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President Donald Trump, right, shakes the hand of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump's moves to consolidate power, punish enemies draw comparisons to places where democracy faded

11:03 PM on Saturday, September 27

President Donald Trump’s consolidation of power and targeting of his political opponents bring back unnerving memories for those who have watched elected leaders undermine democracies elsewhere in the world

FILE - Kilmar Abrego Garcia joins supporters in a protest rally outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Baltimore, Aug. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough, File)

Kilmar Abrego Garcia transferred to Pennsylvania detention facility

7:25 PM on Saturday, September 27

A man who was wrongfully deported from the United States to his native El Salvador has been moved from a Virginia detention center to a facility in Pennsylvania

President Donald Trump, right, salutes Air Force Col. Christopher M. Robinson, Commander, 89th Airlift Wing, before boarding Marine One upon his arrival at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Friday, Sept. 26, 2025, after a day trip to the Ryder Cup golf tournament at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, N.Y. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez) (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)

Trump to meet Monday with top four congressional leaders as government shutdown risk looms

6:43 PM on Saturday, September 27

President Donald Trump plans to meet with the top four congressional leaders at the White House on Monday, one day before the deadline to fund the federal government or face a shutdown

Prime Minister of Grenada Philip Dickon Mitchell addresses the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025, at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)

They said it: Leaders at the UN, in their own words

6:00 PM on Saturday, September 27

The indictment of former FBI director James Comey is photographed Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

The sparse indictment of Comey by Trump's Justice Department belies a complicated backstory

12:51 PM on Saturday, September 27

The indictment of former FBI Director James Comey is only two pages and alleges he falsely testified to Congress in 2020 about authorizing someone to be an anonymous source in news stories

Rudy Giuliani and Dominion Voting Systems settle defamation suit over his 2020 election claims

11:23 AM on Saturday, September 27

Rudy Giuliani has reached a settlement with Dominion Voting Systems in its $1.3 billion defamation suit over his baseless 2020 election-rigging claims

Independent lawmaker Ákos Hadházy gives a speech during a protest outside Hatvanpuszta, a country estate linked to alleged corruption involving Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, near Alcsútdoboz in Hungary, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

Protesters rally at an opulent Hungarian estate linked to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán

10:52 AM on Saturday, September 27

Hundreds of demonstrators have gathered in rural Hungary at a country estate linked to alleged corruption involving Prime Minister Viktor Orbán

A voter displays his stamped voter card after casting his ballot at a polling station in Libreville, Gabon, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Betines Makosso)

Gabon awaits results in its first legislative and local elections after the 2023 military coup

10:11 AM on Saturday, September 27

The oil-rich central African nation of Gabon has voted in its first legislative and local elections since a 2023 military coup ended a 50-year-old political dynasty

President of Colombia Gustavo Petro Urrego addresses the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025, at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)

US revokes visa for Colombia's president after he urges American soldiers to disobey Trump

8:27 AM on Saturday, September 27

Tensions between the United States and Colombia have escalated with the State Department saying it was revoking the visa of Colombia's president, Gustavo Petro's visa

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

Trump asks Supreme Court to uphold restrictions he wants to impose on birthright citizenship

7:56 AM on Saturday, September 27

President Donald Trump’s administration is asking the Supreme Court to uphold his birthright citizenship order declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily aren't American citizens

Two women walk past a huge banner showing the late commander of the Iran's Revolutionary Guard expeditionary Quds Force, Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a U.S. drone attack in 2020, and two late Hezbollah leaders Hassan Nasrallah, center, and Hashem Safieddine, who were killed in Israeli airstrikes in 2024, at the Enqelab-e-Eslami (Islamic Revolution) square, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

UN imposes 'snapback' sanctions on a hungrier, poorer and more anxious Iran

12:02 AM on Saturday, September 27

The United Nations has reimposed sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program

People line up to cast their votes at Beau Vallon Secondary School in Beau Vallon, Seychelles, on Saturday, Sep. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilie Chetty)

Seychelles president seeks a second term as people vote in African tourist haven

11:48 PM on Friday, September 26

The people of Seychelles are voting in an election to choose a new leader and parliament

ARCHIVO - Jimmy Kimmel en el upfront de Walt Disney Television en Nueva York el 14 de mayo de 2019. (Foto Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, archivo)

A quick look back at this week’s biggest stories

11:08 PM on Friday, September 26

Former FBI director James Comey has been charged with lying to Congress, Jimmy Kimmel is back on air after his suspension over his Charlie Kirk remarks, and world leaders speak at the U.N. These are the week's top stories

FILE - Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) officers take a knee with demonstrators, as they march on Pennsylvania Ave, June 4, 2020, in Washington, during a protest over the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, who died after a police officer kneeled on his neck for several minutes. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

FBI fires agents photographed kneeling during 2020 racial justice protest, AP sources say

7:18 PM on Friday, September 26

The FBI has fired agents who were photographed kneeling during a racial justice protest in Washington that followed the 2020 death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers

Long, fraught timeline of Iran nuclear tensions

4:09 AM on Monday, September 22

The United Nations has reimposed nuclear sanctions on Iran, putting new pressure on Tehran’s ailing economy as tensions remain high in the wider Mideast over the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip

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