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President Donald Trump addresses a dinner for donors who have contributed to build the new ballroom at the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

Trump hosts glitzy dinner for wealthy donors to new White House ballroom

8:34 PM on Wednesday, October 15

President Donald Trump has welcomed nearly 130 donors, allies and representatives of major companies for a dinner at the White House to reward them for their contributions to a new $250 million ballroom project

Rep. Troy Carter, D-La., and other members of the Congressional Black Caucus speak outside the U.S. Capitol after arguments were heard on the Voting Rights Act at the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Matt Brown)

Supreme Court case could lead to loss of Black representation in Congress, but the scope is unknown

6:41 PM on Wednesday, October 15

The Supreme Court has indicated a willingness to limit race-based districts under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act

FILE - Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks to reporters following the First Ministers Meeting at the National War Museum March 21, 2025, in Ottawa, Canada. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

Ontario premier criticizes Trump after Stellantis says it will move production from Canada to the US

6:07 PM on Wednesday, October 15

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has called for economic retaliation against the U.S. after Stellantis decided to move Jeep Compass production from Canada to the U.S. Ford blames U.S. President Donald Trump for the move, which affects workers in Brampton, Ontario

Guatemalan Interior Minister Francisco Jimenez gives a press conference at the National Palace in Guatemala City, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, after authorities confirmed the escape of 20 members from the Barrio 18 gang from a maximum security prison. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Guatemala's president accepts resignations of top security officials after gang escape

5:50 PM on Wednesday, October 15

Guatemala President Bernardo Arévalo has accepted the resignations of three top security officials

FILE - Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy speaks during a news conference Aug. 5, 2025, at the Department of Transportation in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

Federal government to withhold $40M from California for not enforcing trucker English requirements

5:19 PM on Wednesday, October 15

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says he will withhold $40 million from California because it is the only state that is failing to enforce English language requirements for truckers

New York man convicted of illegal straw donor scheme during President Trump's reelection campaign

4:57 PM on Wednesday, October 15

A New York City man has been convicted of conducting an illegal straw donor scheme in 2019 during President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign

Vice President JD Vance speaking with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

JD Vance dismisses bipartisan outrage over racist and offensive Young Republican group chat

4:44 PM on Wednesday, October 15

The public release of a Young Republican group chat that included racist language, jokes about rape and flippant commentary on gas chambers has prompted bipartisan calls for those involved to be removed from or resign their positions

New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks during an interview on "The Story with Martha MacCallum" at Fox News on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Mamdani uses Fox interview to apologize to NYPD, send direct message to Trump

3:58 PM on Wednesday, October 15

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has publicly apologized for language he has used in the past to criticize New York Police Department

FILE - Passers-by walk and ride along a path on the campus of Brown University, in Providence, R.I., Monday, Oct. 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Brown University rejects Trump's offer for priority funding, citing concerns over academic freedom

3:49 PM on Wednesday, October 15

Brown University is rejecting a Trump administration proposal that would provide favorable access to funding in exchange for a wide range of commitments

President Donald Trump speaks during an event in the Oval Office at the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

Trump claims India will stop buying Russian oil, escalating pressure on Moscow over Ukraine war

3:43 PM on Wednesday, October 15

President Donald Trump says Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has personally assured him that India will stop buying Russian oil

Members of the Pentagon press corp carry their belongings out of the Pentagon after turning in their press credentials, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules

3:27 PM on Wednesday, October 15

Journalists at the Pentagon turned in access badges and cleaned out their workspaces, the price for refusing to agree to new restrictions on their jobs at the seat of U.S. military power

FILE - The front row of 14 graduates, part of a group who graduated from basic training and were sworn in as new citizens under a government initiative, graduate from Basic Military Training on April 26, 2023, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. (Christa D'Andrea/U.S. Air Force via AP)

What to know about deporting family members of US troops

2:31 PM on Wednesday, October 15

Federal immigration authorities have detained the parents of a U.S. Marine after the Trump administration changed a policy that sought to protect military families from deportation

South Carolina Election Commission Chairman Dennis Shedd speaks at the commission's meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

Head of South Carolina elections fired after voting machine contract had unexplained $4M overrun

2:25 PM on Wednesday, October 15

The South Carolina Election Commission is investigating why a $28 million contract for new voting machines ended up costing $4 million more

University of Montana student Maddie Grebb leads a chant across the street from the Russell Smith federal courthouse, where young climate activists were in court challenging President Donald Trump's orders promoting fossil fuels, Sept. 17, 2025, in Missoula, Montana. (Ben Allan Smith/The Missoulian via AP)

Judge dismisses young climate activists’ lawsuit challenging Trump on fossil fuels

1:42 PM on Wednesday, October 15

A federal judge in Montana has dismissed a lawsuit from young climate activists seeking to block President Donald Trump’s executive orders promoting fossil fuels

Students from Columbus, Ohio, wait outside a barrier as U.S. Capitol Police watch over the East Plaza where congressional leaders will have a news conferences on the government shutdown at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Judge temporarily blocks the Trump administration from firing workers during the government shutdown

1:13 PM on Wednesday, October 15

A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from firing workers during the government shutdown, saying the human cost "cannot be tolerated.”

FILE - Illinois House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch, D-Hillside, testifies before the Executive Committee on his legislation to allow legislative staff to unionize, Oct. 24, 2023, in Springfield, Ill. (AP Photo/John O'Connor, File)

County judge in Chicago area bars ICE from arresting people at court

12:53 PM on Wednesday, October 15

Cook County’s top judge has signed an order barring ICE from arresting people at court

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore speaks during the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Phoenix Awards Dinner, in Washington, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Democratic governors form a public health alliance in rebuke of Trump administration

11:23 AM on Wednesday, October 15

Democratic governors from 14 states and Guam have launched a new public health alliance

FILE - A boy plays near a building, where some people trafficked under false pretenses are being forced to work in online scams targeting people all over the world, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, File)

Cambodia urges a fair process as US and UK pursue Prince Group's Chen Zhi in a global scam case

8:40 AM on Wednesday, October 15

Cambodia's government says it hopes the U.S. and Britain have enough evidence in their pursuit of Cambodia’s Prince Holding Group and its Chairman Chen Zhi

FILE - Vernon Jones participates in Georgia's 10th Congressional District republican primary election runoff debates on June 6, 2022, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, file)

Trump ally Vernon Jones announces run for Georgia secretary of state

11:22 AM on Monday, October 13

Vernon Jones, a former Democratic state representative who switched parties to support President Donald Trump, has announced his candidacy for Georgia's secretary of state

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