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FILE - A Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers's patch is displayed at Philadelphia International Airport, March 24, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Trump's pick to lead TSA calls private airport screening program 'pro-worker,' vows to help workers

11:22 AM on Thursday, July 16

President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Transportation Security Administration addressed a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday

FILE - Shipping containers are seen ready for transport at the Guangzhou Port in the Nansha district in southern China's Guangdong province, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Trump administration races the clock to rebuild US tariff wall knocked down by Supreme Court

9:02 AM on Thursday, July 16

The U.S. Treasury last year swelled with revenue from President Donald Trump’s double-digit taxes on imports from almost every country on earth

FILE - Director General of MI5 Sir Ken McCallum delivers the annual Director General's Speech at Thames House, the headquarters of the UK's Security Service in London, Oct. 16, 2025. (Jonathan Brady/Pool Photo via AP, File)

UK intelligence watchdog raps MI5 for lying to courts about a neo-Nazi informer

8:14 AM on Thursday, July 16

The British government plans to tighten oversight of the MI5 spy agency after a report revealed it misled courts about a neo-Nazi informant

This image released by Netflix shows director Ava DuVernay, left, with 14th librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden, during the filming of the documentary “14th" about the 14th amendment, which gave liberty and rights to formerly enslaved people following the Civil War. (Paul Garnes/Netflix via AP)

Ava DuVernay announces '14th' documentary on birthright amendment contested by Trump

7:00 AM on Thursday, July 16

Ava DuVernay has announced a documentary for Netflix on the 14th Amendment, which gave liberty and rights to formerly enslaved people following the Civil War, and which has come under legal attack from President Donald Trump

ZeOmega Earns Artificial Intelligence Accreditation from DirectTrust(R)

6:03 AM on Thursday, July 16

When can a power company take your land for data center infrastructure?

5:19 AM on Thursday, July 16

FILE - President of Syria Ahmed al-Sharaa walks towards 10 Downing Street to meet Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer in London, on March 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)

Syrian authorities seize truck of rockets allegedly bound for Hezbollah in Lebanon

4:56 AM on Thursday, July 16

Syrian authorities have thwarted an attempt to smuggle weapons believed to be headed to Hezbollah in Lebanon, according to state media

FILE - The Chat GPT app icon is seen on a smartphone screen, Aug. 4, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)

AI chatbots are at risk of spreading government restrictions on online speech, a new study says

3:33 AM on Thursday, July 16

A study shows major artificial intelligence models are likely to refuse to criticize restrictive leaders worldwide

FILE - A taxi in front of the Russian Embassy in Warsaw, Poland, Monday, March 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)

Poland charges man allegedly paid by Russia to inflame Polish-Ukrainian tensions

3:10 AM on Thursday, July 16

Polish prosecutors have charged a Ukrainian man with sabotage and diversionary activities on behalf of Russian intelligence

FILE - An aerial view of a Rohingya refugee camp, home to over a million of Myanmar's persecuted Rohingya minority, in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, Nov. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu, File)

More than 500 feared dead as officials investigate reports of boats capsizing with Rohingya refugees

9:55 PM on Wednesday, July 15

U.N. agencies say more than 500 people are feared dead after reports that two boats carrying members of Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya minority have capsized in the Bay of Bengal

President Donald Trump speaks at the United States Army War College in Carlisle, Pa., during the Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

After 6 years, Trump brings his election obsession to primetime at the White House

9:10 PM on Wednesday, July 15

President Donald Trump is making a primetime address to the nation that's expected to include discussion of election issues

Trump is taking longer to approve disaster aid and denying Democratic states more frequently

9:05 PM on Wednesday, July 15

Americans are waiting longer for disaster aid under President Donald Trump, with delays often lasting weeks or months

Supporters listen to a speaker during a protest by the Cockroach Janta Party demanding the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged examination irregularities and repeated paper leaks, in New Delhi, India, on July 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

India's Gen Z 'cockroaches' took protest to the streets. Now they rally around a hunger strike

9:04 PM on Wednesday, July 15

An activist's hunger strike has become a rallying point for India’s new Cockroach Janta Party, a youth-led movement that emerged in response to exam paper leaks and student suicides

Part of a proposal to improve security at Lafayette Park, across from the White House, is photographed Wednesday, July 15, 2026, before a meeting on July 16 of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

Federal panel clears new design for White House visitor center, considers Lafayette Park fence

9:03 PM on Wednesday, July 15

A federal panel has given preliminary approval to an updated design for a new underground facility to screen visitors to the White House

FILE - King County Superior Court Judge Roger Rogoff stands in court on Oct. 10, 2016, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Trump immediately fires the new court-appointed top prosecutor in Seattle

6:57 PM on Wednesday, July 15

President Donald Trump has fired the new top U.S. prosecutor in Seattle less than an hour after the attorney was unanimously appointed by the federal judges in the district

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