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Immigration Militarized Border

A Stryker combat vehicle sits atop a hill overlooking the U.S.-Mexico border fence in Sunland Park, N.M., Wednesday, July 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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All-formats AP team gains extensive, exclusive access to militarized border zones

AUG. 1, 2025

Trump

President Donald Trump is greeted by Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., as he arrives at "Alligator Alcatraz," a new migrant detention facility at Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility, Tuesday, July 1, 2025, in Ochopee, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Emails show DeSantis administration blindsided county officials with plans for ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

JULY 25, 2025

Russia-Ukraine-Cybercrime

Law enforcement agencies from Europe and North America targeted a cybercrime network launching online attacks against Ukraine and its allies. (AP Graphic)

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AP intelligence reporting exposes growing Russian sabotage efforts around Europe

JULY 18, 2025

APTOPIX Immigration Raids Los Angeles

Federal agents stage at MacArthur Park Monday, July 7, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

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Los Angeles team offers a vivid look into a day outside an immigration detention center

JULY 11, 2025

APTOPIX Climate Hail Chasing Journey Photo Essay

The Project ICECHIP command vehicle drives toward an approaching rainstorm with a rain shaft during an operation Tuesday, June 3, 2025, near Tipton, Okla. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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AP takes audiences inside a hailstorm with exclusive multiformat report on cutting-edge research

JULY 7, 2025

Overtourism Explainer

FILE - Demonstrators march shouting slogans against the Formula 1 Barcelona Fan Festival in downtown Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, June 19, 2024, during residents protest against mass tourism. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)

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AP beats the competition reporting on a surprise Louvre strike and overtourism

JUNE 27, 2025

Africa Russia’s Growing Footprint

FILE - This undated photograph handed out by the French military shows three Russian mercenaries, right, in northern Mali. (French Army via AP)

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In an exclusive, an AP team of reporters details how Russia is delivering arms to conflict zones in sub-Saharan Africa

JUNE 20, 2025

EPA Power Plants

FILE - The Warrick Power Plant, a coal-fired electricity-generating station, operates, April 8, 2025, in Newburgh, Ind. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel, File)

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AP team shows potentially staggering consequences of Trump administration’s push to overhaul environmental rules

JUNE 13, 2025

APTOPIX Nepal Everest Photo Gallery

Mountaineers ascend to Camp 2 on their way to the summit of Mount Everest in Nepal, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Pasang Rinzee Sherpa)

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AP provides rare and exclusive visuals of Mount Everest as hundreds make it to the summit in a weather-hit climbing season

JUNE 6, 2025

Congress Johnson’s Quiet Moment

House Speaker Mike Johnson, of La., poses for a photo in the Congressional Prayer Room at the U.S. Capitol, Thursday, May 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Lisa Mascaro)

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Congressional correspondent Mascaro lands exclusive 3 a.m. interview about faith with House speaker

MAY 30, 2025

ICC Trump Sanctions

FILE - Karim Khan, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court looks up prior to a press conference in The Hague, Netherlands, July 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

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AP exclusive exposed how Trump sanctions have halted the work of the International Criminal Court

MAY 23, 2025

Israel Palestinians

A makeshift tent camp for displaced Palestinians stretches across Gaza City on Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

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AP obtains exclusive document planning new U.S.-backed aid regime for Gaza, swiftly publishing before the competition

MAY 16, 2025

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