News - AP National
Today
Trump breaks silence on nationwide ground stop and demands more money from Congress
Posted 10:49 AM 11/15/2026 by SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday broke his silence on the nationwide ground stop that snarled airline travel this weekend, using the incident to push Congress on money to fully upgrade America's air traffic control system.
The Republican president has been (More)
Yesterday
US air travel schedule should recover from ground stop by the end of Sunday, FAA says
Posted 10:16 AM 11/14/2026 by SEUNG MIN KIM, JILL COLVIN and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Airlines canceled thousands of flights across the U.S. on Saturday as they worked to recover from a nationwide ground stop a day earlier that left passengers scrambling for seats and disrupted travel around the world.
The U.S. air travel schedule should be back to (More)
11/12/2026
Trump list of US-designated 'foreign terrorist organizations' in Latin America grows to 22
Posted 5:13 PM 11/13/2026 by MARÍA VERZA Associated Press
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Trump administration has designated 22 Latin American and Caribbean criminal groups as "foreign terrorist organizations," adding a Guatemalan group to the list on Friday.
The label was once reserved for groups like the Islamic State group or al-Qaida that use (More)
11/11/2026
ICE reports record-high immigration arrests and deportations since Trump's return to White House
Posted 10:46 AM 11/12/2026 by The Associated Press undefined
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Thursday that it arrested and deported more people during a recent 12-month period than at any time in its 23-year history.
ICE said it deported 483,200 people in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, up 9% from its (More)
11/10/2026
Father of 11-month-old boy who survived being buried alive is charged with attempted murder in South Carolina
Posted 2:40 PM 11/11/2026 by ALLEN G. BREED and KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press
The father of an 11-month-old boy who survived being buried alive in a dog crate for a day has been charged with attempted murder in South Carolina, authorities said Wednesday.
Koah Sharp, who was reported missing Monday in Lexington County, just west of Columbia, spent about 24 hours (More)
11/9/2026
House Republicans quash effort to impeach Defense Secretary Hegseth
Posted 4:11 PM 11/10/2026 by KONSTANTIN TOROPIN, BEN FINLEY and JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Tuesday turned aside a resolution to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, halting an effort to remove the Pentagon chief for his conduct in office and his handling of the war in Iran.
The vote came as Republicans grapple with the fallout from (More)
11/7/2026
Democrats plan to push clean energy to lower bills and challenge Trump's fossil fuel agenda
Posted 11:46 AM 11/8/2026 by JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press
Some Democrats are promising to push for more clean energy to help tackle rising energy costs when they take control of Congress in January, though President Donald Trump says he will use his veto power aggressively.
With new majorities in the House and Senate after last week's midterms (More)