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Jonathan Escalante stands over the broken window of his mother's car, which was shattered by federal immigration agents who took her away, during a federal immigration crackdown in Kenner, La., Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)2025-12-12T05:05:39Z KENNER, La. (AP) Vilma Cruz, a mother of two, had just arrived at her newly leased Louisiana home this week when federal agents surrounded her vehicle in the driveway. She had just enough time to call her oldest son before they smashed the passenger window and detained her.The 38-year-old Honduran house painter was swept up in an immigration crackdown that has largely targeted Kenner, a Hispanic enclave just outside New Orleans, where some parents at risk of deportation had rushed to arrange emergency custody plans for their children in case they were arrested.Federal agents have made more than 250 arrests this month across southeast Louisiana, according to the Department of Homeland Security, the latest in a series of enforcement operations that have also unfolded in Los Angeles, Chicago and Charlotte, North Carolina. In some homes, the arrests have taken away parents who were caretakers and breadwinners, leaving some teenagers to grow up fast and fill in at home for absent mothers and fathers. Cruzs detention forced her son, Jonathan Escalante, an 18-year-old U.S. citizen who recently finished high school, to care for his 9-year-old sister, who has a physical disability. Escalante is now trying to access his mothers bank account, locate his sisters medical records and doctors, and figure out how to pay bills in his mothers name.Honestly Im not ready, having to take care of all of these responsibilities, Escalante told The Associated Press. But Im willing to take them on if I have to. And Im just praying that I get my mom back. Fearful families made emergency custody plansThe crackdown dubbed Catahoula Crunch has a goal of 5,000 arrests. DHS has said it is targeting violent offenders but has released few details on who it is arresting. Records reviewed by AP found that the majority of those detained in the first two days of the effort had no criminal histories.This week, Louisiana Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser, a Republican, became the first state official to break with his party over the operations. He criticized them for undermining the regional economy by triggering labor shortages because even immigrants with valid work permits have stayed home out of fear. So I think there needs to be some clarity of whats the plan, Nungesser said. Are they going to take every person, regardless if they got kids, and theyre going to leave the kids behind?DHS said Cruz locked herself in the car and refused to lower the window and exit the vehicle as ordered, which forced agents to break the window to unlock the door. She is being held in federal custody pending removal proceedings, officials said.Immigrant rights groups say the operation is applying a dragnet approach to racially profile Hispanic communities.In the weeks before the crackdown began, dozens of families without legal status sought to make emergency custody arrangements with relatives, aided by pro bono legal professionals at events organized by advocacy groups in Kenner and throughout the New Orleans region.Children are going to school unsure whether their parents will be home at the end of the day, Raiza Pitre, a member of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Louisiana, told a city council meeting Wednesday in Jefferson Parish, which includes Kenner. Juan Proao, CEO of the League of United Latin American Citizens, said he receives dozens of calls daily from Louisiana families worried about being separated from their children. His organization is helping Escalante navigate life without his mother, and he wants to prepare her son for the worst.He thinks shell be home in a couple of days, but it could be weeks or months, or she could be deported, Proao said.Police chief praises enforcement crackdownCruzs family was supposed to move into their new home next month. She leased it so that her son could finally sleep in his own room.Kenner resident Kristi Rogers watched masked agents detain Cruz, a soon-to-be neighbor whom she had not yet met. Rogers said her heart went out to Cruz, and she wondered why she was targeted.Im for them trying to clean up the criminals in our area, but Im hoping thats all they are detaining and deporting the criminals, Rogers said. Jefferson and Orleans Parish court records did not reveal any criminal history for Cruz, and her son said she had a clean record.In conservative Kenner, where Hispanics make up about a third of residents and Donald Trump won the last three presidential elections, Police Chief Keith Conley said last week that the federal immigration operation is a prayer answered.As evidence of violence committed by immigrants in his city, Conley shared around a dozen press releases issued since 2022 documenting crimes in which the suspect was identified as being in the U.S. illegally, including sex offenses, a killing, gang activity and shootings. He said residents were also at risk from immigrant drivers who are unlicensed and uninsured.I think that missions like this, by the government, are welcome because its going to change the landscape of the city and make improvements, Conley said. Teenagers try to protect younger siblingsJose Reyes, a Honduran construction worker and landscaper whose family says he has lived in the U.S. for 16 years, stayed home for weeks to