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FILE - Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear waves to a cheering crowd after his speech during the Ben Nelson Gala Nov. 7, 2025, in Omaha, Neb. (AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz, File)

Democratic governors say the party's midterm strategy must focus on voters' pocketbook concerns

7:23 PM on Sunday, December 7

Democratic governors who met over the weekend in Arizona say the party must focus on affordability in next year's midterm elections

FILE - New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani speaks during a news conference, in the Queens borough of New York, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa, File)

Zohran Mamdani tells immigrant New Yorkers about their right not to comply with ICE

5:40 PM on Sunday, December 7

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani posted a video explaining immigrants' right to refuse to speak to or comply with agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., speaks to reporters following a classified briefing for top congressional lawmakers overseeing national security as they investigate how Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth handled a military strike on a suspected drug smuggling boat and its crew in the Caribbean near Venezuela Sept. 2, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Key GOP senator says he has no objection to releasing video of strike that killed two survivors

3:50 PM on Sunday, December 7

The Republican who leads the Senate Intelligence Committee says a video of a U_S_ military strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean that killed two survivors of the initial attack shows “nothing remarkable."

FILE - Wilma Fuentes yells at Customs and Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino and some of his agents as they walk through a neighborhood during an immigration crackdown, in Kenner, La., Dec. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Records reviewed by AP detail online monitoring, arrests in New Orleans immigration crackdown

1:35 PM on Sunday, December 7

State and federal authorities are monitoring online criticism and protests against the immigration crackdown in New Orleans

FILE - Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, speaks during a hearing of the Homeland Security Subcommittee of the House Committee on Appropriations on Capitol Hill, April 10, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Trump slams pardoned Democratic congressman as 'disloyal' for not switching parties

1:35 PM on Sunday, December 7

President Donald Trump is angry that Rep. Henry Cuellar plans to run for reelection as a Democrat rather than switch parties after the president pardoned the Texas congressman and his wife in a federal bribery and conspiracy case

FILE - Michoacán State Governor Alfredo Ramirez Bedolla, left, and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum attend a presentation of the new security strategy against violence for the state of Michoacan, at the National Palace in Mexico City, Nov. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Claudia Rosel, File)

Death toll rises to 5 after explosion outside a police station in Mexico's Michoacán state

12:50 PM on Sunday, December 7

The number of victims killed in an explosion outside a police station in the western Mexican state of Michoacán over the weekend has risen to five

Police say 2 officers killed in northeast Colombia in explosion blamed on guerrilla

12:19 PM on Sunday, December 7

Two police officers have been killed in northeast Colombia in an attack that authorities blame on the National Liberation Army, a Marxist guerrilla force active since the 1960s

Judge deals setback to Justice Department effort to seek new indictment against Comey

10:50 AM on Sunday, December 7

A federal judge has dealt a setback to Justice Department efforts to seek a new indictment against former FBI Director James Comey

Doris Wilson, a foot soldier who marched from Selma to Montgomery in 1965, sitting, is reunited with Dr. June Finer, the doctor who tended to her throughout the march, in Marion, Ala., Dec. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Safiyah Riddle)

Unseen photos of Rosa Parks return to Montgomery, Alabama, seven decades later

9:04 AM on Sunday, December 7

Newly released photos of Rosa Parks emphasize lesser-known aspects of her legacy

The stage is prepared ahead of the dressed rehearsal of the Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District, by Dmitri Shostakovich, at La Scala Opera House in Milan, Italy, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

La Scala gala crowd cheers premiere of Shostakovich's 'Lady Macbeth' once censored by Stalin

7:19 AM on Sunday, December 7

The gala crowd at Milan's Teatro alla Scala has cheered the season premiere of Dmitry Shostakovich's "Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk" with a 12-minute standing ovation

FILE - Benin's President Patrice Talon attends a meeting with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil, on May 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

Benin is the latest African country to experience a coup. Here is a look at other military takeovers

5:39 AM on Sunday, December 7

Benin has joined a growing list of African countries where military officers have seized power since 2020

Soldiers ride in a military vehicle along a street amid an attempted coup in Cotonou Benin, Sunday Dec. 7, 2025. (AP Photo)

Benin's president condemns a foiled coup bid and says mutineers are 'fleeing'

3:43 AM on Sunday, December 7

Benin President Patrice Talon has condemned an attempted coup that was foiled by the army in his first public comments since sporadic gunfire was heard in parts of the administrative capital, Cotonou

A group of soldiers appear on Benin's state TV announcing the dissolution of the government in an apparent coup

3:38 AM on Sunday, December 7

A group of soldiers appear on Benin's state TV announcing the dissolution of the government in an apparent coup

A mother holds the clenched hand of her daughter, who has not unclenched it in the eight months since fleeing mercenaries in Mali and finding refuge in Douankara, Mauritania, Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Caitlin Kelly)

Takeaways from AP's investigation into Russia's Africa Corps in Mali

12:34 AM on Sunday, December 7

Refugees from Mali have told The Associated Press that a new Russian military unit, Africa Corps, is committing abuses like rapes and beheadings

A mother holds the clenched hand of her daughter, who has not unclenched it in the eight months since fleeing mercenaries in Mali and finding refuge in Douankara, Mauritania, Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Caitlin Kelly)

As Russia's Africa Corps fights in Mali, witnesses describe atrocities from beheadings to rapes

12:21 AM on Sunday, December 7

The Associated Press has spoken to over 30 refugees from Mali who say they witnessed beheadings, rapes and other abuses committed by Africa Corps, a new military unit under Russia's direct command

The charred interior of a nightclub, which caught fire early Sunday, is seen in Arpora, in Goa, India, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025. (AP Photo)

A fire at a popular nightclub in India's Goa state kills 25

9:38 PM on Saturday, December 6

A fire has devastated a popular nightclub in India's Goa state, killing 25 people, including tourists

President Donald Trump speaks at a Kennedy Center Honors reception for recipients Sylvester Stallone, George Strait, Kiss, Gloria Gaynor and Michael Crawford at the State Department, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump awards medals to the Kennedy Center honorees in an Oval Office ceremony

1:51 PM on Saturday, December 6

President Donald Trump has presented medals to the 2025 Kennedy Center honorees during an Oval Office ceremony

Today in History: December 7, Japan attacks Pearl Harbor

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