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United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio disembarks his plane at Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata, India, Saturday, May 23, 2026. Julia Demaree Nikhinson/Pool AP hide caption …

President Trump’s week included high highs, with major election wins in his test of Republican loyalty, and low lows as he attacked Congressional allies and faced legislative defeat.

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An abortion-rights activist holds a box of mifepristone pills as demonstrators from both anti-abortion and abortion-rights groups rally outside the Supreme Court on March 26, 2024. Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/AP hide caption …

Congressional Republicans hoped to pass a bill to fund ICE for three years by the end of this week, but that plan faltered over disagreements with President Trump. JUANA SUMMERS, …

An architect’s rendering of the proposed arch, with the Memorial Bridge to the right and the entrance to Arlington Cemetery on the left, on display at the Fine Arts Commission …

Campaign signs sit next to a road in Rockport, Maine. Graham Platner is expected to be the Democratic nominee and would face off against incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins in …

Spencer Pratt speaks during an appearance on “Fox & Friends” at Fox News headquarters on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP) Andy Kropa/AP/Invision hide caption …

Lacey Beaty, mayor of Beaverton, Ore., represented one of the U.S. cities that recently joined the Pact of Free Cities for its recent meeting in Bratislava, Slovakia. In the background …

President Trump’s settlement over the leak of his tax returns frees him and his company from any past IRS problems. Critics say that gives him a sweeping free pass from …