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White House trade adviser Peter Navarro is pictured before participating in an interview outside the White House, Thursday, April 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump team tries to project confidence and calm after his tariff moves rattled markets

White House advisers and Cabinet members are trying to project confidence and calm as they defend President Donald Trump’s economic policies after another week of reeling markets that saw the Republican administration reverse course on some of its steepest tariffs.
 
The Harry S. Truman Building, headquarters for the State Department, is seen in Washington, March 9, 2009. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

State Department wants staff to report instances of alleged anti-Christian bias during Biden’s term

 
President Donald Trump, right, meets with El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele during the United Nations General Assembly, Sept. 25, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

A key ally in Trump’s migrant crackdown is coming for a visit. What might El Salvador’s Bukele get?

 
The report on President Donald Trump's health after his physical on April 11, 2025, at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, released by the White House on behalf of his physician Navy Capt. Sean Barbabella, is photographed Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

Trump is ‘fully fit’ to serve as commander in chief, his doctor says after recent physical

 
President Donald Trump holds a signed executive order during an event in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump goes with his gut and the world goes along for the ride

 

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Judge Jefferson Griffin, the Republican candidate for the N.C. Supreme Court listens to testimony in Wake County Superior Court on Friday, February 7, 2025 in Raleigh, N.C. (Robert Willett/The News & Observer via AP, File)

Judge Jefferson Griffin, the Republican candidate for the N.C. Supreme Court listens to testimony in Wake County Superior Court on Friday, February 7, 2025 in Raleigh, N.C. (Robert Willett/The News & Observer via AP, File)

North Carolina Supreme Court rules most challenged ballots must stay in election count

North Carolina’s Supreme Court has ruled that tens of thousands of cast ballots challenged by the trailing candidate in November’s election for a seat on the court must remain in the election count.
 
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Court directive to notify voters in close North Carolina election blocked for now

 

North Carolina judges side with Republican colleague in close Supreme Court election

 
This detail from a photograph obtained by The Associated Press shows Jefferson Griffin among dozens of other Kappa Alpha fraternity members wearing Confederate military uniforms in the early 2000s, when Griffin was a student at the University of North Carolina. (AP Photo)

North Carolina judge challenging outcome of race wore Confederate uniform in college photo

 

  1. North Carolina appeals judges hear arguments in unresolved court election

  2. A still-unresolved North Carolina court election is back before judges next week

Trump asked by reporters on Air Force One about semiconductor tariffs, Palm Sunday strike on Ukraine

U.S. President Donald Trump said tariffs on semiconductors will be implemented “in the not distant future”.
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US deports another 10 alleged members of the Tren de Aragua and MS13 gangs to El Salvador

Participants from around the world showcase vision of the future at Osaka Expo

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This is a locator map for Yemen with its capital, Sanaa. (AP Photo)

Suspected US airstrikes kill at least 6 people in Yemen, Houthi rebels say

 

  1. Some top tech leaders have embraced Trump. That’s created a political divide in Silicon Valley

  2. As tariffs put trade between China and the US in peril, Chinese businesses ponder the future

  3. Picture of Trump after the assassination attempt displaces Obama portrait at the White House

Congress

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., speaks during a hearing of the House Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, April 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

How a fight over proxy voting for new parents upended the US House

 

  1. Now that they’ve passed a budget plan, the hard part begins for Republicans

  2. House approves budget framework for Trump’s ‘big’ bill after intense wrangling sways GOP holdouts

  3. Republican-led House passes bill to limit nationwide orders from federal district judges

Supreme Court

Jennifer Vasquez Sura, the wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia of Maryland, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, speaks during a news conference at CASA's Multicultural Center in Hyattsville, Md., April 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, file)

US still won’t say whether it will return mistakenly deported man, despite Supreme Court decision

 

  1. An emboldened anti-abortion faction wants women who have abortions to face criminal charges

  2. ‘Extremely troubling’ that US can’t provide details on mistakenly deported man, judge says

  3. California man arrested near Justice Kavanaugh’s home with a gun pleads guilty to attempted murder

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President Donald Trump gestures to reporters as he walks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

President Trump says CBS and ’60 Minutes’ should ‘pay a big price’ for going after him

 
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is escorted to her car by Ron Duguay after leaving the courthouse in New York, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, after she told a jury she felt like she was at the mercy of a "Goliath" when she first learned a 2017 New York Times editorial suggested her campaign rhetoric helped incite a mass shooting. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Retrial opens for Sarah Palin’s libel suit against The New York Times

 
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks during a news conference at the governor's official residence about a suspected arson fire that forced him, his family and guests to flee in the middle of the night on the Jewish holiday of Passover, Sunday, April 13, 2025, in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Marc Levy)

What to know about Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and the alleged arson at his official residence

 
From front left, Tulip Siddiq, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Russian President Vladimir Putin attend a signing ceremony in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Jan. 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel, Pool, File)

Bangladesh court issues arrest warrant for British MP linked to ex-premier Sheikh Hasina

 
Incumbent presidential candidate Daniel Noboa holds his children's hands after voting in the election runoff in Olon, Ecuador, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo)

What to know about Ecuador’s reelected President Noboa and his plans to fight crime

 
Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during a bilateral meeting with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, unseen, at Diaoyutai Guest House in Beijing, China, Friday, April 11, 2025. (Andres Martinez Casares/Pool Photo via AP)

