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WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s an ideological faction transforming the Republican Party in President Donald Trump’s second term. Now firmly in power, its leaders gathered this week beneath a downtown Washington hotel to bask in their triumph — and…

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams said Friday that he won't succumb to pressure to end his reelection campaign and insisted he is the only candidate strong enough to beat the Democratic nominee, Zohran Mamdani. Adams declared…

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp announced Friday that he’s sending 316 members of the state's National Guard to Washington, D.C., later this month in the latest indication that President Donald Trump’s law enforcement operation in…

For Giorgio Armani, it was always the clothes. And his clothes all started with the fabrics. While other fashion empires make their money on handbags and footwear, Armani’s appeal has always been in the apparel, the core of his $10 billion…

GENEVA (AP) — The names of experts appointed to an Olympic panel looking at female gender issues ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics are not being revealed, the IOC said on Friday. A working group on “Protection of the Female Category”…

NEW YORK (AP) — Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe won the U.S. Open women’s doubles title for the second time in three years, ending Taylor Townsend's whirlwind stint in Flushing Meadows one victory short of what would have been the…

NEW YORK (AP) — It is impossible to look ahead to Amanda Anisimova's U.S. Open final against defending champion Aryna Sabalenka on Saturday without viewing it through the prism of what happened less than two months ago at the last Grand…

LISBON (AP) — Ana Lopes worked at a Catholic charity in Portugal 's capital, often commuting up and down a hill on one of Lisbon's famed yellow-and-white streetcars. The 50-something woman helped dozens of people navigate the adoption of…

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali, who has poured some of the South American country’s new oil wealth into popular social programs, is poised to serve a second term after this week's election, according to preliminary…

NEW YORK (AP) — If it wasn't clocking to you before, it should be now. Justin Bieber is doing whatever he wants. The 31-year-old has surprised listeners with a second new album in 2025 — “Swag ll” follows July's “Swag.” Both arrived shortly…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Read the jokes that spread through text chains and chats and social media — everything from Dak Tuah! to a Star Wars-esque Dak Spit First to the Seinfeld-inspired magic loogie memes — and they were funny enough to make…

NEW YORK (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz was about to start a series of TV interviews to discuss the way he used his youth, athleticism and creativity to beat the much more accomplished, but also much older, Novak Djokovic 6-4, 7-6 (4), 6-2 in the…

A former Alaska Airlines pilot who tried to cut the engines of a passenger flight in 2023 has pleaded guilty or no-contest to all charges against him. Joseph Emerson was riding in an extra seat in the cockpit of a Horizon Air flight from…

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to rebrand the Department of Defense as the Department of War. He criticized the previous name as “woke” and said the new name is “more appropriate.” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, now…

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus has detained a Polish monk on suspicion of espionage, the latest escalation in Minsk’s long-running standoff with its NATO member neighbor. Belarusian authorities said Thursday that Grzegorz Gaweł, 27, was…