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Polish President Karol Nawrocki, left, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attend an official welcome ceremony before their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

What to know about the EU's new $106 billion loan to Ukraine

8:39 AM on Friday, December 19

European Union leaders have agreed to provide Ukraine with a massive interest-free loan to meet its military and economic needs for the next two years

Health care rises sharply as Americans' priority for the government to address following a year of cuts: AP-NORC poll

7:00 AM on Friday, December 19

Health care rises sharply as Americans' priority for the government to address following a year of cuts: AP-NORC poll

UK government acknowledges it is investigating cyber incident after media reports

6:44 AM on Friday, December 19

The British government says it is investigating a “cyber incident” following news reports that hackers linked to China have gained access to thousands of confidential documents held by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Pakistan accuses India of 'weaponizing water' and threatening stability

5:39 AM on Friday, December 19

Pakistan’s deputy prime minister has accused India of "weaponizing water" by releasing water from Indian dams without warning

Russian President Vladimir Putin begins his annual year-end news conference

4:10 AM on Friday, December 19

Russian President Vladimir Putin begins his annual year-end news conference

Cyviz Awarded Two Classified NATO Defense Contracts

2:00 AM on Friday, December 19

President Donald Trump finishes his remarks in an address to the nation from the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025, in Washington. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Trump gave an unusually partisan White House address. Should networks have given him the TV time?

12:57 AM on Friday, December 19

Donald Trump's White House asked TV networks to grant him airtime for the first national address of his second presidency

Railroad tracks cut through downtown Rocky Mount, N.C., Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, with a boarded up building in the background. (AP Photo/Makiya Seminera)

Ahead of Trump's visit, residents in a North Carolina town say they feel squeezed by high costs

12:22 AM on Friday, December 19

President Donald Trump will visit the eastern North Carolina town of Rocky Mount on Friday, the second time this month he will have traveled to a presidential battleground state to focus on the economy and affordability concerns

Trump suspends green card lottery program that allowed Brown University and MIT shootings suspect into the US

12:08 AM on Friday, December 19

Trump suspends green card lottery program that allowed Brown University and MIT shootings suspect into the US

The Tahoe Truckee Unified School district holds a meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025 in Truckee, Calif. (AP Photo/Brooke Hess-Homeier)

California school district near Nevada caught up in a dispute over transgender athlete policies

12:03 AM on Friday, December 19

A Northern California school district near the state's border with Nevada is caught up in a dispute over the states' differing policies on the participation of transgender athletes

From left, Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, European Council President Antonio Costa and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen address a media conference at the EU Summit in Brussels, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

EU leaders agree on 90 billion-euro loan to Ukraine after a plan to use Russian assets unravels

9:10 PM on Thursday, December 18

European Union leaders have agreed to provide a massive interest-free loan to Ukraine to meet its military and economic needs for the next two years

EU leaders agree to provide 90 billion euros to Ukraine over the next two years, summit chairman says

9:04 PM on Thursday, December 18

EU leaders agree to provide 90 billion euros to Ukraine over the next two years, summit chairman says

President Donald Trump listens before he signs an executive order reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump's blockade of sanctioned Venezuelan oil raises new questions about legality

6:40 PM on Thursday, December 18

President Donald Trump’s “blockade” of sanctioned oil tankers off Venezuela’s coast is raising new concerns about the legality of his military campaign in Latin America

FILE - In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, the USS Gerald R. Ford embarked on the first of its sea trials to test various state-of-the-art systems on its own power for the first time, April 8, 2017, from Newport News, Va. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ridge Leoni/U.S. Navy via AP, File)

A look at the US military's unusually large force near Venezuela

5:07 PM on Thursday, December 18

The U.S. military has amassed an unusually large force in the Caribbean Sea and the waters off the coast of Venezuela since this summer, when the Trump administration first began to shift assets to the region as part of its anti-drug trafficking operations

Students wave Bulgarian flag as as a swelling crowd of tens of thousands of Bulgarians filled Sofia's central square, demanding the government's resignation amid rising anger over corruption and contested economic policies, Sofia, Bulgaria, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova)

Bulgarians protest widespread graft and call for a fair election

2:35 PM on Thursday, December 18

Tens of thousands of people have filled the streets of the capital and other major cities in Bulgaria calling for fair elections and an independent judiciary able to effectively fight widespread corruption

The Kennedy Center is seen Thursday, Dec, 18, 2025 in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Trump's handpicked board votes to rename Washington performing arts center the Trump Kennedy Center

1:31 PM on Thursday, December 18

President Donald Trump’s handpicked board has voted to rename Washington’s leading performing arts center as the Trump Kennedy Center

Protestors burn tires during a demonstration of European farmers outside the EU Summit meeting in Brussels, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Marius Burgelman)

EU delays massive free-trade deal with South American bloc Mercosur

3:02 AM on Thursday, December 18

The European Commission says the European Union is delaying a massive free-trade deal with South American countries after fiery protests by farmers and last-minute opposition by France and Italy

Belgium's Prime Minister Bart De Wever, center, speaks with from left, Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides, Netherland's Prime Minister Dick Schoof, Luxembourg's Prime Minister Luc Frieden and Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk during a round table meeting at the EU Summit in Brussels, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

EU talks stall on massive loan to Ukraine using frozen Russian assets

11:51 PM on Wednesday, December 17

European Union leaders have stalled in talks about providing a massive loan to Ukraine using frozen Russian assets

Family carry the coffin following a service for Bondi Beach mass shooting victim 10-year-old Matilda, whose last name is being withheld at the request of her family, in Sydney, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Steve Markham)

Mourners grieve 10-year-old killed in Bondi mass shooting as Australian leader pledges new hate laws

10:55 PM on Wednesday, December 17

Hundreds of mourners have gathered in Sydney for the funeral of a 10-year-old girl killed in an antisemitic massacre during a Hanukkah celebration

Today in History: December 19, Bill Clinton is impeached

12:11 PM on Monday, December 1

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