. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Cambodia vows fierce fight against Thailand in their escalating border conflict

12:26 AM on Tuesday, December 9

Cambodia and Thailand are engaged in renewed fighting, forcing tens of thousands to flee border areas

Miami mayor-elect Eileen Higgins celebrates at a watch party after winning the Miami mayoral runoff election, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Democrat wins Miami mayor’s race for the first time in nearly 30 years

12:05 AM on Tuesday, December 9

Democrat Eileen Higgins has won the Miami mayor’s race over a Republican endorsed by President Donald Trump

President Donald Trump speaks at the Mount Airy Casino Resort in Mount Pocono, Pa., Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Trump's speech on combating inflation turns to grievances about immigrants from 'filthy' countries

12:01 AM on Tuesday, December 9

At a nighttime event in Pennsylvania, President Donald Trump tried to emphasize his focus on combating inflation, although the issue couldn't quite command his full attention

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