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FILE - President Joe Biden speaks during a visit to Vernon Electric in Westby, Wis., Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. Biden is in Wisconsin to promote his Investing in America agenda. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Jewelry, art and toy train top list of priciest foreign gifts to Biden and other officials in 2024

10:56 AM on Thursday, January 29

Foreign leaders and governments presented to former President Joe Biden, his wife, U.S. Cabinet members and other senior officials tens of thousands of dollars in gifts in the last year of the Biden administration

Proposed reading list for Texas students draws concern over religious themes, lack of diversity

10:45 AM on Thursday, January 29

The Texas State Board of Education has delayed voting on a proposed list of required books for K-12 students

Democrats block government funding package in Senate as negotiations continue with White House to avert a shutdown

9:20 AM on Thursday, January 29

Democrats block government funding package in Senate as negotiations continue with White House to avert a shutdown

Trump says he asked Putin not to target Kyiv for 1 week as the region experiences frigid temperatures

9:17 AM on Thursday, January 29

Trump says he asked Putin not to target Kyiv for 1 week as the region experiences frigid temperatures

Trump says he's instructed US officials to reopen Venezuelan airspace for commercial travel by the end of the day

8:50 AM on Thursday, January 29

Trump says he's instructed US officials to reopen Venezuelan airspace for commercial travel by the end of the day

Judge rejects Brad Raffensperger's bid to loosen spending limits in Georgia governor's race

8:47 AM on Thursday, January 29

A federal judge has rejected Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger's request to raise unlimited campaign funds

Kennedy Center's head of artistic programming steps down 2 weeks after taking the job

7:50 AM on Thursday, January 29

The Kennedy Center's head of artistic programming has stepped down, two weeks after being named to the position

President Donald Trump, center, holds up a signed Board of Peace charter during the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump eyes basing his new Board of Peace at a Washington building in legal limbo

7:29 AM on Thursday, January 29

The Trump administration is looking at basing the new Board of Peace in the Washington building that formerly housed the U.S. Institute of Peace

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz makes a government statement on the current foreign policy situation in the 56th plenary session of the 21st legislative period in the German Bundestag, in Berlin, Thursday Jan. 29, 2026. (Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa via AP)

German leader hails Europe as an 'alternative to imperialism and autocracy'

2:00 AM on Thursday, January 29

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says the European Union can be an “alternative to imperialism and autocracy” and can forge deals with like-minded partners in a world of increasing great power rivalry

Pakistan says imprisoned ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan is in good health after an eye procedure

1:43 AM on Thursday, January 29

Pakistan’s information minister says imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan underwent a medical procedure for an eye ailment last week at a government hospital in the capital and is in good health

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks about the impending winter weather during a news conference at Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters, Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

US appeals court says Noem's decision to end protections for Venezuelans in US was illegal

10:27 PM on Wednesday, January 28

A federal appeals court says the Trump administration acted illegally when it ended legal protections that gave hundreds of thousands of people from Venezuela permission to live and work in the United States

A person walks past ice covered trees and a fallen limb during a winter storm Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

FEMA could still support winter storm response in a shutdown, despite administration warnings

9:06 PM on Wednesday, January 28

The Federal Emergency Management Agency would have enough money to respond to the massive winter storm still impacting large swaths of the U.S. even if a partial government shutdown begins at midnight Friday

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