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FILE - This photo provided by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy in June 2020 shows damage to anchor support EP-17-1 on the east leg of the Enbridge Line 5 pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac in Michigan, displayed on a television screen. (Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy via AP, File)

Trump DOJ argues Michigan effort to shut down underwater pipeline interferes with US foreign policy

4:05 PM on Friday, September 19

The Trump administration is trying to persuade a federal judge that Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's attempt to shut down part of an aging pipeline interferes with U.S. foreign policy

FILE - Jaqueline Benitez, who depends on California's SNAP benefits to help pay for food, shops for groceries at a supermarket in Bellflower, Calif., Feb. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Allison Dinner, File)

Judge blocks USDA from collecting data about SNAP applicants in 21 states

3:44 PM on Friday, September 19

A judge has temporarily stopped the federal government from collecting personal information about residents in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, in 21 states and Washington, D

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual leader of the world's Eastern Orthodox Christians, arrives for a meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House, Monday, Sept. 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Orthodox patriarch defends recognition of an independent Ukrainian church

3:36 PM on Friday, September 19

The spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Christians has defended his 2019 decision to recognize an independent church in Ukraine

FILE - People take photos near a John Harvard statue, left, on the Harvard University campus, Jan. 2, 2024, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Trump administration threatens further sanctions in escalating fight with Harvard

3:28 PM on Friday, September 19

The Trump administration escalated its fight with Harvard University on Friday, placing the Ivy League school under extra financial oversight and threatening sanctions if it does not provide additional data on its admissions practices

FILE - The Supreme Court Building is seen in Washington on March 28, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to strip legal protections from Venezuelan migrants

2:41 PM on Friday, September 19

The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court for an emergency order allowing it to strip legal protections from more than 300,000 Venezuelan migrants

FILE - U.S. Army AH-64E Apache helicopters are pictured at Joint Base Andrews, Md., June 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Trump administration proposes selling nearly $6 billion in weapons to Israel

2:24 PM on Friday, September 19

The Trump administration has told Congress it plans to sell nearly $6 billion in weapons to Israel

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., right, joined by Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., center left, leads a vigil to honor conservative activist Charlie Kirk who was shot and killed at an event in Utah last week, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Sept. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House approves resolution honoring Charlie Kirk with dozens of Democrats opposed

1:14 PM on Friday, September 19

The House has passed a resolution honoring the late Charlie Kirk over significant Democratic opposition

Deep South mayors discuss building prosperous communities at economic growth conference

1:09 PM on Friday, September 19

Mayors of cities across the Deep South gathered in Jackson, Mississippi, this week for a conference about building prosperous communities in Southern states

Senate confirms Mike Waltz as Trump's US ambassador to the United Nations

1:07 PM on Friday, September 19

Senate confirms Mike Waltz as Trump's US ambassador to the United Nations

FILE- A police officer stands guard outside The New York Times building in New York, on June 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Florida federal judge tosses Trump's $15B defamation lawsuit against The New York Times

11:55 AM on Friday, September 19

A Florida federal judge has tossed out a $15 billion defamation lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump against The New York Times

FILE - U.S. passports are arranged for a photograph in Tigard, Ore., Dec. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Trump asks the Supreme Court to allow him to enforce transgender and nonbinary passport policy

10:47 AM on Friday, September 19

President Donald Trump’s administration is asking the Supreme Court to let it enforce a passport policy for transgender and nonbinary people requiring male or female sex designations based on birth certificates

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