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Michael and Susan Dell donate $6.25 billion to encourage families to claim ‘Trump Accounts’

Billionaires Michael and Susan Dell pledged $6.25 billion Tuesday to provide 25 million American children 10 and under an incentive to claim the new investment accounts for children created as part of President Donald Trump’s tax and spending legislation. The historic gift has little precedent, with few single charitable commitments in the past 25 years exceeding $1 billion. […]

DEC. 2, 2025

Mass wedding in Gaza celebrates new life after years of war and tragedy

Eman Hassan Lawwa was dressed in traditional Palestinian prints and Hikmat Lawwa wore a suit as they walked hand-in-hand past the crumbled buildings of southern Gaza in a line of other couples dressed in exactly the same way. The 27-year-old Palestinians were among 54 couples to get married Tuesday in a mass wedding in war-ravaged Gaza that represented a […]

DEC. 2, 2025

10 notable books of 2025: A posthumous memoir about Epstein, ‘Hunger Games’ and reliving 2024

The year in publishing saw such notable releases as the latest “Hunger Games” novel and the first book in years from Thomas Pynchon. Readers also sought life advice from Mel Robbins, campaign books by former Vice President Kamala Harris, among others, and the posthumous memoir from one of Jeffrey Epstein’s accusers, Virginia Giuffre. Here are 10 notable books of 2025, in no particular […]

DEC. 2, 2025

AP pulls back curtain on Border Patrol surveillance system that’s monitoring millions of American drivers

Months of meticulous reporting allowed the AP to exclusively reveal that U.S. Border Patrol is conducting a secretive surveillance program that monitors millions of American drivers nationwide. The program is designed to flag individuals whose travel patterns the agency finds suspicious — often far from the U.S. border. Investigative reporters Byron Tau and Garance Burke […]

DEC. 1, 2025

AP reveals new developments in autoimmune disease medicine through extraordinary patient experiences

Told through people who have had their memories, sanity and childhoods stolen by autoimmune disease, the AP reveals and explains exciting new developments in understanding and treating some of the strangest illnesses known — conditions caused by the body attacking itself. Medical writer Lauran Neergaard noticed that urgent research during the COVID-19 pandemic was producing […]

DEC. 1, 2025

Comprehensive investigation across 21 cities exposes radical reshaping of immigration courts

To expose the opaque transformation of the U.S. immigration court system, the AP launched a sweeping, cross-country investigation led by Joshua Goodman and Tim Sullivan — a multiformat logistical feat involving nearly two dozen journalists and direct court observation in 21 cities. The team uncovered how the Trump administration systematically remade the long-backlogged immigration courts, […]

DEC. 1, 2025

Intimate reporting reveals the human toll of Medicaid cuts on a rural New England community

To bring the impact of federal Medicaid cuts into sharp focus, an AP Northeast team documented the closure of a rural health center in New Hampshire — one of the few lifelines for patients in a medically underserved community. Reporter Michael Casey gained rare, full access to the clinic during its final days. Video journalist […]

DEC. 1, 2025

Deep sourcing uncovers details of the “Swamp Sweep” immigration crackdown in New Orleans

In a national exclusive, AP revealed the first details of the Trump administration’s “Swamp Sweep” immigration crackdown in Louisiana — reporting that left other outlets scrambling to catch up. New Orleans reporter Jack Brook obtained sensitive planning documents that outlined a plan to deploy 250 federal agents to the state with a goal of making […]

DEC. 1, 2025

Deep sourcing secures exclusive, behind-the-scenes access to ACC commissioner

Leveraging more than two decades of relationship building, Aaron Beard secured rare, exclusive access to Atlantic Coast Conference Commissioner Jim Phillips — a behind-the-scenes look at the life and pressures of a Power 4 conference leader. Beard spent an entire weekend with Phillips, traveling with him from a Notre Dame at Pittsburgh football game on […]

DEC. 1, 2025

Exclusive data analysis and mapping reveal the link between rising poverty and support for France’s far right

Using deep beat knowledge, John Leicester and Samuel Petrequin identified a revealing trend when new French statistics showed record poverty levels. Suspecting a correlation with rising support for Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally, the pair dove into regional data to quantify that connection. Their analysis showed direct, statistically significant links between economic hardship and […]

DEC. 1, 2025

The top 100 photos of 2025 from The Associated Press: Images that defined the year

Years come and go, sometimes before we even realize that time has passed. Events blur and run together. The news is overwhelming, and even those who follow it closely can feel a sense of unremitting vertigo. Such is 21st-century life on a connected and chaotic planet.

DEC. 1, 2025

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NOV. 27, 2025