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Patel faces congressional hearings after missteps in Kirk assassination probe and turmoil at FBI 09/13/2025 11:52pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Hours after the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, FBI Director Kash Patel declared online that “the subject” in the killing was in custody. The shooter was not. The two men who had been detained were quickly released. Utah officials acknowledged that the gu Patel faces congressional hearings after missteps in Kirk assassination probe and turmoil at FBI 09/13/2025 11:51pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Hours after the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, FBI Director Kash Patel declared online that “the subject” in the killing was in custody. The shooter was not. The two men who had been detained were quickly released, and Utah officials acknowledged that th Memphis mayor says he got confirmation National Guard would be deployed from Trump's TV comments 09/13/2025 06:20pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Memphis' mayor said Saturday that President Donald Trump's TV announcement the day before was the first hard confirmation he received that the National Guard would be sent to the city an anti-crime mission. Speaking on CNN, Mayor Paul Young said he learned the idea was unde Bolsonaro's political influence in Brazil could endure despite his conviction 09/13/2025 05:25am • SAO PAULO (AP) — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was not present in the room when a Supreme Court panel convicted and sentenced him to 27 years and three months in prison on charges of attempting a coup. With Bolsonaro under house arrest and in poor health, his lawyer has said that the e The Latest: Trump says he’ll send National Guard to Memphis to address crime concerns 09/12/2025 06:32pm • President Donald Trump said Friday he’ll send the National Guard to Memphis to address crime concerns there with the support of the mayor and the governor. Since sending the National Guard to Los Angeles and Washington, the Republican president has openly mused about sending troops to other cities Brazil braces for new US sanctions after Bolsonaro's conviction angers Trump administration 09/12/2025 05:57pm • SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil braced Friday for possible new U.S. sanctions linked to former President Jair Bolsonaro 's conviction on coup charges, after the administration of President Donald Trump warned it would respond “accordingly.” Trump said he was “very unhappy” with the conviction, an Judge releases redacted document used to justify search of John Bolton's home 09/12/2025 03:22pm • A judge on Friday released a heavily redacted document used to justify a recent search of the home of John Bolton, who was national security adviser during the first Trump administration, saying that revealing more could harm a criminal investigation. The FBI's search warrant affidavit said there Concern grows for safety of South Sudan opposition leader facing treason and other charges 09/12/2025 01:59pm • JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Amnesty International on Friday called for a public trial of a South Sudanese opposition figure facing treason and other criminal charges, in a case that some worry could deepen political tensions in the east African country. South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir announced What to know after Brazil's Bolsonaro is convicted and sentenced for coup attempt 09/12/2025 09:54am • BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro has been convicted of attempting a coup to stay in office after losing his reelection bid in 2022. He is the first former president found guilty of trying to overturn an election in the country with the largest economy in Latin Ameri NC lawmakers likely to propose tougher pretrial release laws after fatal stabbing 09/11/2025 04:49pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's top legislative leaders said Thursday that they are aiming to advance a package of proposed laws in part designed to tighten pretrial release rules following the fatal stabbing of a Ukrainian refugee on a Charlotte commuter train that prompted national attenti South Sudan No. 2 Riek Machar faces treason and other criminal charges 09/11/2025 03:41pm • JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan's First Vice President Riek Machar faces charges of treason and other serious crimes, local justice authorities said Thursday, as fears grow that the east African country could be edging toward a return to civil war. Machar has been under house arrest since Mar Senate Republicans defeat Democrats' effort to force the release of Epstein files 09/10/2025 11:39pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — In a close vote, Senate Republicans defeated an effort Wednesday by Democrats to insert language into Congress’ annual defense authorization bill that would have forced the public release of case files on the sex trafficking investigation into the late Jeffrey Epstein. The Sena Brazil Supreme Court justice breaks with 2 peers, votes to absolve Bolsonaro as trial continues 09/10/2025 10:11pm • BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — A Brazilian Supreme Court justice voted Wednesday to acquit former President Jair Bolsonaro of all charges in his alleged coup trial, in the first dissenting vote since the final judicial proceeding began, giving some respite to the far-right leader and potential arguments 3 fired FBI officials sue Patel, saying he bowed to Trump administration's 'campaign of retribution' 09/10/2025 07:40pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Three high-ranking FBI officials were fired last month in a “campaign of retribution” carried out by a director who knew better but caved to political pressure from the Trump administration, according to a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday that describes the White House as dire The Latest: Trump’s emergency order over DC is expiring 09/10/2025 05:28pm • Congress did not extend President Donald Trump’s Aug. 11 order that federalized the city’s police force and launched a surge of law enforcement into the city. But the National Guard and some other federal agencies will continue their deployment, and it’s not clear when that might end. Also, th