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FILE - President Donald Trump, left, shakes hands with Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen, right, as Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, center, watches at a security agreement signing ceremony during the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026, at the UN headquarters. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

Trump’s push to acquire Greenland almost broke NATO. The winner of it all may be ... Greenland

Read full article: Trump’s push to acquire Greenland almost broke NATO. The winner of it all may be ... Greenland

In the end, it was all kisses and laughter as President Donald Trump hailed his “fantastic” relationship with Denmark and Greenland.

FILE - The OpenAI logo is displayed on a cellphone with an image on a computer monitor generated by ChatGPT's Dall-E text-to-image model, Dec. 8, 2023, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

US diplomats told to use term ‘super intelligence’ not ‘artificial intelligence’ after Trump's call

Read full article: US diplomats told to use term ‘super intelligence’ not ‘artificial intelligence’ after Trump's call

The State Department is ordering diplomats in its international organizations bureau to use the term “super intelligence” instead of “artificial intelligence” in all communications following President Donald Trump’s attempt to rebrand the technology.

Work continues on the construction of the ballroom at the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Preservation group launches legal defense fund as it battles Trump over ballroom and other projects

Read full article: Preservation group launches legal defense fund as it battles Trump over ballroom and other projects

The National Trust for Historic Preservation has been at the forefront of efforts to halt President Donald Trump’s massive White House ballroom project.

FILE - Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, arrives at the Capitol in Washington on June 17, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Maine Dems hammer Collins over report of pay-to-play probe. GOP senator calls it 'completely false'

Read full article: Maine Dems hammer Collins over report of pay-to-play probe. GOP senator calls it 'completely false'

Maine Democrats are calling for Republican Sen. Susan Collins to account for a report that alleged she was the target of a federal investigation over campaign contributions.

The E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Federal Courthouse, is seen Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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Judge hears arguments without immediately ruling in lawsuit over White House ban on 3 news outlets

Read full article: Judge hears arguments without immediately ruling in lawsuit over White House ban on 3 news outlets

A federal judge weighing President Donald Trump’s ban of three news outlets from White House grounds expressed some skepticism Wednesday in response to the government’s defense of the move.

ADDS NAMES - Victims of Jeffrey Epstein sit in the front row, from left, Liz Stein, Dani Bensky, Sky Roberts, brother of a victim, Amanda Roberts, sister-in-law of a victim and Lara Blume McGee, as Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Texas state Rep. James Talarico speaks during an event in Dallas, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Billionaire's political contributions make the Epstein files a focus of Ohio's US Senate race

Read full article: Billionaire's political contributions make the Epstein files a focus of Ohio's US Senate race

Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's relationship to the rich and powerful has surfaced in congressional contests across the country.

FILE - An FBI seal is displayed on a podium before a news conference at the field office in Portland, Ore., Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

FBI investigates hackers' claim to have stolen sensitive employee data, compromised jobs website

Read full article: FBI investigates hackers' claim to have stolen sensitive employee data, compromised jobs website

The FBI says it is investigating a criminal hacking group’s claims that it had stolen “very sensitive data” belonging to thousands of agents and applicants and that it had compromised the bureau’s jobs website.

Former Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, who is running for U.S. Senate, holds hands with a woman following a campaign event at St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church in Goldsboro, N.C., on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)

Republicans say Democrats are extremists. These Democrats want to convince voters that's not true

Read full article: Republicans say Democrats are extremists. These Democrats want to convince voters that's not true

Democrats are trying to win back Congress by criticizing their own party to appeal to voters in more conservative areas.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., walks onto the stage during a Get Out the Vote campaign event supporting Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey in Boston, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell)

Sen. Bernie Sanders unveils bill to ban artificial superintelligence and create Department of AI

Read full article: Sen. Bernie Sanders unveils bill to ban artificial superintelligence and create Department of AI

Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Greg Casar are introducing legislation that would ban artificial superintelligence, pause development of advanced AI systems and create a new Department of Artificial Intelligence.

An individual watches a protester scale a light pole and unfurl a banner to protest the upcoming State Visit by China's President Xi Jinping, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)

Taiwan is watching closely as Xi and Trump meet and hopes US will keep up its arms sales

Read full article: Taiwan is watching closely as Xi and Trump meet and hopes US will keep up its arms sales

Taiwan is expressing confidence that U.S. arms sales to the island will continue despite China's pressure as China’s Xi Jinping arrives in Washington to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump.

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Florida’s Amendment 3 could change property taxes. Here’s what voters need to know

Read full article: Florida’s Amendment 3 could change property taxes. Here’s what voters need to know

Florida voters will decide this November whether to make significant changes to how property taxes are calculated for homeowners and other property owners across the state. News 6 and the News Collaborative of Central Florida are bringing that conversation directly to Central Floridians.

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk with China's President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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China's Xi arrives in Washington, kicking off his state visit with rare planeside welcome from Trump

Read full article: China's Xi arrives in Washington, kicking off his state visit with rare planeside welcome from Trump

Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in Washington, where he was met with a rare planeside greeting from President Donald Trump, who was there to welcome his counterpart on the tarmac instead of waiting for him to drive up to the White House.

This photo taken with a smartphone shows Steve Perry, of Kansas City, holding a sign in opposition to Missouris congressional redistricting plan on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026, outside the state Capitol, in Jefferson City, Mo. (AP Photo/David A. Lieb)

Trump-backed Missouri congressional map returns to the Supreme Court for the third time

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The fight over Missouri's congressional map has returned to the U.S. Supreme Court for the third time.

