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FILE - Rep.-elect Max Miller, R-Ohio, arrives for new member orientation check-in and program registration in Washington, Nov. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades, File)

GOP Rep. Max Miller resists pressure to drop reelection bid as party anxiety grows over abuse claims

3:29 PM on Wednesday, August 5

Republican Rep. Max Miller of Ohio is resisting pressure to exit his reelection campaign for Congress, even as anxiety over his electability is growing within his own party

Michigan state Rep. Donavan McKinney, Democratic candidate for U.S. House of Representatives in Michigan's 13th District, speaks at a campaign rally for Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive candidate in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Michigan, Monday, Aug. 3, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Detroit could regain Black voice in Congress with Thanedar's tumble in 13th District race

2:23 PM on Wednesday, August 5

Michael Fuqua couldn't immediately recall the name of the candidate he voted for in Michigan's 13th Congressional District primary

Erica Schwartz testifies during a Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions committee confirmation hearing to be the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, July 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Senate confirms Dr. Erica Schwartz as CDC director, bringing new leadership to troubled agency

12:05 PM on Wednesday, August 5

Dr. Erica Schwartz has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Workers use a jackhammer on the helipad on the South Lawn of the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Crews remove the granite seal on the White House helipad, signaling potential project delays

11:13 AM on Wednesday, August 5

Construction crews have taken apart the massive granite seal for the new White House helipad, signaling potential delays

Brazilian presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro, center, poses for a photo with his wife Fernanda Bolsonaro, left, running mate Alfredo Gaspar, right, at en event to announce his ticket in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Flávio Bolsonaro announces his running mate for Brazil's October election in a bid against Lula

10:28 AM on Wednesday, August 5

Flávio Bolsonaro, a presidential candidate in Brazil and the son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, has selected his running mate for the October election

The Washington Monument is seen in the background of the now drained Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Wednesday, July 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

No evidence? No problem. Trump pushes ahead on false claims that Reflecting Pool was vandalized

10:19 AM on Wednesday, August 5

Jeanine Pirro this week found out there’s a trade-off between loyalty to President Donald Trump and being loyal to reality

FILE - The entrance to Trump National Golf Club Los Angeles, in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., is seen in this photo, July 2, 2020. (AP Photo/John Antczak, File)

Man arrested at Trump's California golf course faces illegal weapons charges

10:03 AM on Wednesday, August 5

A California man who was arrested at President Donald Trump’s Los Angeles-area golf course was pretending to be part of the security detail preparing for Trump’s visit and had a stash of illegal weapons in his car and home

FILE - A soldier stands guard by a charred vehicle after it was set on fire in Cointzio, Michoacán state, Mexico, Feb. 22, 2026, following the death of the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, Nemesio Oseguera, also known as "El Mencho." (AP Photo/Armando Solis, File)

US offers $25 million reward targeting US citizen who reportedly leads Mexico's most powerful cartel

9:53 AM on Wednesday, August 5

The U.S. government has offered a $25 million reward for information leading to the capture of Juan Carlos González, increasing pressure on the U.S. citizen who leads Mexico's most powerful cartel

It’s official: A dormant prison in rural Minnesota will become an ICE detention center

7:38 AM on Wednesday, August 5

CoreCivic says it has finalized a five-year federal contract to reopen a private prison in Appleton, Minnesota, as a detention center for undocumented immigrants

Migrants who crossed into Spain from Morocco line up for water distributed by Spanish soldiers in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Party in Spain's government questions co-hosting 2030 World Cup with Morocco after migration crisis

6:40 AM on Wednesday, August 5

The junior partner of Spain’s government wants Spain to reconsider hosting the next World Cup with Morocco after the migration crisis in Ceuta

FILE - Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) fighters, who reportedly withdrew from Turkey with their weapons, stand to attention during a ceremony in the Qandil area of northern, Iraq, Sunday, Oct 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Rashid Yahya, File)

Bill aiming for peace between Turkey and Kurdish fighters goes to parliament

6:13 AM on Wednesday, August 5

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling party has filed a bill in parliament to advance a peace initiative with Kurdish militants

FILE - Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-N.C., listens to testimony as the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight holds a field hearing on violent crime in Charlotte, N.C., Sept. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond, File)

North Carolina congressman Edwards quits reelection bid after committee finds inappropriate conduct

5:12 AM on Wednesday, August 5

North Carolina Republican congressman Chuck Edwards has withdrawn from his reelection campaign days after the House Ethics Committee recommended he be censured for unprofessional and inappropriate conduct toward two young female aides

In this photo provided by the South African Government Communications and Information Services (GCIS), Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Ronald Lamola speaks during a media briefing in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026. (Photo/Katlholo Maifadi/South African Government Communication and Information Services via AP)

South Africa pushes for Africa migration talks after violent internal protests and Ceuta crisis

5:05 AM on Wednesday, August 5

The South African government is pushing for Africa-wide migration talks following tensions that have seen thousands of migrants leave the country

Patricia Grace Louis-Jacques, a nursing student who has close Haitian family members and friends affected by the end of TPS, poses for a photo outside the Caribbean Creole Café in Salisbury, Md., Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)

Empty pews and fear of ICE on Maryland’s Eastern Shore after TPS ends for Haitians

4:56 AM on Wednesday, August 5

The Word of Life Center, a church in Salisbury, Maryland, is facing difficult times

President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026, at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

House Democrats add 12 solidly Trump districts to their midterm election target list

4:23 AM on Wednesday, August 5

House Democrats are adding a dozen Republican-held seats to their list of targets for the November midterms

Army Sgt. Hedar Leonel Turcios Juarez holds a picture of himself with with his wife Cristy, who is currently on immigration detention, at home in El Paso, Texas, July 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Ryan Romero)

Takeaways from AP's review of military families detained under Trump's immigration crackdown

4:11 AM on Wednesday, August 5

The immediate family members of U.S. troops have generally not been targets of immigration enforcement

Army Staff Sgt. Alexis Jaramillo poses with a photo of his wife, Maisa Lopes Eliaser, a Brazilian national who is being detained by ICE, before visiting her at the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center in Basile, La., Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Joseph Vidrine)

AP Exclusive: Trump's immigration crackdown has detained more than 50 military spouses and parents

4:09 AM on Wednesday, August 5

An Associated Press investigation reveals that President Donald Trump’s administration has detained dozens of parents and spouses of active-duty U.S. troops

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: El-Sayed pulls off narrow victory over Democratic establishment

9:01 PM on Monday, August 3

Abdul El-Sayed’s victory in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary is the latest and perhaps biggest example yet that the party’s voters are looking to turn the page on establishment-backed candidates in must-win battlegrounds

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