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8:52 PM on Thursday, December 4

First lady Melania Trump has lit the National Christmas Tree on a chilly night in the nation’s capital

7:52 PM on Thursday, December 4

U.S. Southern Command says it has conducted another strike against a small boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean, following a pause of almost three weeks

6:55 PM on Thursday, December 4

Democratic Governor Tim Walz has denounced former President Donald Trump for his comments about Minnesota’s Somali community

6:43 PM on Thursday, December 4

A U.S. District Court decision to end the deployment of National Guard members to Washington, D.C., is on hold

6:29 PM on Thursday, December 4

The Justice Department has failed to secure a new indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James after a judge dismissed the previous mortgage fraud prosecution encouraged by President Donald Trump

6:27 PM on Thursday, December 4

Grand jury rejects new mortgage fraud indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James, AP source says

6:06 PM on Thursday, December 4

The Supreme Court is allowing the challenged Texas congressional redistricting plan to be used in next year’s election, despite a lower-court ruling that the map likely discriminates on the basis of race

5:59 PM on Thursday, December 4

A Missouri appeals court panel has ordered new wording for a ballot measure seeking to roll back abortion rights in the state

4:00 PM on Thursday, December 4

A special congressional election in Tennessee this week highlights the power and consequences of partisan gerrymandering

2:19 PM on Thursday, December 4

In the Ecuadorian Andes, young Otavalo Indigenous people are using anime to inspire pride in their culture and language

12:57 PM on Thursday, December 4

Creative director Dario Vitale is leaving Italian fashion brand Versace only eight months after he was appointed, the company said in a statement Thursday

8:43 AM on Thursday, December 4

U.S. applications for unemployment benefits fell to their lowest level in more than three years last week, potentially complicating the Federal Reserve’s upcoming decision on interest rates

8:28 AM on Thursday, December 4

The FBI has arrested a man accused of placing two pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national parties in Washington on the eve of the U.S. Capitol attack

6:03 AM on Thursday, December 4

From the election of Zohran Mamdani to the intrigue surrounding the jewel heist at the Louvre, keeping up with this year’s news also left some Americans struggling with pronunciations

3:07 AM on Thursday, December 4

President Donald Trump praised the leaders of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda for their courage as they signed onto a deal aimed at ending the conflict in eastern Congo

3:07 AM on Thursday, December 4

At least four countries have announced they are pulling out of next year’s Eurovision Song Contest

12:16 AM on Thursday, December 4

The attorney for two teams suing NASCAR has described series chairman Jim France as a "brick wall" in negotiations over a new revenue-sharing model

12:03 AM on Thursday, December 4

Minutes after police approached Luigi Mangione in a Pennsylvania McDonald’s, he told an officer he didn’t want to talk

12:02 AM on Thursday, December 4

New York Attorney General Letitia James is challenging the authority of an acting U.S. attorney in Albany who is investigating her

12:01 AM on Thursday, December 4

A Navy admiral has told lawmakers that there was no “kill them all” order from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in the boat attack in the Caribbean, but the video of survivors being killed has alarmed lawmakers, That disclosure Thursday comes as Congress scrutinizes an attack on an alleged drug boat in international waters near Venezuela