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FACT FOCUS: Trump repeats false claims as he discusses US raid to extract Venezuela's president 01/03/2026 06:45pm • President Donald Trump on Saturday held an extended news conference to explain the U.S. raid on Venezuela to extract President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, at times veering off topic and repeating false claims around his initiatives. In praising the military, Trump highlighted National Guard deploy A timeline of the US military's buildup and strikes against Venezuela leading to Maduro's capture 01/03/2026 10:59am • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump had long threatened that he could order military strikes on targets on Venezuelan territory after months of attacks on boats accused of carrying drugs from the South American country. President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela said the U.S. military operations What to know about the Uvalde school shooting's first trial over police response 01/03/2026 12:09am • HOUSTON (AP) — Former Uvalde, Texas, schools police Officer Adrian Gonzales was among the first officers to arrive at Robb Elementary after a gunman opened fire on students and teachers. Prosecutors allege that instead of rushing in to confront the shooter, Gonzales failed to take action to protec Trial to begin for police officer charged in delayed response to Uvalde school shooting 01/03/2026 12:03am • Families who lost loved ones in the 2022 attack on an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, have sought for nearly four years to hold accountable the police who waited more than an hour to confront the shooter while children and teachers lay dead or wounded in classrooms. Now one of the first officers Trump says he's dropping push for National Guard in Chicago, LA and Portland, Oregon, for now 01/01/2026 01:59pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said he’s dropping — for now — his push to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon, a move that comes after legal roadblocks held up the effort. “We will come back, perhaps in a much different and stronger form, whe Capitol riot 'does not happen' without Trump, Jack Smith told Congress 12/31/2025 11:39pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol “does not happen” without Donald Trump, former special counsel Jack Smith told lawmakers earlier this month in characterizing the Republican president as the “most culpable and most responsible person” in the criminal conspiracy Mississippi man serving an illegal sentence granted clemency, weeks after his brother 12/31/2025 05:11pm • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A man handed an illegal prison sentence that was years longer than the maximum penalty for his crime has been granted clemency by Mississippi's governor, weeks after the man's brother received clemency for a similar sentence. Gov. Tate Reeves announced Wednesday that he was From Pope Francis to Charlie Kirk, many deaths in 2025 had a wide impact 12/31/2025 03:35pm • The death of Pope Francis brought change to the Catholic Church, which counts 1.4 billion adherents and is now led — for the first time — by an American pope. The fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk as he spoke before a crowd horrified many and prompted somber conversations abou China flexes blockade capabilities near Taiwan on second day of military drills 12/30/2025 08:31pm • TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China's People's Liberation Army staged a second day of large-scale military drills around Taiwan on Tuesday, unleashing a live-fire show of force as part of what it called “Justice Mission 2025" to demonstrate its ability to deter any external support for the island it cla US faith leaders supporting targeted immigrants brace for a tough year ahead 12/30/2025 07:14am • For faith leaders supporting and ministering to anxious immigrants across the United States, 2025 was fraught with challenges and setbacks. For many in these religious circles, the coming year could be worse. The essence of their fears: President Donald Trump has become harsher with his contemptuous China's top diplomat blasts US arms sale to Taiwan as military drills around the island unfold 12/30/2025 01:25am • BEIJING (AP) — China’s foreign minister on Tuesday slammed a record U.S. arms sale to Taiwan as Beijing conducted the second day of military drills around the island it has long claimed as its own. Wang Yi, the most senior Chinese official to comment on the sales so far, also blasted the “pro- Suriname knife attacker found dead in his cell, after killing 9 people including his own children 12/29/2025 05:45pm • PARAMARIBO, Suriname (AP) — The man who reportedly stabbed nine people to death in Suriname on Sunday, including four of his children, died by suicide while in custody, police said on Monday. In a statement, Suriname's Police Corps said 43-year-old Dennis Aroma was found lifeless on Monday morning Venezuelan migrants sent to El Salvador demand justice after US judge ruling 12/26/2025 05:34pm • CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Men who were part of the group of Venezuelan migrants that the United States government transferred earlier this year to a prison in El Salvador demanded justice on Friday, days after a federal judge in Washington ruled that the Trump administration must give them legal d Mosque bombing in Syria leaves 8 dead and 18 wounded 12/26/2025 04:07pm • IDLIB, Syria (AP) — A bombing at a mosque in the Syrian city of Homs during Friday prayers killed at least eight people and wounded 18 others, authorities said, as long-standing sectarian, ethnic and political fault lines continue to destabilize the country, even as large-scale fighting has subsid How will DC’s law enforcement surge be remembered? 12/26/2025 07:19am • During a news conference on Aug. 11, President Donald Trump vowed to address crime in D.C. He promised to get rid of what he described as the city’s "slums," activated hundreds of National Guard members to patrol D.C. streets and told Attorney General Pam Bondi she had control of the city's police