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3:19 PM on Friday, December 19

Rep. Elise Stefanik ends her campaign for New York governor and says she won't seek reelection to the House next year

3:10 PM on Friday, December 19

Justice Department releases thousands of records in Epstein case, including photos, call logs; some heavily redacted

2:56 PM on Friday, December 19

Justice Department begins releasing long-awaited files tied to Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking investigation

2:36 PM on Friday, December 19

Ecuadorian police have arrested two suspects in the killing of soccer player Mario Pineida, who was shot in an attack this week that also killed his partner and wounded his mother, underscoring the rising violence in the Andean nation

2:21 PM on Friday, December 19

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy's daughter says she had an "absurdly invasive" pat-down at an airport security checkpoint on Thursday

2:21 PM on Friday, December 19

Judge nixes conviction of 1 of 2 men found guilty of killing Run-DMC's Jam Master Jay

1:53 PM on Friday, December 19

Pope Leo XIV has named the Rev. Manuel de Jesús Rodríguez as bishop of Palm Beach, Florida

1:53 PM on Friday, December 19

Los Angeles Angels settle lawsuit with family of late pitcher Tyler Skaggs over fatal overdose

1:42 PM on Friday, December 19

The Portuguese suspect in the Brown University and MIT shootings came to the U.S. through the diversity immigrant visa program

1:14 PM on Friday, December 19

The U.S. military will end its practice of shooting pigs and goats to help prepare medics for treating wounded troops in a combat zone

1:07 PM on Friday, December 19

The Supreme Court is siding with immigration judges and rebuffing the Trump administration for now in a case that could have wider implications for federal workers as the justices weigh expanding presidential firing power

12:37 PM on Friday, December 19

A doctor in Gaza says a fragile newborn boy became the second baby to die of hypothermia in recent days at Nasser Hospital

12:27 PM on Friday, December 19

Russian President Vladimir Putin fielded many questions at his annual news conference

11:54 AM on Friday, December 19

Attorneys for President Donald Trump have urged a federal judge to rule that Trump is entitled to presidential immunity from civil claims that he instigated a mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol to stop Congress from certifying the results of the 2020 election

11:16 AM on Friday, December 19

A U.S. Army Reserve lawyer detailed as a federal immigration judge has been fired barely a month into the job after granting asylum at a high rate out of step with the Trump administration’s mass deportation goals

10:36 AM on Friday, December 19

Erika Kirk, the widow of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk and current CEO of the conservative youth group, endorsed the potential presidential bid of Vice President JD Vance in the 2028 election

10:31 AM on Friday, December 19

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is hopeful but clear about the challenges facing the Trump administration’s Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Hamas peace efforts

7:28 AM on Friday, December 19

A YouTube content creator whose livestream talking about investments mysteriously appeared to take over a White House website says he has no idea how it happened

6:16 AM on Friday, December 19

Lack of snow is causing problems for ski resorts and other businesses in the Western U.S. that rely on wintry conditions

6:01 AM on Friday, December 19

The world’s leading authority on food crises says the spread of famine’s been averted in the Gaza Strip