avoid federal agents. But the father of four had to pay rent, so last week he drove to the bank around the corner.Unmarked vehicles began following Reyes and pulled up alongside his car as he parked in front of his house in Kenner. A video reviewed by AP showed several agents leaping out and removing Reyes from his car as his sobbing daughters screamed for mercy. We were begging that they let him go, said his eldest daughter, 19-year-old Heylin Leonor Reyes. Hes the one who provides for food, pays bills, pays the rent. We were begging them because theyre leaving a family totally in the dark, trying to figure out what to do, figuring out where to get money to get by.Asked about the arrest, DHS said Jose Reyes committed an unspecified felony and had previously been deported from the U.S. The agency did not elaborate.His daughter, who works at a local restaurant, said her salary is not enough to keep a roof over the heads of her three younger siblings, two of whom she says were born in the U.S. and are American citizens. Her mother is caring for the youngest, a 4-year-old, who watched agents grab her father from the doorway.Reyes said she is also seeking a lawyer for her fathers case. But they need to locate him first.We were not given that information, Reyes said. We were given absolutely nothing.Reyes has tried to shield her siblings from the stress surrounding their fathers detention.Escalante has not yet told his sister about their mothers arrest, hoping Cruz can be released before he has to explain her absence.Im technically the adult of the house now, he said. I have to make these hard choices.___Cline reported from Baton Rouge, Louisiana.___Brook is a corps member for The Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues. JACK BROOK Brook covers Louisiana government, infrastructure and environmental issues from New Orleans. He is a Report for America corps member. twitter mailto RSShttps://feedx.net https://feedx.site

Trader Jonathan Mueller works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)2025-12-12T05:41:56Z Artificial-intelligence stocks are falling again on Friday, but smaller U.S. stocks and other areas of the market that used to get left behind by Big Tech are picking up the slack. Thats keeping Wall Street indexes near their record heights.The S&P 500 edged down by less than 0.1% in early trading, coming off its latest all-time high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was adding 91 points, or 0.2%, to its own record, while the weakness for tech had the Nasdaq composite down 0.2%, as of 9:40 a.m. Eastern time.Broadcom fell 7.7% even though the chip company reported a stronger profit for the latest quarter than analysts expected. Analysts called the performance from the AI heavyweight solid, and CEO Hock Tan said strong 74% growth in AI semiconductor revenue helped lead the way. But investors may have been concerned with some of Broadcoms financial forecasts, including how much profit it can squeeze out of each $1 of revenue. The chip company may also have simply run out of momentum after its stock came into the day with a surge of 75.3% for the year so far, more than quadruple the S&P 500s gain. Broadcoms stumble came a day after Oracle plunged nearly 11% despite likewise reporting a bigger profit for the latest quarter than analysts expected. Doubts remain about whether all the spending that Oracle is doing on AI technology will end up being worth it. Such questions are weighing on the AI industry broadly, even as many billions of dollars continue to flow in. Its a return toward Earth for AI superstars, which earlier had been the main engine sending Wall Street higher and appeared to be nearly unstoppable. Other stocks that used to struggle with uncertainty about the U.S. economys strength and what the Federal Reserve will do with interest rates, meanwhile, are climbing.The smallest U.S. stocks in the Russell 2000 index have leaped 2.8% so far this week, much better than the 0.2% dip for the Nasdaq composite, which is packed with tech stocks. The blue chip stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which has much less of an emphasis on tech, have also been beating the rest of the market. Visa, which rose 0.7%, was again one of the strongest forces lifting the Dow. Now, investors are feeling more optimistic about interest rates. The Fed earlier this week cut its main interest rate for the third time this year and indicated another cut may be ahead in 2026. Wall Street loves lower interest rates because they can boost the economy and send prices for investments higher, even if they potentially make inflation worse.The Feds chair, Jerome Powell, did hint on Wednesday that interest rates may be on hold for a while. But he helped soothe nerves when his comments appeared less harsh than some investors expected in shutting off the possibility of more cuts in 2026.Strong profit reports from companies have also helped to support their stock prices. Lululemon Athletica jumped 12% to for the biggest gain in the S&P 500 after reporting stronger profit and revenue for the three months through Nov. 2 than analysts expected. It also said its CEO, Calvin McDonald, plans to step down at the end of January following pressure to boost revenue. In stock markets abroad, indexes rose across most of Europe and Asia.Stocks jumped 1.7% in Hong Kong and rose 1.4% in Tokyo for two of the worlds bigger gains. In the bond market, Treasury yields rose. The yield on the 10-year Treasury climbed to 4.18% from 4.14% late Thursday.___AP Writers Teresa Cerojano and Matt Ott contributed.

Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures during a call with military leaders on the Ukraine battlefield situation at the Kremlin in Moscow, on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)2025-12-12T13:20:48Z KYIV, Ukraine (AP) A senior Kremlin official says that the Russian police and National Guard will remain in eastern Ukraines Donbas to oversee the prized industrial region, even if a peace settlement ends the nearly four-year war a possibility that is likely to be rejected by Ukrainian officials as U.S.-led negotiations drag on.Moscow will give its blessing to a ceasefire only after Ukraines forces have withdrawn from the front line, Kremlin adviser Yuri Ushakov said in comments published Friday in Russian business daily Kommersant.Ushakov told Kommersant its entirely possible that there wont be any troops (in the Donbas), either Russian or Ukrainian in a postwar scenario.But he said that there will be the National Guard, our police, everything necessary to maintain order and organize life.For months, American negotiators have tried to navigate the demands of each side as U.S. President Donald Trump presses for a swift end to Russias war and grows increasingly exasperated by delays. The search for possible compromises has run into a major obstacle over who keeps Ukrainian territory that Russian forces have occupied so far. Since Moscows 2014 illegal annexation of Crimea and the seizure of territory in the east by Russia-backed separatists later that year, as well as land taken after the full-blown invasion was launched on Feb. 24, 2022, Russia has captured about 20% of its neighbor. Ukraine says its constitution doesnt allow it to surrender land. Russia, which illegally annexed Donetsk and three other regions illegally in 2022, says the same. Ushakov said that no matter what the outcome (of peace talks), this territory (the Donbas) is Russian Federation territory. On Thursday, Trump compared the negotiations to a very complex real estate deal. He said that he wants to see more progress in talks before sending envoys to possible meetings with European leaders over the weekend.In October Trump said the Donbas region will have to be cut up to end the war. Ukrainian counterattacksIn recent months, Russias army has made a determined push to gain control of all parts of Donetsk and neighboring Luhansk, which together make up the valuable Donbas region.Its slow slog across the Ukrainian countryside, using its significant advantage in troop numbers in a corrosive war of attrition, has been costly in terms of casualties and losses of armor. Although outnumbered, Ukrainian defenders have held firm in many areas and counterattacked in others.Ukrainian forces said Friday that they had recaptured several settlements and neighborhoods near the city of Kupiansk in the northeastern Kharkiv region, following a monthslong operation aimed at reversing Russian advances.Kupiansk has in recent months been one of the most closely contested sectors of the around 1,000-kilometer (600-mile) front line.Ukrainian units gradually cut off Russian supply routes into Kupiansk starting on Sept. 22, and regained control of the villages of Kindrashivka and Radkivka, as well as several northern districts of the city, according to a statement by the National Guards Khartia Corps posted on Facebook. Fighting is ongoing in central Kupiansk now, where more than 200 Russian soldiers are encircled, the statement said.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy posted a video of himself standing on the road into Kupiansk on Friday. Explosions could be heard in the background as he spoke.Today, it is critically important to achieve results on the battlefield so that Ukraine can achieve results in diplomacy, Zelenskyy said in the video, praising his troops on Ukraines Ground Forces Day.Russian officials made no immediate comment, and the Ukrainians statements couldnt be independently verified.At the end of October, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Ukrainian troops in Kupiansk were surrounded and offered to negotiate their surrender. He said that a media visit to the area would prove it.Ukraine also has developed its long-range strike capabilities using domestically produced weapons to disrupt Russias war machine. Its Special Operations Forces, or SSO, said Friday that an operation in the Caspian Sea struck two Russian vessels carrying military equipment and arms.The ships named Kompozitor Rakhmaninov and Askar-Saridzha are under U.S. sanctions for transporting arms between Russia and Iran, the SSO said in a statement on social media. It didnt say what weapons it used in its attack.Cross-border drone strikesA Ukrainian drone attack wounded seven people, including a child, in the Russian city of Tver, acting Gov. Vitaly Korolev said Friday. Falling drone debris struck an apartment bulding in the city, which lies northwest of Moscow, Korolev said.Russias air defenses destroyed 90 Ukrainian drones overnight, Russias Defense Ministry said.Russian drones struck a residential area of Pavlohrad, in Ukraines central Dnipropetrovsk region, killing one person and wounding four others, the head of the local military administration, Vladyslav Haivanenko, wrote on Telegram Friday. Ukraines southern Odesa region came under a large-scale drone attack overnight, according to regional chief Oleh Kiper. The attack damaged energy infrastructure, he said. More than 90,000 people were without electricity on Friday morning, Deputy Energy Minister Roman Andarak said.Ukraines air force said that Russia launched 80 drones across the country during the night.