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Coast Guard drops references to swastikas and nooses being 'potentially divisive'

6:35 PM on Thursday, December 18, 2025

References in U.S. Coast Guard policy calling hate symbols “potentially divisive” have been removed

FILE - The Colorado River runs through mountains near Burns, Colo., on April 12, 2023. (Chris Dillmann/Vail Daily via AP, File)

Colorado River water negotiators appear no closer to long-term agreement

5:51 PM on Thursday, December 18, 2025

Water leaders in the U.S. West gathered this week with a hefty task hanging over their heads — figuring out a long-term plan for sharing water from the Colorado River

Mamdani appointee resigns after her decade-old antisemitic social media posts resurface

5:48 PM on Thursday, December 18, 2025

One of New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s appointees has resigned over social media posts she made more than a decade ago that featured antisemitic tropes

Brazil's lower house removes Bolsonaro's son and former intelligence agency head from their seats

5:48 PM on Thursday, December 18, 2025

Brazil’s lower house speaker Hugo Motta has decided to remove two lawmakers close to former President Jair Bolsonaro from their seats in the latest blow to the far-right leader serving a 27-year jail sentence for leading a coup attempt

Honduras starts special count of final votes in its presidential election after pressure from the US

5:28 PM on Thursday, December 18, 2025

Honduras electoral officials have launched a special count of the final set of votes in the country’s November presidential election, after three weeks of uncertainty, swirling accusations and pressure from the Trump administration to wrap up the results

FILE - Barham Salih, President of Iraq addresses the 76th Session of the U.N. General Assembly at United Nations headquarters in New York, on Sept. 23, 2021. (Timothy A. Clary/Pool Photo via AP, File)

UN elects former Iraqi President Barham Salih as head of refugee agency

5:02 PM on Thursday, December 18, 2025

The United Nations General Assembly has approved former Iraqi President Barham Salih as the next head of the U.N. refugee agency, its first from the Middle East since the late 1970s

TikTok signs deal to sell US unit to American investors, including Oracle, Silver Lake

4:44 PM on Thursday, December 18, 2025

TikTok signs deal to sell US unit to American investors, including Oracle, Silver Lake

President Donald Trump displays an executive order reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

What to know about Trump's order seeking to relax federal drug policies for marijuana

4:37 PM on Thursday, December 18, 2025

President Donald Trump has directed his administration to pursue reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug

FILE - A voter leaves Albion Town hall after casting their ballot on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024, in Albion, Wis. (AP Photo/Kayla Wolf, File)

US Justice Department sues 3 states, District of Columbia for voter data

4:08 PM on Thursday, December 18, 2025

The U.S. Justice Department has sued three states and the District of Columbia for not turning over requested voter information to the Trump administration

Federal judge denies request to close Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz'

3:48 PM on Thursday, December 18, 2025

A federal judge has denied a request to close an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as “Alligator Alcatraz.”

EU delays massive free-trade deal with South American bloc Mercosur, European Commission says

3:35 PM on Thursday, December 18, 2025

EU delays massive free-trade deal with South American bloc Mercosur, European Commission says

Miami Mayor Eileen Higgins is sworn in during her installation ceremony, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Alexandra Rodriguez)

Democrat Eileen Higgins sworn in as Miami's first female mayor after 30 years of GOP control

3:34 PM on Thursday, December 18, 2025

Eileen Higgins has been sworn in as Miami's first female mayor, taking office two weeks after defeating a Trump-endorsed Republican

FILE - The Miami-Dade College parking lot, the area where Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is proposing to establish President Donald Trump's presidential library, is seen next to the Freedom Tower, left, on Sept. 23, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier, File)

Judge dismisses complaint against Miami land transfer for Trump’s presidential library

2:50 PM on Thursday, December 18, 2025

A judge in Miami has dismissed a complaint challenging a college’s decision to gift prime downtown real estate for President Donald Trump’s future presidential library

President Donald Trump speaks during an address to the nation from the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025, in Washington. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Trump's new $1,776 ‘Warrior Dividend’ to troops is coming from Pentagon funding, not tariffs

2:18 PM on Thursday, December 18, 2025

The “Warrior Dividend” that President Donald Trump announced Wednesday is not a Christmas bonus made possible by tariff revenues, as the president appeared to suggest during his televised address to the nation

Trump administration moves to cut off transgender care for children

10:11 AM on Thursday, December 18, 2025

U.S. officials are proposing new restrictions that are designed to block access to gender-affirming care for minors

President Donald Trump speaks during an address to the nation from the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025, in Washington. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

The Latest: Trump administration moves to cut off transgender care for children

7:40 AM on Thursday, December 18, 2025

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has unveiled a series of regulatory actions designed to effectively ban gender-affirming care for minors

FILE - A worker, right, carries a bag as Syrian refugees line up at a gathering point to be checked by Lebanese security forces before they board buses to return home to Syria, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

The US move to lift sanctions on Syria could encourage refugee returns, UN official says

6:09 AM on Thursday, December 18, 2025

The U.N. refugee agency in Lebanon says the U.S. lifting of sanctions on Syria could encourage more refugees to return

President Donald Trump speaks during an address to the nation from the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025, in Washington. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

FACT FOCUS: Trump's glowing account of progress is at odds with his government's own stats

10:21 PM on Wednesday, December 17, 2025

President Donald Trump has offered a glowing account of progress under his watch in a speech from the White House

FILE - Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen greets state senators before giving a speech on June 2, 2025, in Lincoln, Neb. (Justin Wan/Lincoln Journal Star via AP, File)

Nebraska plans to be the first state to implement Trump's new Medicaid work requirements

10:58 AM on Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Nebraska plans to be the first state to implement new work requirements for some Medicaid recipients

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