Category Archives: World

DHS boss rescinds restrictive $100,000 approval process, giving hope to FEMA relief efforts
WASHINGTON (AP) - Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin on Wednesday rescinded a rule that DHS expenditures over $100,000 be personally approved by his office, ending a widely criticized policy...
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Artemis II astronauts bound for moon after rocketing away on NASA's first lunar voyage in decades
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Four astronauts embarked on a high-stakes flight around the moon Wednesday, humanity's first lunar voyage in more than half a century and the thrilling leadoff in NASA's pu...
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US lifts sanctions on Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. on Wednesday lifted sanctions on Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodrguez, according to an Office of Foreign Assets Control entry on the Treasury Department website. The ...
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New DNA testing links unsolved death of Utah teen in 1974 to serial killer Ted Bundy
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - New DNA testing has definitively linked the unsolved death of a Utah teenager in 1974 to the infamous serial killer Ted Bundy, the local sheriff's office said Wednesday. Laura An...
4h ago

Republican leaders in Congress say they'll pursue a path to ending the Homeland Security shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune announced Wednesday what they are calling a path forward to fully funding the Department of Homeland Security and end...
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FIFA appears to have technical difficulties with World Cup ticket sales
FIFA appeared to have technical difficulties when it resumed World Cup ticket sales Wednesday after the 48-team field was finalized. Soccer's governing body did not say which games and price categorie...
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Clarification: Trump-Supreme Court story
WASHINGTON (AP) - In a story published March 31, 2026, The Associated Press reported that President Donald Trump went to the Supreme Court in his first term for the ceremonial swearing-in of the first...
8h ago

Supreme Court seems poised to reject Trump's birthright citizenship limits as he attends arguments
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court seemed poised Wednesday to reject President Donald Trump's restrictions on birthright citizenship in a consequential case that was magnified by his unparalleled pre...
9h ago

Trump goes to the Supreme Court as it hears arguments over his bid to limit birthright citizenship
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court is taking up one of the term's most consequential cases, President Donald Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship declaring that children born to parents ...
9h ago

AP Exclusive: Pakistan and Afghan Taliban officials meet in China for ceasefire talks
ISLAMABAD (AP) - Pakistan and Afghanistan held the first round of peace talks on Wednesday, with China mediating to broker a durable ceasefire after weeks of fighting, two Pakistani officials said. Bu...
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