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FILE - In this Sept. 5, 2018, photo, Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., waits to be sworn in as a U.S. Senator by Vice President Mike Pence in at the Old Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Former Republican Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona announces dementia diagnosis

6:05 PM on Tuesday, December 30

Former Republican U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl has announced his withdrawal from public life, citing a dementia diagnosis

FILE - The Burkina Faso nationals flag with a man standing in front of it is seen during a memorial ceremony in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Jan. 23, 2016. (AP Photo/Theo Renaut, File)

Mali and Burkina Faso impose retaliatory travel ban on US nationals

5:40 PM on Tuesday, December 30

Mali and Burkina Faso have banned U.S. citizens from entering their countries

FILE - Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, R-Colo., chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, delivers a parting statement to witness Michael Scanlon, President of Capitol Campaign Strategies, as he takes the fifth at an oversight hearing on the In Re tribal lobbying matters in Washington, Nov. 17, 2004. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Former US Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, of Colorado, dies at 92

5:15 PM on Tuesday, December 30

Former Colorado congressman and Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell has died

Ben Nighthorse Campbell, a former Colorado congressman known for his advocacy of tribal issues, has died at 92

5:07 PM on Tuesday, December 30

Ben Nighthorse Campbell, a former Colorado congressman known for his advocacy of tribal issues, has died at 92

US government says ICE doesn't plan to detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia again as long as judge's order banning it stands

4:30 PM on Tuesday, December 30

US government says ICE doesn't plan to detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia again as long as judge's order banning it stands

Officials count ballots at a polling station as polls close during the presidential election in Conakry, Guinea, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Fode Toure)

Junta leader is declared the winner of Guinea’s presidential election

3:30 PM on Tuesday, December 30

Junta leader Gen. Mamdi Doumbouya was declared the winner of Guinea’s presidential election held over the weekend

FILE - State Sen. Michelle Benson reacts at a news conference on Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul to a report by the state's legislative auditor on combatting fraud in Minnesota's Child Care Assistance Program. (AP Photo/Steve Karnowski,File)

Trump administration says it's freezing child care funds to Minnesota after series of fraud schemes

3:18 PM on Tuesday, December 30

The Trump administration has announced that it is freezing child care funds to Minnesota after a series of fraud schemes in recent years

Trump administration says it's freezing child care funds to Minnesota after a series of fraud schemes in recent years

3:18 PM on Tuesday, December 30

Trump administration says it's freezing child care funds to Minnesota after a series of fraud schemes in recent years

Miners march to protest President Rodrigo Paz's decision to remove fuel subsidies in La Paz, Bolivia, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Freddy Barragan)

Miners clash with police in Bolivia as protests over fuel subsidies enter second week

2:50 PM on Tuesday, December 30

Bolivian miners have set off dynamite and launched fireworks at police during protests against economic reforms by President Rodrigo Paz

FILE - Motorists pass outside Bor State Hospital in Bor, South Sudan, Monday, Aug. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Caitlin Kelly, File)

Judge temporarily halts Trump’s move to end protected status for South Sudanese immigrants

2:47 PM on Tuesday, December 30

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the deportation of South Sudanese immigrants in the U.S. The decision Tuesday comes as the Massachusetts court reviews whether President Trump's attempt to end their temporary protected status was illegal

U.S. Ambassador to the Ivory Coast Jessica Davis Ba, left, and Adam Coulibaly, minister of finance and budget, sign a health agreement in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Diomande Ble Blonde)

US commits $480m in health funding to Ivory Coast, the latest to sign 'America First' health deals

12:33 PM on Tuesday, December 30

The United States and Ivory Coast have signed a health deal that would require the U.S. to commit $480 million to the West African nation’s health sector

Editorial Roundup: United States

12:00 PM on Tuesday, December 30

FILE - Caroline Kennedy, ambassador of the United States to Australia, left, arrives with her husband, Edwin Schlossberg, center left, and her children, Tatiana Schlossberg, center right, and Jack Schlossberg, right, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023, before the presentation ceremony for the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Tatiana Schlossberg, a grandchild of the late President John F. Kennedy, has died at 35

11:28 AM on Tuesday, December 30

Environmental journalist Tatiana Schlossberg, one of three grandchildren of the late President John F. Kennedy, has died after a battle with leukemia

Kilmar Abrego Garcia and his wife Jennifer Vasquez Sura leave the United States District Court District of Maryland, Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, in Greenbelt, Md. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

ICE doesn't plan to detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia again as long as judge's order banning it stands

11:23 AM on Tuesday, December 30

Immigration officials do not plan to detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia again as long as a judge’s order banning it stands

High-level DOJ officials pushed to prosecute Kilmar Abrego Garcia after he fought deportation error, judge’s order says

11:21 AM on Tuesday, December 30

High-level DOJ officials pushed to prosecute Kilmar Abrego Garcia after he fought deportation error, judge’s order says

Environmental journalist Tatiana Schlossberg, granddaughter of late President John F. Kennedy, has died, family says

11:18 AM on Tuesday, December 30

Environmental journalist Tatiana Schlossberg, granddaughter of late President John F. Kennedy, has died, family says

New signage, The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center For The Performing Arts, is unveiled on the Kennedy Center, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Kennedy Center renaming prompts a new round of cancellations

7:28 AM on Tuesday, December 30

The Kennedy Center is ending the year with a new round of artists saying they are canceling scheduled performances after President Donald Trump’s name was added to the facility

FILE - Uzbek-born Russian businessman Alisher Usmanov attends a meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Crown Prince Sheik Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Sept. 12, 2013. (Maxim Shemetov/Pool Photo via AP, File)

German prosecutors will drop probe of Russian magnate Usmanov after he agrees to pay nearly $12M

3:56 AM on Tuesday, December 30

German prosecutors say they will drop an investigation of Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov over possible breaches of sanctions after he agreed to pay 10 million euros, or about $11.8 million, to the authorities

This undated photo provided by Hardman for Iowa on Friday, Dec. 26, 2025, shows Democrat Renee Hardman. (Hardman for Iowa via AP)

Democrat Renee Hardman wins Iowa state Senate seat, blocking GOP from reclaiming a supermajority

9:04 PM on Monday, December 29

Democrat Renee Hardman has been elected to the Iowa state Senate in a holiday-week special election, denying Republicans’ bid to reclaim two-thirds control of the chamber

FILE - Pope Francis leaves at the end of his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, May 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

From Pope Francis to Charlie Kirk, many deaths in 2025 had a wide impact

4:02 AM on Friday, December 5

The world lost influential people in 2025, and some of their deaths had significant impacts

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