Julie Watson

Two women and a child holding an Iranian flag walk toward the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosque to attend Friday prayers in Tehran, Iran, Friday, March 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran threatens tourism sites and the US sends more Marines to the Middle East as President Trump hints at a wind-down to the war

March 20, 2026 at 9:41 p.m.

Three weeks into an escalating war in the Middle East, the U.S. is sending more warships and Marines to the region, and Iran threatened Friday to expand its retaliatory attacks to include...

Israeli authorities hang Israeli and U.S. flags at the site struck by an Iranian missile that killed two people, in Ramat Gan, Israel, Wednesday, March 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Israel hits Tehran with airstrikes on Persian New Year as war jolts energy markets

March 19, 2026 at 9:35 p.m.

Israel has pounded Tehran with airstrikes as Iranians mark Nowruz, or the Persian New Year.

FILE – Ali Larijani, center, head of Iran’s National Security Council, gestures as Hezbollah supporters throw rice to welcome him outside Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)

Strikes hit world’s largest natural gas field in Iran, and Tehran retaliates with more attacks

March 18, 2026 at 9:18 p.m.

Israel kept up its campaign of targeting Iran's leaders in an effort to weaken the country's ruling theocracy, killing its third top official in two days.

Volunteers clean debris from a residential building damaged when a nearby police station was hit Friday in a U.S.-Israeli strike in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, March 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran launches barrage of missiles after Israel kills 2 of its top officials

March 17, 2026 at 10:17 p.m.

Israel killed two senior Iranian security officials in a major blow to the Islamic Republic’s leadership as it faces its greatest test in decades.

ADDS IDENTIFICATION: Garrison Gibson is arrested by federal immigration officers Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Immigrants often don’t open the door to ICE, but that may no longer stop officers

January 23, 2026 at 6:26 a.m.

An internal ICE memo obtained by The Associated Press states immigration officers can forcibly enter people’s homes without a judge’s warrant.

Rohullah R., who did not want his face to be shown or to disclose his last name out of fear of ICE, is photographed at his home in North Highlands, Calif., Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

ICE arrests of Afghans are on the rise in the wake of National Guard attack, immigration lawyers say

December 9, 2025 at 7:41 a.m.

Coming just days after the shooting of two National Guard troops by an Afghan national suspect, federal authorities have carried out increased arrests of Afghans in the U.S., immigration lawyers...

FILE - Students walk past Royce Hall at the University of California, Los Angeles, campus in Los Angeles, Aug. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

UCLA says Trump administration has frozen $584 million in grants, threatening research

August 6, 2025 at 3:26 p.m.

The Trump administration has suspended $584 million in federal grants for the University of California, Los Angeles, nearly double the amount that was previously thought.

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., right, punches Jake Paul during their cruiserweight boxing match on June 28, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)

Mexican boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. arrested by ICE for deportation, federal officials say

July 3, 2025 at 2:52 p.m.

Famed Mexican boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. has been arrested for entering US illegally and will be deported to Mexico, where he faces organized crime charges, federal officials said Thursday.

Authorities work the scene where a small plane crashed into a San Diego neighborhood, setting several homes on fire and forcing evacuations along several blocks early Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Music talent agency says 3 employees died on plane that crashed into a San Diego neighborhood

May 22, 2025 at 4:14 p.m.

A private jet crashed into military housing in San Diego during foggy weather early Thursday, igniting cars parked along a suburban neighborhood block and killing multiple people on board the...

FILE – Vehicles wait in line to cross the border into the United States at the San Ysidro Port of Entry, Tuesday, March 18, 2025, in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Weekslong lockups of European tourists at US borders spark fears of traveling to America

March 21, 2025 at 8:59 a.m.

Since President Donald Trump took office, there have been other incidents of tourists like Sielaff being stopped at U.S. border crossings and held for weeks at U.S. immigration detention facilities...

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