National News

News > National News

Allen Sather and his wife Kimberley embrace at the duplex they rent on W. Indian Trail Rd. after it burned in a wildfire in Spokane, Wash., Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Young Kwak)

Washington state fires destroy hundreds of structures and force Spokane-area residents to evacuate

5:18 AM on Monday, August 3

Light winds and lower temperatures are in the forecast to help firefighters with wildfires in eastern Washington state that have forced the evacuation of 60,000 people in the Spokane area

President Donald Trump carries an umbrella as he exits Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026, on return to Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

The Latest: Blanche rescinds fund for Trump allies after senators threaten to block his AG bid

5:10 AM on Monday, August 3

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has put it in writing, issuing a formal order terminating President Donald Trump’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund” to compensate his political allies

A worker drives a forklift at the Phoenix Tailings refinery Wednesday, July 22, 2026, in Exeter, N.H. (AP Photo/Rodrique Ngowi)

US faces new pressure to build weapons without China's rare earth magnets

4:09 AM on Monday, August 3

A group of young scientists and entrepreneurs started a backyard lab in Boston in 2018 to find a cleaner metal-refining method

FILE - Students help put away supplies at the end of a reading and writing lesson at the Head Start program run by Easterseals, an organization that gets about a third of its funding from the federal government, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Trump overhaul could gut Head Start preschool standards, leaving states to set the rules

3:39 AM on Monday, August 3

President Donald Trump's administration is planning a major overhaul of the Head Start program

FILE - Ariana Grande arrives at the 31st Annual Critics Choice Awards on Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026, at The Barker Hanger in Santa Monica, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Ariana Grande withdraws from a London musical and will take a break from the public eye

3:17 AM on Monday, August 3

Ariana Grande has pulled out of an upcoming stage musical in London

A woman waves an Iranina flag next to a billboard showing a graphic of a man wearing a shirt showing the face of late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed during a joint U.S. and Israeli strike on Feb. 28, with words calling upon the avengers of Imam Hussein, one of Shiite Islam's most beloved historical saints, in a square in downtown Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) CORRECTS: Amends wording for clarity.

Trump says talks on Iran war will begin on Monday after he holds off on 'massive' strikes

2:49 AM on Monday, August 3

President Donald Trump has announced new talks to wind down the war in Iran, starting Monday afternoon

Photos show destruction from wildfires in Greece as blazes take hold in Europe and parts of the US

2:38 AM on Monday, August 3

Russia fires glide bombs at a southern Ukraine city, killing 1 and wounding dozens

2:33 AM on Monday, August 3

Russian planes have dropped eight powerful glide bombs on a city in southern Ukraine, killing one person and wounding dozens, according to the regional chief

Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meets evacuees as she visits an evacuation center in Hikawa, southern Japan, Monday, Aug. 3, 2026. (Japan Pool/Kyodo News via AP)

Prime minister visits quake-hit southern Japan as cleanup begins in intense heat

2:02 AM on Monday, August 3

Residents of Japan’s quake-hit southwestern prefecture of Kumamoto are working to clear their homes in intense heat, as Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi briefly visited Kumamoto Prefecture on Monday for the first time since a magnitude 7.1 quake hit Japan’s southern main island of Kyushu last Tuesday

FILE - U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Commander, Admiral Samuel Paparo, gestures during a press conference at the Philippine Military Academy in Baguio, northern Philippines, Aug. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)

Top US admiral warns against coercion, says no nation will dominate Indo-Pacific

1:57 AM on Monday, August 3

The U.S. Pacific Command chief, Admiral Samuel Paparo, is warning that coercive actions by China and others are challenging regional stability in the Indo-Pacific

A volunteer firefighter observs a flame rising next to a house during a wildfire near Porto Germeno, northwest of Athens, Greece, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Varaklas)

Greek wildfires halted after deadly helicopter crash; French evacuees returning home

10:50 PM on Sunday, August 2

Water-dropping planes swooped over a major wildfire west of Athens, a day after a midair collision between two firefighting helicopters killed two crew members

The top photos of the day by AP photojournalists

9:59 PM on Sunday, August 2

In this photo released by Myanmar President Office on Monday, Aug. 3, 2026, Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, left, shakes hands with Arnaud de Baecque, resident representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross, during their meeting in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. (Myanmar President Office via AP)

Myanmar's detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has rare meeting with International Red Cross

9:58 PM on Sunday, August 2

Myanmar’s military government says detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has met with the International Committee of the Red Cross’ representative in the capital on Monday in a rare moment of contact with the outside world

A person walks past an electronic board showing Japan's Nikkei index and U.S. dollar and Japanese yen exchange rate at a securities firm in Tokyo Monday, Aug. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Wall Street gains, oil prices tumble after Trump says he'll order forces to ease up on Iran attacks

9:22 PM on Sunday, August 2

U.S. markets were poised to open with gains and oil prices fell sharply after President Donald Trump said he would order U.S. forces to refrain from attacks against Iran and that a deal to end the fighting was near

Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive candidate in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Michigan, walks from Anthology Coffee to the Spirit of Detroit during the March of the Many, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

El-Sayed and Stevens make final Democratic Senate primary push in Michigan churches, union halls

9:10 PM on Sunday, August 2

The two Democrats running for U.S. Senate in Michigan spent one of their final days campaigning in Detroit-area churches and union halls

A person walks past an electronic board showing the U.S. dollar and Japanese yen exchange rate at a securities firm in Tokyo on Monday, Aug. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

US dollar weakens sharply against the Japanese yen after market interventions

6:50 PM on Sunday, August 2

The U.S. dollar has weakened sharply against the Japanese yen after U.S. President Donald Trump and Japan's finance minister confirmed both sides had intervened in markets

Kimberley Sather stands at the duplex she rents on W. Indian Trail Rd. after it burned in a wildfire in Spokane, Wash., Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Young Kwak)

Fires near Spokane, Washington, have burned 600 structures and forced 60,000 evacuations

9:02 AM on Sunday, August 2

Authorities say wildfires in eastern Washington state forced the evacuation of 60,000 people in the Spokane area, including patients at its U.S. Veterans Affairs hospital, while destroying at least 600 homes, businesses and other structures

‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ nets second best North American opening ever with $355 million

8:09 AM on Sunday, August 2

“Spider-Man: Brand New Day” has made box office history in its first weekend, becoming the second-biggest North American opening ever with $355 million in ticket sales

Highlights from the Women’s British Open, in photos

7:09 AM on Saturday, August 1

Today in History: August 3, deadly Walmart shooting in El Paso

8:30 AM on Monday, July 13

1 2 3 4 5 ... Last