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California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks at a rally for democratic candidates Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026, in Monroe, N.C. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)

Some Democrats are recalibrating their approach to transgender issues as they seek a path to power

4:47 AM on Monday, September 14

An increasing number of Democratic leaders have begun to push back against their party’s unflinching support for the transgender community this midterm season

Reza Najafi, Iran's IAEA ambassador, speaks during the annual General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, Austria, Monday, Sept. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Heinz-Peter Bader)

Iran denounces Austria for blocking its nuclear chief from a meeting in Vienna

4:31 AM on Monday, September 14

Iran has condemned the exclusion of its Atomic Energy Organization head from the UN nuclear agency's meeting in Vienna

FILE - Federal immigration officers confront protesters outside Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, Jan. 15, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Democrats and activist groups plan to push back if Trump tries to interfere in midterm elections

4:09 AM on Monday, September 14

Democratic state parties are launching an operation for the midterm elections intended to recruit 10,000 volunteers to guard polling places in case armed federal officers show up

A U.S. Border Patrol agent stands near a new section of border wall at the Santa Ana Wildlife Refuge in Alamo, Texas, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

PHOTO ESSAY: Border wall cuts through wildlife refuge

4:02 AM on Monday, September 14

Yemeni civilians celebrate while riding in the back of a pickup truck in the Bani Matar district, Yemen, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026, as they follow a convoy carrying Houthi prisoners freed in Mokha on its way to Sanaa following the Houthi takeover of the southern Red Sea port city. (AP Photo/STR)

Yemen's Houthi rebels seize more key islands in the Red Sea and tighten grip on shipping routes

12:47 AM on Monday, September 14

Yemeni officials say the Houthi rebels captured more strategic islands in the southern Red Sea, strengthening their control of a major maritime shipping route

The top photos of the day by AP's photojournalists

12:12 AM on Monday, September 14

FILE - Delivery vans are parked during a protest staged as part of a countrywide National Day of Action Tuesday, July 28, 2026, outside the main United States Postal Service headquarters in northeast Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Second federal judge freezes Trump mail ballot order with US Supreme Court poised to weigh in

10:16 PM on Sunday, September 13

A federal judge in Washington, D.C. has issued a new order freezing President Donald Trump's attempt to limit mail voting for the midterm elections

A monitor shows the Nikkei 225 stock index in Tokyo Monday, Sept. 14, 2026. (Miyuki Saito/Kyodo News via AP)

Global shares mostly decline and AI stocks plunge after calls to slow AI industry

10:09 PM on Sunday, September 13

World shares have mostly declined, led by AI-related stocks, and U.S. futures have edged lower

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks to Canadian business leaders at the Canada Investment Summit welcome reception in Toronto, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026. (Jon Blacker/The Canadian Press via AP)

Carney pitches Canada to global investors as Trump tries to pull investment south

9:24 PM on Sunday, September 13

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is courting some of the world’s biggest investors as he tries to reduce Canada’s economic dependence on the United States during an escalating trade war with President Donald Trump

Show host Mariska Hargitay poses for photographs during a press preview for the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/Invision/AP)

'The Pitt' looks to repeat and 'Widow's Bay' could bring an epic wave as Emmy Awards arrive

9:20 PM on Sunday, September 13

The 78th Emmy Awards are happening Monday night at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles

Nerds Gummy Clusters candies are displayed in Los Angeles on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Mouthfeel joins flavor as a food industry focus to satisfy consumers craving extra texture

9:14 PM on Sunday, September 13

Want more crunch when you munch or goo when you chew

New warnings about the risks of AI to humanity revive a long-running debate

9:09 PM on Sunday, September 13

New warnings from the artificial-intelligence industry have revived debate over whether advanced AI models could escape human control and threaten humanity

Workers inspect an Amazon cargo plane that overshot a runway four days ago at Miami International Airport, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

Amazon suspends use of 21 Air, the cargo carrier whose plane careened off Miami runway and killed 5

9:08 PM on Sunday, September 13

Amazon says it has suspended its partnership with 21 Air after one of the cargo carrier’s planes careened off a Miami runway last week and killed five people

A 28-year-old digital content marketer who decided to leave Russia stands near his packed belongings at the railway station in Krasnodar, Russia, on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. He asked not to be identified because of security concerns. (AP Photo)

Russians are still fleeing abroad, citing fears of a new mobilization and a loss of freedom

9:07 PM on Sunday, September 13

Some Russians have left the country this year amid rumors of a new mobilization of troops for the war in Ukraine as well as a crackdown on their personal freedoms

This photo provided by Westport Fire Department shows flash flooding in Westport, Conn., Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026. (Jennifer Petrosinelli/Westport Fire Department via AP)

Drenching rains bring flash flooding across coastal Connecticut, New York and New Jersey

12:42 PM on Sunday, September 13

Flash flooding brought on by heavy rains has prompted road closures, water rescues and commuter rail problems across the tristate area

U.S. President Donald Trump attends the Irish Open golf tournament at Trump International Golf Links in Doonbeg, Ireland, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump calls on Ukraine to halt strikes on Russian diesel fuel, citing a global shortage

4:59 AM on Sunday, September 13

U.S. President Donald Trump has called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to halt strikes on Russian diesel fuel infrastructure, saying attacks are causing a global shortage

FILE - Rep. Tom Tiffany, R-Wis., speaks at the Wisconsin Air National Guard facility at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport, July 8, 2026, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool, File)

GOP congressman from Wisconsin tearfully recounts surviving emergency plane landing in lake

4:32 AM on Sunday, September 13

U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, a candidate for Wisconsin governor, wiped away tears and laughed as he shared how thankful he is to survive following a harrowing late-night emergency landing into a lake of the small plane he was riding in

Displaced Yemenis, from Al Khawkhah city, 400 kilometers (249 miles) south west of Sanaa, wait to enter a temporary shelter in Aden, Yemen, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdulnasser Alseddik)

Fighting in Yemen intensifies, and Houthis launch more attacks on Saudi Arabia

3:00 AM on Sunday, September 13

The conflict in Yemen is intensifying, as government forces launch attacks against Iran-backed Houthi rebels along the Red Sea and Houthis fire into neighboring Saudi Arabia, which supports Yemen’s government

Social Democrats react to the presentation of the exit poll at the Social Democrats' election night watch party, in Stockholm, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026. (Jonas Ekströmer/TT News Agency via AP)

Swedish election ends in tight finale. Preliminary results give opposition a 3-seat majority

11:52 PM on Saturday, September 12

Sweden’s national election was too close to call early Monday with preliminary results giving the left-wing opposition a narrow three-seat advantage over Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson’s right-wing coalition

Today in History: September 14, Roosevelt becomes youngest US president

10:44 AM on Monday, August 31

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