Voters cast their ballots on the first day of early voting in Minnesota at the Elections & Voter Services building, Friday, Sept. 18, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Ellen Schmidt)

Administration's focus on noncitizen voting has led to 160 arrests. Experts say that shows it's rare

Read full article: Administration's focus on noncitizen voting has led to 160 arrests. Experts say that shows it's rare

A Homeland Security official says the Trump administration’s whole-of-government effort to find and prosecute noncitizens illegally on state voter rolls has resulted in about 1,600 voter fraud cases.

A sign in support of news outlets is seen at the White House press room, Sept. 19, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

‘You should not be here,' Trump tells CNN at UN as standoff with media outlets persists

Read full article: ‘You should not be here,' Trump tells CNN at UN as standoff with media outlets persists

A tense moment between President Donald Trump and CNN's Kaitlan Collins is a stark reminder of how the conflict between the administration and some news outlets has escalated in just a few days.

FILE - Delivery vans are parked during a protest staged as part of a countrywide National Day of Action Tuesday, July 28, 2026, outside the main United States Postal Service headquarters in northeast Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

US Justice Department charges Utah postal worker with dumping mail ballots in trash during primary

Read full article: US Justice Department charges Utah postal worker with dumping mail ballots in trash during primary

The Justice Department says a U.S. Postal Service letter carrier in Utah threw out more than 300 mail ballots that were being sent to voters for the state’s June primary.

McKenna West, center, walks in a hallway before a court hearing in Dallas, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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US Supreme Court won’t intervene in custody dispute between California couple and surrogate

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The U.S. Supreme Court won't intervene in a custody dispute over a 5-week-old child who was born in Texas after a surrogate refused a California couple’s wishes to have an abortion.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks to media after his meeting with President Donald Trump, Monday, Sept. 21, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)
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Republicans want to turn Mamdani into a bogeyman for the midterms. Trump just made that harder

Read full article: Republicans want to turn Mamdani into a bogeyman for the midterms. Trump just made that harder

President Donald Trump has surprised many by showing support for New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a well-known democratic socialist.

Yufang Rong, wife of U.S. citizen Youlin Chen, who she says has been wrongfully detained in China, holds a photograph of him as seen on a website about detainees on her phone, during an interview, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Wife of detained Chinese American scientist hopes Trump brings up his case in Xi summit

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The wife of a detained Chinese American seismologist hopes President Donald Trump can help bring home her husband, Youlin Chen.

FILE - Children play during aftercare for the Head Start program at Easterseals South Florida, Jan. 29, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)
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Judge strikes down a Trump policy barring some immigrants from Head Start preschools

Read full article: Judge strikes down a Trump policy barring some immigrants from Head Start preschools

A federal judge has struck down a Trump administration directive that would have barred some immigrants from accessing Head Start preschools, plus other federal programs.

United States President Donald Trump speaks during the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

The Latest: Trump says US and Iran met for 3 hours after his threat during United Nations speech

Read full article: The Latest: Trump says US and Iran met for 3 hours after his threat during United Nations speech

President Donald Trump said U.S. and Iranian officials have met, shortly after he threatened in his address to the U.N. General Assembly that he may “annihilate” the Islamic Republic if a deal isn’t reached soon to end nearly seven-month war.

FILE - Donald Trump Jr., speaks with his wife Bettina, left, as they wait for President Donald Trump to deliver remarks to U.S. embassy staff at Deerfield Residence in Dublin, Sept. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

GOP Sen. John Curtis calls for probe of Trump Jr. after wedding party bankrolled by Russian oligarch

Read full article: GOP Sen. John Curtis calls for probe of Trump Jr. after wedding party bankrolled by Russian oligarch

Republican Sen. John Curtis of Utah wants the Senate Judiciary Committee to investigate and subpoena Donald Trump Jr. after his wedding party was partially bankrolled by a Russian oligarch.

Senatorial candidate Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, left, and former Vice-President Kamala Harris participate in a roundtable discussion about reproductive health at Birth Detroit, in Detroit, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026. (David Guralnick/Detroit News via AP, Pool)

Kamala Harris says midterms could be 'stopgap' on Trump and urges Dem unity for El-Sayed in Michigan

Read full article: Kamala Harris says midterms could be 'stopgap' on Trump and urges Dem unity for El-Sayed in Michigan

Former Vice President Kamala Harris says the midterm elections offer a potential “stopgap” halfway through Donald Trump’s turbulent second presidency.

Oleksii, a Ukrainian war veteran, clears broken glass inside an apartment building damaged by a Russian drone strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
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Trump suggests a Ukraine deal on Russia's war could be close while meeting with Zelenskyy

Read full article: Trump suggests a Ukraine deal on Russia's war could be close while meeting with Zelenskyy

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with U.S. President Donald Trump at the U.N. General Assembly in New York and expressed hope that the U.S. would help to end Russia's war in Ukraine.

FILE - President Donald Trump, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping tour the Forbidden City, Nov. 8, 2017, in Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
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Trump and Xi see tensions flare over AI, trade and Iran but still seek stability

Read full article: Trump and Xi see tensions flare over AI, trade and Iran but still seek stability

U.S. President Donald Trump is hosting Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Washington this week as economic and tech competition escalates between the two countries.

President Donald Trump speaks to the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026, at the UN headquarters. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump says US and Iranian officials met Tuesday, shortly after warning he may 'annihilate' Iran

Read full article: Trump says US and Iranian officials met Tuesday, shortly after warning he may 'annihilate' Iran

President Donald Trump says U.S. and Iranian officials met for about three hours Tuesday, shortly after he threatened in his address to the U.N. General Assembly that he may “annihilate” the Islamic Republic if a deal isn’t reached soon to end the nearly seven-month war.