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Confused about Big Bend area border wall plans? Here’s where things stand.

3:46 PM on Friday, May 22

Plans for a border wall in the Big Bend region of West Texas have been marked by shifting, unannounced changes and have sparked widespread opposition

FILE - Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil holds a news conference outside Federal Court, Oct. 21, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil wants Supreme Court to weigh in on deportation fight

3:32 PM on Friday, May 22

Former Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil's lawyers say they'll ask the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene after a federal appeals court declined to reconsider a decision that put the government a step closer to deporting him

Members of the Misak community mourn as forensic investigators deliver the body of Luis Tunubala, governor of the Guambia Indigenous reserve, who was killed during clashes with the Nasa community over a land dispute in Silvia, Colombia, Friday, May 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Santiago Saldarriaga)

Colombian army deploys hundreds of soldiers in country's southwest after land dispute leaves 7 dead

2:15 PM on Friday, May 22

Colombian security forces have moved into the southwestern municipality of Silvia following a violent territorial dispute between two Indigenous groups

FILE - Rioters storm the West Front of the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Ex-prosecutor and other Trump critics sue to block payouts from $1.8B 'anti-weaponization' fund

2:14 PM on Friday, May 22

A coalition of President Donald Trump's critics is suing to block payouts from a new $1.8 billion settlement fund for Trump allies claiming to be victims of a weaponized government

President Donald Trump listens to a reporter's question 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. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump's Cuba strategy echoes his Venezuela playbook. But there are key differences

1:54 PM on Friday, May 22

The Trump administration’s strategy against Cuba is looking a lot like the playbook for Venezuela

Supporters of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party, or CHP, shout slogans as they gather outside the party's headquarters in Ankara, Friday, May 22, 2026. (Gunsu Ozmen/DIA Photo via AP)

Standoff in Turkey’s main opposition party escalates

1:32 PM on Friday, May 22

A standoff between Turkey's main opposition party leaders has escalated after a court reappointed the former chairman

FILE - Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., speaks as Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, listens during an oversight hearing at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 3, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Senators from both parties push Hegseth for action on Ukraine aid

1:32 PM on Friday, May 22

A bipartisan group of senators is pushing back on delays by the Department of Defense in sending roughly $600 million in security aid to Ukraine and other allies in eastern Europe

FILE - Panels that were part of an exhibit on slavery at the President's House Site in Philadelphia are put back on Feb. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Joe Lamberti, File)

Advocates celebrate 230th anniversary of Ona Judge's escape from enslavement by George Washington

1:01 PM on Friday, May 22

Advocates for telling the whole truth of American history are celebrating the legacy of Ona Judge, from her footprints in Philadelphia to her face in New Hampshire

Janez Jansa addresses the Slovenian Parliament during a session in Ljubljana, Slovenia, Friday, May 22, 2026, before appointing him as prime minister, ending a political deadlock after tight elections in March. (AP Photo/Igor Kupljenik)

Right-wing Slovenian politician confirmed as prime minister in shift from liberal government

11:47 AM on Friday, May 22

Slovenia’s parliament has appointed right-wing politician Janez Jansa as the new prime minister two months after a tied parliamentary election

FILE - Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., arrives at the chamber of the Capitol in Washington, Nov. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

An all-women Senate delegation is heading to the Arctic to reassure US allies

10:51 AM on Friday, May 22

A bipartisan group of senators is departing for a tour of Arctic nations to reassure U

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche arrives for a closed-door meeting with Republican senators who are expected to abandon a proposal for $1 billion in security money for the White House complex and President Donald Trump's ballroom after it has failed to win enough party support, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, May 21, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Pushed to the limit, Republicans show rare defiance to Trump's demands

6:39 AM on Friday, May 22

President Donald Trump’s political revenge tour met its potential match this week as angry Republican senators finally said no, even if temporarily

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, speaks to supporters at a campaign event in McKinney, Texas, Tuesday, May 19, 2026. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Paxton makes his final pitch in the Texas Senate race against Cornyn, buoyed by Trump's endorsement

6:37 AM on Friday, May 22

Ken Paxton is playing up President Donald Trump's endorsement as the Texas attorney general heads into the final days of U.S. Senate primary runoff against incumbent John Cornyn

FILE - In this photo released by the Taiwan Presidential Office, Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te speaks during a press conference on "Taiwan-U.S. Economic Prosperity Partnership" in Taipei, Taiwan on Feb. 3, 2026. (Taiwan Presidential Office via AP, File)

Taiwan's government says US hasn't notified it of any pause in a planned $14B arms sale

5:34 AM on Friday, May 22

Taiwan's government says it hasn't been notified of any pause in a planned $14 billion U.S. arms sale to the self-governing island

Cuba needs a long-term solution to its energy crisis

4:14 AM on Friday, May 22

United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte look at each other as they deliver a statement during a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Helsingborg, Sweden, Friday, May 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, Pool)

NATO allies bewildered by Trump's about-face on US troop moves in Europe

2:48 AM on Friday, May 22

NATO allies and defense officials have expressed bewilderment at U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement that he would send 5,000 U.S. troops to Poland

FILE - Stephen Colbert, left, and Evelyn McGee-Colbert appear at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sept. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Paul McCartney helps Stephen Colbert say goodbye to 'The Late Show' in ambitious final show

11:12 PM on Wednesday, May 20

Stephen Colbert has wrapped up his final broadcast of CBS' “The Late Show” with a memorable night

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