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AP taps into the trend of pop music anthems becoming part of the tradition on college football game days

Before the college football season kicked off, the Sports Department set out to highlight the passion and pageantry of the game beyond the scoreboard. That plan included a weekly Joy/Wonder/Discovery feature to explore themes that resonate with fans, such as mascots, tailgating—and, in this case, music. Reporters leaned into a quirky and culturally rich angle: […]

NOV. 14, 2025

Higher US tariffs part of the price Europe was willing to pay for its security and arms for Ukraine

France’s prime minister described it as a “dark day” for the European Union, a “submission” to U.S. tariff demands. Commentators said EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen’s handshake with President Donald Trump amounted to capitulation. The trouble is, Europe depends mightily on the United States, and not just for trade. Mirroring Trump, Von der Leyen gushed that the arrangement she endorsed over […]

JULY 29, 2025

Innovation, teamwork and strong beat coverage result in impressive and creative stories about Trump’s first 100 days in office

Months of planning helped AP produce elegant, easy-to-digest ways to help readers understand just what President Donald Trump did in the whirlwind first 100 days of his second term. Anchored by three major storytelling efforts, the Washington and Elections Graphics teams distilled a torrent of news into an innovative and sophisticated package. To capture the […]

MAY 9, 2025

AP uses 911 calls to offer one of the most detailed accounts of life inside largest ICE detention camp

Through a Texas public records request, Ryan Foley obtained audio recordings of 130 emergency calls placed from the largest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center to the city of El Paso. The calls, spanning from the camp’s opening in August through Jan. 20, revealed repeated medical crises and at least six instances in which […]

MARCH 13, 2026

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JAN. 20, 2025

Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with ‘suspicious’ travel patterns

The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious, The Associated Press has found. The predictive intelligence program has resulted in people being stopped, searched and in some cases arrested. A network of cameras scans and records vehicle license plate […]

NOV. 20, 2025

Aging Nukes A four-part investigative series by Jeff Donn

When commercial nuclear power plants were being built in the United States, mostly in the 1960s and 1970s, the industry and government experts said they were designed to last 40 years. Now those plants are older than their original life span, many are being relicensed for another 20 years, and there’s talk of operating them for as long as 100 years. All that even though the nation’s nuclear power reactors are already showing signs of their age, as AP national writer Jeff Donn revealed in an extraordinary four-part series.

APRIL 16, 2012

New US airstrike campaign targeting Yemen’s Houthi rebels more intense than last, AP review finds

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A new American airstrike campaign against Yemen’s Houthi rebels appears more intense and more extensive, as the U.S. moves from solely targeting launch sites to firing at ranking personnel as well as dropping bombs in city neighborhoods, an Associated Press review of the operation shows. The pattern under U.S. President Donald Trump reflects […]

MARCH 28, 2025

Trump wants an investigation of Democrats’ fundraising. His own campaign has issues

WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Donald Trump directed his attorney general last month to investigate online fundraising, he cited concerns that foreigners and fraudsters were using elaborate “schemes“ and “dummy accounts” to funnel illegal contributions to politicians and causes. Instead of calling for an expansive probe, however, the president identified just one potential target: ActBlue, the […]

MAY 27, 2025

AP nombra editor regional de video

González coordinará la cobertura de video en la región en momentos en que la agencia ha expandido su cobertura de televisión y vídeo en América Latina. “Fernando asume esta posición en un momento muy emocionante para la AP en Latinoamérica, cuando estamos fortaleciendo nuestra cobertura en esa región”, dijo Derl McCrudden, editor internacional de vídeo. […]

MARCH 5, 2014

A jungle route once carried hundreds of thousands of migrants. Now the local economy has crashed

VILLA CALETA, Panama (AP) — The face of U.S. President Donald Trump flashes on the flat-screen TV that Luis Olea bought with the money he earned ferrying migrants through the remote Panamanian jungle during an unprecedented crush of migration. The Darien Gap, a stretch of nearly impenetrable rain forest along the border with Colombia, was […]

APRIL 16, 2025

Federal Reserve cuts key rate for first time this year

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate by a quarter-point Wednesday and projected it would do so twice more this year as concern grows at the central bank about the health of the nation’s labor market. The move is the Fed’s first cut since December and lowered its short-term rate to […]

SEPT. 18, 2025