___Dasha Litvinova reported from Tallinn, Estonia.___Follow APs coverage of the war in Ukraine at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine DASHA LITVINOVA Litvinova is an Associated Press correspondent covering Russia, Belarus, Central Asia and the Caucasus. She is part of the team that covers the Russia-Ukraine war. She has covered Russia and the region for over a decade. twitter mailto ILLIA NOVIKOV Novikov is an Associated Press reporter covering news in Ukraine since 2022. He is based in Kyiv. instagram mailto

Prominent Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi is seen in a meeting on women's rights in Tehran, Iran, on July 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)2025-12-12T13:44:50Z DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) Iran has arrested Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, her supporters said Friday.A foundation in her name said she was detained at a memorial for a human rights lawyer recently found dead under disputed circumstances.There was no immediate comment from Iran over its detention of Mohammadi, 53. It wasnt clear if authorities would immediately return her to prison to serve the rest of her term. Activist detained at ceremony for dead lawyer Her supporters on Friday described her as having been violently detained earlier today by security and police forces. They said other activists had been arrested as well at a ceremony honoring Khosrow Alikordi, a 46-year-old Iranian lawyer and human rights advocate who had been based in Mashhad. The Narges Foundation calls for the immediate and unconditional release of all detained individuals who were attending a memorial ceremony to pay their respects and demonstrate solidarity, a statement read. Their arrest constitutes a serious violation of fundamental freedoms.Alikordi was found dead earlier this month in his office, with officials in Razavi Khorasan describing his death as a heart attack. However, a tightening security crackdown coincided with his death, raising questions. Over 80 lawyers signed a statement demanding more information. Alikordi was a prominent figure among Irans community of human rights defenders, the New York-based Center for Human Rights in Iran said Thursday. Over the past several years, he had been repeatedly arrested, harassed and threatened by security and judicial forces.Footage purportedly of the ceremony showed Mohammadi on a microphone, calling out to the crowd gathered without wearing a hijab, or headscarf. She started the crowd chanting the name Majidreza Rahnavard, a man whom authorities hanged from a crane in a public execution in 2022. Mohammadi had been on furlough for monthsSupporters had warned for months that Mohammadi was at risk of being put back into prison after she received a furlough in December 2024 over medical concerns.While that was to be only three weeks, Mohammadis time out of prison lengthened, possibly as activists and Western powers pushed Iran to keep her free. She remained out even during the 12-day war in June between Iran and Israel.Mohammadi still kept up her activism with public protests and international media appearances, including even demonstrating at one point in front of Tehrans notorious Evin prison, where she had been held.Mohammadi had been serving 13 years and nine months on charges of collusion against state security and propaganda against Irans government. She also had backed the nationwide protests sparked by the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini, which have seen women openly defy the government by not wearing the hijab.Mohammadi suffered multiple heart attacks while imprisoned before undergoing emergency surgery in 2022, her supporters say. Her lawyer in late 2024 revealed doctors had found a bone lesion that they feared could be cancerous that later was removed.Mohammadis doctors recently prescribed an extension of her medical leave for at least six more months to conduct thorough and regular medical examinations, including monitoring the bone lesion which was removed from her leg in November, physiotherapy sessions to recover from the surgery and specialized cardiac care, the Free Narges Coalition said in late February 2025. The medical team overseeing Mohammadis health has warned that her return to prison especially under stressful conditions of detention and without adequate medical facilities could severely worsen her physical well-being.An engineer by training, Mohammadi has been imprisoned 13 times and convicted five. In total, she has been sentenced to over 30 years in prison. Her last incarceration began when she was detained in 2021 after attending a memorial for a person killed in nationwide protests. JON GAMBRELL Gambrell is the news director for the Gulf and Iran for The Associated Press. He has reported from each of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, Iran and other locations across the world since joining the AP in 2006. twitter instagram mailto

Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg summed up the importance of the Indiana legislatures rejection of Donald Trumps pressure to get the state to gerrymander away two Democratic House seats in a video posted to social media in just three words: Were not powerless.This is a demonstration that political pressure works, he said in the video. Related Its terrible: Pete Buttigieg denounces attempts to drop the T from LGBTQ+ Even in a year like this, where many states like Indiana didnt have an election going on, we mobilized, we got out there, we made it clear to these legislators that the people did not want what the White House was pushing, and they decided to listen to the people instead of the president.This shows how power can still work democratically in this country. Weve gotta keep it up. Insights for the LGBTQ+ community Subscribe to our briefing for insights into how politics impacts the LGBTQ+ community and more. Subscribe to our Newsletter today It wasnt even close. Pete Buttigieg (@petebuttigieg.bsky.social) 2025-12-11T22:51:06.289ZDonald Trump has been pressuring red states to redraw their Congressional maps this year to give Republicans better chances of maintaining control of the House in 2026. Currently, there are two Democratic members of Congress from Indiana and seven Republicans. 38% of voters voted for a Democratic House candidate in 2024, which would mean that if Indianas congressional delegation reflected the states population, then three or four of the states House members would be Democrats. Trump wanted the state to pass a new map that would have likely eliminated those two Democratic districts. He went so far as to threaten to pull federal funding from the state if Republican lawmakers didnt adopt his preferred congressional map.But the Republican-controlled Indiana Senate voted on Thursday to reject Trumps new map, 31-19, with 21 Republicans and all 10 Democrats voting against the measure. Indiana became the first state to reject Trumps attempts at mid-decade redistricting. Speaking on Chris Hayes MSNBC show All In, Buttigieg who grew up in Indiana and was the mayor of South Bend for two terms expanded on his points.People are wondering if they have any power at all, he told Hayes. A good part of how Trumpism works is to make you feel totally disempowered, to make him feel inevitable. And yet the clear takeaway from this is he is not unstoppable, and you are not without power.'A whole bunch of people stood up, rallied in the state house, made those phone calls, the exact kind of old-fashioned political organizing things that some of us asked, Does this still matter? Does this still work? It clearly had an effect, stiffening the spines of these Indiana Senate Republicans who in the end had this vote, and it wasnt even close.Buttigieg on Indiana: "The big part of how Trumpism works is to make you feel totally disempowered. To make him feel inevitable. And yet the clear takeaway from this is he is not unstoppable and you are not without power." Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-12-12T01:22:57.101Z There have been signs that Indiana Republicans would reject the gerrymandering bid. Last month, Indiana state Sen. Mike Bohacek (R) said that he would vote against it because the president used the word ret**d to refer to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D).Those of you that dont know me or my family might not know that my daughter has Down Syndrome, Bohacek posted to social media. This is not the first time our president has used these insulting and derogatory references and his choice of words will have consequences.I will be voting NO on redistricting, perhaps he can use the next 10 months to convince voters that his policies and behavior deserve a congressional majority. Policito reporter Adam Wren pointed to a post from the far-right Heritage Foundation that threatened Indiana leaders if they rejected the gerrymandering bid. Their post said: Roads will not be paved. Guard bases will close. Major projects will stop. These are the stakes and every NO vote will be to blame.Its hard to overstate how much this post was unhelpful to the presidents cause among Indiana Republicans in the final hours when some were still persuadable, Wren wrote.Its hard to overstate how much this post was unhelpful to the presidents cause among Indiana Republicans in the final hours when some were still persuadable. https://t.co/XEtX9n8QtA Adam Wren (@adamwren) December 12, 2025Subscribe to theLGBTQ Nation newsletterand be the first to know about the latest headlines shaping LGBTQ+ communities worldwide.

