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5:31 PM on Tuesday, December 23, 2025

FILE - The Amazon logo is displayed at a news conference in New York on Sept. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Trump administration moves to overhaul how H-1B visas are granted, ending lottery system

5:17 PM on Tuesday, December 23, 2025

The Department of Homeland Security is replacing its lottery system for H-1B visas with a new approach prioritizing skilled, higher-paid foreign workers

Libya's prime minister confirms the death of the country's military chief and 4 others in a plane crash in Turkey

3:18 PM on Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Libya's prime minister confirms the death of the country's military chief and 4 others in a plane crash in Turkey

Boxes of petition signatures are stacked up to be delivered Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, to the secretary of state's office in Jefferson City, Mo., calling for a referendum election on new U.S. House districts approved by the Missouri legislature. (AP Photo/David A. Lieb)

Voters sue to suspend Missouri's new congressional map until a referendum

2:32 PM on Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Opponents of a new Missouri congressional map backed by President Donald Trump have filed a lawsuit asking a court to suspend the districts for the 2026 elections

President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Voluminous new Epstein document release includes multiple Trump mentions, but little revelatory news

2:29 PM on Tuesday, December 23, 2025

The U.S. Justice Department has released tens of thousands more documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, a tranche that included multiple mentions of President Donald Trump but added little new revelatory information to the long-anticipated public file on the disgraced late financier

FILE - Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., arrives for an interview at the Capitol in Washington, Aug. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Wyoming's lone US representative Harriet Hageman announces Senate run

1:12 PM on Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Wyoming’s lone U.S. representative is running for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Cynthia Lummis, who isn’t seeking reelection

FILE - Mail-in ballots sit on shelves inside the Trumbull County Board of Elections, Nov. 3, 2020, in Warren, Ohio. (AP Photo/David Dermer, File)

Ohio governor 'reluctantly' signs bill eliminating grace period for late ballots

12:51 PM on Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Gov. Mike DeWine has signed legislation eliminating Ohio's four-day grace period for late-arriving mail-in ballots

Kansas City Chiefs owner Clark Hunt, right, addresses attendees while Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly, left, looks on during an event Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, in Topeka, Kan., announcing the team will leave Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. for a new stadium that will be built across the Kansas-Missouri state line and be ready for the start of the 2031 season. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Royals face tough stadium decision of their own as Chiefs move to Kansas

12:20 PM on Tuesday, December 23, 2025

The Chiefs are moving to a new $3 billion stadium in Kansas, leaving their Missouri home

Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino walks alongside his agents after they detain an individual near West 27th Street and South Ridgeway Avenue in the Little Village neighborhood of Chicago, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. (Anthony Vazquez/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

DOJ sues Illinois' governor over laws protecting immigrants at courthouses and hospitals

12:05 PM on Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is firing back at a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit over state laws aimed at protecting immigrants at courthouses, hospitals and day cares

FILE - Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., walks the halls of the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades, File)

Former Nebraska US Sen. Ben Sasse reveals advanced pancreatic cancer diagnosis

11:42 AM on Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Former Nebraska U.S. Senator Ben Sasse has announced his diagnosis of advanced pancreatic cancer

President Donald Trump speaks at his Mar-a-Lago club, Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump says he's inviting Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan to next year's G20 summit in Miami

11:28 AM on Tuesday, December 23, 2025

President Donald Trump says he will be extending invitations to next year’s Group of 20 summit to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported, can spend Christmas with family

11:21 AM on Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Kilmar Abrego Garcia can spend Christmas with his family after spending much of the year in custody

Colombia declares an economic emergency in a criticized effort to raise more taxes

11:19 AM on Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Colombia’s government has declared an economic state of emergency that enables President Gustavo Petro’s administration to issue taxes by decree

FILE - Attorney George Conway outside the New York City courthouse, April 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

Trump critic George Conway takes steps to run for New York City congressional seat

10:01 AM on Tuesday, December 23, 2025

George Conway has filed paperwork to run for a congressional seat in New York City

FILE - Rioters storm the West Front of the U.S. Capitol, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

EXCERPT: In 'Storm at the Capitol,' police officers detail a brutal assault on Jan. 6, 2021

9:01 AM on Tuesday, December 23, 2025

In the 4 p.m. hour on Jan. 6, 2021, at the height of the fighting that day outside the U.S. Capitol, hundreds of rioters loyal to President Donald Trump had already breached several entrances and forced lawmakers to flee both the House and Senate, stopping the certification of Democrat Joe Biden’s victory

Fernanda Romero wrestles during a ticketed wrestling show in El Alto, Bolivia, Saturday, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

Bolivian Indigenous women carry history and pride in the traditional 'pollera' skirt

8:14 AM on Tuesday, December 23, 2025

The “pollera,” a bell skirt with layered petticoats, is the traditional dress of Indigenous women in Bolivia’s highlands

Parliament members sit as France's National Assembly vote on a national health care budget that would suspend Macron's unpopular pension reform raising the retirement age, in Paris, France, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

France's parliament approves emergency bill to prevent US-style government shutdown

6:23 AM on Tuesday, December 23, 2025

France's parliament has approved an emergency bill to prevent a government shutdown next week

FILE - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu adjusts the headphones during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Jerusalem Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, Pool, File)

Ex-aide says Netanyahu tasked him with making a plan to evade responsibility for Oct. 7 attack

5:45 AM on Tuesday, December 23, 2025

A former close aide to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that immediately following the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023, he was ordered to figure out how the premier could evade responsibility for the security breach

CORRECTS FIRST NAME TO DIANE - Diane West sits with her grandson Paul Quirk as they speak to a reporter, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025, in Marietta, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

A look at aging baby boomers in the United States

12:01 AM on Tuesday, December 23, 2025

The oldest baby boomers are turning 80 in 2026

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