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FILE - Former FBI Director James Comey pauses as he speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, June 8, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Lawyers for Comey seek grand jury transcript, bringing fresh challenge to a case pushed by Trump

6:49 PM on Thursday, October 30

Lawyers for former FBI Director James Comey want to review a transcript and audio recording of grand jury proceedings in his criminal case, citing what they say were “irregularities” in the process that should result in the dismissal of an indictment pushed by President Donald Trump

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth leaves after a bilateral meeting with Malaysia's Defense Minister Mohamed Khaled Nordin ahead of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Defense Ministers' Meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Hegseth orders the military to detail dozens of attorneys to the Justice Department, AP learns

6:06 PM on Thursday, October 30

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the military to provide dozens of lawyers to the Justice Department for temporary assignments in Memphis and near the U.S.-Mexico border that could run through next fall

Hegseth orders military to send dozens of lawyers to help Justice Department in Memphis, near Mexico border, AP learns

6:05 PM on Thursday, October 30

Hegseth orders military to send dozens of lawyers to help Justice Department in Memphis, near Mexico border, AP learns

FILE - A sign for the Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Federal Building and Courthouse is displayed outside the courthouse on Jan. 22, 2024, in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Jennifer Kelleher, File)

Federal judge in Hawaii rules FDA violated the law by restricting access to abortion medication

6:03 PM on Thursday, October 30

A federal judge in Hawaii has ruled that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration violated the law by imposing restrictions on a medication used for abortions and miscarriage management

Justice Department investigating whether leaders in the Black Lives Matters movement defrauded donors, sources tell AP

5:25 PM on Thursday, October 30

Justice Department investigating whether leaders in the Black Lives Matters movement defrauded donors, sources tell AP

FILE - The William McKinley Monument is silhouetted in front of the west side of the Ohio Statehouse, April 15, 2024, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Ohio panel unveils proposed US House map that could help Republicans win more seats

5:23 PM on Thursday, October 30

Ohio's Republican-led redistricting commission has unveiled a new U.S. House map that could give Republicans a chance to win two more seats in next year's elections

Attorney Kalman Resnick speaks about the detention of Ruben Torres Maldonado during a news conference calling for the release of Ruben Torres Maldonado, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025 in Chicago. (Anthony Vazquez /Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Chicago father of child fighting cancer released on bond by immigration judge

5:17 PM on Thursday, October 30

A Chicago man whose 16-year-old daughter is undergoing treatment for advanced cancer will be released on bond and return home, an immigration judge ruled Thursday

Cuban dissident Jose Daniel Ferrer speaks of his experience leaving Cuba during an interview Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

Influential Cuban dissident says his fight against government will continue off the island

4:54 PM on Thursday, October 30

José Daniel Ferrer, a key Cuban dissident leader, has been exiled from Cuba and urges the opposition to challenge the government from abroad

In this undated image, former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, left, poses for a photo with Bill DeBlasio, a wine importer from Long Island, at a New York Mets baseball game in New York. (William W. DeBlasio via AP)

Meet Bill DeBlasio, the man a British newspaper confused with ex-NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio

4:06 PM on Thursday, October 30

A Long Island wine importer named Bill DeBlasio inadvertently grabbed international headlines this week after he responded to an email meant for another man with a similar name: former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio

Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, speaks about the Trump administration following reports that only Republican lawmakers received security briefings on the Trump-ordered military strikes against boats in the Caribbean, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Top Intel Democrat rips Trump administration over exclusion from boat strike briefing

4:01 PM on Thursday, October 30

A briefing held only for Republicans in Congress on U.S. military strikes is drawing a fierce rebuke from a key Democrat

FILE - A worker blows leaves and snow off steps outside of the Maryland Statehouse on the morning of the first day of the state's 2020 legislative session, Jan. 8, 2020, in Annapolis, Md. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Secret sex video is part of federal conspiracy case against Maryland state senator, indictment says

3:58 PM on Thursday, October 30

A Maryland state senator has been indicted on federal charges of extortion and conspiracy related to her 2022 campaign for a state House seat for allegedly conspiring to try to silence a former consultant by threatening to make public a video of her in bed with a married man

U.S. President Donald Trump reacts to dancing performers during a welcoming ceremony after arriving at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, to attend the 47th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025. (Hasnoor Hussain/Pool Photo via AP)

'America First' Trump loved hanging out with the global elite during his Asia trip

1:21 PM on Thursday, October 30

President Donald Trump seemed to love his whirlwind Asia trip

FILE - An officer with the Uniform Division of the United States Secret Service sits in his car at a checkpoint near the home of President Barack Obama, Oct. 24, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Justice Department strips Jan. 6 references from court paper and punishes prosecutors who filed it

12:53 PM on Thursday, October 30

The Justice Department has stripped references to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack from court papers and punished two federal prosecutors who filed the document seeking prison time at sentencing Thursday for a man arrested with guns and ammunition near former President Barack Obama's home

FILE - The Supreme Court Building is seen in Washington on March 28, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

GOP lawmakers urge Trump administration to back Falun Gong lawsuit against Cisco

11:59 AM on Thursday, October 30

Two prominent Republicans are urging the Supreme Court to allow a lawsuit against Cisco

FILE - The U.S. Department of Education building is seen in Washington, on Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

New Trump administration rule bars student loan relief for public workers tied to 'illegal' activity

8:34 AM on Thursday, October 30

The Trump administration is forging ahead with plans to eject some nonprofits from a popular student loan forgiveness program if their work is deemed to have an “illegal purpose."

Afghan refugees sit beside trucks loaded with their belongings as they wait their turn to leave for their homeland through a border crossing point which partially opens following Oct.19 ceasefire, on the outskirts of Chaman, a border town on the Pakistan Afghan border, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/H. Achakzai)

Pakistan and Afghanistan agree to maintain ceasefire after peace talks in Istanbul

5:46 AM on Thursday, October 30

Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to maintain a ceasefire after peace talks in Istanbul, according to Turkey's Foreign Ministry

FILE - Independent centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron stands at the "Mur des Justes" at the Shoah Museum, a wall on which 2,693 names of people who protected or saved Jews during World War II are engraved in Paris, April 30, 2017. (Philippe Wojazer/Pool Photo via AP, File)

A French trial examines Holocaust Memorial graffiti believed linked to Russia

2:02 AM on Thursday, October 30

Three Bulgarian men are on trial in Paris accused of involvement in spray-painting red hands around the Paris Holocaust memorial

President Donald Trump, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping pose together ahead of their summit talk at Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump appears to suggest the US will resume testing nuclear weapons for first time in 30 years

11:37 PM on Wednesday, October 29

President Donald Trump has appeared to suggest on social media that the U.S. resume testing nuclear weapons for the first time in three decades

President Donald Trump, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, shake hands before their meeting at Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

The Latest: Trump administration limits refugee admissions to mostly white South Africans

11:00 PM on Wednesday, October 29

President Donald Trump's administration is restricting the number of refugees it admits into the country to 7,500 and they will mostly be white South Africans

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