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Washington Spirit forward Trinity Rodman (2) warms up before the NWSL women’s championship soccer match against Gotham FC, Nov. 22, 2025, in San Jose, Calif. (AP Photo/Justine Willard, File)
CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (AP) — El gobierno mexicano anunció el miércoles la reactivación de los servicios de envíos de paquetería hacia Estados Unidos, los cuales fueron suspendidos en agosto pasado luego de que el gobierno del presidente Donald Trump eliminó la exención aduanera para los traslados internacionales de carta…
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The Department of Homeland Security logo during a news conference in Washington, Feb. 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
Trump says Tehran leaders want deal
Currency traders watch monitors near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), right, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
El alero de los Wizards de Washington, Juju Reese (15), y el base de los Wizards de Washington, Jaden Hardy (8), chocan los cinco durante la segunda mitad de un juego de baloncesto de la NBA contra el Jazz de Utah, el miércoles 25 de marzo de 2026, en Salt Lake City. (Foto AP/Anna Fuder)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Transportation Security Administration may have to shut down operations at some airports if the budget impasse drags on, the agency's acting head said Wednesday, even as record wait time for travelers did little to end the standoff over the funding fight in Congress.
Israeli security forces and rescue team respond at the site of an Iranian missile strike in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, March 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Allison Posner, an organizer for an upcoming “No Kings” protest poses for a photo on the steps of the town hall in Maplewood, N.J., Tuesday, March 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is due in court on Thursday as the ex-president has slowly been erased from President Delcy Rodríguez’s government, even as the ruling party has remained the same.
US president claims Iranian negotiators fear being killed by their own side; US military command claims to have damaged or destroyed over two-thirds of Iran’s missile, drone and naval production facilities
Washington Wizards forward Juju Reese (15) and Washington Wizards guard Jaden Hardy (8) high five during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Utah Jazz, Wednesday, March 25, 2026, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Anna Fuder)
US President Donald Trump has told associates in recent days that he wants to avoid a prolonged war in Iran, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Two mysterious videos posted to the White House's official X and Instagram accounts on Wednesday night generated buzz online, with the purpose of the short, vertically shot clips unclear. One video was later deleted.
California voters spoke loud and clear in November 2024, overwhelmingly passing Proposition 36 to crack down on repeat theft and certain drug crimes.The measure racked up roughly 10.3 million YES votes and 4.8 million NO votes, winning support across nearly every county. Rising retail theft and drug-related offenses…
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Melania Trump often commands the attention of any room she enters but all eyes -- and cameras -- were trained on her humanoid companion on Wednesday.
Melania Trump entered a White House event in lock step with an AI-powered robot at the opening of the inaugural Fostering the Future Together Global Coalition summit. At the summit, the first lady urged nations to work together to improve access to education and technology for children around the globe. The humanoid…
President Donald Trump on Wednesday criticized two of his Supreme Court appointees — Justices Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett — for voting with other justices in the bombshell 6-3 decision that ruled his signature reciprocal tariffs were illegal, saying they sickened him and are "bad for our country."
En esta captura de un video, la representante electa a la legislatura de Florida, Emily Gregory, da una entrevista a The Associated Press el miércoles 25 de marzo de 2026 desde Palm Beach, Florida. (AP Foto)
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday portrayed a nuclear-armed Iran as a "cancer," saying the United States has "cut it out" through its ongoing military operation against the Islamic Republic.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — US President Donald Trump insisted Wednesday that Iran was taking part in peace talks, suggesting Tehran's denials were because Iranian negotiators fear being killed by their own side.
President Trump pointed the finger at Joe Biden and JB Pritzker on Wednesday night, blaming their immigration policies for the murder of Chicago-area college student Sheridan Gorman.
Oil prices rose Thursday after Iran signaled it had no intention of holding direct talks with the United States, even as a U.S. proposal to end the war is under review by senior officials in Tehran, according to remarks from the Islamic Republic's foreign minister.
WASHINGTON — A fourth employee has left the Department of Labor after being sidelined amid a sprawling watchdog probe of Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer involving alleged travel fraud and other misconduct, The Post has learned.
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The U.S. military said it carried out a strike Wednesday on a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean Sea, killing four people, as the Trump administration pushes forward with a monthslong campaign against alleged traffickers in Latin America while waging a war against Iran.
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London: She defended Greenland and defied Donald Trump, but Mette Frederiksen has almost lost the most important battle of all: keeping voters happy.
Bill Pulte reportedly urges examination of alleged fraud as New York attorney general’s lawyer attacks ‘vendetta’
US President Donald Trump insisted Iran was taking part in peace talks, and has suggested that Tehran's denial were dur to fears that Iranian negotiators could be killed "by their own people".
A candidate on Taylor Frankie Paul’s now-axed season of ABC’s “The Bachelorette” was behind a fiery car crash that left ex GOP Rep. Madison Cawthorn paralyzed as a teenager.
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The White House said Wednesday that a much anticipated summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping will take place in Beijing on May 14-15, after it was postponed because of the US-Israeli war against Iran.
U.S. Presidential envoy John Coale, speaks to journalists outside the U.S. Embassy in Vilnius, Lithuania, Sept. 11, 2025, ahead of the arrival of released prisoners from Belarus. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis, file)
WASHINGTON — Democrats keep making demands to fund the Department of Homeland Security — leaving in limbo thousands of federal workers who can’t afford to miss another paycheck on Friday.
Four weeks after the United States and Israel launched their combined assault on Iran’s clerical regime, the war has reached a tipping point.
The White House insisted that peace talks with Iran are ongoing, even as Tehran publicly rejected U.S. overtures and issued fresh conditions of its own to end the conflict that’s wreaked havoc across the Middle East and global markets.
A woman walks outside The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center For The Performing Arts on Feb. 2, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)
El secretario de Defensa, Pete Hegseth, habla con los medios de comunicación durante una rueda de prensa en el Pentágono, el jueves 19 de marzo de 2026, en Washington. (AP Foto/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
US president will miss the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Texas this week due to the Iran conflict, the White House said
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks to members of the media during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Thursday, March 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
WASHINGTON — Corey Lewandowski is leaving his controversial role as a special government employee and won’t be working under his alleged mistress Kristi Noem at the State Department — despite joining her on a multination tour of Latin America this week, four sources told The Post.
Republican lawmakers emerging from a closed-door briefing on the Trump administration's war on Iran warned on Wednesday that they are not being given enough information to make informed decisions about the potential deployment of soldiers for ground combat.
New Jersey Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill talks to reporters during a news conference, in Trenton, N.J., Nov. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
The Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters is photographed in Washington, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
WASHINGTON — Political warning signs that have privately worried some Republicans for months are starting to flash red ahead of November's midterm elections, as the war in Iran keeps gas prices high, travelers face unprecedented airport security wait times and Americans remain concerned about steep costs of living.
Former national security adviser Michael Flynn speaks during a “rosary rally” on Aug. 6, 2023, in Norwood, Ohio. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump is ready to "unleash hell" if Iran doesn't accept a deal to end the Middle East war, the White House warned Wednesday, but a defiant Tehran said it did not intend to negotiate.