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Trump administration sues Catholic diocese to seize land near El Paso for border barrier

3:08 PM on Friday, May 15

The Trump administration wants to seize 14 acres of land outside El Paso that's owned by the Catholic Diocese of Las Cruces, New Mexico, to install border barriers

California lawmakers rush $25 million to hospitals without knowing who qualifies

2:51 PM on Friday, May 15

A $25 million grant to support struggling hospitals in California has become law just days after its introduction

Sergio Alcubilla stands with a balikbayan box he sealed in Honolulu, on Monday, May 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher)

The balikbayan box: The way Filipino Americans have sent love all the way back home

1:31 PM on Friday, May 15

Beginning in the 1970s, just about every Filipino household in America was either hauling balikbayan boxes in person or mailing them to relatives back in the Philippines

Nashville HBCU Fisk University Launches $900M Campus Transformation — With a Data Center

1:21 PM on Friday, May 15

Fisk University President Agenia Clark has announced a $900 million plan to transform the campus in Nashville, Tennessee

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth testifies at a House Appropriations subcommittee budget hearing for the Department of Defense, Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in Washington, as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine listens. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Pentagon halts deployments to Poland and Germany to cut troop numbers in Europe, AP sources say

12:38 PM on Friday, May 15

The Pentagon is drawing down thousands of troops in Europe by stopping units from deploying to Poland and Germany as opposed to yanking those already stationed there

FILE - Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, arrives to testify before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 31, 2024, to discuss child safety. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Tech CEOs summoned to Congress for another hearing on social media's risks for children

12:25 PM on Friday, May 15

Social media CEOs have been called to testify before Congress amid growing pressure to protect young users

FILE - A demonstrator carries an AR-15 while wearing a "Guns Saves Lives" sticker during a gun rally at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., Jan. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

New Virginia law banning `assault firearms' prompts quick lawsuits from gun-rights groups

12:02 PM on Friday, May 15

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger has signed legislation banning certain semi-automatic firearms

Presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori, of the Popular Force party, waves to supporters in San Juan de Lurigancho district in Lima, Peru, Saturday, May 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo)

A political dynasty heiress and a former trade minister advance to Peru’s presidential runoff

10:51 AM on Friday, May 15

Peruvian voters are set to choose their next president between Keiko Fujimori and Roberto Sánchez

Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., of Memphis, testifies before a Senate Judiciary committee during a special session of the state legislature to redraw U.S. Congressional voting maps Wednesday, May 6, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Democrat Rep. Steve Cohen ending campaign after redraw of his Memphis district

10:33 AM on Friday, May 15

Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen of Tennessee is ending his bid for reelection

FILE - Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Gabriela Passos, File)

Texas high court rejects removal of Democratic lawmakers who led quorum break over redistricting

10:13 AM on Friday, May 15

The Texas Supreme Court has refused to declare that Democratic state lawmakers who briefly left the state last year in a quorum break to stop a vote on new congressional voting maps pushed by President Donald Trump vacated their offices

President Donald Trump speaks as he visits the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to see the new blue protective coating being applied as part of a renovation project, Thursday, May 7, 2026, in Washington, as White House boarder czar Tom Homan and Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin listen. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump says new sculpture garden honoring 250 prominent Americans will rise along the Potomac River

9:56 AM on Friday, May 15

President Donald Trump plans to build an exhibit of statues featuring prominent Americans along the Potomac River

Map showing where five divers in the Maldives died exploring a cave. (AP Digital Embed)

Search for bodies of Italian divers in Maldives cave suspended due to bad weather

4:54 AM on Friday, May 15

Maldivian authorities have suspended a high-risk operation to recover the bodies of four Italian divers believed trapped inside a deep underwater cave, after one body was recovered the day before

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, left, former deputy prime minister Angela Rayner and Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham meet with school children at a primary school in Ashton-under-Lyne, north-west England, Monday April 13, 2026. (Paul Ellis/Pool Photo via AP, File)

UK government faces weeks of uncertainty over the prime minister's future

4:35 AM on Friday, May 15

Britain's government faces uncertainty as the Labour Party grapples with internal turmoil

FILE - Dan Osborn, Independent candidate for U.S. Senate, speaks during a news conference, May 15, 2024, at his home in Omaha, Neb. (Nikos Frazier/Omaha World-Herald via AP, File)

Democrats test a new red state strategy: Back independents over their own nominees

4:00 AM on Friday, May 15

Democratic leaders are embracing independent candidates in red states where their party brand struggles

The South Carolina House chamber is roped off as authorities put in extra security during debate on a redistricting bill on Friday, May 15, 2026, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins).

New US House map in Florida accused of violating state ban on partisan gerrymandering

11:03 PM on Thursday, May 14

New U.S. House districts in Florida are facing their first test in court

U.S. President Donald Trump, right, gestures as he speaks next to Chinese President Xi Jinping during a visit to the Zhongnanhai Garden in Beijing, China, Friday, May 15, 2026. (Evan Vucci/Pool Photo via AP)

The Latest: After China visit, Trump says he’s undecided on sending weapons to Taiwan

9:19 PM on Thursday, May 14

U.S. President Donald Trump departed Beijing following a final day meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping

U.S. President Donald Trump, left, speaks as he is greeted by Chinese President Xi Jinping at Zhongnanhai Garden in Beijing, China, Friday, May 15, 2026. (Evan Vucci/Pool Photo via AP)

Trump weighs Taiwan arms package after summit aimed at steadying US-China ties

7:00 PM on Thursday, May 14

President Donald Trump says he’s not yet made a decision on whether a major sale of U.S. arms to Taiwan can move forward following his three-day visit to China

Powell's tenure as Fed chair marked by fight for independence while trying to tame inflation

3:00 PM on Thursday, May 14

When Jerome Powell was sworn in as chair of the Federal Reserve eight years ago, economists worried that inflation and interest rates were too low and that too few Americans had jobs

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