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President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump administration asks military base near Chicago for support on immigration operations

People hold a grassroots, daily, five-minute pots and pans protest to demonstrate against President Donald Trump's immigration policies, in the Mt. Pleasant neighborhood of Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

The Latest: Trump effort to control US capital expands to Union Station

FILE - Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, left, talks with Board of Governors member Lisa Cook, right, during an open meeting of the Board of Governors at the Federal Reserve, June 25, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Trump's attempt to fire Fed governor Lisa Cook is likely to lead to a major legal battle

President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order requiring the Justice Department to investigate instances of flag burning, in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump moves to ban flag burning despite Supreme Court ruling that Constitution allows it

FILE - Democratic National Committee chairman Ken Martin speaks after winning the vote at the Democratic National Committee winter meeting at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., Feb. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr., File)

'No magic fixes' for Democrats as party confronts internal and fundraising struggles

Republican lawmakers on the committee proposed a vote on the motion Thursday after Gov. Tony Evers told agencies to skip lawmakers in the final steps of the rulemaking process. Evers delivers his 2025 state budget address. (Photo by Baylor Spears/Wisconsin Examiner)

GOP lawmakers direct Legislative Reference Bureau not to publish Evers’ rules

FBI agents carry empty boxes to former national security adviser John Bolton's house, Friday, August. 22, 2025, in Bethesda, Md. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

FBI searches home and office of ex-Trump national security adviser John Bolton

Health and Human Service Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., left, speaks at an event in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, July 30, 2025, in Washington, as President Donald Trump, looks on. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

Supreme Court lets Trump administration cut $783 million of research funding in anti-DEI push

Wisconsin Secretary of State Sarah Godlewski launched her bid for lieutenant governor on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer)

Wisconsin Secretary of State Sarah Godlewski launches bid for lieutenant governor

Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier, left, waves past Texas state Sen. Carol Alvarado, right, to supporters outside of the House Chamber where she refuses to leave due to a required law enforcement escort, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Even at the grocery store, Texas troopers don't let Democrats out of sight after walkout

F-35 fighter escorts a Ilyushin Il-96-300 aircraft of the Russia Special Flight Squadron carrying Russian President Vladimir Putin back to Russia after his meeting with US President Donald Trump on Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Ukraine's Zelenskyy to meet Trump on Monday after US-Russia summit secured no halt to fighting

FILE - The Statue of Liberty is visible through haze due to Canadian wildfire smoke during sunset Aug. 5, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)

As Canada wildfires choke US with smoke, Republicans demand action. But not on climate change

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attends a joint press statement with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz following talks with European and U.S. leaders in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

The Latest: Trump warns of ‘very severe consequences’ if Putin continues Ukraine war

FILE - People visit the Smithsonian Museum of American History on the National Mall in Washington, April 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

White House orders a review of exhibits at Smithsonian museums ahead of nation's 250th birthday

FILE - Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers gives the annual State of the State address Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025, at the state Capitol in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

Gov. Evers Urges Trump Administration to Reverse Course on Cuts Stalling Wisconsin’s Unemployment Insurance Modernization Efforts Designed to Prevent Fraud and Waste

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump's tax law will mostly benefit the rich, while leaving poorer Americans with less, CBO says

FILE - A member of the National Guard patrols the area outside of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Feb. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

The Latest: Trump orders federal law enforcers onto streets of Washington, DC

FILE - New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks Feb. 16, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

Justice Department subpoenas New York AG James as it investigates whether she violated Trump rights

Stacks of containers are seen at the Manila North Harbour Port in Manila, Philippines, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

The Latest: US import taxes hit levels not seen in nearly 100 years

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff, right, shake hands during their meeting in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

The Latest: Putin hosts Trump envoy Witkoff for crucial talks on Ukraine peace deal

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