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People walk through a newly constructed covered walkway on the North Lawn while arriving for a White House tour, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025, in Washington, as tours resume for the first time since construction of a new ballroom began at the White House. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

White House tours resume in time for Christmas, but they're different than before

3:11 PM on Wednesday, December 3

President Donald Trump's decision to knock down the East Wing to build a big ballroom has significantly altered the visitor experience at the White House

US adds more penalties to those linked to Tren de Aragua gang

2:03 PM on Wednesday, December 3

The U.S. has imposed sanctions on alleged affiliates of the Tren de Aragua gang

FILE - Special counsel Jack Smith speaks to the media about an indictment of former President Donald Trump, Aug. 1, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

House Republicans subpoena Jack Smith for closed-door interview about his prosecutions of Trump

1:40 PM on Wednesday, December 3

The Republican-led House Judiciary Committee has subpoenaed former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith for a closed-door interview later this month even though he had earlier volunteered to appear for an open hearing about his prosecutions of President Donald Trump

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12:45 PM on Wednesday, December 3

Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam speaks to journalists working for foreign media and news agencies at the government palace in Beirut, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Lebanon 'far from' diplomatic normalization or economic relations with Israel, prime minister says

11:39 AM on Wednesday, December 3

Lebanon’s prime minister says his country is “far from” diplomatic normalization or economic relations with Israel

Israel says it has received remains in Gaza from the Red Cross that militants say belong to a hostage

11:10 AM on Wednesday, December 3

Israel says it has received remains in Gaza from the Red Cross that militants say belong to a hostage

Trump pardons Texas Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar and wife in bribery and conspiracy case brought by federal prosecutors

10:43 AM on Wednesday, December 3

Trump pardons Texas Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar and wife in bribery and conspiracy case brought by federal prosecutors

Jared Isaacman, President Donald Trump's pick to be NASA Administrator, listens during a hearing of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Billionaire spacewalker is back before the Senate seeking NASA's top job

10:33 AM on Wednesday, December 3

Billionaire spacewalker Jared Isaacman is back before the Senate after being yanked and then renominated by President Donald Trump for NASA's top job

Republican candidate Matt Van Epps speaks at a watch party to declare victory in a special election for the U.S. seventh congressional district, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/John Amis)

Republicans emerge victorious and anxious after Tennessee special election

10:29 AM on Wednesday, December 3

Republicans have held onto a conservative U.S. House district in Tennessee

The launcher of the new Arrow 3 missile defense system stands in front of the radome in Annaburger Heide, Germany, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025. (Jan Woitas/dpa via AP)

Germany starts putting into place the Arrow 3 missile defense system, bought from Israel

10:21 AM on Wednesday, December 3

Germany has inaugurated the first elements of the sophisticated Arrow 3 missile defense system, which it is buying from Israel as it moves to strengthen its air defenses following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

FILE - A professor passes out cell phone signal jammers to students to place their cell phones into, as part of a pilot program to reduce mobile use during school hours, at Bicentenario School in Santiago, Chile, Sept. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix, File)

Chile becomes latest country to ban smartphone use during class

10:14 AM on Wednesday, December 3

Chile has passed a bill outlawing the use of mobile phones and other smart devices during classes at elementary and middle schools

Farmers and supporters block a highway at the Malgara toll stations near Thessaloniki, northern Greece, on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025, during a protest over delays in farm subsidy payments. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)

Defying a government warning, Greek farmers block border crossings in wake of EU subsidy scandal

8:44 AM on Wednesday, December 3

Farmers in northern Greece have blocked border crossings with North Macedonia, Bulgaria and Turkey as part of a growing protest over delays in farm subsidy payments

FILE -European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, right, attends a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the EU Council building in Brussels, Nov. 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

Former EU foreign policy chief arrested in latest scandal to hit the bloc

7:06 AM on Wednesday, December 3

The European Union’s former foreign policy chief faces corruption accusations alongside two other people arrested this week as part of a fraud investigation

FILE - Refugees from Syria arrive at the train station in Dortmund, Germany, Sept. 6, 2015. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)

EU updates asylum guidance for Syrians a year after Assad's fall

6:24 AM on Wednesday, December 3

The European Union's asylum agency says it is updating its guidance for applications by Syrian nationals one year after the fall of Bashar Assad

FILE - French President Emmanuel Macron, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping after meeting the press at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on April 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, Pool, File)

Macron arrives in China for talks with Xi on trade ties and Russia's war in Ukraine

8:10 PM on Tuesday, December 2

French President Emmanuel Macron has landed in Beijing for a three-day visit to China focused on trade talks and global crises

FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, third from right, Russian Presidential Foreign Policy Adviser Yuri Ushakov, fourth from right, and Russian Direct Investment Fund CEO Kirill Dmitriev, right, attend talks with U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff, second from left, and Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law, third, at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Dec. 2, 2025. (Kristina Kormilitsyna/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Key negotiators in the talks to end the war in Ukraine

1:45 PM on Tuesday, December 2

U.S. President Donald Trump’s push for a peace deal to end the war in Ukraine is intensifying

Police clash with protesters during a rally against austerity measures in next year's draft budget, in Sofia, Monday, Dec 1, 2025. (Bulgarian News Agency via AP)

Bulgaria's government withdraws controversial budget after major protests

4:58 AM on Tuesday, December 2

Bulgaria’s government has withdrawn a controversial budget proposal after protests erupted into clashes with police

Republican candidate Matt Van Epps speaks to supporters at a watch party after announcing victory in a special election for the U.S. seventh congressional district, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/John Amis)

Trump-backed Republican Matt Van Epps wins US House special election in Tennessee

12:09 AM on Tuesday, December 2

Republican Matt Van Epps has won a special election in Tennessee for a seat in the U.S. House

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