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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy speaks as Derek Barrs, Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, listens during a news conference at the Department of Transportation in Washington, Friday, Dec. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Problems with commercial driver's licenses for immigrants found in 8 states so far

5:03 PM on Friday, December 12, 2025

The federal government’s crackdown on commercial driver’s licenses for immigrants has now found problems in eight states in the wake of several deadly crashes

FILE - A Puerto Rican national flag flies in front of the Capitol building in San Juan, Puerto Rico, July 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo, File)

A new federal report scrutinizes Puerto Rico's tax incentives luring wealthy Americans

2:36 PM on Friday, December 12, 2025

Puerto Rico tax incentives that have lured thousands of rich Americans to the U.S. territory for over a decade are under scrutiny after federal legislators released a new report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office

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1:27 PM on Friday, December 12, 2025

South Africa eases affirmative action regulations on Starlink and others that Musk said were racist

12:46 PM on Friday, December 12, 2025

South Africa’s communications minister has ordered a policy change that allows Elon Musk's Starlink and other foreign-owned satellite internet providers to operate in the country without selling 30% of their local equity to Black or other non-white owners

FILE - The symbol of the United Nations is displayed outside the Secretariat Building, Feb. 28, 2022, at United Nations Headquarters. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Treason trial of South Sudan's suspended VP is further eroding peace deal, UN experts say

12:11 PM on Friday, December 12, 2025

U.N. experts warn that the treason trial of South Sudan’s suspended vice president is further eroding a 2018 peace agreement he signed with President Salva Kiir

Jamie Schanbaum, whose legs and fingers were amputated after she contracted meningitis as a college student, testifies in support of vaccine mandates at a public hearing held by the Florida Department of Health on Friday, Dec. 12, 2025 in Panama City Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Kate Payne)

Florida plows ahead with push to roll back certain vaccine mandates for schoolchildren

12:01 PM on Friday, December 12, 2025

Florida officials are plowing ahead with a proposal to roll back certain vaccine mandates for the state’s schoolchildren

FILE - Democratic Republic of the Congo's Foreign Minister Therese Kayikwamba Wagner attends a signing ceremony for a peace agreement between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo at the State Departmentin Washington, June 27, 2025. (AP Pho to/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

US accuses Rwanda of violating the peace deal as M23 rebels seize a key eastern Congo city

11:59 AM on Friday, December 12, 2025

The United States has accused Rwanda of violating a peace agreement by supporting a rebel offensive in eastern Congo

FILE -A claw operator scoops up debris from homes demolished following Hurricane Helene in Old Fort, N.C., on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed, File)

FEMA to send Georgia more than $300 million in Hurricane Helene relief after accusations of delays

11:50 AM on Friday, December 12, 2025

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has announced $350 million in funding for relief efforts following Hurricane Helene and Tropical Storm Debby

Illinois becomes 12th state to provide medically assisted suicide for the terminally ill

11:35 AM on Friday, December 12, 2025

Illinois residents with terminal illnesses may choose to end their lives on their own terms under a law Gov. JB Pritzker has signed

FILE - A voter carries his ballot to a booth at a polling station, Nov. 4, 2025, in Lawrence, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Justice Department sues 4 more states for access to detailed voter data

11:06 AM on Friday, December 12, 2025

The U.S. Justice Department is suing four more states as part of its effort to collect detailed voting data and other election information across the country

Justice Department asks appeals court to block judge's contempt inquiry in mass deportation case

10:28 AM on Friday, December 12, 2025

The Justice Department has asked an appeals court to block a contempt investigation of the Trump administration for failing to turn around planes carrying Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador in March

An American Sign Language interpreter, right, signs as President Donald Trump arrives for the lighting of the National Christmas Tree on the Ellipse, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025, near the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump administration says sign language services 'intrude' on Trump's ability to control his image

8:52 AM on Friday, December 12, 2025

The Trump administration argues that providing real-time American Sign Language interpretation for events like White House press briefings would intrude on the president’s control over his public image

Gen. Dan Caine, center, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, looks on as Navy Adm. Alvin Holsey, right, shakes hands with Air Force Lt. Gen. Evan Pettus during a Holsey's relinquishment of command and retirement ceremony, at U.S. Southern Command, Friday, Dec. 12, 2025, in Doral, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Leadership of US command in Latin America changes hands amid criticism of boat strikes

8:50 AM on Friday, December 12, 2025

A U.S. Navy admiral who oversees military operations in Latin America has handed off command responsibilities as scrutiny increases over the Trump administration’s deadly strikes on alleged drug boats in the region

FILE -Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., speaks as Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., appears before the Senate Finance Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Sen. Ron Johnson asks DOJ to investigate Wisconsin judge in former Trump attorney's case

8:25 AM on Friday, December 12, 2025

Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson is asking the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate allegations made by a former attorney for President Donald Trump in Wisconsin that a judge overseeing his felony case is guilty of misconduct and must step aside

Work continues on the contruction of the ballroom at the White House, Tuesday, Dec., 9, 2025, in Washington, where the East Wing once stood. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump sued by preservationists seeking reviews and congressional approval for ballroom project

8:22 AM on Friday, December 12, 2025

President Donald Trump has been sued by preservationists seeking an architecture review and congressional approval over his White House ballroom project

UN-sanctioned migrant smuggler killed in western Libya

7:54 AM on Friday, December 12, 2025

Libyan authorities report that a notorious militia leader, Ahmed Oumar al-Fitouri al-Dabbashi, was killed in a raid by security forces on Friday

House Democrats release photos of Trump, Clinton and Andrew from Epstein's estate

7:41 AM on Friday, December 12, 2025

President Donald Trump says he hasn’t seen the photos from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate released Friday by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee, but says they are not a big deal

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania greet guests in the Grand Foyer of the White House during the Congressional Ball, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The Latest: Thai and Cambodian leaders agree to renew ceasefire after deadly clashes, Trump says

6:06 AM on Friday, December 12, 2025

President Donald Trump says Thai and Cambodian leaders have agreed to renew a truce after days of deadly clashes threatened to undo a ceasefire that the U.S. administration helped broker this year

Kindergarten teacher Christin Labriola reads the book "Dumpling Soup" to her class, incorporating Asian American and Pacific Islander subjects in her class at Webster Hill Elementary School in West Hartford, Conn., on Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Efforts to require Asian American history in schools after anti-Asian hate starting to pay off

4:25 AM on Friday, December 12, 2025

Since pandemic-fueled anti-Asian hate surged in 2020, Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander advocates have mobilized to make AAPI history mandatory learning

FILE - This Wisconsin State Capitol is seen on Dec. 31, 2020, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

2 Wisconsin congressional redistricting lawsuits may not resolve by 2026 midterm election

9:02 PM on Thursday, December 11, 2025

A pair of lawsuits seeking to redraw congressional boundary lines that currently favor Republicans in Wisconsin are on track to be resolved after the 2026 midterms

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