Jimmy Carter helped expand democracy around the world long after he left the White House.

Asian markets shares are mixed, with trading closed in Tokyo and Seoul for New Year holidays.

A U.S. official says arrests for illegally crossing the border from Mexico in December are little changed from a month earlier.

Russia and Ukraine have exchanged prisoners of war in the latest such swap that released hundreds of captives and was brokered with the help of the United Arab Emirates.

President-elect Donald Trump has endorsed House Speaker Mike Johnson, providing crucial backing as the Louisiana Republican prepares for what is expected to be another contentious speakership race this week.

President Joe Biden says the United States will send nearly $2.5 billion more in weapons to Ukraine.

A federal appeals court has upheld a jury's finding in a civil case that Donald Trump sexually abused a columnist in an upscale department store dressing room in the mid-1990s.

In a deeply partisan Congress, one group of lawmakers with a shared background is working in a bipartisan way to try to pass important legislation.

Jimmy Carter’s funeral will feature an interstate choreography of grief, ceremony and logistics that is characteristic of state funerals.

Some 70 countries that are home to half the world’s population held elections in 2024, and voters' message was often: “You’re fired.”.

Stocks fell on Wall Street as a strong year for the market looks set to end on a sour note.

The 39th and longest-lived U.S. president, James Earl Carter Jr., died Sunday at the age of 100.

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has died.

Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk has caused uproar after backing Germany’s far-right party in a major newspaper ahead of key parliamentary elections in the Western European country, leading to the resignation of the paper’s opinion editor in protest.

An Israeli hospital says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has undergone successful prostate surgery.

Croatia’s incumbent President Zoran Milanovic has swept most votes in the first round of a presidential election, but will have to face a runoff against a ruling party candidate to secure another five-year term.

The year 2024 saw President Vladimir Putin further cement his power as he sought to counter Russia's isolation over the war in Ukraine.

President-elect Donald Trump appears to be siding with Elon Musk and his other backers in the tech industry as a dispute over immigration visas has divided his supporters.

A federal judge is signaling that Rudy Giuliani's contempt hearing next Friday might not end so well for the former New York City mayor and onetime personal lawyer for President-elect Donald Trump.

Two top Canadian Cabinet ministers have met with President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for commerce secretary at Mar-a-Lago as Canada tries to avoid sweeping tariffs when Trump takes office.

President-elect Donald Trump has asked the Supreme Court to pause the potential TikTok ban from going into effect until his administration can pursue a “political resolution” to the issue.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says her agency will need to start taking “extraordinary measures,” or special accounting maneuvers intended to prevent the nation from hitting the debt ceiling, as early as January 14th, in a letter sent to congressional leaders Friday afternoon.

U.S. officials say the United States is expected to announce it will send another $1.25 billion in military assistance to Ukraine.

An online spat between factions of Donald Trump’s supporters over immigration and the tech industry has thrown internal divisions in the president-elect’s political movement into public display.

A judge has ruled that the Georgia state Senate can subpoena Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.

Mexico is developing a cellphone app that will allow migrants to warn relatives and consulates if they think they are about to be detained by U.S. immigration officials.

Recent research and an analysis by The Associated Press found states with restrictive abortion laws have more porous safety nets for mothers and young children.

Tennessee has a nearly total abortion ban and a porous safety net for mothers and young children.

Two top Canadian Cabinet ministers are visiting Palm Beach to talk border security and trade with officials in the incoming Donald Trump administration as Trump threatens tariffs on all Canadian products.

Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny announced he will release a new album in early January.

Ukraine's military intelligence says North Korean troops are suffering heavy losses in Russia's Kursk region and face logistical difficulties as a result of Ukrainian attacks.

Republicans in Congress plan to move quickly in their effort to overhaul the nation’s voting procedures, seeing an opportunity with control of the White House and both chambers of Congress.

A lot of Americans, after an intense presidential election campaign, are looking for a break in political news.

What a wonderful year 2024 has been for investors.

