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President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk the red carpet before the 48th Kennedy Center Honors, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

The Latest: The Supreme Court weighs Trump’s bid to fire independent agency board members

FILE - Former FBI Director James Comey speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, in Washington, June 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Judge deals setback to Justice Department effort to seek new indictment against Comey

Today in History: December 7, Japan attacks Pearl Harbor

Juan Anglin, who watched federal agents chase his step-daughter Jacelynn Guzman, a 23-year-old U.S. citizen, as she was walking on the sidewalk, stands outside his home in Marrero, La., Thursday, Dec. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Jack Brook)

New Orleans leaders blast immigration crackdown, pointing to video of agents chasing US citizen

Today in History: December 6, 13th Amendment ratified, abolishing slavery

A worker shovels snow and ice in front of the Supreme Court building during the first snowfall of the winter season on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

The Supreme Court weighs another step in favor of broad presidential power sought by Trump

FILE - Tourists flock to Mather Point at Grand Canyon National Park, Oct. 1, 2025, in Grand Canyon, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

National Park Service drops free admission on MLK Day, Juneteenth while adding Trump's birthday

FILE - Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speaks during a news conference, May 24, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

The Latest: Federal vaccine advisors say not all babies need a hepatitis B shot at birth

U.S. Navy Adm. Frank M. Bradley, accompanied by Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, right, walks to a meeting with senators on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

The Latest: Admiral says there was no ‘kill them all’ order in boat attack

Today in History: December 4, Terry Anderson freed after nearly seven years as hostage

FILE - President Donald Trump speaks holding a large ticket representing a ticket for the World Cup final, row one, seat one, as Andrew Giuliani, from left, Richard Grenell, president of the Kennedy Center Board of Trustees, Vice President JD Vance, FIFA President Gianni Infantino and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem listen in the Oval Office of the White House, Aug. 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, file)

Trump's immigration message is colliding with his welcome to World Cup fans

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attends a joint news conference with Cyprus' President Nikos Christodoulides in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Dan Bashakov)

Putin says there are points he can't agree to in the US proposal to end Russia's war in Ukraine

President Donald Trump speaks during an event on fuel economy standards in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The Latest: Navy admiral who ordered attack that killed boat strike survivors briefs lawmakers

Kashish Ali and Elliott McKnight stock a One Love Community Fridge with food, Nov. 15, 2025, in Brooklyn, New York. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)

Americans gave $4B on GivingTuesday 2025 as donations and volunteering gain big over last year

President Donald Trump walks out of the Cabinet Room following a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

The Latest: Pentagon watchdog finds Hegseth put US personnel at risk with Signal use

Attorney General Pam Bondi and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speak before President Donald Trump arrives to pardon the national Thanksgiving turkeys Waddle and Gobble, during a pardoning ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

The Latest: Hegseth defends second boat strike, citing ‘fog of war’

FILE - Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey talks during a news conference after winning a third term in the city's ranked-choice voting election, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr, File)

Federal authorities plan operation in Minnesota focusing on Somali immigrants, AP source says

Flowers, challenge coins and other items lay near a photograph of U.S. Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom at a makeshift memorial outside of Farragut West Station, near the site where two National Guard members were shot, Monday, Dec. 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Man charged in National Guard shooting pleads not guilty during court appearance from hospital bed

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and the Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin gesture to each other as they take part in a joint press conference in Dublin, Ireland, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

The Latest: US envoy Witkoff meets Putin in Moscow

FILE - Honduras' President Juan Orlando Hernandez speaks during the opening ceremony of the UN Climate Change Conference COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, Monday Nov. 1, 2021. Andy Buchanan/Pool via AP, File)

Former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández freed after Trump pardon

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