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Kansas tribe ends nearly $30 million deal with ICE

6:17 PM on Thursday, December 18, 2025

A Kansas tribe said it has walked away from a nearly $30 million federal contract to come up with preliminary designs for immigrant detention centers after facing a wave of online criticism

FILE - Barham Salih, President of Iraq addresses the 76th Session of the U.N. General Assembly at United Nations headquarters in New York, on Sept. 23, 2021. (Timothy A. Clary/Pool Photo via AP, File)

UN elects former Iraqi President Barham Salih as head of refugee agency

6:02 PM on Thursday, December 18, 2025

The United Nations General Assembly has approved former Iraqi President Barham Salih as the next head of the U.N. refugee agency, its first from the Middle East since the late 1970s

Photos show farmers' protests during the EU Summit in Belgium

5:56 PM on Thursday, December 18, 2025

TikTok signs deal to sell US unit to American investors, including Oracle, Silver Lake

5:44 PM on Thursday, December 18, 2025

TikTok signs deal to sell US unit to American investors, including Oracle, Silver Lake

President Donald Trump displays an executive order reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

What to know about Trump's order seeking to relax federal drug policies for marijuana

5:37 PM on Thursday, December 18, 2025

President Donald Trump has directed his administration to pursue reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug

Greg Biffle holds his daughter, Emma, before the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012, in Hampton, Ga. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)

What we know about the plane crash that killed NASCAR's Greg Biffle and his family

5:33 PM on Thursday, December 18, 2025

A private jet has crashed at a regional North Carolina airport, killing seven people, including NASCAR legend Greg Biffle and three family members

Chicago man accused in train attack is also charged with attempted arson in City Hall fire

5:32 PM on Thursday, December 18, 2025

A man accused of setting a woman on fire on a Chicago train last month has been indicted on an additional charge alleging he attempted to set City Hall on fire days before the train attack

FILE - Clouds hover over the entrance of the Florida State Prison in Starke, Fla., Aug. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Curt Anderson, File)

Florida Supreme Court upholds death sentences by nonunanimous juries

5:23 PM on Thursday, December 18, 2025

Florida’s Supreme Court has upheld a state law allowing nonunanimous juries to sentence people to death

The top photos of the week by AP’s photojournalists

4:49 PM on Thursday, December 18, 2025

Federal judge denies request to close Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz'

4:48 PM on Thursday, December 18, 2025

A federal judge has denied a request to close an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as “Alligator Alcatraz.”

EU delays massive free-trade deal with South American bloc Mercosur, European Commission says

4:35 PM on Thursday, December 18, 2025

EU delays massive free-trade deal with South American bloc Mercosur, European Commission says

Police believe retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and family are among 7 dead in plane crash in North Carolina.

4:31 PM on Thursday, December 18, 2025

Police believe retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and family are among 7 dead in plane crash in North Carolina.

FILE - The Miami-Dade College parking lot, the area where Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is proposing to establish President Donald Trump's presidential library, is seen next to the Freedom Tower, left, on Sept. 23, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier, File)

Judge dismisses complaint against Miami land transfer for Trump’s presidential library

3:50 PM on Thursday, December 18, 2025

A judge in Miami has dismissed a complaint challenging a college’s decision to gift prime downtown real estate for President Donald Trump’s future presidential library

Power poles along U.S. Highway 93 near Golden, Colo., snapped in half during a strong wind storm on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post via AP)

Hurricane-force wind downs power lines, fans wildfires in Colorado with more on way

3:32 PM on Thursday, December 18, 2025

Work crews are mopping up but bracing for more after hurricane-force wind downed power lines and fanned wildfires along the Colorado Front Range and onto the Great Plains

President Donald Trump speaks during an address to the nation from the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025, in Washington. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Trump's new $1,776 ‘Warrior Dividend’ to troops is coming from Pentagon funding, not tariffs

3:18 PM on Thursday, December 18, 2025

The “Warrior Dividend” that President Donald Trump announced Wednesday is not a Christmas bonus made possible by tariff revenues, as the president appeared to suggest during his televised address to the nation

This photo provided by the office of Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee shows Gov. Bill Lee, left, giving country musician Jelly Roll news of his official pardon Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, at the Tennessee Governor's Mansion in Oak Hill, Tenn. (Brandon Hull/Office of Gov. Bill Lee via AP)

Tennessee governor pardons country star Jelly Roll, who has sought redemption from criminal past

3:06 PM on Thursday, December 18, 2025

Tennessee’s governor has pardoned country music star Jelly Roll, a Nashville native who for years has spoken about his criminal record and his path to finding redemption

A sign is shown as first Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Thompson, not seen, delivers remarks during a news conference at the U.S. Attorney's Office inside the United States Courthouse on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, in Minneapolis. (Kerem Yücel/Minnesota Public Radio via AP)

Half of $18B in federal funds for Minnesota-run programs may have been defrauded, official says

1:15 PM on Thursday, December 18, 2025

Federal prosecutors say about half of the roughly $18 billion in federal funds that supported 14 Minnesota-run programs since 2018 may have been stolen

Trump administration moves to cut off transgender care for children

11:11 AM on Thursday, December 18, 2025

U.S. officials are proposing new restrictions that are designed to block access to gender-affirming care for minors

Wall Street rises after an encouraging inflation update, as Micron helps AI stocks stop their slide

12:26 AM on Thursday, December 18, 2025

U.S. stocks rose following an encouraging report on inflation that could help the Federal Reserve keep cutting interest rates next year

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