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4:18 AM on Tuesday, August 4

President Donald Trump is making a rare visit to California and Nevada to try to draw contrasts with Democrats on the economy and other issues

10:07 PM on Monday, August 3

Young protesters in India achieved a rare political victory by forcing the resignation of the education minister

9:01 PM on Monday, August 3

Virginia voters are set to pick their nominees for this year’s congressional midterm elections, capping a primary season marked by upheaval thanks to Democrats’ failed redistricting initiative

7:09 PM on Monday, August 3

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has reiterated claims of fraud in the nation’s June election, which his party lost narrowly to conservative leader Abelardo de la Espriella

6:44 PM on Monday, August 3

A federal judge has ruled that New York can’t ban federal agents from wearing face coverings, or require that they wear visible identification

4:38 PM on Monday, August 3

Customs and Border Protection has ordered construction crews building Trump’s second border wall to stop drilling wells in drought-stricken New Mexico after ranchers said pumping the groundwater needed to mix cement could threaten their livestock

4:23 PM on Monday, August 3

A judge in Honduras has ruled that former President Juan Orlando Hernández will not remain behind bars while awaiting trial for fraud and money laundering

1:44 PM on Monday, August 3

President Donald Trump says U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro “choked” and “folded like an umbrella” in moving to drop charges against a former Olympian accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool

12:27 PM on Monday, August 3

The House Ethics Committee has recommended that Republican Rep. Chuck Edwards of North Carolina be censured after finding that he engaged in persistent unprofessional and inappropriate conduct toward two young female aides

10:30 AM on Monday, August 3

The girl made it through the waves to Spanish territory

9:19 AM on Monday, August 3

Some Cubans are sleeping on Havana's famous seaside boulevard, the Malecón, in the face of crippling blackouts stretching up to 20 hours during suffocating summer heat

4:55 AM on Monday, August 3

Washington state will hold a primary Tuesday for the U.S. House and other offices as firefighters battle wildfires that have devastated the Spokane area and forced local election officials to operate under a state of emergency

3:39 AM on Monday, August 3

President Donald Trump's administration is planning to overhaul the Head Start program

2:49 AM on Monday, August 3

After calling off a fresh round of strikes against Iran, U.S. President Donald Trump says the two sides are resuming talks to wind down the war

1:42 AM on Monday, August 3

Nauru has changed its name to the Republic of Naoero, aligning with its national language

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

9:27 PM on Sunday, August 2

Maryland lawmakers have opened a special session to consider a first step in a partisan redistricting initiative that could help Democrats pick up an additional U.S. House seat by 2028

9:10 PM on Sunday, August 2

U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens and Abdul El-Sayed are spending the final hours of Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary in settings that reflect their starkly different campaigns

8:13 AM on Thursday, July 16