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A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility, at top left, is seen on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

FACT FOCUS: Trump paints a grim portrait of Portland. The story on the ground is much less extreme

9:11 PM on Thursday, October 9

President Donald Trump and his administration have described Portland, Oregon, as a city under siege by antifa, labeling it a war zone

People take part in a youth-led protest against corruption and calling for education and healthcare reforms, in Rabat, Morocco, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Protesters rally across Morocco in final push for reforms before king's expected address

7:53 PM on Thursday, October 9

Youth-led protesters in Morocco returned to the streets on Thursday to flex their strength a day before King Mohammed VI is expected to address their grievances in an annual speech at parliament

FILE - Dominion Voting ballot counting machines are lined up at a Torrance County warehouse during a testing of election equipment in Estancia, N.M., Sept. 29, 2022.(AP Photo/Andres Leighton, File)

Former Republican election official buys Dominion Voting — a target of 2020 conspiracy theories

7:25 PM on Thursday, October 9

Voting equipment company Dominion Voting Systems, a target of false conspiracy theories since the 2020 election, has been bought by a firm run by a former Republican elections official

Judge blocks National Guard deployment in Illinois for two weeks

7:19 PM on Thursday, October 9

Judge blocks National Guard deployment in Illinois for two weeks

U.S. Capitol Police monitor the perimeter of the Capitol on the ninth day of the government shutdown, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025 in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)

Most states with National Guard troops in DC plan to withdraw this fall

6:18 PM on Thursday, October 9

More than half the states contributing National Guard troops to President Trump's federal law enforcement initiative in Washington, D.C., have set target dates for withdrawal later this fall

FILE - A haul truck is seen after being loaded with coal by a mechanized shovel at the Spring Creek mine, in this Nov. 15, 2016 photo, near Decker, Mont. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)

Republicans vote to roll back Biden-era restrictions on mining and drilling in 3 Western states

5:45 PM on Thursday, October 9

Senate Republicans have voted to roll back restrictions on mining and drilling in federal land in three Western states

President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025, in Washington, as Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, right, look on. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump sees peace — and personal vindication — within reach in Gaza

4:33 PM on Thursday, October 9

President Donald Trump is celebrating a breakthrough in the two-year conflict in the Middle East, calling it something people said could never be done

A woman shouts as soldiers arrive to clear the Pan-American Highway of demonstrators protesting the elimination of diesel subsidy by President Daniel Noboa's government, in Calderon, Ecuador, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Ecuador's Noboa faces escalating protests over rise in diesel costs

3:02 PM on Thursday, October 9

Ecuador faces intense unrest as striking bus drivers and farmers protest the government's diesel price hike

Pope Leo XIV presides over a Mass for the participants in the jubilee of ordained people in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope meets with Chicago union leaders, urges migrant welcome as crackdown underway in hometown

2:09 PM on Thursday, October 9

Pope Leo XIV has urged labor union leaders from Chicago to advocate for immigrants and welcome minorities into their ranks

FILE - People walk past the National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)

Hail of gunfire interrupts key meeting of Haiti's leaders trying to fend off gangs

2:02 PM on Thursday, October 9

Gunfire has erupted in downtown Port-au-Prince after Haiti’s leaders made the rare and defiant decision to meet at the National Palace to symbolize the retaking of an area long controlled by powerful gangs

FILE - A cyclist crosses a rainbow-painted intersection, Aug. 27, 2025, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, file)

St. Petersburg delays vote on flags for LGBTQ+ and Black communities after DeSantis erases murals

1:04 PM on Thursday, October 9

The Florida city of St. Petersburg, long a bastion of LGBTQ+ rights and mindful of its racially segregated past, is considering approval of two flags recognizing those issues after Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered similar street murals erased because of supposedly political messages

An protester watches police near burning barricades during a protest calling for the president to step down in Antananarivo, Madagascar, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Joe)

Madagascar's Gen Z protesters clash with police as they call for president to step down

12:39 PM on Thursday, October 9

About 1,000 protesters have clashed with police in Madagascar's capital, Antananarivo

Federal enforcement officers stand guard near a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland, Ore., Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

The Latest: New York Attorney General Letitia James is charged with fraud, AP source says

8:44 AM on Thursday, October 9

A grand jury has indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James on a fraud charge, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press

This combo image shows Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Winsome Earle-Sears, left, and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger, right. (AP Photo)

Candidates in Virginia governor's debate clash over shutdown and violent rhetoric

7:06 AM on Thursday, October 9

Republican Winsome Earle-Sears and Democrat Abigail Spanberger have faced off on the debate stage in Virginia’s high-stakes governor's race

Personnel walk inside an immigration processing facility in Broadview, Ill., on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Laura Bargfeld)

Judge blocks National Guard deployment in Illinois for 2 weeks

1:44 AM on Thursday, October 9

A judge has blocked the deployment of National Guard troops in the Chicago area for two weeks, finding no substantial evidence that a “danger of rebellion” is brewing in Illinois

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and the House GOP leadership deliver the Republican message on the government shutdown, now in its ninth day, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senators struggle to find a way forward as government shutdown enters ninth day

12:01 AM on Thursday, October 9

Senators are laboring to find a way to reopen the government but find themselves struggling to overcome a fundamental lack of trust between the two parties

Displaced Palestinians gather on the coastal road near Wadi Gaza after the announcement that Israel and Hamas had agreed to the first phase of a peace plan to pause the fighting, as Israeli tanks block the road leading to Gaza City, in the central Gaza Strip, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

The Latest: Israel and Hamas agree to a ceasefire, release of hostages and prisoners

7:13 PM on Wednesday, October 8

Israel and Hamas have agreed to a pause in their devastating two-year war and the release of Hamas' remaining hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners

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