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The Washington Monument is seen beyond the East Potomac Park Golf Course, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Park Service quietly awards contracts to work on Trump’s takeover of East Potomac golf course

6:02 PM on Wednesday, September 16

Democrats on the House Natural Resources Committee say the Trump administration has awarded contracts to begin work on President Donald Trump’s planned takeover of the East Potomac Golf Course in Washington

3 dead after being swept away by floodwaters on the Navajo Nation

5:27 PM on Wednesday, September 16

Authorities say three people are dead after being swept away by floodwaters that rushed through the Navajo Nation

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Speaker Johnson recesses the House early as Rep. Thomas Massie pushes Hegseth impeachment

5:24 PM on Wednesday, September 16

Speaker Mike Johnson is closing up the House early, sending lawmakers home to campaign for the midterm elections

FILE - First row, from left, France's Minister for Economy, Finance, Industry and Digital Security Bruno Le Maire; German Economy and Climate Minister Robert Habeck, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres and Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Richard Marles, middle and back row, from left, Google's James Manyika, President of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Tino Cuellar, AI Now Institute's Amba Kak, Mistral AI CEO Arthur Mensch, CEO of Amazon Web Services Adam Selipsky, Meta's Nick Clegg, Quebec AI Institute's Yoshua Bengio, Anthropic's Dario Amodei, OpenAI's Sam Altman, Microsoft's Brad Smith, Inflection AI Co-Founder Mustafa Suleyman, former acting director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Alondra Nelson, Google DeepMind's Demis Hassabis, Schmidt Futures Founder Eric Schmidt, Chair of UK Frontier AI Taskforce Ian Hogarth and Inflection AI's Reid Hoffman pose for a group photo on the second day of the UK Artificial Intelligence Safety Summit at Bletchley Park, in Bletchley, England, on Nov. 2, 2023. (Toby Melville/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Divisions emerge in the tech industry over calls for a coordinated AI slowdown

5:24 PM on Wednesday, September 16

Concerns about artificial intelligence evading human control have intensified in recent days

FILE - Rep. Gregory Meeks D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol, July 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, file)

Top Democrat places hold on Trump administration’s plan to sell heavy bombs to Israel

4:46 PM on Wednesday, September 16

The top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee says he’s going to block a proposed sale of $2.8 billion in heavy weaponry to Israel over concerns that powerful bombs may not be used in line with U.S. and international law

In this photo provided by Kyrgyzstan's Presidential Press Office, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, left, and Kyrgyz President Sadyr Zhaparov shake hands during their meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (Sultan Dosaliev/Kyrgyzstan's Presidential Press Office via AP)

UN chief urges global AI cooperation saying world can't afford 'a race to the bottom on AI safety'

4:40 PM on Wednesday, September 16

The United Nations chief is urging global competitors in artificial intelligence to cooperate in addressing threats from the technology, warning that “the world cannot afford a race to the bottom on AI safety.”

FILE - Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine testifies at a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing, July 21, 2026, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, file)

US troops must prepare to fight around the moon, Trump's top military adviser says

4:24 PM on Wednesday, September 16

The U.S. military is preparing for combat in space, including areas around the moon

FILE - An aerial view of flood damage left in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene is seen Sept. 28, 2024, in Greene County, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File)

The body of the last victim of Hurricane Helene in Tennessee has been found, 2 years later

3:23 PM on Wednesday, September 16

Authorities have located the remains of the final missing Tennessee victim of Hurricane Helene

Photos of the Kennedy Center as Trump-aligned board prepares to close it for repairs

3:08 PM on Wednesday, September 16

Amazon increases minimum starting hourly wage for full-time core operations employees

12:44 PM on Wednesday, September 16

Online behemoth Amazon said it’s increasing the minimum starting hourly wage for its U.S. full-time core operations employees to $20 ahead of the holiday shopping season

Sebastien Lai speaks with reporters after a Congressional Executive Commission on China regarding the continued imprisonment of his father Jimmy Lai on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Families of Jimmy Lai, Min Zin plead in Washington for their release ahead of Xi’s visit

12:32 PM on Wednesday, September 16

Sebastien Lai has appealed for the release of his father, former Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai, at a congressional hearing in Washington

U.S. Rep. Zach Nunn, R-Iowa, speaks at a campaign event Monday, Aug. 17, 2026, at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Hannah Fingerhut)

Iowa Republicans in battleground House races vote to halt Trump's ability to continue the Iran war

10:13 AM on Wednesday, September 16

Two Republicans in closely contested congressional districts in Iowa switched their votes on an Iran war powers resolution to halt President Donald Trump’s ability to continue military action without lawmakers' approval

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump, attend a ceremony to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks at the Pentagon, Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

The Latest: Federal Reserve defies Trump, hikes key interest rate for first time in 3 years

8:27 AM on Wednesday, September 16

The Federal Reserve has raised its benchmark interest rate for the first time since 2023 to address high inflation

Dr. Nicole Saphier, surgeon general nominee, testifies before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions during a confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Dr. Nicole Saphier, Trump's 3rd surgeon general pick, faces Senate questions over her vaccine stance

7:01 AM on Wednesday, September 16

Dr. Nicole Saphier, President Donald Trump’s nominee for surgeon general, has faced scrutiny over her stance on childhood vaccines

FILE - Cars drive past data centers, July 16, 2023, in Ashburn, Va. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

There's one issue where Republicans and Democrats are unified before the midterms, a new poll finds

5:05 AM on Wednesday, September 16

A new AP-NORC poll shows Americans are growing more concerned about the environmental impacts of AI

Screens display financial information on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

US stocks slip after the Fed hikes interest rates and hints more increases may be on the way

12:55 AM on Wednesday, September 16

U.S. stocks slipped after the Federal Reserve hiked its main interest rate for the first time in three years and suggested more increases may be ahead as it tries to get the nation’s high inflation under control

This combination of photos provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and Georgia Department of Corrections shows LeJames Norman, left, and Stacey Humphreys, right. (Texas Department of Criminal Justice/Georgia Department of Corrections via AP)

Georgia death row inmate gets a last-minute reprieve, while an execution in Texas is on track

12:11 AM on Wednesday, September 16

A man convicted of a triple murder in his neighbor’s home in rural Texas is set to be executed

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Kevin Warsh speaks during a news conference at the Federal Reserve in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Federal Reserve hikes key rate for 1st time in 3 years, defying Trump demands for a cut

12:01 AM on Wednesday, September 16

The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate Wednesday for the first time since 2023 in an effort to quell stubbornly-high inflation and the central bank also signaled that another rate hike could occur later this year

In this aerial view, people investigate the aftermath of a news helicopter crash in Chatsworth, a neighborhood in Los Angeles, on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026.(AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

Driver arrested in a bus collision that happened before a deadly news helicopter crash in LA

10:46 PM on Tuesday, September 15

A motorist was arrested on murder charges after authorities say she slammed her SUV into a city bus in Los Angeles, killing at least two people and injuring six others in a prelude to a second deadly tragedy: the fiery crash of a TV news helicopter used by NBC and Telemundo that was covering the collision

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