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FILE - Barham Salih, President of Iraq addresses the 76th Session of the U.N. General Assembly at United Nations headquarters in New York, on Sept. 23, 2021. (Timothy A. Clary/Pool Photo via AP, File)

UN elects former Iraqi President Barham Salih as head of refugee agency

3:02 PM on Thursday, December 18

The United Nations General Assembly has approved former Iraqi President Barham Salih as the next head of the U.N. refugee agency, its first from the Middle East since the late 1970s

TikTok signs deal to sell US unit to American investors, including Oracle, Silver Lake

2:44 PM on Thursday, December 18

TikTok signs deal to sell US unit to American investors, including Oracle, Silver Lake

FILE - A medical marijuana plant grows at CRC on July 23, 2024, in Pike County, Ala. (AP Photo/Kim Chandler, File)

What to know about Trump's order seeking to relax federal drug policies for marijuana

2:37 PM on Thursday, December 18

President Donald Trump has directed his administration to pursue reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug

Federal judge denies request to close Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz'

1:48 PM on Thursday, December 18

A federal judge has denied a request to close an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as “Alligator Alcatraz.”

EU delays massive free-trade deal with South American bloc Mercosur, European Commission says

1:35 PM on Thursday, December 18

EU delays massive free-trade deal with South American bloc Mercosur, European Commission says

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., meets with reporters as Republicans struggle with a plan to address growing health care costs, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Speaker Johnson was ready to move on from ACA subsidies. But his members had other plans

1:01 PM on Thursday, December 18

Speaker Mike Johnson has stayed on message that a Republican health care package will help all Americans and not just those on Affordable Care Act plans

FILE - The Miami-Dade College parking lot, the area where Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is proposing to establish President Donald Trump's presidential library, is seen next to the Freedom Tower, left, on Sept. 23, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier, File)

Judge dismisses complaint against Miami land transfer for Trump’s presidential library

12:50 PM on Thursday, December 18

A judge in Miami has dismissed a complaint challenging a college’s decision to gift prime downtown real estate for President Donald Trump’s future presidential library

Coyote killing contest regulations approved by Nevada lawmakers

12:44 PM on Thursday, December 18

Nevada lawmakers have finalized a state regulation for controversial coyote killing competitions on an 7-5 vote

President Donald Trump speaks during an address to the nation from the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025, in Washington. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Trump's new $1,776 ‘Warrior Dividend’ to troops is coming from Pentagon funding, not tariffs

12:18 PM on Thursday, December 18

The “Warrior Dividend” that President Donald Trump announced Wednesday is not a Christmas bonus made possible by tariff revenues, as the president appeared to suggest during his televised address to the nation

The Illinois Accountability Commission listens to a witness' account during the first hearing at Arturo Velasquez Institute at Richard J. Daley College in the Lower West Side of Chicago, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. (Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Illinois panel's first meeting over federal misconduct focuses on chemical agents

12:14 PM on Thursday, December 18

A commission formed to document alleged harassment and abuse by federal agents amid an immigration crackdown in the Chicago area has focused its first public hearing on the wide use of chemical agents

FILE - Cars drive past data centers that house computer servers and hardware required to support modern internet use, such as artificial intelligence, in Ashburn, Virginia, July 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

House backs bill to speed permitting reviews for new energy and infrastructure projects

12:11 PM on Thursday, December 18

The House has approved bipartisan legislation aimed at speeding up permitting reviews for new energy and infrastructure projects and limiting judicial review

FILE -- A banner hangs during a ceremony announcing a proposed $300 million expansion of Google's data center operations Tuesday, June 2, 2015, in Lithia Springs, Ga. (AP Photo/David Goldman, file)

Feds pave the way for Big Tech to plug data centers right into power plants in scramble for energy

12:00 PM on Thursday, December 18

Federal regulators will allow tech companies to effectively plug massive data centers directly into power plants

President Donald Trump displays an executive order reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump signs executive order that could reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug

11:06 AM on Thursday, December 18

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that could reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug

Trump administration moves to cut off transgender care for children

8:11 AM on Thursday, December 18

U.S. officials are proposing new restrictions that are designed to block access to gender-affirming care for minors

FILE - The download screen for Truth Social app is seen on a laptop computer, March 20, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Trump Media to merge with nuclear fusion company that wants to power AI

4:38 AM on Thursday, December 18

The parent company of President Donald Trump’s Truth Social media platform announced Thursday it is merging with a fusion power company, an unusual pairing of the Trump name with a futuristic clean energy venture that aims to power the next wave of artificial intelligence

FILE - A worker, right, carries a bag as Syrian refugees line up at a gathering point to be checked by Lebanese security forces before they board buses to return home to Syria, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

The US move to lift sanctions on Syria could encourage refugee returns, UN official says

4:09 AM on Thursday, December 18

The U.N. refugee agency in Lebanon says the U.S. lifting of sanctions on Syria could encourage more refugees to return

President Donald Trump speaks during an address to the nation from the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025, in Washington. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

FACT FOCUS: Trump's glowing account of progress is at odds with his government's own stats

8:21 PM on Wednesday, December 17

President Donald Trump has offered a glowing account of progress under his watch in a speech from the White House

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