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From left foreground, Michigan state Rep. Donavan McKinney, D-Detroit, U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate primary candidate Abdul El-Sayed, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-VT., United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain, and U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich. join hands together following a campaign rally for El-Sayed, Saturday, July 18, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)

Analysis: Have progressives peaked? The next few weeks will be crucial in Democrats' tug-of-war

10:46 AM on Tuesday, July 21

The progressive movement may already have hit its high point in the 2026 midterms

FILE - Anthea Hartig, of the National Museum of American History, speaks at an event, Feb. 20, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert, File)

Smithsonian history museum chief rejects White House criticism of its leaders as radical activists

10:14 AM on Tuesday, July 21

The director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History is pushing back against a White House report labeling the institution's leadership as radical activists

FILE - Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban attends the electoral campaign closing rally of the governing Fidesz in Budapest, Hungary, on April 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos, File)

Hungarian prosecutors raid Orbán party's data center in embezzlement probe

10:04 AM on Tuesday, July 21

Prosecutors in Hungary have raided offices housing data servers used by former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's Fidesz party

A map showing where a ferry capsized off the coast of Guyana. (AP Digital Embed)

Guyana says capsized ferry had 179 people aboard as survivor describes a chaotic sinking

10:02 AM on Tuesday, July 21

Guyana's prime minister says a ferry that capsized over the weekend had as many as 179 people aboard, far more than listed on its manifest

UN says nearly 150 migrants are dead or missing off West Africa in separate incidents

9:42 AM on Tuesday, July 21

The United Nations refugee agency says it is “extremely saddened” after nearly 150 people died or went missing off Mauritania last week

This court artist sketch by Elizabeth Cook shows Joshua Kerry, 28, appearing at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London on Tuesday, July 21, 2026 charged with the murder of MP Ann Widdecombe. (Elizabeth Cook/PA via AP)

Ex-UK politician Widdecombe was hit 21 times with a hammer, prosecutors say

9:40 AM on Tuesday, July 21

Prosecutors say the man charged with killing former British politician Ann Widdecombe struck her 21 times in the head with a hammer

President Donald Trump walks down the stairs of Air Force One upon his arrival at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Sunday, July 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)

The Latest: Republicans prepare to face voters as the bombing continues

8:21 AM on Tuesday, July 21

The U.S. and Iran are back to bombing every day in a bid to control the Strait of Hormuz

FILE - Deposed leader of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Ozgur Ozel arrives for a rally in Izmir, Turkey, Tuesday, May 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Erdem Sahin, File)

Turkish deposed opposition leader plans to create a new party to take on Erdogan

7:40 AM on Tuesday, July 21

The deposed leader of Turkey's main opposition has announced plans to form a new political party to challenge President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Legally or not, the US government is controlling global access to the world’s most powerful AI

7:27 AM on Tuesday, July 21

Time for a clock change? Congress considers daylight saving time … again

7:24 AM on Tuesday, July 21

FILE - President Joe Biden waits to speak about foreign policy at the State Department in Washington, Jan. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Appeals court rejects Biden's bid to block release of recordings of ghostwriter interviews

7:12 AM on Tuesday, July 21

Joe Biden disagrees with an appeals court's rejection of his effort to block the release of audio recordings of his interviews with a memoir ghostwriter

ASEAN Chair and Philippine Foreign Secretary Theresa Lazaro hosts an informal consultation with Foreign Ministers during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting at the Philippine International Convention Center in Manila, Tuesday, July 21, 2026. (Francis R. Malasig/Pool Photo via AP)

Southeast Asia's top diplomats hold security talks in Manila as US-Iran fighting rages

5:01 AM on Tuesday, July 21

Southeast Asia’s top diplomats have opened three days of talks in the Philippine capital with an agenda topped by their most daunting security problems

Tobias Korenke, center, grandnephew of Dietrich and Klaus Bonhoeffer and grandson of Ruediger Schleicher, try to remove a wreath of Germany's far right AFD party during a memorial event held by the federal government in the courtyard of the Bendlerblock of the Defence Ministry in occasion of the National Day of Remembrance for Resistance Against Nazi regime in Berlin, Monday, July 20, 2026. (Sebastian Christoph Gollnow/dpa via AP)

Descendant of Nazi opponent tries to remove far-right party's wreath at Hitler plot memorial event

3:51 AM on Tuesday, July 21

A descendant of an executed opponent of the Nazis tried to remove a wreath from the far-right Alternative for Germany party at an event in Berlin marking the 82nd anniversary of the failed attempt to kill Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler

Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham, center, attends his first cabinet meeting as prime minister at 10 Downing Street, London, Tuesday July 21, 2026. (Eddie Mulholland/Pool Photo via AP)

UK leader Burnham gathers his Cabinet after sweeping away Starmer supporters

3:48 AM on Tuesday, July 21

New UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has gathered his Cabinet after removing allies of predecessor Keir Starmer from the government

A supporter of the Cockroach Janta Party holds posters of Bhagat Singh, an Indian revolutionary freedom fighter, at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, Tuesday, July 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Shekhar Yadav)

India’s youth-led Cockroach movement vows to keep demanding reforms after police crackdown

3:41 AM on Tuesday, July 21

Supporters of India’s youth-led Cockroach movement demanding educational reforms and government accountability say they will continue their protest in New Delhi

In this photo provided by Japan Joint Staff, a Chinese Luyang III-class guided-missile destroyer sails off Kumejima island, southern Japan, on July 16, 2026. (Japan Joint Staff via AP)

Japan raises safety concern over Chinese destroyer's live-fire drills

1:40 AM on Tuesday, July 21

Japanese officials have expressed concern after a Chinese navy destroyer conducted live-fire drills off one of Japan’s remote islands

President Donald Trump greets Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on his arrival at the White House, Tuesday, July 21, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Lebanon's president meets with Trump in Washington to push for Israeli troop withdrawal

11:59 PM on Monday, July 20

Joseph Aoun, Lebanon's president, is meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House

Rep. Andy Biggs, right, R-Ariz., who is running in the primary for Arizona governor, hugs a supporter at a campaign event, Friday, July 17, 2026, in Gilbert, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Arizona Republicans pick nominees Tuesday for governor and other top offices

11:04 PM on Monday, July 20

Arizona Republicans are choosing nominees to challenge Democrats in key state offices

Officials sought phone records of NYT journalists and their relatives in an effort to unmask sources

1:02 PM on Monday, July 20

A court document says President Donald Trump's administration sought New York Times journalists’ phone records and even those of some of their relatives in an attempt to unmask the confidential sources of reporters who wrote about Trump’s Qatari-gifted Air Force One jet

Britain's new Prime Minister Andy Burnham and his wife Marie-France van Heel wave as they arrive at 10 Downing Street in London, Monday, July 20, 2026.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

What to know about the key challenges Andy Burnham faces as UK prime minister

12:12 AM on Sunday, July 19

Andy Burnham faces major challenges ahead as the latest British prime minister to take up residence in 10 Downing Street

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