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SAM BURDETTE

U.S. Desk editor

Burdette edits and publishes U.S. news stories covering a broad array of topics from major breaking news to detailed explanatory pieces. She also frequently edits live blogs, where she enjoys filing updates quickly as news actively unfolds.

President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Wednesday, May 27, 2026, in Washington, as Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, looks on. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Appeals court rules Trump policy illegally banned transgender troops from military
Follow the latest news on President Donald Trump and his administration | June 1, 2026
 
Supporters stand on stage during a primary runoff election night event for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, after he won the Republican party's nomination Tuesday, May 26, 2026, in Plano, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Ken Paxton wins Senate primary runoff, defeats incumbent Sen. John Cornyn
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President Donald Trump walks with China's President Xi Jinping at the Zhongnanhai leadership compound, Friday, May 15, 2026, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)
Trump says he hasn’t determined whether to go forward on arms package for Taiwan
Follow the latest news on President Donald Trump and his administration | May 15, 2026
 
President Donald Trump, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives during a state dinner at the Great Hall of the People on Thursday May 14, 2026, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Trump says Xi offered to help broker peace with Iran
Follow the latest news on President Donald Trump and his administration | May 14, 2026
 
President Donald Trump walks through the Colonnade at the White House as he heads to the Rose Garden, Friday, May 8, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Trump announces a 3-day Russia-Ukraine ceasefire
Follow the latest news on President Donald Trump and his administration | May 8, 2026
 
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he meets with NASA's Artemis II astronauts Victor Glover, Christina Koch, Reid Wiseman and Jeremy Hansen in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, April 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Trump says he’s ‘not satisfied’ with Iran’s newest peace plan
President Trump says he’s unsatisfied with Iran’s proposal to negotiate the end of the war, even as his administration argues the war has ended because of the ceasefire.
 
A cargo ship sails in the Persian Gulf toward the Strait of Hormuz, Wednesday, April 22, 2026. (AP Photo)
Pentagon says it will take months to clear mines in the Strait of Hormuz, AP source says
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A woman mourns next to her relative's grave at a cemetery where civilians and Hezbollah fighters killed in Israeli airstrikes are temporarily buried in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
Trump says the Iran war ‘is very close to over’
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A cargo ship carrying vehicles sails through the Arabian Gulf toward the Strait of Hormuz in the United Arab Emirates, Sunday, March 22, 2026. (AP Photo)
Trump estimates US will be done in Iran in 2 to 3 weeks
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Iranian Red Crescent emergency workers use a bulldozer to clear rubble from a residential building that was hit in an earlier U.S.-Israeli strike in Tehran, Iran, Monday, March 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Trump’s potential troop deployment is getting pushback on Capitol Hill
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Rubble covers the furniture of a destroyed living room in a residential building hit in an earlier U.S.-Israeli strike in Tehran, Iran, Monday, March 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Iran’s parliament speaker denies there have been any negotiations with the US
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FILE - A partially constructed gas refinery at the South Pars gas field is seen on the northern coast of Persian Gulf in Asalouyeh, Iran, on Jan. 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
Trump threatens to strike South Pars gas field if Iran attacks Qatar again
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FlyDubai planeS is parked at Dubai International Airport as smoke rises in the background after a drone struck a fuel tank early morning, forcing the temporary suspension of flights, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday, March 16, 2026. (AP Photo)
Live updates: Shrapnel from shot down drones hits US Embassy in Baghdad
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Plumes of smoke rise as strikes hit the city during the U.S.–Israeli military campaign in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, March 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Pentagon says first week of Iran war cost the US $11.3 billion, an AP source says
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▶ With fast-moving developments, the conflict in the Middle East can be hard to follow.
 
FILE - A woman takes a photo silhouetted against a U.S. flag before California Gov. Gavin Newsom spoke during a rally with Harris County Democrats at the IBEW local 716 union hall on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, in Houston. (AP Photo/Karen Warren)
Many Democrats are still down on their own party, AP-NORC poll finds
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Democratic candidates have notched a series of wins in recent special elections — but a new AP-NORC poll finds views of the Democratic Party among rank-and-file Democrats have not bounced back since President Donald Trump’s 2024 victory.
 
