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FILE - A mega-prison known as Detention Center Against Terrorism (CECOT) stands in Tecoluca, El Salvador, March 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez, File)

Judge rules Trump administration must allow court challenges for Venezuelan migrants sent to prison

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks as President Donald Trump looks on, at Trump's Mar-a-Lago club, Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

US strikes another alleged drug-smuggling boat in eastern Pacific

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Menomonie City Council Special Meeting for 12/22/2025

Evana, an oil tanker, is docked at El Palito port in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Trump warns Maduro against playing 'tough' as US escalates pressure campaign on Venezuela

President Donald Trump departs after speaking at his Mar-a-Lago club, Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump announces plans for new Navy 'battleship' as part of a 'Golden Fleet'

FILE - Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry speaks to reporters at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, La., Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Trump's appointment of envoy to Greenland sparks new tension with Denmark

FILE - Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at the Bitcoin 2024 ConferenceJuly 27, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

How a Trump Media deal with a crypto firm exposes potential conflicts of interest

FILE - A worker does checks on battery storage pods at Orsted's Eleven Mile Solar Center lithium-ion battery storage energy facility Feb. 29, 2024, in Coolidge, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Trump's return brought stiff headwinds for clean energy. So why are advocates optimistic in 2026?

FILE - Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks during an event with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House, Oct. 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell, file)

Top Trump administration official defends partial release of Epstein files as Democrats cry foul

The sun sets as construction continues at Microsoft’s data center project on Nov. 13, 2025, in Mount Pleasant, Wis. (Joe Timmerman / Wisconsin Watch)

As energy-hungry data centers loom, Wisconsin ratepayers owe $1 billion on shuttered power plants

Pages from a totally redacted New York grand jury file into Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, released by the U.S. Justice Department, is photographed Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

At least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein

FILE - Gary Rush, College Park, MD, holds a sign before a news conference on the Epstein files in front of the Capitol, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

The Latest: Justice Department releases some case files on Jeffrey Epstein

Members of the Wisconsin Elections Commission appear in a teleconference meeting on April 10, 2020. Clockwise from left are Administrator Meagan Wolfe, commissioners Ann Jacobs, Marge Bostelmann, Dean Knudson and Mark Thomsen. Commission member Robert “Bob” Spindell Jr. joined by phone, and commissioner Julie Glancey was off screen. Wisconsin Elections Commission via WisEye

Wisconsin’s version of C-SPAN went dark this week, but there are new efforts to bring it back

President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable on farm subsidies in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

These are Americans' biggest priorities for the government in 2026, according to a new AP-NORC poll

FILE - Gary Rush, College Park, MD, holds a sign before a news conference on the Epstein files in front of the Capitol, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

The Latest: Justice Department faces deadline to release Epstein files

This courtroom sketch depicts Judge Hannah Dugan during the closing arguments at her trial in court, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025 in Milwaukee, Wis. (Adela Tesnow via AP, Pool)

Advocates raise alarms after Wisconsin judge Hannah Dugan found guilty of obstruction

First responders tend to the scene of a reported plane crash at a regional airport in Statesville, N.C., Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Kelley)

Retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and family among 7 killed in North Carolina plane crash

President Donald Trump speaks during a Hanukkah reception in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The Latest: Trump administration moves to cut off transgender care for children

A woman lights a candle at a memorial set up in front of the Barus and Holley engineering building at Brown University in Providence, RI, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/ Mark Stockwell)

Man suspected in shooting at Brown University has been found dead in New Hampshire, officials say

This courtroom sketch depicts Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan in court, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025 in Milwaukee, Wis. (Adela Tesnow via AP)

Jury finds Judge Dugan guilty of obstruction for helping an immigrant evade federal agents

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