Denmark’s leaders are cautiously optimistic about Trump’s announcement of a Greenland deal

September 21, 2026

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark's government was cautiously optimistic on Saturday following Donald Trump's announcement of a deal on Greenland to bolster U.S. military presence there but keep the island under Danish control, after months of threats by the U.S. president to seize the semiautonomous territory of a NATO ally. The Arctic island's top leaders echoed that stance and said the deal, which has not yet been made public, was long in coming. U.S., Greenlandic and Danish officials had quietly negotiated for months behind the scenes, searching for solutions to address some ...

There’s one issue where Republicans and Democrats are unified before the midterms, a new poll finds

September 21, 2026

On the way home from a recent trip, Eriech Tapia drove past a sea of dark industrial buildings lining an already jam-packed northern Virginia road: data centers. “It was interesting to see how many were going up,” said Tapia, a 30-year-old Republican from Arlington, Virginia, who works ...

Alaskans will decide fate of ranked choice voting system after chaotic end to state’s primary

September 21, 2026

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Even after the last votes were counted from Alaska’s primary election, the final slate of candidates was far from settled. Late withdrawals shook up the races for governor, U.S. Senate and U.S. House, leaving many voters upset with candidates who dropped out after winning a spot in November’s general election or cursing others who stayed in. Some were quick to blame the upheaval on Alaska’s unique elections system that combines open primaries, where the top four vote-getters advance, with general elections run under a ranked choice system. The August ...

Republican Mike Rogers courts both Michigan Democrats and Trump voters as GOP hopes to hold the Senate

September 21, 2026

DETROIT (AP) — Mike Rogers stood outside Cody High School on Detroit’s west side on a recent drizzly morning and decried Michigan’s decline in reading achievement. “This is the civil rights issue of our lifetime,” said the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in the open-seat race in November. It had the look and sound of a Democratic campaign policy event, set in one of the nation’s Democratic-voting strongholds. The contest has quickly become a focal point in the fight for Senate control, and Rogers is working to appeal to segments of Michigan’s Democratic electorate. ...

Trump says his planned arch would become a ‘military complex’ able to host drones and snipers

September 21, 2026

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Sunday that the massive arch he wants to build between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery would become a “top grade military complex” able to host drones and snipers while storing ammunition. It is one more example of how Trump is insisting that his initiatives to beautify the White House and the city are also serving a defensive purpose. Trump has been calling the new White House ballroom a “military complex” and arguing it is necessary for national security purposes. The Pentagon said it had no information ...

Iran-backed Houthi rebels warn against joining Saudi Arabia in Yemen’s growing civil war

September 21, 2026

CAIRO (AP) — A senior official with the Iran-backed Houthi rebels is warning countries against joining Saudi Arabia in Yemen’s revived civil war, telling The Associated Press on Sunday that his group has assured the Trump administration that it won’t attack U.S. vessels in the Red Sea. Mohamed al-Bukhaiti, a member of the Houthis’ political bureau, said Washington reached out to the rebels after their rapid advance down Yemen’s western coast to the Bab el-Mandeb Strait earlier this month. “We confirmed that we are not targeting the United States, or any other nation, in ...