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President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026, at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

House Democrats add 12 solidly Trump districts to their midterm election target list

4:23 AM on Wednesday, August 5

House Democrats are adding a dozen Republican-held seats to their list of targets for the November midterms

Army Sgt. Hedar Leonel Turcios Juarez holds a picture of himself with with his wife Cristy, who is currently on immigration detention, at home in El Paso, Texas, July 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Ryan Romero)

Takeaways from AP's review of military families detained under Trump's immigration crackdown

4:11 AM on Wednesday, August 5

The immediate family members of U.S. troops have generally not been targets of immigration enforcement

Army Staff Sgt. Alexis Jaramillo poses with a photo of his wife, Maisa Lopes Eliaser, a Brazilian national who is being detained by ICE, before visiting her at the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center in Basile, La., Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Joseph Vidrine)

AP Exclusive: Trump's immigration crackdown has detained more than 50 military spouses and parents

4:09 AM on Wednesday, August 5

An Associated Press investigation reveals that President Donald Trump’s administration has detained dozens of parents and spouses of active-duty U.S. troops

FILE - A jet takes flight as heat ripples radiate from the runway at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, on July 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

Rising temperatures could keep more flights from taking off on time

3:44 AM on Wednesday, August 5

Clear blue skies don’t always mean smooth flying

Dr. Anthony Fauci is sworn in before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee at the Capitol, Wednesday, July 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)

Fauci's decision to invoke the Fifth Amendment tees up a legal debate and a contempt vote

3:38 AM on Wednesday, August 5

Dr. Anthony Fauci’s decision to invoke the Fifth Amendment before Congress will be put to the test this week

Photos show Russian attack on a warehouse in Kyiv

3:09 AM on Wednesday, August 5

Visitors hold umbrellas to avoid sunshine at the Gyeongbok Palace in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Record heat wave impacts people and animals in Japan and Korean Peninsula

2:56 AM on Wednesday, August 5

A record heat wave in Northeast Asia has gripped South Korea, North Korea and Japan

FILE - A worker reacts near a line of humanoid robots displayed at the World AI Conference in Shanghai, Friday, July 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, file)

China announces countermeasures against Washington, including controls on drone exports to the US

2:41 AM on Wednesday, August 5

China has announced a series of economic measures against the United States, including export controls on drones and a ban on trade with six American entities

Profissionais de saúde desinfetam o caixão de uma vítima de ebola no Centro de Tratamento de Ebola do Hospital Geral de Bunia, em Ituri, Congo, quarta-feira, 22 de julho de 2026. (Foto AP/Dirole Lotsima Dieudonne)

WHO chief visits Congo to support Ebola efforts as some workers strike over pay

2:07 AM on Wednesday, August 5

The head of the World Health Organization has arrived in Congo as the Ebola outbreak spreads at an alarming rate

See the world in vertical: Top photos by AP photojournalists

12:11 AM on Wednesday, August 5

This image released by NBC shows Phoebe Bridgers performing on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" in New York on July 14, 2026. (Todd Owyoung/NBC via AP)

Space for music on late-night TV has dwindled. New media seeks to offer an alternative

12:04 AM on Wednesday, August 5

When CBS ended “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” earlier this year, it also shuttered the program’s robust music offerings

Firefighters put out a fire after Russian missiles hit a warehouse in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Dan Bashakov)

Russian missile and drone barrage in Ukrainian capital region kills 17

10:49 PM on Tuesday, August 4

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russian missile and drone strikes on Kyiv and its region have killed 17 people and wounded 44 others

President Donald Trump walks to board Air Force One, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026, at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump says deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz could come as early as Wednesday

10:35 PM on Tuesday, August 4

U.S. President Donald Trump says a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz could come as early as Wednesday

Karen Mikesell, owner of the home that Neil Armstrong once lived in, poses for a photo in the former bedroom of Armstrong Friday, July 31, 2026, in Wapakoneta, Ohio. (AP Photo/Patrick Aftoora-Orsagos)

Home where astronaut Neil Armstrong's boyhood dreams of flying took off is for sale

9:05 PM on Tuesday, August 4

The childhood home of Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong is up for sale, and its future is uncertain

Elderly residents perform tai chi near the portrait of Chinese President Xi Jinping and other Chinese leaders at the Chengguan District Day Care Center for the Elderly in western China's Tibet autonomous region on July 20, 2026, as seen during a government-organized visit for foreign journalists. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

A rare glimpse into Tibet, where some hope to preserve language and customs despite China's new law

6:04 PM on Tuesday, August 4

A 73-year-old retired nurse spoke her native Tibetan all her life but never learned to write it — until now

FILE - The entrance to Trump National Golf Club Los Angeles, in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., is seen in this photo, July 2, 2020. (AP Photo/John Antczak, File)

A man carrying ammo was monitoring security at Trump golf course near Los Angeles, authorities say

4:11 PM on Tuesday, August 4

Authorities say they have arrested a man who was walking the grounds and appeared to be monitoring security planning at President Donald Trump’s California golf course ahead of the president’s visit

FILE - Afghan women care for their children in the malnutrition ward at Indira Gandhi Children's Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, Feb. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Siddiqullah Alizai, File)

Afghanistan's child deaths are rising as food distributions face cuts, UN says

9:16 AM on Tuesday, August 4

Child malnutrition has reached critical levels in a third of Afghanistan’s provinces, according to the U.N. World Food Program

Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive candidate in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Michigan, speaks during a primary election night event Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026, at the Majestic Theatre in Detroit. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Stevens and El-Sayed are in a close race for Michigan's Democratic Senate nomination

9:03 PM on Monday, August 3

U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens and progressive Abdul El-Sayed are in a close race for the Democratic Senate nomination in Michigan

Today in History: August 5, Nelson Mandela arrested

8:14 AM on Thursday, July 16

Today in History: August 5, Nelson Mandela arrested

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