Vice President JD Vance speaks at an industrial shipping facility on the administration's economic agenda and impacts on the Midwest in Toledo, Ohio, on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. (Jim Watson/Pool Photo via AP)
Vance says Insurrection Act not needed ‘right now’ in Minneapolis
Follow the latest news on President Donald Trump and his administration | Jan. 22, 2025
 
President Donald Trump speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Trump meanders through foreign policy ahead of Davos speech to global leaders
Follow the latest news on President Donald Trump and his administration | Jan. 20, 2026
 
President Donald Trump speaks at the Detroit Economic Club, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026 in Detroit. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)
Trump lashes out at Federal Reserve in speech to Detroit Economic Club
Follow the latest news on President Donald Trump and his administration | Jan. 13, 2025
 
People gather around a makeshift memorial honoring Renee Good, who was fatally shot by an ICE officer the day before, near the site of the shooting in Minneapolis, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/John Locher)
ICE officer who shot Renee Good identified in court records as Jonathan Ross
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A day after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed 37-year-old mother of three Renee Good as she tried to drive away on a snowy Minneapolis street, tensions remained high, with dozens of protesters venting their outrage outside of a federal facility that’s serving as a hub fo
 
Flowers and candles are places as protesters gather near the scene of the fatal shooting involving federal law enforcement agents, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Tom Baker)
Hundreds protest in Minneapolis after ICE officer kills Renee Nicole Macklin Good
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An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a Minneapolis motorist on Wednesday — a shooting that federal officials claimed was an act of self-defense but that the city’s mayor described as “reckless” and unnecessary.
 
Jose Luis Gonzalez speaks during the burial of his sister Rosa Elena Gonzalez, 80, who died after her apartment was hit during a U.S. strike to capture President Nicolas Maduro, at the cemetery in La Guaira, Venezuela, Monday, Jan. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Total death toll from Maduro’s capture rises to at least 56
Follow the news on Venezuela and the United States | Jan. 6, 2026
 
People protest against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro outside Manhattan Federal Court before his arraignment, Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)
Trump officials give nearly two-hour briefing to top lawmakers on Venezuela
Follow the news on Venezuela and the United States | Jan. 5, 2026
 
President Donald Trump speaks during a Mexican Border Defense Medal presentation in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Dec. 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Trump bans travel from 5 more countries, imposes new limits on others
Follow the latest news on President Donald Trump and his administration | Dec. 16, 2025
 
FILE - Former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally, Aug. 5, 2022, in Waukesha, Wis. Wisconsin’s bipartisan elections commission, for a second time Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023, unanimously rejected a complaint against fake presidential electors who attempted to cast the state’s ballots for Trump in 2020. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)
Trump sues BBC for defamation, asks for $10 billion in damages over Jan. 6 speech edit
Follow the latest news on President Donald Trump and his administration | Dec. 15, 2025
 
President Donald Trump walks from Marine One to board Air Force One, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Trump speaks on Americans’ economic worries, blames Democrats at Pennsylvania rally
Follow the latest news on President Donald Trump and his administration | Dec. 9, 2025
 
President Donald Trump listens during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Judge strikes down Trump’s Day One order blocking wind energy development
Follow the latest news on President Donald Trump and his administration | Dec. 8, 2025
 
President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025, in Washington, as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth looks on. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Hegseth says he ‘didn’t stick around’ to watch second boat strike
Follow the latest news on President Donald Trump and his administration | Dec. 2, 2025
 
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after speaking to troops via video from his Mar-a-Lago estate on Thanksgiving, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Admiral who ordered follow-up strike on alleged drug-carrying boat to brief lawmakers
Follow the latest news on President Donald Trump and his administration | Dec. 1, 2025
 
Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., speaks during a Senate Armed Services Committee at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, file)
FBI seeks interviews with Democratic lawmakers who urged troops to defy illegal orders
Follow the latest news on President Donald Trump and his administration | November 25, 2025
 
Former FBI Director James Comey speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, in Washington, June 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
Judge dismisses cases against Comey and James, says prosecutor was illegally appointed
Follow the latest news on President Donald Trump and his administration | November 24, 2025
 
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