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FILE - State Rep. Hamilton Grant, D-Columbia, takes notes during a meeting of the Legislative Black Caucus, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins, File)

South Carolina lawmakers haven't been paid after one of their own sued over raise

11:07 PM on Friday, September 19

South Carolina legislators are not getting paid for the rest of the year over a lawsuit about a recent pay raise

President Donald Trump listens to a reporter's question in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Sept. 19, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump says US has carried out another fatal strike targeting alleged drug-smuggling boat

6:46 PM on Friday, September 19

President Donald Trump says the U.S. military has carried out its third fatal strike against an alleged drug smuggling vessel this month

Opponents of California Proposition 50, also known as the Election Rigging Response Act, a California ballot measure that would redraw congressional maps to benefit Democrats, rally in Westminster, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Why Newsom's push for new House maps isn't a sure thing, even in heavily Democratic California

5:21 PM on Friday, September 19

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposal on the Nov. 4 ballot to reshape California’s U.S. House districts to add five Democratic seats in advance of the 2026 midterm elections is not a sure sale, even in a state where Democrats outnumber registered Republicans by nearly 2-to-1

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum talks with CNN's Kaitlan Collins during television interview at the White House, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump administration moves to revoke permit for Massachusetts offshore wind project

5:07 PM on Friday, September 19

The Trump administration has moved to block a Massachusetts offshore wind farm, its latest effort to hobble an industry and technology that President Donald Trump has attacked as “ugly” and unreliable compared to fossil fuels such as coal and natural gas

President Donald Trump speaks as Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick listens in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Sept. 19, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump signs proclamation adding $100K annual fee for H-1B visa applications

3:12 PM on Friday, September 19

President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation that will require a new, $100,000 annual fee for H-1B visa applications

FILE - Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gives a joint statement with Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu, at Planalto presidential palace, in Brasilia, Brazil, on Aug. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

Brazil's health minister skips trip to UN assembly due to visa limitations from Trump administration

2:52 PM on Friday, September 19

Brazil’s health minister says he will not attend the United Nations’ General Assembly in New York next week because the United States government gave him “an unacceptable visa” with mobility restrictions within the country

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents make an arrest during an early morning operation in Park Ridge, Ill., Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

ICE arrests nearly 550 in Chicago area as part of 'Midway Blitz'

2:09 PM on Friday, September 19

Immigration enforcement officials have arrested almost 550 people in the Chicago area as part of an operation that began less than two weeks ago

FILE - New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks, Feb. 16, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

US attorney under pressure to charge Letitia James in mortgage fraud case has resigned

12:04 PM on Friday, September 19

A federal prosecutor in Virginia whose monthslong mortgage fraud investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James has not resulted in criminal charges is resigning under pressure from the Trump administration

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrest a protester at the ICE facility in Broadview, Ill., Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. (Zubaer Khan /Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Protesters arrested as demonstrators block vehicles at key immigration building near Chicago

10:31 AM on Friday, September 19

Multiple people have been arrested after protesters tried to block vehicles at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement site outside Chicago

FILE - Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears greets visitors prior to the start of the Senate Session at the Virginia Capitol, Jan. 25, 2022, in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Who’s more excited to welcome this Trump ally to Virginia — Democrats or Republicans?

10:11 AM on Friday, September 19

The Virginia governor's race may be the first political test of President Donald Trump's slashing of the federal workforce through DOGE

Russian President Vladimir Putin, centre, accompanied by Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces Andrey Mordvichev, left, inspects Russian weapons and equipment during his visit to the Russian-Belarusian joint military drills "Zapad 2025" (West 2025) at the Mulino training ground in Nizhny Novgorod region, Russia, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. (Mikhail Metzel/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Estonia says 3 Russian fighter jets entered its airspace in 'brazen' incursion

3:32 AM on Friday, September 19

Estonia has summoned a Russian diplomat to protest after three Russian fighter jets entered its airspace without permission

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks about the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk and defended employers who take action against their workers whose comments go too far, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate rejects competing bills to fund government, increasing risk of shutdown on Oct. 1

11:07 PM on Thursday, September 18

The Senate rejected competing measures to fund federal agencies for a few weeks when the new budget year begins on Oct. 1, increasing prospects for a partial government shutdown on that date

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