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FILE - Paul Ingrassia, arrives before Trump speaks during a summer soiree on the South Lawn of the White House, June 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Trump's nominee to lead a watchdog agency hits trouble over MLK and 'Nazi streak' text messages

2:17 PM on Tuesday, October 21

President Donald Trump's pick to lead an office charged with protecting whistleblowers appears to be in jeopardy

Former prime minister Boris Johnson leaves Dorland House in London after giving evidence for module 8 (children and young people) in the UK Covid-19 Inquiry, on Tuesday Oct. 21, 2025. (Lucy North/PA via AP)

Boris Johnson denies UK failure in planning COVID school closures but apologizes for mistakes

2:13 PM on Tuesday, October 21

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is denying his government failed to prepare for school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic

People walk past debris and a damaged streetlight after clashes between police and supporters of presidential candidate Issa Tchiroma in Garoua, Cameroon, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025, as political parties hold final events ahead of the presidential election. (AP Photo/Welba Yamo Pascal)

Cameroon arrests at least 20 protesters as tensions escalate after presidential election

2:11 PM on Tuesday, October 21

At least 20 people have been arrested in Cameroon in connection with protests over the Oct. 12 presidential election, authorities said on Tuesday, as tensions mounted ahead of the proclamation of results expected later this week

FILE - American flags are displayed with Chinese flags on Sept. 16, 2018, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

California man agrees to plead guilty to acting as Beijing's agent

1:05 PM on Tuesday, October 21

A California man has agreed to plead guilty to acting as an illegal agent for the Chinese government in Southern California while working as a campaign advisor to for a local politician

This image from Senate Television shows Christopher Moynihan sitting in the Senate Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021. (Senate Television via AP)

Man pardoned after storming Capitol is charged with threatening to kill Hakeem Jeffries

12:59 PM on Tuesday, October 21

A man whose convictions for storming the U.S. Capitol were erased by President Donald Trump’s mass pardons has been arrested on a charge he threatened to kill House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries

This undated photo provided by the Gallrein campaign shows Ed Gallrein. (Gallrein campaign via AP)

Trump-endorsed candidate enters race to challenge Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky

12:57 PM on Tuesday, October 21

President Donald Trump’s choice to challenge maverick Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky has announced his candidacy

A worker throws away items, Oct. 8, 2025, after ICE agents raided the apartment building at 7500 South Shore Drive in Chicago. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)

Takeaways from AP report on a Chicago raid that signals a major escalation of immigration crackdown

10:53 AM on Tuesday, October 21

A raid last month in Chicago has signaled a sharp escalation in the White House’s immigration crackdown and ratcheted up tensions in a city already on edge

Tourists watch the changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in front of the Greek parliament, in Athens, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025, as lawmakers debate regulations to protect the monument, recently the focus of protests by relatives of victims of Greece's deadliest train crash. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Greek government seeks to ban protests at Tomb of Unknown Soldier monument, sparking backlash

10:19 AM on Tuesday, October 21

Greece’s conservative government is seeking to ban protests at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, an iconic monument outside Parliament in Athens which has frequently been the site of demonstrations

This combo image shows Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Winsome Earle-Sears, left, and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger, right. (AP Photo)

Obama will campaign with Spanberger and Sherrill in high stakes governor’s races

10:11 AM on Tuesday, October 21

Former President Barack Obama will campaign alongside Democrats Abigail Spanberger and Mikie Sherrill in the final stretch of their statewide campaigns for governor in Virginia and New Jersey

FILE - Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, in Washington, as President Donald Trump looks on. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Takeaways from AP's investigation on anti-science legislation in US statehouses

10:10 AM on Tuesday, October 21

More than 420 anti-science bills attacking longstanding public health protections – vaccines, milk safety, and fluoride – have been introduced in statehouses across the U.S. this year, part of an organized, politically savvy campaign to enshrine a conspiracy theory-driven agenda into law

Ashlee and Erik Dahlberg hold a photo of their late son, Liam, in their home in Lowell, Ind., on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Laura Bargfeld)

Anti-science bills hit statehouses, stripping away public health protections built over a century

10:07 AM on Tuesday, October 21

More than 420 anti-science bills attacking longstanding public health protections – vaccines, milk safety and fluoride – have been introduced in statehouses across the U.S. this year

The apartment building at 7500 South Shore Drive in Chicago, which was raided by ICE agents is seen on Oct. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)

In Chicago, an immense show of force signals a sharp escalation in White House immigration crackdown

10:01 AM on Tuesday, October 21

A raid last month in Chicago has signaled a sharp escalation in the White House’s immigration crackdown and ratcheted up tensions in a city already on edge

President Donald Trump arrives to speak during an event to welcome the 2025 LSU and LSU-Shreveport national champion baseball teams in the East Room of the White House, Monday, Oct. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The Latest: Trump hosts GOP senators at White House as shutdown drags on

9:02 AM on Tuesday, October 21

Senate Republicans projected a unified front at the White House Rose Garden Tuesday, arriving at President Donald Trump’s invitation as they refuse to yield to Democratic demands for health care funds into the fourth week of the government shutdown

FILE - Pages from the U.S. Affordable Care Act health insurance website healthcare.gov are seen on a computer screen in New York, Aug. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)

What Americans think about rising health care costs, according to a new AP-NORC poll

7:01 AM on Tuesday, October 21

A new poll finds most U.S. adults are worried about health care becoming more expensive

Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Vitaly Mutko, the chief executive officer of Dom.RF, not pictured, during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on Monday, Oct. 20, 2025. (Alexander Kazakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Trump-Putin summit planned for Budapest is on hold after Rubio spoke with Lavrov, US official says

4:58 AM on Tuesday, October 21

Plans are on hold for President Donald Trump to sit down with Russian leader Vladimir Putin to talk about resolving the war in Ukraine

Japan Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, front center, and her new cabinet members pose for a group photo in Tokyo, Oct. 21, 2025. (Jia Haocheng/Pool via AP)

Japan's first female leader is an ultraconservative star from a male-dominated party

4:40 AM on Tuesday, October 21

Sanae Takaichi has become Japan's first female prime minister, a significant milestone in the country's male-dominated political landscape

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., pauses in his office doorway to speak to reporters on day 20 of the government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Oct. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Trump hosts Senate Republicans at renovated White House as the shutdown drags into fourth week

12:01 AM on Tuesday, October 21

As the government shutdown enters its fourth week, President Donald Trump is welcoming Senate Republicans for lunch at the White House

Newly elected Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Japan's parliament elects Sanae Takaichi as nation's first female prime minister

8:43 PM on Monday, October 20

Japan's parliament has elected Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister

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