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President Donald Trump, left, and Kevin Warsh arrive at a swearing-in ceremony for Warsh as Chairman of the Federal Reserve in the East Room of the White House, Friday, May 22, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump signs an executive order to vet top AI models for national security risks

1:00 PM on Tuesday, June 2

President Donald Trump has signed a new executive order on artificial intelligence, less than two weeks after postponing a White House ceremony over his concerns that a similar policy could dull America’s edge on AI technology

The top photos of the day by AP photojournalists

12:42 PM on Tuesday, June 2

Attendees celebrate after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, won the Republican party's nomination during a primary runoff election night event Tuesday, May 26, 2026, in Plano, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Paxton and Platner visit Washington to shore up support for their controversial Senate candidacies

12:29 PM on Tuesday, June 2

U.S. Senate hopefuls Ken Paxton and Graham Platner are in Washington, D.C., to rally party support

FILE - Firefighters clear debris in Kula, Hawaii, Aug. 15, 2023, following wildfires that devastated parts of the Hawaiian island of Maui. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Extreme weather can whip up anxiety. A safety plan can help

11:47 AM on Tuesday, June 2

Hurricanes, wildfires and other extreme weather events can cause anxiety that lasts even after they're over

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum testifies during the House National Resources Committee on the budget request for the Interior Department on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, May 13, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

New York sues over the Trump administration's deal to end an offshore wind project

11:08 AM on Tuesday, June 2

New York’s attorney general is suing the Trump administration over one of its deals to end an offshore wind project

A person walks from a polling place for the New Jersey primary election in Oaklyn, N.J., Tuesday, June 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

The Latest: Polls open for races across the US as a busy primary election day gets underway

10:25 AM on Tuesday, June 2

For a state that’s home to Hollywood, there isn’t much star power in California’s gubernatorial race

FILE - Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency Bill Pulte walks outside the White House, Sept. 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Trump taps housing regulator Pulte to be acting director of national intelligence

9:18 AM on Tuesday, June 2

Democrats are criticizing President Donald Trump's selection of federal housing finance Director Bill Pulte to be acting director of national intelligence, saying Pulte lacks necessary national security experience

President Donald Trump, next to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Wednesday, May 27, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

The Latest: Rubio says he sees indications that Iran’s new supreme leader is ‘engaged’ with US talks

8:17 AM on Tuesday, June 2

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is facing questions about the Trump administration’s fragile or stalling diplomatic efforts around the world in back-to-back hearings on Capitol Hill for the first time since the Iran war began

A destroyed building that was hit in an Israeli airstrike is seen through a shattered window of the Jabal Amel Hospital, in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, Monday, June 1, 2026. (AP Photo)

There are supposed to be ceasefires across the Middle East, but the fighting is worsening

7:38 AM on Tuesday, June 2

Ceasefires have been announced, often to great fanfare, in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran

Kavugho Hortense, a cook, delivers meals to the medical staff and Ebola patients at the Evangelical Medical Center (CEM) in Bunia, Congo, Monday, June 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Volunteers serve comfort food in a worrying Ebola outbreak

5:32 AM on Tuesday, June 2

Volunteers for the U.N. food agency are providing crucial support In the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo by cooking

A protester holds up a placard during a demonstration against a proposed Ebola quarantine center to be established by the United States at Laikipia Air Base in Nanyuki, Kenya, Monday, June 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku)

Kenyan president defends US Ebola quarantine center amid protests

3:45 AM on Tuesday, June 2

Kenya’s president has defended the establishment by the U.S. of its own Ebola quarantine facility

A couple dances tango during a milonga session at 333, a tango studio in Istanbul, Turkey, early Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

PHOTO ESSAY: Where tango never sleeps: Inside Istanbul’s vibrant dance community

1:07 AM on Tuesday, June 2

A woman carries a baby near a residential house damaged after a Russian strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday, June 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Massive Russian attack kills 22 people across Ukraine, officials say, as Moscow escalates fighting

12:40 AM on Tuesday, June 2

Russian forces launched a massive aerial attack on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities, and officials say at least 22 civilians were killed and 138 were wounded

Ammar Campa-Najjar, right, a Democratic candidate for California's 48th Congressional District, speaks with a family as he canvasses in a neighborhood Saturday, May 23, 2026, in San Marcos, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Democrats redrew California's map to counter Trump. The primary tests whether it pays off for them

12:03 AM on Tuesday, June 2

California’s congressional primaries on Tuesday are a preliminary test of Democrats’ best chance at countering Republican redistricting gains elsewhere this year

Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Wednesday, May 27, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Rubio says he's optimistic on eventual Iran nuclear talks, but status of negotiations is unclear

12:02 AM on Tuesday, June 2

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he is optimistic about the potential for a resumption in nuclear talks with Iran despite a shaky ceasefire in the war looking increasingly in doubt

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, center, poses for a group photo during a campaign event at SEIU 721 headquarters in Los Angeles on Saturday, May 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Scott Strazzante)

LA Mayor Karen Bass, acknowledging mistakes, angles for second term in struggling city

12:02 AM on Tuesday, June 2

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass wants a return trip to City Hall after a shaky first term

FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2019, file photo, New Jersey Senate Minority Leader Tom Kean Jr., R-Westfield, addresses reporters in Trenton, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

New Jersey Democrats pick opponent in House district with absent Republican incumbent

12:01 AM on Tuesday, June 2

Democrats testing their chances in a right-leaning New Jersey battleground district are picking their nominee in a House primary to take on Republican incumbent Tom Kean Jr., who’s been absent for months from Congress as he deals with an unspecified medical issue

Candidates for governor of New Mexico participate in a public forum in Rio Rancho, N.M., on April 28, 2026, ahead of a June 2 primary election: From left to right, they are Democratic Bernalillo County District Attorney Sam Bregman, Republican businessman Doug Turner; Republican cannabis entrepreneur and health care expert Duke Rodriguez, Democratic former U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, and Republican former Rio Rancho mayor Gregg Hull. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

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