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FILE - Dominion Voting ballot counting machines are lined up at a Torrance County warehouse during a testing of election equipment in Estancia, N.M., Sept. 29, 2022.(AP Photo/Andres Leighton, File)

Former Republican election official buys Dominion Voting — a target of 2020 conspiracy theories

6:25 PM on Thursday, October 9

Voting equipment company Dominion Voting Systems, a target of false conspiracy theories since the 2020 election, has been bought by a firm run by a former Republican elections official

Judge blocks National Guard deployment in Illinois for two weeks

6:19 PM on Thursday, October 9

Judge blocks National Guard deployment in Illinois for two weeks

U.S. Capitol Police monitor the perimeter of the Capitol on the ninth day of the government shutdown, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025 in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)

Most states with National Guard troops in DC plan to withdraw this fall

5:18 PM on Thursday, October 9

More than half the states contributing National Guard troops to President Trump's federal law enforcement initiative in Washington, D.C., have set target dates for withdrawal later this fall

The Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, where the Ambler Road project would pass through, is visible from Ambler, Alaska, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)

Republicans vote to roll back Biden-era restrictions on mining and drilling in 3 Western states

4:45 PM on Thursday, October 9

Senate Republicans have voted to roll back restrictions on mining and drilling in federal land in three Western states

New York Attorney General Letitia James calls fraud case 'baseless,' decries 'weaponization of our justice system'

4:42 PM on Thursday, October 9

New York Attorney General Letitia James calls fraud case 'baseless,' decries 'weaponization of our justice system'

President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025, in Washington, as Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, right, look on. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump sees peace — and personal vindication — within reach in Gaza

3:33 PM on Thursday, October 9

President Donald Trump is celebrating a breakthrough in the two-year conflict in the Middle East, calling it something people said could never be done

Oklahoma’s GOP governor opposes sending out-of-state troops to states that don't welcome them

2:47 PM on Thursday, October 9

Oklahoma’s Republican governor is opposing part of President Donald Trump’s use of National Guard in cities

President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

US buys Argentine pesos, finalizes $20 billion currency swap

2:26 PM on Thursday, October 9

The U.S. Treasury has purchased Argentine pesos and finalized a $20 billion currency swap with Argentina’s central bank

A woman shouts as soldiers arrive to clear the Pan-American Highway of demonstrators protesting the elimination of diesel subsidy by President Daniel Noboa's government, in Calderon, Ecuador, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Ecuador's Noboa faces escalating protests over rise in diesel costs

2:02 PM on Thursday, October 9

Ecuador faces intense unrest as striking bus drivers and farmers protest the government's diesel price hike

Pope Leo XIV presides over a Mass for the participants in the jubilee of ordained people in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope meets with Chicago union leaders, urges migrant welcome as crackdown underway in hometown

1:09 PM on Thursday, October 9

Pope Leo XIV has urged labor union leaders from Chicago to advocate for immigrants and welcome minorities into their ranks

Colombian President Petro suggests Qatar could mediate US military actions off Venezuela

1:07 PM on Thursday, October 9

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has proposed that Qatar could mediate to end the U.S. military presence in international waters near Venezuela

FILE - People walk past the National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)

Hail of gunfire interrupts key meeting of Haiti's leaders trying to fend off gangs

1:02 PM on Thursday, October 9

Gunfire has erupted in downtown Port-au-Prince after Haiti’s leaders made the rare and defiant decision to meet at the National Palace to symbolize the retaking of an area long controlled by powerful gangs

FILE - A cyclist crosses a rainbow-painted intersection, Aug. 27, 2025, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, file)

St. Petersburg delays vote on flags for LGBTQ+ and Black communities after DeSantis erases murals

12:04 PM on Thursday, October 9

The Florida city of St. Petersburg, long a bastion of LGBTQ+ rights and mindful of its racially segregated past, is considering approval of two flags recognizing those issues after Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered similar street murals erased because of supposedly political messages

Federal enforcement officers stand guard near a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland, Ore., Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

The Latest: New York Attorney General Letitia James is charged with fraud, AP source says

7:44 AM on Thursday, October 9

A grand jury has indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James on a fraud charge, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and the House GOP leadership deliver the Republican message on the government shutdown, now in its ninth day, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senators struggle to find a way forward as government shutdown enters ninth day

11:01 PM on Wednesday, October 8

Senators are laboring to find a way to reopen the government but find themselves struggling to overcome a fundamental lack of trust between the two parties

Displaced Palestinians gather on the coastal road near Wadi Gaza after the announcement that Israel and Hamas had agreed to the first phase of a peace plan to pause the fighting, as Israeli tanks block the road leading to Gaza City, in the central Gaza Strip, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

The Latest: Israel and Hamas agree to a ceasefire, release of hostages and prisoners

6:13 PM on Wednesday, October 8

Israel and Hamas have agreed to a pause in their devastating two-year war and the release of Hamas' remaining hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners

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