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FILE - Micki Witthoeft, center, mother of Ashli Babbitt, the woman fatally shot by police inside the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, joins protesters outside of the Supreme Court on the second anniversary of the Jan. 6, assault on the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, Jan. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

US offers military funeral honors to Capitol rioter Ashli Babbitt

4:48 PM on Thursday, August 28

The U.S. government is offering military funeral honors for Ashli Babbitt

US seeks UN authorization for new 'Gang Suppression Force' to tackle escalating violence in Haiti

3:18 PM on Thursday, August 28

The United States is seeking U.N. authorization for a new “Gang Suppression Force” to help tackle escalating violence in Haiti where the armed groups have expanded their brutal activities from the capital into the countryside

In this photo provided by Ukraine's 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Separate Mechanized Brigade press service, soldiers fire a mortar towards positions of Russian troops near Kostyantynivka in Donetsk region, Ukraine, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (Iryna Rybakova/Ukraine's 93rd Mechanized Brigade via AP)

Trump administration announces a $825 million arms sale to Ukraine

3:04 PM on Thursday, August 28

The Trump administration has approved a $825 million arms sale to Ukraine, which will include extended-range missiles and related equipment to boost its defensive capabilities

President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025, at the White House in Washington, as Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, looks on. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Marco Rubio will head to Latin America again as Trump prioritizes immigration

3:00 PM on Thursday, August 28

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is heading back to Latin America next week for visits to Mexico and Ecuador

Posters of a person throwing a sandwich are pictured along H Street, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

DC man seen throwing sandwich at agent charged with misdemeanor after grand jury declines indictment

2:51 PM on Thursday, August 28

A man captured on camera hurling a sandwich at a federal agent in Washington has been charged with a misdemeanor after prosecutors failed to convince a grand jury to return a more serious felony indictment, according to court papers filed Thursday

Federal judge blocks Trump administration from removing Voice of America director

1:17 PM on Thursday, August 28

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from removing Michael Abramowitz as director of Voice of America

FILE - Former Texas Rangers first baseman Mark Teixeira signs autographs before a baseball game between the Rangers and the Oakland Athletics on April 12, 2019, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Jeffrey McWhorter, File)

Former MLB star Mark Teixeira announces bid for US House seat in Texas

12:47 PM on Thursday, August 28

Former Major League Baseball star Mark Teixeira is seeking the Republican nomination for a House seat in Texas

Route 61 runs through Newbern, Ala., population 133 people, on July 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Kim Chandler)

Alabama town's first Black mayor, who had been locked out of office, wins election

12:21 PM on Thursday, August 28

The first Black mayor of an Alabama town has won election by a landslide, four years after he ran unopposed and white residents locked him out of the town hall

FILE - A maintenance worker walks past the company logo on the side of a locomotive in the Union Pacific Railroad fueling yard in north Denver, Oct. 18, 2006. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Trump fires Democratic member of Surface Transportation Board ahead of huge rail merger decision

9:18 AM on Thursday, August 28

President Donald Trump has fired one of two Democratic members of the U.S. Surface Transportation Board to break a 2-2 tie ahead of the board considering the largest railroad merger ever proposed

FILE - Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve member Lisa Cook, speaks during a conversations with leaders from organizations that include nonprofits, small businesses, manufacturing, supply chain management, the hospitality industry, and the housing and education sectors at the Federal Reserve building, Sept. 23, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Fed official sues Trump over attempt to fire her, challenging his power over the independent agency

6:43 AM on Thursday, August 28

Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook is suing the Trump administration in an effort to overturn the president’s attempt to fire her, launching an unprecedented legal battle that could significantly reshape the Fed’s longstanding political independence

This home in a suburb of Richmond, Va., is listed as the headquarters of Acquisition Logistics LLC, a small business that won a contract from the Trump administration worth up to $1.2 billion to build and operate what is expected to be the nation’s largest immigrant detention facility inside a U.S. Army base in Texas. Property records show the house belongs to Kenneth A. Wagner, the president and CEO of the company. (AP Photo/Alan Suderman)

Mystery surrounds $1.2 billion Army contract to build huge detention tent camp in Texas desert

4:34 AM on Thursday, August 28

President Donald Trump's administration has awarded a $1.2 billion contract to a tiny Virginia company to build and operate what's expected to become the nation’s largest immigration detention complex at Fort Bliss in Texas

Rev. Al Sharpton, center, alongside Martin Luther King III, walk for the March on Wall Street, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)

Al Sharpton leads pro-DEI 'March on Wall Street' on anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington

8:46 PM on Wednesday, August 27

The Rev. Al Sharpton led a protest through Manhattan's Financial District to urge corporate America to resist the Trump administration’s campaign to roll back diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives

Firefighters work on the site of a burning building after a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, early Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

A major Russian drone and missile attack on Kyiv kills at least 21 people

8:08 PM on Wednesday, August 27

Authorities say a mass Russian drone and missile attack on Ukraine’s capital has killed at least 21 people and wounded 48

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