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Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks to Toronto Blue Jays manager John Schneider as he visits the Blue Jays during baseball's World Series media day, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, in Toronto,. (Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press via AP)

Carney challenges Trump to make a bet on the World Series as Canada's team plays the Dodgers

7:06 PM on Thursday, October 23

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is challenging U.S. President Donald Trump to make a friendly wager on the outcome of the World Series between the Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers

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In this photo provided by the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office High Tech Crimes Unit, shows officials processing the scene of a deadly multi-vehicle crash Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025, in Ontario, Calif. (San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office High Tech Crimes Unit via AP)

Deadly semitrailer crash in California renews federal criticism of immigrant truck drivers

5:18 PM on Thursday, October 23

U.S. Homeland Security officials say a 21-year-old semitruck driver accused of being under the influence of drugs and causing a fiery crash that killed three people on a southern California freeway is in the country illegally

FILE - The Kaktovik Lagoon and the Brooks Range mountains of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge are seen in Kaktovik, Alaska, Oct. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)

Trump administration finalizes plan to open pristine Alaska wildlife refuge to oil and gas drilling

5:14 PM on Thursday, October 23

The Trump administration has finalized a plan to open the coastal plain of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling, renewing long-simmering debate over whether to drill in one of the nation’s most sensitive wilderness areas

The Trump administration renews push to allow oil and gas drilling in Alaska wildlife refuge

5:10 PM on Thursday, October 23

The Trump administration renews push to allow oil and gas drilling in Alaska wildlife refuge

A home is left damaged in Kipnuk, Alaska, on a stream bank after the remnants of Typhoon Halong caused widespread destruction in the coastal village in Western Alaska, Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. (Marc Lester/Anchorage Daily News via AP)

Trump gives disaster declarations to Alaska and others but denies Illinois, Vermont and Maryland

3:46 PM on Thursday, October 23

President Donald Trump has approved major disaster declarations for Alaska, Nebraska, North Dakota and the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe

FILE - Volunteer Ollie Taylor fills bags with food at the Coconut Grove Crisis Food Pantry, which offers fresh food and meals free of charge on a weekly basis to residents, Aug. 26, 2025, in the Coconut Grove neighborhood of Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

States worry about how to fill the gap in food aid ahead of a federal benefits halt

2:47 PM on Thursday, October 23

A federal food aid program that helps about one in eight Americans buy groceries stands to be paused Nov. 1 because of the government shutdown

U.S. Border Patrol Commander-At-Large Gregory Bovino stands with federal immigration enforcement agents during a skirmish with protesters in Little Village neighborhood, Chicago Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. (Anthony Vazquez/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

As federal agents ramp up Chicago immigration crackdown, more elected officials caught in crosshairs

2:34 PM on Thursday, October 23

As federal agents ramp up an immigration crackdown in the Chicago area, an increasing number of elected officials in the Democratic stronghold are getting caught in the crosshairs

Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures while speaking to journalists on the sidelines of the Russian Geographical Society congress at the State Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. (Vyacheslav Prokofyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Trump's turnaround on sanctions targets Russia's oil companies that fund the war in Ukraine

2:06 PM on Thursday, October 23

U.S. President Donald Trump has done a turnaround on sanctions against Russia, taking aim at Russia's two biggest oil companies and the billions of dollars they reap for Moscow's war against Ukraine

Construction workers atop the U.S. Treasury, bottom right, watch as work continues on a largely demolished part of the East Wing of the White House, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, in Washington, before construction of a new ballroom. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

What lawmakers are saying about Trump's demolition of the East Wing

2:05 PM on Thursday, October 23

Members of Congress are divided largely along party lines on the demolition of the East Wing of the White House to make room for a 90,000-square-foot ballroom that President Donald Trump wants to build

Construction workers, bottom right, atop the U.S. Treasury, watch as work continues on a largely demolished part of the East Wing of the White House, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, in Washington, before construction of a new ballroom. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

White House East Wing demolished as Trump moves forward with ballroom construction, AP photos show

12:55 PM on Thursday, October 23

Associated Press photos show the entire White House East Wing has been demolished as President Donald Trump moves ahead with building a ballroom

New York Mayor Eric Adams, left, and Democrat mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo appear at a campaign event outside the George Washington Carver Houses, in New York, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Eric Adams endorses once bitter rival Andrew Cuomo in New York City's mayoral race

12:15 PM on Thursday, October 23

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has endorsed former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the city’s mayoral race

Changpeng Zhao, the founder of Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, enters the Federal Courthouse in Seattle, April 30, 2024. (Ellen M. Banner/The Seattle Times via AP)

Trump pardons Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, high-profile cryptocurrency figure

11:41 AM on Thursday, October 23

President Donald Trump has pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, who created the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange

A person pushes a protester blocking a caravan of U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel trying to enter Coast Guard Base Alameda on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Trump backs off planned surge of federal agents into San Francisco after talking to the mayor

11:19 AM on Thursday, October 23

President Donald Trump says he’s backing off a planned surge of federal agents into San Francisco after speaking to the mayor, as protesters gathered outside a U.S. Coast Guard base where they were located

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

The Latest: Trump pardons Binance founder Changpeng Zhao

8:27 AM on Thursday, October 23

President Donald Trump has pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao

Neighborhood resident and volunteer, Valencia Mohammed, center, talks to D.C. National Guard interim commander Army Brig. Gen. Leland Blanchard II, right, and Lt. Col. Marcus Hunt, left, about cleanup efforts at Fort Stevens Recreation Center, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, in Washington. Mohammed requested the cleanup. Marcus Hickman, Anacostia ANC Commisioner, is seen rear. (AP Photo/Gary Fields)

Some DC residents, wary of Trump's motives, uneasily back parts of the National Guard deployment

7:04 AM on Thursday, October 23

The hundreds of National Guard troops still deployed to Washington, D.C., have unnerved some residents

European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas speaks with the media as she arrives for an EU Summit at the European Council building in Brussels, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Francois Walschaerts)

EU leaders seek role in Gaza at summit focused on Ukraine and Russia

6:46 AM on Thursday, October 23

European Union leaders are seeking a more active role in Gaza and the occupied West Bank after being sidelined from a U.S.-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas

Belgium's Prime Minister Bart De Wever, center, speaks with European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, third left, Netherland's Prime Minister Dick Schoof, center left, and Croatia's Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic, right, during a round table meeting at an EU Summit in Brussels, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

EU leaders agree to future Ukraine funds but make little headway on a plan to use Russia's assets

3:53 AM on Thursday, October 23

European Union leaders have ordered the bloc’s executive branch to come up with options for meeting Ukraine’s pressing economic and military needs over the next two years

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