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President Donald Trump waves after arriving off Air Force One, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

President Donald Trump waves after arriving off Air Force One, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump says US has entered deal with Venezuela to take control of 65 billion barrels of oil reserves

President Donald Trump says his administration has entered a sweeping agreement with Venezuela that, if realized, could give the U.S. access to vast amounts of the South American country’s untapped oil reserves, at cost.

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FBI no longer treating an applicant’s experience with prostitution as automatic bar against hiring

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National Park Service backs Trump’s arch, despite its impact on Washington’s sightline

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Trump signs order renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America ‘effective immediately’

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‘I’ll miss you guys': Karoline Leavitt bids farewell on last day as White House press secretary

Documents refute RFK Jr.‘s Senate testimony that his Samoa visit had ‘nothing to do with vaccines’

Analysis from AP Elections

Florida Republican gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds points at supporters during a primary election party Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Election takeaways: Donalds joins historic field and progressive scores upset victory in Florida

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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong, right, talks as David Crowley listens during a primary debate in Milwaukee, Tuesday, July 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Tuesday’s takeaways: No clear direction for Wisconsin Democrats

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Tracking U.S. House retirement announcements

Tracking approval and key issues: The latest AP-NORC polls

Audience members use American flag signs to shield themselves from the sun before opening of the Great American State Fair on the National Mall, Wednesday, June 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

How Americans describe the US ahead of 250th anniversary, according to new AP-NORC poll

Abdul El-Sayed speaks during a news conference at the Spirit of Detroit shortly after winning the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Michigan, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Takeaways from Tuesday’s elections

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Democratic congressional candidate Brad Lander arrives with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani for an election night watch party Tuesday, June 23, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy)

Mamdani proves his power with New York endorsements, plus more takeaways from Tuesday’s primaries

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From left, Rebecca Bennett, Democratic candidate for New Jersey's 7th Congressional District, holds her daughter Rosie, alongside her husband Alex Hydrean and daughter Millie during a primary election night watch party after winning the Democratic nomination Tuesday, June 2, 2026, in Bridgewater, N.J. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy)

Takeaways from primaries featuring Spencer Pratt, a missing congressman and a rare Trump setback

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An empty glass is seen after Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., spoke during an election night watch party after losing the Republican party's nomination at the Marriott Cincinnati Airport, Tuesday, May 19, 2026, in Hebron, Ky. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Takeaways from Tuesday’s primaries: Massie’s loss leaves no doubt about Trump’s power over the GOP

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Small multiple maps showing the new congressional districts in Texas with vote margins from the 2024 and 2020 presidential elections.

Why Texas’ redistricting plan isn’t a sure bet

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Proportional area charts showing that four competitive U.S. House races and one U.S. Senate race in Illinois drew $70 million in outside spending and $54 million in campaign spending.

Where big spending won – and lost – in the Illinois primary

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This graphic includes small multiple symbol maps showing the vote share for Republican U.S. Senate candidates John Cornyn and Ken Paxton as well as for Democratic U.S. Senate candidates James Talarico and Jasmine Crockett, helping to show where these candidates drew support from in the March 3 primary.

The first midterm primaries of 2026, by the numbers

A helicopter from Marine Helicopter Squadron One, or HMX-1, flies past the White House after President Donald Trump arrived at the Ellipse near the White House, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, in Washington, on return from Houston. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Former White House teleprompter operator ordered to turn over profits, pay fine over insider trading

Dr. Jessica Early holds a vial of the combination measles, mumps and rubella vaccine at Prisma Health Pediatrics in Greer, S.C., March 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Mary Conlon, File)

Measles deaths reported in Pennsylvania spark fight among politicians and health officials

President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Seneca Nation calls for reversal of Trump’s ‘Lake America’ executive order

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President Donald Trump speaks after arriving on Air Force One, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump says he will observe the 25th anniversary of 9/11 at the Pentagon

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The U.S. Border Patrol keeps watch along the US-Mexico border Thursday, April 3, 2025, in Douglas, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin,File)

Federal government extends pause on Big Bend National Park border construction until mid-September

This image taken from a WRIC video shows workers attaching straps to a Confederate statue as they prepare to remove it from Capitol Square in Richmond, Va., on Friday, Aug. 28, 2026. (Courtesy WRIC)

