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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

6:35 PM on Friday, September 19

Trump says US military has carried out its third fatal strike against an alleged drug smuggling vessel this month

6:06 PM on Friday, September 19

US attorney under pressure to charge Letitia James in mortgage fraud investigation is resigning, AP sources say

6:01 PM on Friday, September 19

Cincinnati Bengals star Ja'Marr Chase says he won't hesitate to break out Justin Jefferson's signature touchdown celebration if he scores in the game at Minnesota on Sunday

5:30 PM on Friday, September 19

Lawyers for an Oregon firefighter who was taken into custody by U.S. Border Patrol agents while fighting a Washington state wildfire are asking a federal judge to order his release from an immigration detention facility

5:21 PM on Friday, September 19

Quarterback Brock Purdy is highly unlikely to start for the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday because of a toe injury

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

5:18 PM on Friday, September 19

Buffalo Sabres captain Rasmus Dahlin has revealed that his fiancée, Carolina Matovac, needed a lifesaving heart transplant over the summer

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

4:57 PM on Friday, September 19

A federal appeals court has effectively upheld a state law in New York that bars firearms in “sensitive” locations including Times Square, the New York City subway system and commuter trains

3:36 PM on Friday, September 19

Lawyers for a Spanish-language journalist detained since June are worried he could be deported after an unfavorable ruling

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

1:10 PM on Friday, September 19

The Senate confirmed Mike Waltz to be the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations

1:10 PM on Friday, September 19

Texas A&M University’s president is stepping down amid a controversy roiling the campus

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

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

9:09 AM on Friday, September 19

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11:36 PM on Thursday, September 18

Authorities say they have found skeletal remains they believe are Travis Decker, an ex-soldier wanted in the deaths of his three daughters

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

8:00 PM on Thursday, September 18

U.S. President Donald Trump says he’ll meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping at a regional summit taking place in October in South Korea and will visit China early next year