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President Donald Trump holds a signed executive order about vaccines as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. looks on, Monday, Aug. 10, 2026, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

FACT FOCUS: Trump makes false claims as he signs order urging revisions around childhood vaccines

1:46 PM on Tuesday, August 11

While issuing an executive order urging states to revise childhood vaccine recommendations, President Donald Trump and others in his administration repeated several false claims about those vaccines, as well as their relationship to autism

Almost nowhere in California is building enough, according to the state. Here’s why

12:50 PM on Tuesday, August 11

California cities and counties are struggling to meet state housing targets

2.4 million Afghan girls shut out of secondary school 5 years after Taliban takeover, UN says

12:44 PM on Tuesday, August 11

A U.N. agency reports that five years after the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan, around 2.4 million girls remain excluded from secondary education

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, щт Oct 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Rashid Yahya, File)

Turkey’s Kurdish region greets a conditional PKK pardon with relief, joy and doubt

12:18 PM on Tuesday, August 11

Turkey's parliament has approved a conditional pardon for thousands of Kurdish militants, aiming to advance peace efforts with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK

FILE - U.S. and Russian national flags wave on the wind at Moscow's Vnukovo airport, Russia, April 11, 2017. (AP Photo/ Ivan Sekretarev, File)

Former US Marine held in Russia for more than 4 years on disputed charges has been released

10:59 AM on Tuesday, August 11

A former U.S. Marine from Massachusetts who has been held in Russia for more than four years on disputed charges has been released

FILE - The International Criminal Court (ICC) is seen on Dec. 9, 2025, in The Hague, Netherlands. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, Pool, File)

Groups sue the Trump administration over its targeting of the International Criminal Court

10:41 AM on Tuesday, August 11

Human Rights Watch and three other advocacy groups have sued the Trump administration to challenge its campaign against the International Criminal Court

Andras Baka, sole candidate of the Tisza Party for President of the Republic of Hungary and former President of the Supreme Court, center, arrives for the presidential election during the extraordinary plenary session of the Parliament in Budapest, Hungary, Tuesday, Aug.11, 2026. (Zoltan Balogh/MTI via AP)

Hungary’s Parliament taps András Baka as president as part of Orbán-era purge

10:19 AM on Tuesday, August 11

Hungary's Parliament has elected András Baka as president as the new government dismantles structures left by former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán

David Crowley, right, Democratic candidate for Wisconsin governor talks with CJ Arthur, left, owner of WordHaven BookHouse during a campaign stop with Wisconsin Gov. Tony Ever, center, Friday, Aug. 7, 2026, in Sheboygan, Wis. (AP Photo/Kayla Wolf)

The Latest: Primary elections in Wisconsin and Minnesota test the Democratic Party’s direction

9:38 AM on Tuesday, August 11

Primary elections are taking place in six U.S. states — Alabama, Connecticut, Minnesota, South Carolina, Vermont and Wisconsin

Catering trucks are parked at Air Force One on the tarmac as the motorcade carrying U.S. President Donald Trump arrives on the tarmac to depart following the NATO summit at Ankara International Airport in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, July 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The Latest: Trump seeks an exit from his Iran war as Mideast violence spreads

8:06 AM on Tuesday, August 11

Iran is rejecting comments by President Donald Trump, who said that since Iran is seeking compensation as part of any peace talks, he’ll demand the same

Arizona Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs, right, poses for a photograph with her running mate for Lieutenant Governor John Giles, the former Republican Mesa, Ariz., mayor, Monday, Aug. 10, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs chooses former Republican Mayor John Giles as her running mate

8:00 AM on Tuesday, August 11

Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has selected a Republican-turned-independent as her running mate in a tough reelection campaign

A map showing recent fighting between the Houthis and the Yemeni government. (AP Digital Embed)

Iranian-backed Houthis kill 6 in attack on vessel, and other developments in the Mideast

5:05 AM on Tuesday, August 11

Authorities in Yemen say at least six people were killed when Iran-backed Houthi rebels fired missiles on a vessel in the Bab el-Mandeb strait

U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures greets members of the public after speaking at the Washington Brief series, hosted by the Montgomery Regional Chamber of Commerce, Wednesday, July 29, 2026, in Montgomery, Ala. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt)

Republicans pick nominee for Alabama US House district they redrew after Supreme Court ruling

12:08 AM on Tuesday, August 11

Republicans are aiming to flip Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District

U.S. Rep. John Larson D-Conn., attends a campaign event, Saturday, July 25, 2026, in Bristol, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Connecticut Democrats weigh generational change as US Rep. John Larson, 78, faces primary fight

12:07 AM on Tuesday, August 11

Connecticut Democrats face a choice between U.S. Rep. John Larson and younger challengers for the 1st Congressional District

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong poses for a photo Friday, July 24, 2026, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

What to watch Tuesday: Primaries in Wisconsin and Minnesota showcase Democratic divide

12:05 AM on Tuesday, August 11

The Democratic Party's ideological divide is moving into new territory

Larry Nordone looks on as his wife, U.S. Sen. Darline Graham, R-S.C., speaks to reporters after she voted in a special Republican primary to replace her brother, U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., on November ballots on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026, in Florence, S.C. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)

South Carolina Republicans hold primary to pick Senate replacement for the late Lindsey Graham

12:04 AM on Tuesday, August 11

South Carolina Republicans are casting ballots Tuesday in a special primary to replace the late Senator Lindsey Graham, one of President Donald Trump's closest allies

Nigel Farage, Leader of Britain's Reform UK party, attends a press conference in London, Monday, Aug. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

For Nigel Farage, success brings new pressures and a showdown with Count Binface

12:02 AM on Tuesday, August 11

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage is running in a special election where his main opponent is a man dressed as a garbage can

President Donald Trump walks to board Air Force One at Morristown Airport, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2026, in Morristown, N.J. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump pivots back to sanctions for Iran as other strategies to end his war fizzle

12:02 AM on Tuesday, August 11

President Donald Trump likes to say he started his war with Iran after 50 years of economic pressure failed to stop its nuclear weapons ambitions

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong talks with Milwaukee residents during "We Outside" Annual Community Event at Metcalfe Park Rising, Friday, July 24, 2026, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Democratic socialist tries to beat the governor's pick in a chaotic Wisconsin primary

Tuesday, August 11

A democratic socialist is trying to rise above the governor’s endorsed candidate in Wisconsin’s chaotic primary race for governor

Trump used elaborate ruse to fly out of Turkey following summit because of Iran threat, report says

10:40 PM on Monday, August 10

The Washington Post reports President Donald Trump secretly flew out of last month's NATO summit in Turkey on an alternate military aircraft due to an Iranian assassination threat

President Donald Trump holds up an image taken from his Truth Social account as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. watches during a meeting to sign an executive order about vaccines, Monday, Aug. 10, 2026, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump signs order calling for spacing out childhood vaccines, against medical groups' guidance

2:44 PM on Monday, August 10

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that calls for spacing out childhood vaccines into separate medical visits and splitting the combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine into three different single-disease shots

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