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FILE - Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, speaks during an event about drug prices with President Donald Trump, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump administration rolls out rural health funding, with strings attached

4:17 PM on Monday, December 29, 2025

The Trump administration has announced the initial disbursement from its $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program

Nevada casinos, lawmakers eager to reverse change in gambling tax deductions

3:36 PM on Monday, December 29, 2025

Congress can’t change a policy that will tax gamblers on money they didn’t win before it goes into effect, but lawmakers are hoping for a fix early in 2026

Victims' families demand answers in deadly Mexico train crash as authorities promise to investigate

2:16 PM on Monday, December 29, 2025

Survivors and families of the victims of a deadly train crash in southern Mexico are demanding answers as the government vows to investigate what caused a train to derail on a rail line connecting the Pacific Ocean with the Gulf of Mexico

Shamans hold photos of U.S. President Donald Trump and Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro during their annual ritual to predict political and social issues for the new year in Lima, Peru, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo)

Peruvian shamans predict Maduro's fall, continued global conflicts in 2026

2:12 PM on Monday, December 29, 2025

A group of Peruvian shamans gathered in front of the sea in the Miraflores district of Peru’s capital city to carry out an annual ritual in which they make predictions for the upcoming year

CORRECTS TO HEARING, NOT ARRAIGNMENT - U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., left, speaks to the media as her lawyer David Markus looks on after a hearing in federal court Monday, Dec. 29, 2025 in Miami. (AP Photo/Terry Renna)

Florida congresswoman accused of stealing COVID funds maintains innocence

1:31 PM on Monday, December 29, 2025

U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick has reiterated her innocence outside a Miami federal courthouse, where she faces charges of conspiring to steal $5 million in federal COVID-19 disaster funds

A woman tries to recover a carpet after overnight rainfall flooded a beachside tent camp in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Mohammad Jahjouh)

FACT FOCUS: Trump says he's ended eight wars. His numbers are off

12:16 PM on Monday, December 29, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump continues to claim he has ended eight wars this year, but that is exaggerated

FILE - A job seeker waits to talk to a recruiter at a job fair Aug. 28, 2025, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier, File)

A look at how Trump-era work requirements could impact people who receive public benefits

11:07 AM on Monday, December 29, 2025

The Trump administration made work requirements for low-income people receiving government assistance a priority in 2025

FILE - Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan shake hands before a meeting at Prague Castle in Prague, Czech Republic, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. (Turkish Presidency via AP, File)

Turkey and Armenia agree to simplify visa procedures to normalize ties

10:22 AM on Monday, December 29, 2025

Turkey and Armenia have agreed to simplify visa procedures to normalize ties, Turkey's Foreign Ministry announced Monday

Members of the new Iraqi Parliament are seen before the start of their first legislative session in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Iraq's parliament elects a new speaker to face political and financial challenges

8:49 AM on Monday, December 29, 2025

Iraq’s parliament has elected a new speaker following overnight talks to break a political deadlock

FILE - The Iowa Capitol building is viewed Jan. 7, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Iowa’s state Senate special election

6:01 AM on Monday, December 29, 2025

Voters in a Democratic-leaning West Des Moines-area district will pick a new state senator Tuesday in a special election that could allow Iowa Republicans to regain a supermajority in the chamber

FILE - Pro-democracy activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah, who was in prison for almost all of the past 12 years, speaks to his friends at his home after he got a presidential pardon, in Cairo, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Khaled Elfiqi, File)

UK opposition leaders demand human rights activist be stripped of citizenship for past tweets

5:35 AM on Monday, December 29, 2025

Opposition leaders in the United Kingdom are calling for a human rights activist to be stripped of his citizenship over past social media messages

President Donald Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shake hands at the start of a joint news conference following a meeting at Trump's Mar-a-Lago club, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

US offers Ukraine a 15-year security guarantee as part of peace plan, Zelenskyy says

4:37 AM on Monday, December 29, 2025

The United States is offering Ukraine security guarantees for 15 years as part of a proposed peace plan

Members of the London Uyghur Ensemble perform during an interview with The Associated Press in London, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Joanna Chan)

AP Exclusive: China threatens detention in Xinjiang over banned Uyghur songs

3:55 AM on Monday, December 29, 2025

Authorities in China's Xinjiang region are threatening to detain residents over downloading, listening to and sharing Uyghur-language songs they consider sensitive

In this photo released by Agence Kampuchea Press (AKP), Cambodia's Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn, left, Thai counterpart Sihasak Phuangketkeow, right, and Chinese counterpart Wang Yi pose for a photograph in Yunnan province, China, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025. (AKP via AP)

Top diplomats of China, Cambodia and Thailand meet as Beijing seeks a stronger role in dispute

12:40 AM on Monday, December 29, 2025

Foreign ministers from Cambodia and Thailand have convened with their Chinese counterpart to discuss the border dispute between the two Southeast Asian countries

Official says 6 Islamic State militants and 3 police officers killed in clash in northwest Turkey

12:06 AM on Monday, December 29, 2025

Turkey’s interior minister says six Islamic State militants and three police officers were killed in a clash in northwest Turkey

FILE - People carry sacks and boxes of food and humanitarian aid that was unloaded from a World Food Program convoy that had been heading to Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip, June 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi, File)

US pledges $2 billion for UN humanitarian aid as Trump warns agencies must 'adapt or die'

11:10 PM on Sunday, December 28, 2025

The United States has announced a $2 billion pledge for U.N. humanitarian aid as President Donald Trump continues to slash U.S. foreign assistance funding

FILE - New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani speaks during a news conference, in the Queens borough of New York, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa, File)

Zohran Mamdani has bold promises. Can he make them come true as New York City mayor?

10:57 PM on Sunday, December 28, 2025

Zohran Mamdani has promised to transform New York City government when he becomes mayor

Today in History: December 29, the Wounded Knee Massacre

3:58 PM on Monday, December 15, 2025

Tracking the retirement announcements of members of Congress

10:28 AM on Monday, December 8, 2025

More House seats are opening up as more members announce their upcoming departures

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