China’s Xi says there are ‘no winners’ in a tariff war as he visits Southeast Asia

 
Leader of the Hungarian opposition Tisza Party Peter Magyar speaks to supporters before the results of the party's public survey entitled 'Voice of the Nation' is announced in Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (Zoltan Balogh/MTI via AP)

Hungarian opposition leader tells supporters he will restore Western alliances if he defeats Orbán

 
This photo released by the official Syrian news agency SANA, shows United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, right, welcoming Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (SANA via AP)

Syria’s new leader makes his first visit to the United Arab Emirates

 

Gabon’s coup leader Oligui Nguema elected president with 90% of votes cast, provisional results show

 

Wisconsin teen charged in parents’ deaths is accused of plotting to kill Trump

 
Exiled Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu gives an interview to The Associated Press in Tienen, Belgium on Friday, March 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Tanzania’s main opposition party faces election ban after leader is charged with treason

 
Participants sing Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" on the opening day of Osaka Expo 2025 in Osaka, western Japan, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

Osaka Expo opens in Japan offering a vision of the future. Here’s what to know

 
M23 rebels patrol the streets of Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)

At least 50 people killed in east Congo as government and Rwanda-backed rebels trade blame

 
A dead body lies on the ground after a Russian missile strike on Sumy, Ukraine, Sunday April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Volodymyr Hordiienko)

Russian missiles hit Ukrainian city of Sumy during Palm Sunday celebrations, killing more than 30

 
Australian Liberal Party and opposition leader Peter Dutton waves after speaking during his party's campaign launch ahead of the May 3 federal election in western Sydney, Australia, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

Australian political leaders launch election campaigns focused on first-time homeowners

 
Voters queue up outside a polling station to cast their votes for the presidential elections in Liberville, Gabon, Saturday, April 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Betines Makosso)

Gabon’s coup leader Oligui Nguema elected president with 90% of votes cast, provisional results show

 
Waving EU and party flags Hungarian demonstrators protest against a law that effectively bans LGBTQ+ Pride events and restricts the right to assembly in the downtown of Budapest, Hungary, Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (Zoltan Mathe/MTI via AP)

As Hungary votes on amendment to ban LGBTQ+ Pride, what does it mean for other basic rights?

 

British parliamentarian refused entry to Hong Kong

 
Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa addresses supporters after early returns show him in the lead in the presidential election runoff at his family home in Olon, Ecuador, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Daniel Noboa is reelected Ecuador’s president by voters weary of crime

 
Wellspring Health Access, Wyoming's only abortion clinic, is seen Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in Casper, Wyo. (AP Photo/Mead Gruver)

New laws complicate Wyoming’s abortion situation as bans set to be argued in state Supreme Court

 
Virginia Del. Destiny LeVere Bolling stands on the floor of the Virginia House of Delegates in Richmond, Va., during the 2025 legislative session on Jan. 13, 2025. (Amanda Maglione via AP, File)

As Congress tables proxy voting, state lawmakers seek solutions for parents who serve in office

 
President Donald Trump, right, attends a mixed martial arts fight at UFC 314, Saturday, April 12, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Trump sits cageside at Miami UFC event in his latest appearance at a sports event

 
Kari Lake speaks to supporters at a campaign event, Sept. 4, 2024, in Mesa, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

America’s news TV channel for the Mideast fires its staff after funding cuts

 
This is a locator map for Sudan with its capital, Khartoum. (AP Photo)

Attacks on famine-hit camps in Sudan’s Darfur leave at least 100 people dead, UN official says

 
Elon Musk attends the finals for the NCAA wrestling championship, Saturday, March 22, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, file)

Judge relaxes ban on DOGE access to sensitive US Treasury information

 
Mother and brother cry at the coffin of Ukrainian soldier Oleksandr Samoilovich, 18, of 1st Separate Assault Regiment of Dmytro Kotsiubailo, during farewell ceremony in Slavuta, Ukraine, Friday, April 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Anna Donets)

Russia and Ukraine accuse each other of failing to pause strikes after US envoy leaves Moscow

 

Trump administration excludes electronics like smartphones and laptops from ‘reciprocal’ tariffs

 

Iran and US envoys ‘briefly spoke in the presence of the Omani foreign minister’ at end of talks, Iran state TV reports

 
Protesters condemn Israel's actions in the Gaza Strip, at a rally in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, April 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

Some 100,000 rally against Israel in Bangladesh’s capital

 
Poles dance the Polonaise in a patriotic demonstration celebrating 1,000 years since the coronation of the first Polish king, Saturday, April 12, 2025, in Warsaw, Poland. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Polish conservatives use a patriotic celebration to rally behind their presidential candidate

 
Democratic Gov. Janet Mills delivers her State of the State address, Jan. 30, 2024, at the State House in Augusta, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Trump administration ordered to unfreeze funding in dispute with Maine over transgender students

 
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks during a confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

Democrats dislike the ‘chaos’ of Trump’s trade war but are OK with some tariffs

 
Visitors walk up and down the steps of the William McKinley Memorial on Wednesday, March 26, 2025 in Canton, Ohio. (AP Photo/Patrick Aftoora-Orsagos)

Take a trip to Ohio to learn about William McKinley, Trump’s much-admired Gilded Age president