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4:27 PM on Thursday, October 23

In this photo provided by the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office High Tech Crimes Unit, shows officials processing the scene of a deadly multi-vehicle crash Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025, in Ontario, Calif. (San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office High Tech Crimes Unit via AP)

Deadly semitrailer crash in California renews federal criticism of immigrant truck drivers

4:18 PM on Thursday, October 23

U.S. Homeland Security officials say a 21-year-old semitruck driver accused of being under the influence of drugs and causing a fiery crash that killed three people on a southern California freeway is in the country illegally

FILE - The Kaktovik Lagoon and the Brooks Range mountains of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge are seen in Kaktovik, Alaska, Oct. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)

Trump administration finalizes plan to open pristine Alaska wildlife refuge to oil and gas drilling

4:14 PM on Thursday, October 23

The Trump administration has finalized a plan to open the coastal plain of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling, renewing long-simmering debate over whether to drill in one of the nation’s most sensitive wilderness areas

The Trump administration renews push to allow oil and gas drilling in Alaska wildlife refuge

4:10 PM on Thursday, October 23

The Trump administration renews push to allow oil and gas drilling in Alaska wildlife refuge

LA County moves to limit license plate tracking, citing CalMatters report

3:14 PM on Thursday, October 23

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has pushed to restrict how license plates are scanned by law enforcement

FILE - U.S. President Donald Trump, left, meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

China and the United States, Fall 2025: A timeline of remarks, threats, critiques — and dialogue

2:47 PM on Thursday, October 23

Tensions between the U.S. and China escalated in the weeks leading up to a possible meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping

El presidente estadounidense Donald Trump con el presidente chino Xi Jinping en una cumbre en Osaka, Japón, el 29 de junio del 2019. (AP foto/Susan Walsh)

How Trump and Xi are doing a delicate, sometimes pointed dance in bilateral trade talks

2:36 PM on Thursday, October 23

Tensions between the U.S. and China escalated in the weeks leading to a possible meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping

FILE - Volunteer Ollie Taylor fills bags with food at the Coconut Grove Crisis Food Pantry, which offers fresh food and meals free of charge on a weekly basis to residents, Aug. 26, 2025, in the Coconut Grove neighborhood of Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

States worry about how to fill the gap in food aid ahead of a federal benefits halt

1:47 PM on Thursday, October 23

A federal food aid program that helps about one in eight Americans buy groceries stands to be paused Nov. 1 because of the government shutdown

U.S. Border Patrol Commander-At-Large Gregory Bovino stands with federal immigration enforcement agents during a skirmish with protesters in Little Village neighborhood, Chicago Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. (Anthony Vazquez/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

As federal agents ramp up Chicago immigration crackdown, more elected officials caught in crosshairs

1:34 PM on Thursday, October 23

As federal agents ramp up an immigration crackdown in the Chicago area, an increasing number of elected officials in the Democratic stronghold are getting caught in the crosshairs

Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures while speaking to journalists on the sidelines of the Russian Geographical Society congress at the State Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. (Vyacheslav Prokofyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Trump's turnaround on sanctions targets Russia's oil companies that fund the war in Ukraine

1:06 PM on Thursday, October 23

U.S. President Donald Trump has done a turnaround on sanctions against Russia, taking aim at Russia's two biggest oil companies and the billions of dollars they reap for Moscow's war against Ukraine

Construction workers, bottom right, atop the U.S. Treasury, watch as work continues on a largely demolished part of the East Wing of the White House, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, in Washington, before construction of a new ballroom. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

White House East Wing demolished as Trump moves forward with ballroom construction, AP photos show

11:55 AM on Thursday, October 23

Associated Press photos show the entire White House East Wing has been demolished as President Donald Trump moves ahead with building a ballroom

New York Mayor Eric Adams, left, and Democrat mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo appear at a campaign event outside the George Washington Carver Houses, in New York, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Eric Adams endorses once bitter rival Andrew Cuomo in New York City's mayoral race

11:15 AM on Thursday, October 23

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has endorsed former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the city’s mayoral race

Changpeng Zhao, the founder of Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, enters the Federal Courthouse in Seattle, April 30, 2024. (Ellen M. Banner/The Seattle Times via AP)

Trump pardons Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, high-profile cryptocurrency figure

10:41 AM on Thursday, October 23

President Donald Trump has pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, who created the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange

A person pushes a protester blocking a caravan of U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel trying to enter Coast Guard Base Alameda on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Trump backs off planned surge of federal agents into San Francisco after talking to the mayor

10:19 AM on Thursday, October 23

President Donald Trump says he’s backing off a planned surge of federal agents into San Francisco after speaking to the mayor, as protesters gathered outside a U.S. Coast Guard base where they were located

This photo provided by Darren Bailey's campaign shows left to right; Finn Bailey, 10; Samuel Bailey, 7, mother Kelsey Bailey, Vada Rose Bailey, 12, and father Zachary Bailey. (Darren Bailey Campaign via AP)

4 family members of Illinois governor candidate killed in Montana helicopter crash, campaign says

8:37 AM on Thursday, October 23

Four family members of a Republican running for governor in Illinois have died in a helicopter crash in Montana

President Donald Trump speaks as he meets with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The Latest: Trump pardons Binance founder Changpeng Zhao

7:27 AM on Thursday, October 23

President Donald Trump has pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao

European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas speaks with the media as she arrives for an EU Summit at the European Council building in Brussels, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Francois Walschaerts)

EU leaders seek role in Gaza at summit focused on Ukraine and Russia

5:46 AM on Thursday, October 23

European Union leaders are seeking a more active role in Gaza and the occupied West Bank after being sidelined from a U.S.-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the Russian Geographical Society congress at the State Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. (Kristina Kormilitsyna, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin deplores US sanctions as 'unfriendly' while EU joins in heaping restrictions on Russia

3:30 AM on Thursday, October 23

The European Union has heaped more economic sanctions on Russia, adding to U.S. President Donald Trump’s new punitive measures the previous day against the Russian oil industry

Belgium's Prime Minister Bart De Wever, center, speaks with European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, third left, Netherland's Prime Minister Dick Schoof, center left, and Croatia's Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic, right, during a round table meeting at an EU Summit in Brussels, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

EU leaders agree to future Ukraine funds but make little headway on a plan to use Russia's assets

2:53 AM on Thursday, October 23

European Union leaders have ordered the bloc’s executive branch to come up with options for meeting Ukraine’s pressing economic and military needs over the next two years

Work continues on the largely demolished part of the East Wing of the White House, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, in Washington, before construction of a new ballroom. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Photos of the White House's East Wing, then and now

3:44 PM on Tuesday, October 21

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