Thousands of workers are facing an unsettling reality heading into 2025.

Stock indexes drifted to a mixed finish on Wall Street as some heavyweight technology and communications sector stocks offset gains elsewhere in the market.

President-elect Donald Trump announced on Christmas that he intends to appoint Miami-Dade Commissioner Kevin Marino Cabrera as ambassador to Panama.

A man accused of attempting to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump in South Florida won’t be tried until September 2025.

A baby girl froze to death overnight in Gaza, while Israel and Hamas accused each other of complicating ceasefire efforts that could wind down the 14-month war.

The fate of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet is still unclear after Republican senators spent much of December carefully dodging questions.

Shares are lower in Tokyo and Shanghai, two of only a handful of world markets open on Christmas day.

President-elect Donald Trump says he'll “vigorously pursue” capital punishment after President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of most people on federal death row partly to stop Trump from pushing forward their executions.

Former President Bill Clinton will be home for Christmas after being discharged from a Washington hospital where he was treated for the flu.

France’s president and prime minister managed to form a new government just in time for the holidays.

Stocks closed higher on Wall Street ahead of the Christmas holiday, led by gains in Big Tech stocks.

President Joe Biden has vetoed a once-bipartisan effort to add 66 new federal district judgeships.

A powerful government panel has failed to reach consensus on the possible national security risks of a nearly $15 billion proposed deal for Nippon Steel of Japan to purchase U.S. Steel.

President-elect Donald Trump is decrying rising shipping fees Panama has imposed to use the Panama Canal.

Victims’ families and others affected by crimes that resulted in federal death row convictions are sharing a range of emotions, from relief to anger, after President Joe Biden commuted dozens of the sentences.

A retired police officer in the nation’s capital has been convicted of lying to authorities about leaking confidential information to the leader of the Proud Boys extremist group.

First it was Canada, then the Panama Canal.

The House Ethics Committee has accused Matt Gaetz of “regularly” paying for sex, including with a 17-year-old girl, and purchasing and using illicit drugs as a member of Congress.

President-elect Donald Trump won a return to the White House in part by promising big changes in economic policy — more tax cuts, huge tariffs on imports, mass deportations of immigrants working in the United States illegally.

The economic and technological rivalry between the U.S. and China has come to the drone market.

Donald Trump has promised to undertake mass deportations.

Japanese automakers Honda and Nissan will attempt to merge and create the world’s third-largest automaker by sales as the industry undergoes dramatic changes in its transition away from fossil fuels.

President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row.

The battles over abortion in the U.S. are increasingly focusing on the pills that are now the most common way pregnancies are ended.

That Donald Trump failed to achieve central goals in the government shutdown fight alongside Elon Musk seemed unimportant to many speakers and attendees at Turning Point USA's AmericaFest.

The economic and technological rivalry between the U.S. and China has come to the drone market, where Chinese-made flying devices are a dominant player in America.

Donald Trump is suggesting that his new administration could try to regain control of the Panama Canal.

Louisiana’s prison system routinely holds people weeks and months after they have completed their sentences.

Bluesky has seen its user base soar since the U.S. presidential election, boosted by people seeking refuge from Elon Musk’s X, or wanting an alternative to Meta’s Threads and its algorithms.

The Chinese government is protesting the latest American announcements of military sales and assistance to Taiwan, warning the United States that it is “playing with fire.”.

Decades after a former Chicago mayor pledged to extend transit to the city’s far South Side, the federal government is committing to the massive project just before President Joe Biden leaves office.

Lara Trump, the daughter-in-law of President-elect Donald Trump, says she’s removing herself from consideration to be a Florida senator.

Mark Burnett, the power producer who helped reintroduce Donald Trump to a national television audience with “The Apprentice,” is being tapped by the president-elect as special envoy to the United Kingdom in his upcoming administration.

