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Immigrants seeking a legal pathway to live and work in the United States will now be subject to screening for ‘anti-Americanism’ due to a new policy implemented by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

6:20 PM on Tuesday, August 19

President Donald Trump is willing to “crush” Russia's economy with sanctions if Russian President Vladimir Putin refuses to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy

5:34 PM on Tuesday, August 19

President Donald Trump has been projecting himself as a global peacemaker since returning to the White house in January, claiming to have ended seven wars during the first months of his second term

5:24 PM on Tuesday, August 19

Syria’s state-run news agency says the country’s foreign minister has held a rare meeting with an Israeli delegation in Paris

5:20 PM on Tuesday, August 19

Syrian state media say that Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani held a rare meeting with an Israeli delegation in Paris

3:53 PM on Tuesday, August 19

Minnesota has joined a wave of states suing TikTok, claiming the app uses addictive algorithms that harm young people's mental health

3:52 PM on Tuesday, August 19

Trump administration revokes security clearances of 37 officials, alleging they weaponized intelligence, AP sources say

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President Donald Trump’s decision to increase federal law enforcement and immigration agents in Washington, D

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The Justice Department has opened an investigation into whether police officials in Washington, D

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A California man has been sentenced to eight years in prison after admitting to shipping weapons and ammunition to North Korea

1:28 PM on Tuesday, August 19

Georgia Republicans are pushing to eliminate the state income tax as the 2026 election approaches

12:06 PM on Tuesday, August 19

Mexico’s president says there’s been no agreement with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration

11:35 AM on Tuesday, August 19

The remote Amazon island of Santa Rosa is at the center of a territorial dispute between Peru and Colombia

8:36 AM on Tuesday, August 19

President Donald Trump on Tuesday offered his assurances that U.S. troops would not be sent to Ukraine to defend against Russia, after seeming to leave open the possibility the day before

7:43 AM on Tuesday, August 19

A federal judge in Miami has dismissed part of a lawsuit that claimed detainees were denied access to the legal system at the immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as “Alligator Alcatraz.”

1:15 AM on Tuesday, August 19

U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Tuesday confirmed the U.S. government is vying for a 10% stake in Silicon Valley pioneer Intel in an unusual deal that would deepen the Trump administration’s financial ties with major computer chip manufacturers and punctuate a dramatic about-face from the president’s recent push to oust the company’s CEO

12:01 AM on Tuesday, August 19

A California hearing on Democrats' redistricting effort turned into a shouting match Tuesday

7:27 PM on Monday, August 18

Oklahoma will require applicants for teaching jobs from California and New York to pass an exam that the state’s top education official says is designed to safeguard against “radical leftist ideology.”