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TORONTOAssuring the 82-year-old filmmaker they could fall asleep perfectly fine without one, David Cronenbergs grandchildren politely declined their grandfathers offer to tell them a bedtime story, sources confirmed Monday.Oh, thats okay, Pop-Popwere so sleepy already, said 7-year-old Liam Cronenberg, who forced a yawn and rubbed his eyes as his 4-year-old brother, Mason Cronenberg, nodded vigorously in agreement from the adjacent twin-sized bed. Yes, of course we want to find out what happened to Rapunzel after she had a panic attack in the bathtub and her hair started falling out in bloody clumps. Just not tonight. Well, okay. One story, if you really want. But just read from the book. You dont have to add any of your own stuff.At press time, the Cronenberg grandchildren were feigning sleep to no avail as their grandfather told the tale of Goldilocks And The Three Centipedes.The post Grandchildren Politely Decline David Cronenbergs Bedtime Story Offer appeared first on The Onion.

Hamnet, based on the 2020 novel by Maggie OFarrell, is an awards season frontrunner with six Golden Globe nominations. Here is everything you need to know about the film.Q: Who stars in it?A: Paul Mescal plays fuckable Shakespeare and Jessie Buckley plays his fuckable wife.Q: Who is the target audience?A: High schoolers trying to get English extra credit.Q: Why did Chlo Zhao choose to make this film?A: To push Eternals further down her IMDb page.Q: Will Hamnet make me cry?A: Only if you find things like dead kids sad.Q: Whats the bodice count in this bad boy?A: Trust us, you wont be disappointed.Q: What is Hamnets message?A: Its way easier to get writing done when you dont have a kid bugging you.The post What To Know About Hamnet appeared first on The Onion.

WASHINGTONIn response to criticism over his failure to alleviate the affordability crisis facing many Americans, President Donald Trump vehemently blamed high prices Friday on the price. Prices are pricesthats how much it costs, said Trump, calling out Democrats as well as disloyal Republicans for spreading rumors that his 2024 campaign rhetoric about lowering costs had anything to do with the price. Democrats want to accuse me of all sorts of things, but Ive got nothing to do with these so-called prices. If you want lower prices, youll have to find the man who puts the price stickers on with the price gun. Thats the price guy. But once the price is on there, thats the price, and you cant change that. The president went on to express doubt that things even cost money to begin with.The post Trump Blames High Prices On The Price appeared first on The Onion.

WASHINGTONAs they nodded their heads in approval and echoed the sentiment that you really knocked it out of the park, all 130 million of the nations sycophants expressed their firm belief that this was your best one yet, sources confirmed Friday. We just want to say were really impressed with what youre doing lately, and wed simply love to congratulate you, said the millions of grinning toadies, their voices reverberating in unison as they lined up to take turns shaking hands with the genius who came up with this. It was a high bar, but you cleared it with ease. What youve been doing is fantastic, really, anddare we saysomething very special. Theres no one in the world who does it quite like you, and you did it so tremendously well! At press time, the nations sycophants were reportedly suggesting that now would be the perfect time for sex.The post This Your Best One Yet, Report Nations Sycophants appeared first on The Onion.

