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Nine people have pleaded not guilty to felony charges brought forth in a rural Texas county by Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton as part of a widening elections investigation

6:44 PM on Wednesday, August 13

The governor of New Mexico has declared a state of emergency in response to violent crime and drug trafficking across a swath of northern New Mexico, including two Native American pueblo communities

6:37 PM on Wednesday, August 13

A federal judge in San Francisco is weighing whether the Trump administration violated federal law by sending National Guard troops to accompany federal agents on immigration raids in Southern California

6:17 PM on Wednesday, August 13

New York’s attorney general has sued the parent company of the Zelle payment platform, months after the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau abandoned a similar case under the Trump administration

5:07 PM on Wednesday, August 13

U.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly said during his successful election campaign he could end the war in Ukraine “in 24 hours” upon taking office

4:04 PM on Wednesday, August 13

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore millions in National Science Foundation grants to UCLA

3:39 PM on Wednesday, August 13

The U.N. Security Council has rejected plans by Sudan’s paramilitary group to establish a rival government in areas it controls

3:29 PM on Wednesday, August 13

Mexico says it sent 26 alleged cartel figures to the United States at the request of the Trump administration and to prevent these individuals from running their illicit businesses from Mexican prisons

3:16 PM on Wednesday, August 13

The White House says Attorney General Pam Bondi is effectively in charge of Washington D

3:00 PM on Wednesday, August 13

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has mocked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s offer to help with Iran’s water crisis

2:26 PM on Wednesday, August 13

Colombians have bid farewell to senator and presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe Turbay, who died this week more than two months after being shot during a political rally

1:09 PM on Wednesday, August 13

A judge is considering why it was necessary for the Trump administration to sue Maryland's entire federal bench over an order stopping the immediate deportation of immigrants challenging their removals

12:33 PM on Wednesday, August 13

A divided panel of appeals court judges says the Trump administration can suspend or terminate billions of dollars of congressionally appropriated funding for foreign aid

12:04 PM on Wednesday, August 13

President Donald Trump's meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin is set for a military base in Alaska that was crucial to countering the Soviet Union during the height of Cold War and still plays a role today

11:48 AM on Wednesday, August 13

Russian authorities have announced partial restrictions on calls in messaging apps Telegram and WhatsApp

9:15 AM on Wednesday, August 13

A boat carrying nearly 100 migrants capsized off the Italian island of Lampedusa, killing at least 26 people

8:24 AM on Wednesday, August 13

The top diplomats of Britain, France, and Germany are threatening to reimpose sanctions on Iran

6:59 AM on Wednesday, August 13

Nations are crafting the first global, legally binding treaty on plastics pollution

3:07 AM on Wednesday, August 13

President Donald Trump says there will be “very severe consequences” if Russian President Vladimir Putin does not agree to stop the war against Ukraine after the two leaders meet for a summit later this week in Alaska