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FILE - U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jets fly over the Osan U.S. Air Base during a combined air force exercise with the United States and South Korea in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Dec. 4, 2017. The U.S. has once again buckled under pressure from European allies and Ukraine's leaders and agreed to provide more sophisticated weapons to the war effort. This time it's all about F-16 fighter jets.

Biden’s shift on F-16s for Ukraine came after months of internal debate

FILE - U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jets fly over the Osan U.S. Air Base during a combined air force exercise with the United States and South Korea in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Dec. 4, 2017. The U.S. has once again buckled under pressure from European allies and Ukraine's leaders and agreed to provide more sophisticated weapons to the war effort. This time it's all about F-16 fighter jets.

August 25, 2023, 8:25am Politics

President Joe Biden’s decision to allow allies to train Ukrainian forces on how to operate F-16 fighter jets — and eventually to provide the aircraft themselves — seemed like an abrupt change in position but was in fact one that came after months of internal debate and quiet talks with… Read story

FILE - A man holds a portrait of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial during the March on Washington, Friday Aug. 28, 2020, in Washington.

Biden and Harris will meet with the King family on the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington

FILE - A man holds a portrait of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial during the March on Washington, Friday Aug. 28, 2020, in Washington.

August 25, 2023, 8:22am Nation & World

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will observe Monday’s 60th anniversary of the March on Washington by meeting with organizers of the 1963 gathering and relatives of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., who delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial. Read story

FILE - Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., center, is joined by, from left, Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Ill., Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Calif., chairman of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, Rep. Lucy McBath, D-Ga., and Rep. Salud Carbajal, D-Calif., as she enrolls the gun violence safety bill before sending it to President Joe Biden to sign it into law, at the Capitol in Washington, June 24, 2022. (AP Photo/J.

GOP support for gun restrictions slips a year after Congress passed firearms law

FILE - Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., center, is joined by, from left, Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Ill., Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Calif., chairman of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, Rep. Lucy McBath, D-Ga., and Rep. Salud Carbajal, D-Calif., as she enrolls the gun violence safety bill before sending it to President Joe Biden to sign it into law, at the Capitol in Washington, June 24, 2022. (AP Photo/J.

August 25, 2023, 8:17am Politics

Republican support for gun restrictions is slipping a year after Congress passed the most comprehensive firearms control legislation in decades with bipartisan support, according to a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Read story

State Department renews ban on use of U.S. passports for travel to North Korea

August 22, 2023, 1:00pm Politics

The Biden administration is extending for another year a ban on the use of U.S. passports for travel to North Korea, the State Department said Tuesday. The ban was imposed in 2017 and has been renewed every year since. Read story

FILE - President Joe Biden pauses while speaking during a meeting with Indonesian President Joko Widodo on the sidelines of the G20 summit meeting, Monday, Nov. 14, 2022, in Bali, Indonesia. The White House announced Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023, that President Joe Biden will attend next month's Group of 20 summit in New Delhi, India.

Biden to attend next month’s G-20 summit in New Delhi, while Harris will head to Jakarta for ASEAN

FILE - President Joe Biden pauses while speaking during a meeting with Indonesian President Joko Widodo on the sidelines of the G20 summit meeting, Monday, Nov. 14, 2022, in Bali, Indonesia. The White House announced Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023, that President Joe Biden will attend next month's Group of 20 summit in New Delhi, India.

August 22, 2023, 12:59pm Politics

The White House announced Tuesday that President Joe Biden will attend next month’s Group of 20 summit in New Delhi, India. Read story

FILE - The White House is shown, Oct. 5, 2020, in Washington.  The Biden administration says White House counsel Stuart Delery will leave the Biden administration next month after a nearly three-year run advising President Joe Biden.  (AP Photo/J.

Biden names a new White House counsel as he seeks reelection and faces congressional probes

FILE - The White House is shown, Oct. 5, 2020, in Washington.  The Biden administration says White House counsel Stuart Delery will leave the Biden administration next month after a nearly three-year run advising President Joe Biden.  (AP Photo/J.

August 22, 2023, 8:12am Politics

President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday that the new White House counsel will be Ed Siskel, a former Obama administration attorney who helped craft the response to the congressional investigations into the 2012 Benghazi attack that killed four Americans, including the U.S. ambassador. Read story

House Republicans subpoena IRS, FBI agents involved in Hunter Biden case

August 21, 2023, 4:48pm Nation & World

House Republicans on Monday subpoenaed several FBI and IRS agents involved in the federal investigation into Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden as the party weighs whether to open an impeachment inquiry into the president this fall. Read story

A seat belt warning sign for the right front passenger seat is displayed in a vehicle on Monday, Aug. 21, 2023. The Department of Transportation is proposing new rules designed to encourage seat belt use by car and truck passengers, including those sitting in the back seat. The new rules proposed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration would require manufacturers to equip vehicles with additional seat belt warning systems for the right front passenger and for rear seats to encourage increased seat belt use.

NHTSA proposing new rules to encourage seat belt use by all vehicle passengers

A seat belt warning sign for the right front passenger seat is displayed in a vehicle on Monday, Aug. 21, 2023. The Department of Transportation is proposing new rules designed to encourage seat belt use by car and truck passengers, including those sitting in the back seat. The new rules proposed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration would require manufacturers to equip vehicles with additional seat belt warning systems for the right front passenger and for rear seats to encourage increased seat belt use.

August 21, 2023, 3:41pm Life

The Department of Transportation is proposing new rules designed to encourage seat belt use by car and truck passengers, including those sitting in the back seat. Read story

Female soldiers in Army special operations face rampant sexism and harassment, military report says

August 21, 2023, 11:18am Nation & World

Female soldiers face rampant sexism, harassment and other gender-related challenges in male dominated Army special operations units, according to a report Monday, eight years after the Pentagon opened all combat jobs to women. Read story

FILE - MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell talks to reporters before former President Donald Trump speaks at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., Tuesday, June 13, 2023, after pleading not guilty in a Miami courtroom earlier in the day to dozens of felony counts that he hoarded classified documents and refused government demands to give them back.

Trump and his allies double down on election lies after indictments for trying to undo 2020 results

FILE - MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell talks to reporters before former President Donald Trump speaks at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., Tuesday, June 13, 2023, after pleading not guilty in a Miami courtroom earlier in the day to dozens of felony counts that he hoarded classified documents and refused government demands to give them back.

August 21, 2023, 7:55am Politics

A federal indictment and one in Georgia charging Donald Trump with lying about the 2020 election to overturn President Joe Biden’s win have done nothing to slow the geyser of election falsehoods flowing from the former president and his supporters. Read story