Amazon delivery drivers and Starbucks baristas are on strike in a handful of U.S. cities as they seek to exert pressure on the two major companies to recognize them as unionized employees or to meet demands for an inaugural labor contract.

After days of threats and demands, Donald Trump had little to show for it once lawmakers passed a budget deal.

One of the most turbulent sessions of Congress in the modern era is about to make way for the next one.

President Joe Biden has signed legislation that averts a government shutdown heading into Christmas.

Congress is allocating more than $100 billion in emergency aid to address extensive damage caused by hurricane and other disasters.

The Washington Commanders' path to returning to nation's capital is clear after an on-again, off-again saga in Congress ended with a late reprieve.

A nearly two-year investigation by Democratic senators of Supreme Court ethics details more luxury travel by Justice Clarence Thomas and urges Congress to establish a way to enforce a new code of conduct.

Thirty years after Florida required schools to teach African American history, how the subject is taught remains inconsistent across Florida classrooms, a review by The Associated Press has found.

The Senate has passed legislation to boost Social Security payments for millions of people.

Johnny Zuagar says he’s tried to hide his worries about a potential government shutdown from his three boys as he weighs how much to spend on Christmas presents.

President Donald Trump’s billionaire ally Elon Musk used his outsize influence on X to help kill a bipartisan funding proposal that would have prevented a government shutdown, spreading multiple false claims in the process.

The man charged with gunning down United Healthcare’s CEO outside a Manhattan hotel is now in a federal jail after being returned to New York City in dramatic fashion.

President-elect Donald Trump says he’s nominating the president of the advocacy group CatholicVote to be the U.S. ambassador to the Vatican.

President-elect Donald Trump is threatening to add the 27 countries that make up the European Union to the list of trade partners he'll place tariffs on — unless the group takes steps to import more U.S. goods.

Michael Regan, who has led the Environmental Protection Agency throughout President Joe Biden’s four-year term, said Friday he will be leaving the agency Dec. 31, about three weeks before Biden’ leaves office.

The government’s highway safety agency is proposing voluntary safety guidelines for self-driving vehicles.

An Iranian officer blamed for the 2022 killing of an American in Iraq has been charged in New York with federal murder and terrorism crimes.

President Joe Biden has secured the 235th judicial confirmation of his presidency.

The Senate has rushed through final passage of a bipartisan plan to fund federal operations and prevent a government shutdown.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz has dismissed an assertion by Elon Musk that only a far-right party can “save Germany.”.

For the world, 2024 was riven by conflict on two fronts.

With hours to go before a midnight government shutdown, the House has approved a new plan from House Speaker Mike Johnson that would temporarily fund federal operations and disaster aid, but dropped President-elect Donald Trump’s demands for a debt limit increase into the new year.

Donald Trump seemed poised to inherit a relatively strong economy when he begins a second term in the White House in January.

Michigan Democrats are ending their final days in control of the state government bogged down with disunity and inaction.

President Joe Biden’s administration has started to withdraw pending regulations that won’t be finalized by the time he leaves office.

Some U.S. colleges and universities are advising international students to return to campus before President-elect Donald Trump is inaugurated.

A handful of prominent Democratic governors are quickly adjusting their approach to President-elect Donald Trump before he takes office in January.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says it deported more than 270,000 people to 192 countries over a recent 12-month period, the highest annual tally in a decade.

A provision to transfer the land that is the site of the old RFK Stadium from the federal government to the District of Columbia is no longer included in Congress’ short-term spending bill that lawmakers are racing to pass before a government shutdown.

The Pentagon is warning that Republicans’ decision to abandon a congressional spending plan will cost troops their paychecks over the holidays unless some agreement is reached before Friday’s deadline to prevent a government shutdown.

A debate over the debt ceiling is at the center of a dispute over funding that is pushing the possibility of a federal government shutdown to the brink in Washington.

The United States has more than doubled the number of its forces in Syria to fight the Islamic State group.

Elon Musk’s role in taking down a bipartisan budget deal shows his ascendance as a political force.