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FILE - Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk speaks with the media as he arrives for the EU Summit in Brussels, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, file)

Polish leader Tusk claims Russia-linked crypto firm backed Nawrocki's presidential bid

8:12 AM on Friday, April 17

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk claims a cryptocurrency firm with “Russian money” has sponsored politicians from Poland's former government

FILE - An advertisement for prediction market platform Kalshi hangs at 13th and L Streets in northwest Washington, April 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert, File)

Wanna bet? Washington steps up scrutiny of prediction markets

6:42 AM on Friday, April 17

A controversy has erupted over prediction markets such as Polymarket and Kalshi

FILE -The Congo airport terminal building before its opening by Congo president Joseph Kabila in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, June 25, 2015. (AP Photo/John Bompengo, File)

About 15 Latin American deportees from the US arrive in Congo, lawyer says

6:24 AM on Friday, April 17

A U.S. lawyer says around 15 people deported from the United States landed in Congo’s capital Kinshasa in the early hours of Friday

FILE -Two Iranian sailors, center, who were rescued from IRIS Dena warship by Sri Lanka's navy are escorted to a Judicial Medical Officer from the National Hospital, in Galle, Sri Lanka, March 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File)

Sri Lanka sent home 238 Iranian sailors, including survivors of a US torpedo attack

6:17 AM on Friday, April 17

Sri Lanka has sent home 238 Iranian sailors, including 32 who survived a U.S. torpedo attack in the Indian Ocean

FILE -Kosovo Security Forces parade during celebrations to mark the 18th anniversary of independence, in Pristina, Kosovo, Feb. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Laura Hasani, File)

Kosovo to approve troop contribution for Gaza force

6:08 AM on Friday, April 17

The Tiny Balkan nation of Kosovo says it wants to commit dozens of its security troops to an international force for Gaza because its appreciates what NATO-led peacekeepers have done for its own security since the 1998-99 war with Serbia

FILE - Tyler Robinson, who is accused of fatally shooting Charlie Kirk, appears during a hearing in Fourth District Court in Provo, Utah, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025. (Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP, Pool, File)

Cameras in courtrooms stir debate from baby Lindbergh kidnapping to OJ and Charlie Kirk's killing

6:03 AM on Friday, April 17

Cameras in U.S. courtrooms have offered the world a portal into the inner workings of notorious criminal proceedings

Former Bulgarian President Rumen Radev delivers a speech at the closing rally of his campaign, in Sofia, Thursday, April 16, 2026, as Bulgaria heads into an early parliamentary election. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova)

Bulgaria's pro-Russian former president is seen as strong front-runner in Sunday's election

5:09 AM on Friday, April 17

Bulgarians are holding an early election that could bring to power a left-leaning ex-president

Peter Magyar, leader of the election-winning Tisza Party, talks to the media before meeting Hungarian President Tamas Sulyok in the presidential Alexander Palace in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday April 15, 2026. (Robert Hegedus/MTI via AP)

EU officials in Hungary to discuss unlocking billions of euros held while Orbán was in charge

5:00 AM on Friday, April 17

European Union officials are meeting Friday in Budapest with Hungary's incoming leader Péter Magyar's team

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks as Starmer hosts social media industry leaders to discuss child safety online Thursday, April 16, 2026, in London. (Leon Neal/Pool Photo via AP)

Senior British official resigns over Mandelson appointment but Starmer insists he won't go

4:24 AM on Friday, April 17

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has no plans to resign over the appointment of Peter Mandelson as U.K. ambassador to Washington, despite Mandelson failing security checks

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, right, and Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva review troops during a Spain-Brazil summit in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, April 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort)

Brazil's Lula and Sánchez of Spain headline meetings of progressive leaders in Barcelona

3:32 AM on Friday, April 17

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is starting a two-day visit to Spain where he and his Spanish counterpart Pedro Sánchez will meet with other leaders, mostly of mid-to-small-sized countries, who are concerned with the fate of the democratic order and the rise of the populist far right

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and fellow Republicans celebrate GOP tax policies at an event outside the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House extends surveillance powers until April 30 after late-night revolt sinks GOP plan

12:19 AM on Friday, April 17

The House has approved a short-term renewal until April 30 of a controversial surveillance program used by U.S. spy agencies

France's President Emmanuel Macron, left, welcomes British Prime Minister Keir Starmer prior to an international summit to push forward efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, France, Friday, April 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Macron and Starmer hold international summit on reopening the Strait of Hormuz

12:08 AM on Friday, April 17

The leaders of France and the U.K. are holding an international summit to push forward efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a vital oil route affected by the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran

Democrat Jason Esteves, a former Georgia state senator running for governor, speaks to supporters at a campaign event on Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)

Georgia Democrats try to make their move in a jumbled, low-dollar primary for governor

12:01 AM on Friday, April 17

Democrats running for governor in Georgia are scrambling for attention and cash

President Donald Trump speaks outside the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, April 13, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump draws Marie Antoinette comparisons as he leans into the gilded trappings of the presidency

Friday, April 17

President Donald Trump is more overtly leaning into some of the spoils of his office in his second term, drawing comparisons to French Queen Marie Antoinette from political opponents

FILE - Todd Lyons, senior official performing the duties of the director at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, listens during a Senate Homeland Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner, File)

ICE acting director Todd Lyons will resign at end of May, DHS says

9:26 PM on Thursday, April 16

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement acting director Todd Lyons, a key executor of President Donald Trump’s mass deportations agenda, will resign at the end of May, federal officials announced Thursday

FILE - Cam Hamilton, acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, testifies before the House Committee on Appropriations subcommittee on Homeland Security oversight hearing of FEMA on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Trump expected to nominate Cameron Hamilton to lead FEMA after his firing last year

9:04 PM on Thursday, April 16

President Donald Trump has offered Cameron Hamilton the role of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's permanent administrator

Milenko Faria, whose wife, Dr. Rubeliz Bolivar, is in immigration custody, hugs their daughter, Milena, after his asylum interview at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services facility in Tustin, Calif., Thursday, April 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

A Venezuelan doctor in ICE custody misses husband's asylum interview after being detained at airport

5:22 PM on Thursday, April 16

A Venezuelan attends an asylum interview in Southern California while his wife, a doctor, is detained in Texas

President Donald Trump holds a rendering of the proposed new East Wing of the White House as he speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One en route from West Palm Beach, Fla., to Joint Base Andrews, Md., Sunday, March 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump rails against court decision that once again stalls his White House ballroom project

12:11 PM on Thursday, April 16

President Donald Trump has railed against a federal judge’s decision that continues to block above-ground construction of a $400 million White House ballroom

Analilia Mejia smiles as she gestures to supporters after winning New Jersey's 11th Congressional District special election, Thursday, April 16, 2026, in Montclair, N.J. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Progressive Analilia Mejía takes New Jersey US House special election, giving Democrats another win

12:02 AM on Thursday, April 16

New Jersey Democrat Analilia Mejía has won a special election to fill the U.S. House seat that was vacated by Democratic Gov. Mikie Sherrill after she was voted into that office

Crime scene tape is tied around a pole near the site where Lauren Bullis was killed, in Panthersville, Ga., Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (AP Photo/R.J. Rico)

What to know about Atlanta-area attacks that killed 2, including a federal worker

11:13 PM on Wednesday, April 15

A man who served in the U.S. Navy after immigrating from Britain has been charged in a string of deadly attacks in the Atlanta suburbs that quickly drew the attention of President Donald Trump’s administration

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