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Armed National Guard soldiers walk along Constitution Avenue in Washington during rush hour as part of President Donald Trump's order to impose federal law enforcement in the nation's capital, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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

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

Law enforcement officers gather outside the Annunciation Church's school in response to a reported mass shooting, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Mark Vancleave)

The Latest: Shooting at a Minneapolis school leaves 3 dead, including the shooter, and 17 injured

A person walks out of the Annunciation Church's school as police response to a reported mass shooting, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Minneapolis police: shooting at Catholic school has left 3 dead, including shooter, and 17 injured

FILE - Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan leaves the federal courthouse after a hearing in Milwaukee on Thursday, May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Manis, File)

Wisconsin judge accused of helping man evade ICE arrest loses a bid to drop charges

FILE - Environmental Protection Agency employees take part in a national march against actions taken by the Trump administration March 25, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Scientists give harsh grades to Trump administration work aimed at undoing a key climate finding

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker speaks during a news conference at River Point Park, Monday, Aug.. 25, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

The Latest: Fed governor to sue Trump, saying he can't legally fire her

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

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Menomonie School Board and Annual Meeting for 8/25/2025

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

Attorney General Pam Bondi listens as President Donald Trump holds an executive order signing ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

What to know about cashless bail after Trump's executive order

Mayor speaks at data center meeting

Anti-data-center group meets to strategize opposition

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, right, and his brother Cesar Abrego Garcia, center, arrive at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Baltimore, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

The Latest: Kilmar Abrego Garcia is detained by ICE and facing possible deportation to Uganda

FILE - Jim Troupis reads a statement after his court appearance outside a Dane County courtroom on Dec. 12, 2024, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

Wisconsin judge rejects motions to dismiss charges against Trump aides

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

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) instructor demonstrates getting a 170 lb. dummy into a position to be handcuffed on the agility course at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC) in Brunswick, Ga. on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Fran Ruchalski)

What to know: Four ways ICE is training new agents and scaling up

FILE - Virginia Giuffre speaks during a news conference outside a Manhattan court in New York, Aug. 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre wrote a memoir. Months after her death, it's coming out

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

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump turns $11.1B in US government funds into a 10% stake in downtrodden Intel

Los Angeles County lifeguards stand on guard as people cool off at Castaic Lake on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025, in Castaic, Calif. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

US heat wave smothers Pacific Northwest, poses extreme risk in California and Arizona

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