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Vice President JD Vance arrives before President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Vance says administration is pausing some Medicaid funding to Minnesota because of fraud concerns

3:58 PM on Wednesday, February 25

Vice President JD Vance says the Trump administration will “temporarily halt” some Medicaid funding to the state of Minnesota over fraud concerns

Vance says Trump administration is pausing some Medicaid funding to Minnesota because of fraud concerns

3:53 PM on Wednesday, February 25

Vance says Trump administration is pausing some Medicaid funding to Minnesota because of fraud concerns

FILE - Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, center, greets the crowd during a military-backed tribes' rally in the Nile River State of Sudan, on Saturday, July 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Hjaj,File)

UN sanctions 4 commanders in Sudan's paramilitary force accused of atrocities in Darfur

3:45 PM on Wednesday, February 25

The U_N_ Security Council has imposed sanctions on four commanders of Sudan’s warring paramilitary force suspected of atrocities against civilians that U_N_ experts said showed “hallmarks of genocide.”

FILE - Georgia Power Co.'s Plant Bowen generates electricity, Dec. 14, 2020, in Euharlee, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

Feds give record $27B in loans for utility expansion in Georgia and Alabama

3:39 PM on Wednesday, February 25

Federal energy officials say they will loan a record $27 billion federal loan to Georgia Power and Alabama Power to expand electricity supply

Cuba says it killed 4 people aboard Florida-registered speedboat that opened fire on soldiers

3:14 PM on Wednesday, February 25

Cuban soldiers have killed four people aboard a speed boat registered in Florida that opened fire on officers in Cuban waters

FILE - Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., speaks as members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus tell reporters about allegations that the government spies on Americans, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Arizona governor's race will test MAGA future for Republican Party

2:27 PM on Wednesday, February 25

Arizona Republicans are fighting over whether to send a hard-right candidate to the general election for governor, even after recent statewide losses

FILE - A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement flight operates out of King County International Airport-Boeing Field, Aug. 23, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)

Trump administration's 'third country' deportation policy is unlawful, judge rules

2:02 PM on Wednesday, February 25

A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration’s latest policy of deporting immigrants to “third countries” to which they have no ties is unlawful and must be set aside

Spanish Lt. Col. Antonio Tejero holds a firearm during an attempted coup in the Spanish Parliament in Madrid, Feb. 23, 1981. (Europa Press via AP)

Antonio Tejero, former Spanish lieutenant colonel who led failed military coup, dies at 93

2:01 PM on Wednesday, February 25

Antonio Tejero, the former Spanish lieutenant colonel who led a failed coup in 1981, has died

FILE - The logo for ExxonMobil appears above a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, April 23, 2018. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Federal judge in Texas allows lawsuit against California attorney general over ExxonMobil remarks

1:49 PM on Wednesday, February 25

A federal judge in Texas has ruled that California’s attorney general can face a defamation lawsuit over comments attacking ExxonMobil’s plastics recycling claims

Photos of board members decorate the walls inside LAUSD headquarters Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

FBI searches Los Angeles school district headquarters and the superintendent’s home

11:28 AM on Wednesday, February 25

The FBI has served at the Los Angeles Unified School District’s headquarters and the home of its superintendent

Marinete Silva, mother of councilwoman Marielle Franco, right, gives a news conference with her family at the Supreme Court on the first day of the trial of those accused of ordering her daughter's murder, in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil’s Supreme Court convicts 5 in Rio councilwoman Franco's killing

8:38 AM on Wednesday, February 25

Brazil’s Supreme Court has convicted five men over the 2018 killing of Rio councilwoman Marielle Franco and her driver, Anderson Gomes, in a case tied to politics and organized crime

Firefighters recover a body from the site where homes collapsed during heavy rains and severe flooding in the Parque Burnier neighborhood of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais state, Brazil, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Floods ravage southeastern Brazil and kill 46 as rescuers race to find the missing

7:37 AM on Wednesday, February 25

Floods in Brazil’s Minas Gerais state have killed at least 46 people and forced thousands from their homes

A moto taxi driver rides past a mural under a bridge at the Carrefour Aeoport intersection in the Delmas community of the district of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

Glimmers of life appear after Haiti retakes control of a key area from powerful gangs

7:13 AM on Wednesday, February 25

Haiti's government has retaken control of a key area from powerful gangs as glimmers of life appear in the heart of Port-au-Prince

President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

The Latest: Iran pushes back against Trump ahead of Geneva talks over Tehran’s nuclear program

7:09 AM on Wednesday, February 25

Iran is pushing back against U.S. President Donald Trump’s pressure tactics ahead of critical talks in Geneva over Tehran’s nuclear program, alternating between calling his remarks lies to saying negotiations may yield an agreement through diplomacy

Dr. Casey Means takes her seat at the start of a Senate Health, Education Labor and Pension Committee Conformation Hearing for U.S. Surgeon General on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)

Surgeon general nominee faces sharp questions about vaccines, birth control and qualifications

6:23 AM on Wednesday, February 25

Wellness influencer and entrepreneur Dr. Casey Means shared a vision for addressing the root causes of chronic disease instead of what she calls “reactive sick care” during her confirmation hearing to become the next surgeon general

Relatives of those killed during the Russian occupation react at the Wall of Remembrance during a ceremony to mark the fourth anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in Bucha, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Ukrainian officials to meet Trump envoys in Geneva over more Russia talks

4:43 AM on Wednesday, February 25

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says a Ukrainian delegation is set to meet on Thursday with U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoys ahead of another round of trilateral talks with Russia

Commuters drive past Saint Sarkis church and a mural of the late Iranian revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini in downtown Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran accuses Trump of 'big lies' ahead of Geneva talks in face of major US military deployment

3:48 AM on Wednesday, February 25

Iran has pushed back against U.S. President Donald Trump’s pressure tactics ahead of critical talks in Geneva over Tehran’s nuclear program

Read the complete transcript of Trump's 2026 State of the Union

1:05 AM on Wednesday, February 25

President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, delivered on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026, as transcribed by The Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, front center, attends the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) plenary session in Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool photo via AP)

Rubio defends US ouster of Venezuela's Maduro to Caribbean leaders unsettled by Trump policies

11:11 PM on Tuesday, February 24

Marco Rubio is visiting the Caribbean, where he's defending the Trump administration’s military operation to capture Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Eric Slover receives a Medal of Honor during President Donald Trump's State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Army pilot wounded in Maduro raid gets Medal of Honor during Trump's speech

11:10 PM on Tuesday, February 24

A helicopter pilot wounded in the raid that captured then-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has received the Medal of Honor during President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address

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