This photo provided by the New York State Sex Offender Registry shows Jeffrey Epstein, March 28, 2017. (New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP, File)2025-12-12T15:41:09Z WASHINGTON (AP) House Democrats released a selection of photos from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein on Friday, including some of Donald Trump, Bill Clinton and the former Prince Andrew.The 19 photos released by Democratic lawmakers on the House Oversight Committee were a small part of more than 95,000 they received from the estate of Epstein, who died in a New York jail cell in 2019 while awaiting sex trafficking charges. The photos released Friday were separate from the case files that the Department of Justice is now compelled to release.The photos were released without captions or context and included a black-and-white image of Trump alongside six women whose faces were blacked out. The committee did not say why their faces were blacked out. Several of the photos have already circulated in the public. Democrats pledged to continue to release photos in the days and weeks ahead, as they look to pressure Trump over his Republican administrations earlier refusal to release documents in the Epstein probe. It is time to end this White House cover-up and bring justice to the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and his powerful friends, said Rep. Robert Robert Garcia, the top Democrat on the Oversight Committee, in a statement. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the photos.Trump, once a close friend of Epstein, has said that he parted ways with him long before he faced the sex trafficking charges. Clinton, too, has minimized his relationship with Epstein, acknowledging that he traveled on Epsteins private jet but saying through a spokesperson that he had no knowledge of the late financiers crimes. Clinton also has never been accused of misconduct by Epsteins known victims.Andrew lost his royal titles and privileges this year amid new revelations of his ties to Epstein, though he has denied wrongdoing.___Follow the APs coverage of Jeffrey Epstein at https://apnews.com/hub/jeffrey-epstein. STEPHEN GROVES Groves covers Congress for The Associated Press. twitter mailto

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy speaks to the media about the impact of the government shutdown on the aviation industry, outside of the West Wing of the White House, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)2025-12-12T15:44:40Z New York routinely issues licenses to immigrants that may be valid long after they are legally authorized to be in the country, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Friday and he threatened to withhold $73 million in highway funds unless the system is fixed.New York is the latest state Duffy has targeted in his effort to make sure truck and bus drivers are qualified to get licenses that he launched after a truck driver who was not authorized to be in the U.S. made an illegal U-turn and caused a crash in Florida that killed three people. The Transportation Department has said it is auditing these non-domiciled licenses nationwide, but so far the only states he has threatened to sanction are all led by Democratic governors.Duffy said federal investigators found that more than half of the 200 licenses they reviewed in New York were issued improperly with many of them defaulting to be valid for eight years regardless of when an immigrants work permit expires. And he said the state couldnt prove it had verified these drivers immigration status for the 32,000 active non-domiciled commercial licenses it has issued. When more than half of the licenses reviewed were issued illegally, it isnt just a mistake it is a dereliction of duty by state leadership. Gov. (Kathy) Hochul must immediately revoke these illegally issued licenses, Duffy said. New York has 30 days to respond to these concerns. Hochuls office did not immediately comment Friday. Stay up to date with the news and the best of AP by following our WhatsApp channel. Follow on Immigrants account for about 20% of all truck drivers, but these non-domiciled licenses only represent about 5% of all commercial drivers licenses. The Transportation Department also proposed new restrictions that would severely limit which noncitizens could get a license but a court put the new rules on hold. Duffy has threatened to withhold millions from California, Pennsylvania and Minnesota after the audits found significant problems under the existing rules like commercial licenses being valid long after an immigrant truck drivers work permit expired. That pressure prompted California to revoke 17,000 licenses. JOSH FUNK Funk is an Associated Press reporter who covers transportation including aviation safety and airlines along with all the major freight railroads. Funk also covers Warren Buffetts Berkshire Hathaway, the impact of the ongoing bird flu outbreak, agriculture and other news out of the Midwest. twitter mailto