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Refilling starts for newly painted Reflecting Pool in Washington, in photos

WASHINGTON (AP) — Water has started flowing into the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after President Donald Trump’s renovation, which included painting the basin a deep shade he called “American flag blue.”

 

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An America-themed prayer rally draws thousands to Washington’s National Mall, in photos

Thousands of people streamed onto the National Mall for a daylong prayer rally Sunday billed as a “rededication of our country as One Nation under God.”

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Naval Academy ‘plebes’ face grueling sea trials, in photos

First-year midshipmen, known as “plebes,” participated in Sea Trials Tuesday, a daylong training exercise in Annapolis, Maryland, that caps off the U.S.

 

Photos of Laurel Park as storied track reaches final chapter

Laurel Park, set to become a training facility, spruced things up for a chance to relive its glory days by hosting its first and probably only Preakness Stakes.

 

West Point military competition tests future soldiers, in photos

WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — Amid the Iran war, tensions with European allies in NATO and the Russia-Ukraine war, the United States Military Academy held its 59th Sandhurst Military Skills Competition.

 

Photos show a media tour of the Kennedy Center ahead of renovations

WASHINGTON, DC (AP) — The Kennedy Center is poised to undergo major renovations, with President Donald Trump calling it “tired, broken, and dilapidated.”

 

Photos of Trump’s Monday, talking Iran at Easter Egg Roll and mimicking a sniper in the press room

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump spoke Monday about the Iran conflict while children stood nearby for the Easter Egg Roll on the White House lawn.

 

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Photos of Trump at dignified transfer for US service members killed in Middle East

DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. (AP) — President Donald Trump paid his respects at a military base in Delaware where the remains of six U.S. service members were returned to their families.

 

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Photos show dignified transfer for 6 US soldiers killed in the war in the Middle East

DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. (AP) — President Donald Trump attended the dignified transfer of six U.S. soldiers killed in a drone strike on a command center in Kuwait.

 

Trump grieves with families during return of soldiers killed in war in the Middle East

President Donald Trump joined grieving families at Dover Air Force Base for the dignified transfer of six U.S. Army Reserve soldiers killed in Kuwait.

 

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Photos show Ukraine’s historic center in ruins but children, athletes still train ahead of Olympics

CHERNIHIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s historic Chernihiv biathlon and cross-country training center, which produced the country’s first Olympic medalist, remains in ruins after Russia’s 2022 invasion.

 

Photos of demonstrators outside the Supreme Court as it considers upholding transgender sports bans

WASHINGTON (AP) — People for and against letting transgender girls and women play on female school sports teams gathered at The Supreme Court on Tuesday.

 

Photos show mock funeral for the penny at Lincoln Memorial

Wasington (AP) — A mock funeral for the penny, which was discontinued earlier this year, was held Saturday in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington.

 

Documenting D.C. in the Trump era

AP photographer Julia Demaree Nikhinson has been documenting Washington, D.C. during the second Trump administration and was one of only seven photojournalists allowed to cover his swearing-in.

 

Photos of Marjorie Taylor Greene with Epstein survivors before the vote on releasing files

WASHINGTON (AP) — Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a longtime loyalist of President Donald Trump, joined other Republicans outside the Capitol with several survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse, before Congress voted to force the Justice Department to release files related to the convicted sex of

 

PHOTO ESSAY: Portraits of workers keeping Ukraine out of the dark

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Utility workers in Ukraine are risking their lives as they battle to keep the lights as Russia repeatedly attacks the energy system.

 

160 Ukrainian energy workers have been killed as Russia pummels the power system

Almost four years into Russia’s invasion, keeping Ukraine’s lights on has become a battle of its own. It’s a moving front line that Moscow has tried and failed to break.

 

Kyiv unleashes Halloween a week early with an afternoon rave in photos

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Partiers kicked off Halloween early with a costumed rave that packed a Kyiv concert hall with hundreds of revelers dressed as Pennywise, the Joker, Medusa and more.

 

Photos show Ukrainians dealing with blackouts as Russia strikes energy infrastructure

SHOSTKA, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainians are preparing for another winter of blackouts as Russia renews its strikes on the country’s energy grid.

 

Dreams on the diamond: Photos of Women’s Professional Baseball League tryouts

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Women’s Professional Baseball League is set to launch next year, with tryouts held Aug. 22-25 in Washington.

 

What Zelenskyy and European leaders’ visit to the White House looked like

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Europe’s top leaders met with U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday on ending Russia’s war in Ukraine.

 

Photos of the Putin-Trump summit in Alaska

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska (AP) — President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin held talks Friday in Alaska about the war in Ukraine.

 

Photos of renovations at the Federal Reserve’s Great Depression-era headquarters

Journalists got a close-up view of renovations at the Federal Reserve as part of a government-led tour of the Great Depression-era headquarters in Washington.

 

Photos of Trump’s meeting with Netanyahu and the reaction

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the White House, while demonstrators protested their gathering both outside the building and in Tel Aviv, Israel.

 

Photos capture the Republicans push to pass Trump tax cuts as opposition fails

WASHINGTON (AP) — The past week has seen Republicans on Capitol Hill working to pass President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.”

 

Photos of drag queens preparing to attend ‘Les Miserables’ at Kennedy Center, despite Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mari Con Carne put on their make-up, wig and gown before attending “Les Miserables” at the Kennedy Center.

 

PHOTOS: World Pride gathers LGBTQ+ advocates in Washington for 50th anniversary

WASHINGTON (AP) — World Pride gathers LGBTQ+ advocates from around the globe. This year, which marks the 50th anniversary of Washington’s Pride festival, is the first time the city is hosting the gathering.

 

AP PHOTOS: Top young spellers compete in 100th Scripps National Spelling Bee

OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — The best young spellers in the English language competed at the Scripps National Spelling Bee, which celebrated its 100th anniversary this year.

 

Inside the intimate inauguration: Close-up encounters between political rivals, some awkward

A president’s inaugural address is a time-honored spectacle: A makeshift grandstand is erected next to the Capitol and hundreds of thousands people line the National Mall.

 

An AP photographer conveys the synchronized movements of the Radio City Rockettes in one shot

AP photographer Julia Nikhinson took this photo of the Radio City Rockettes while working on a photo story about Christmas in New York.

 

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