Virginia removes three Confederate memorials

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Activist Milo Yiannopoulos speaks during a rally outside of the Baltimore hotel where the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops are holding its Fall General Assembly meeting in Baltimore, Nov. 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Far-right British provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos arrested by US immigration enforcement

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Election workers sort vote-by-mail ballots at the Miami-Dade County Supervisor of Elections Office for the Florida primary election in Doral, Fla., Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Trump administration appeals latest ruling blocking his mail voting order from taking effect

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Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon speaks at the summer meeting of the National Governors Association in Salt Lake City, July 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Wyoming governor requests investigation into activity of Justice Department monitors during primary

Alaska approves New Amalga mine access road after major opposition

The World War II Memorial and the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool are seen from the Washington Monument, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Kentucky woman indicted on charges she damaged the World War II Memorial in Washington

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President Donald Trump participates in a Congressional Space Medal of Honor ceremony at NASA's Johnson Space Center, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, in Houston, and puts a medal on Artemis II Astronaut and Mission Specialist, Jeremy Hansen. (AP Photo/Karen Warren)

Artemis II astronauts receive nation’s highest space honor for their successful moonshot

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President Donald Trump speaks during an event to present the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to Artemis II crew members, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at Johnson Space Center in Houston. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

President Donald Trump loses again in bid to erase his hush money conviction

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Michigan houses are old and getting older. It’s a ‘huge problem’ for state

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People vote at a polling place in a primary election Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Democrats and Republicans draw battle lines for November’s general election with primaries ending

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U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche gives a press conference about people charged in the takedown of Puerto Rican drug gang "Los Baja Deo" (LBD) in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Stephanie Rojas)

In AP interview, Attorney General Todd Blanche defends his record as political pressure mounts

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Patrick Norton, Tulane University senior vice president, chief operating officer and treasurer, right, and Jeff Benjamin, vice president of facilities and campus development, talk in a hallway inside the old Charity Hospital building Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Beloved New Orleans hospital, wracked by floods and grief in Hurricane Katrina, to get a makeover

Demonstrators shout to speakers during the March on Washington, near the Lincoln Memorial, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Civil rights groups make urgent plea for voting rights in DC, ahead of midterm elections

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting about military families, in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Aug. 3, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Judge says Pentagon’s measures against Anthropic were ‘illegal and baseless’

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An election worker sorts vote-by-mail ballots at the Miami-Dade County Supervisor of Elections Office for the Florida primary election in Doral, Fla., Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Judge again blocks Trump mail ballot executive order in ruling that’s likely to be swiftly appealed

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The U.S. Border Patrol keeps watch along the US-Mexico border Thursday, April 3, 2025, in Douglas, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin,File)

Trump administration starts building border wall project in Arizona over tribe’s objections

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The Pentagon is seen from the air, July 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Stars and Stripes publisher, editor and reporter sue Pentagon to challenge their firings

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This undated photo taken through a microscope and provided by the CDC shows Cyclospora cayetanensis oocysts found in a fresh stool sample which had been prepared with a formalin solution and stained with safranin. (CDC via AP, File)

US officials tie cyclospora outbreak involving iceberg lettuce to 3 more states

The exterior of the Kennedy Center is seen, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026 in Washington. (Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Judge questions why Kennedy Center is moving so quickly to return Trump’s name to building

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Anti-ICE activists gather outside a courthouse in Danbury, Conn., Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)

ICE operation in Connecticut highlights how arrests are rising even in blue states

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President Donald Trump walks to board Air Force One at Morristown Airport, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026, in Morristown, N.J. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

As midterm elections approach, Republican candidates weigh how closely to align with Trump

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Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-N.C., asks questions before the House Appropriations Committee, June 2, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert, File)

North Carolina congressman Edwards asks House colleagues not to censure him

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President Donald Trump, left, walks from Marine One to board Air Force One, Friday, Aug. 21, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Md., en route to South Carolina. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

White House construction contributed to radio problems that let Trump copter come close to jet

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Nelson County, Ky., jailer Justin Hall shows an electric shock glove that is used at his facility, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026, in Bardstown, Ky. (AP Photo/Dylan Lovan)

ICE awards $16.7M contract to buy 6,000 pairs of gloves that deliver electric shocks

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U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche, center, gives a news conference about people charged in the takedown of Puerto Rican drug gang “Los Baja Deo” (LBD) in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Stephanie Rojas)

Justice Department charges more than 80 people in Puerto Rico gang takedown

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