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Soldiers sweep volcanic ash from the runway at La Aurora International airport, which has been closed due to an eruption at the Pacaya volcano in Guatemala City, Tuesday, March 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
US officials postpone visit to Guatemala because of volcano

Mar. 24, 2021 03:08 PM EDT

Mexican immigration agents stop people who crossed the Suchiate River, the natural border between Guatemala and Mexico, to see their identification documents near Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico, Monday, March 22, 2021. Agents are forcing those with permission to enter Mexico for work or a visit to use the official border crossing bridge, and those who do not are being returned to Guatemala, as they enforce new limits on all but essential travel at its shared border with Guatemala. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
US officials to hold talks in Mexico on migration

Mar. 22, 2021 11:53 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: US

By The Associated Press Dec. 30, 2020 03:48 PM EST
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Dec. 29 The Post and Courier...

Dusk settles over the White House, Monday, Dec. 7, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Top US officials expected to get COVID-19 vaccine this week

By Zeke Miller Dec. 14, 2020 02:12 PM EST

FILE - The U.S. Treasury Department building viewed from the Washington Monument, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019, in Washington. Hackers got into computers at the U.S. Treasury Department and possibly other federal agencies, touching off a government response involving the National Security Council. Security Council spokesperson John Ullyot said Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020 that the government is aware of reports about the hacks. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, file)
US agencies hacked in monthslong global cyberspying campaign

By Eric Tucker, Frank Bajak And Matt O'brien Dec. 13, 2020 11:00 PM EST

FILE - In this Feb. 19, 2020 file photo, former national security adviser Susan Rice takes part in a discussion on global leadership at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. President-elect Joe Biden is naming Susan Rice as director of the White House Domestic Policy Council. The role will give her broad sway over his administration’s approach to immigration, health care and racial inequality and elevates the prominence of the position in the West Wing. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Biden taps Rice as domestic policy adviser, McDonough for VA

By Julie Pace And Zeke Miller Dec. 10, 2020 10:13 AM EST

In this photo released by the official website of the Iranian Defense Ministry, Defense Minister Gen. Amir Hatami speaks during a funeral ceremony for Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a scientist who was killed on Friday, shown in the banner at background, in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Nov. 30, 2020. Iran held the funeral Monday for the slain scientist who founded its military nuclear program two decades ago, with the Islamic Republic's defense minister vowing to continue the man's work "with more speed and more power." (Iranian Defense Ministry via AP)
Iran says Israel killed military nuclear scientist remotely

By Nasser Karimi And Jon Gambrell Nov. 30, 2020 01:16 AM EST

FILE- In this July 10, 2020 file photo, White House national security adviser Robert O'Brien speaks during a briefing on counternarcotics operations at U.S. Southern Command, in Doral, Fla. O’Brien has tested positive for the coronavirus. He’s the highest-ranking White House official to test positive so far. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Trump's national security adviser has coronavirus

By Jill Colvin And Zeke Miller Jul. 27, 2020 09:45 AM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2020 file photo, Mauricio Claver-Carone, deputy assistant to President Donald Trump and senior director for Western Hemisphere affairs, right, arrives to meet with Bolivia's Foreign Minister Karen Longaric in La Paz, Bolivia. The Trump administration said Tuesday, June 16, 2020, that it plans to nominate Claver-Carone to lead the Inter-American Development Bank. (AP Photo/Juan Karita, File)
Testing tradition, Trump taps US official to lead Latin bank

By Joshua Goodman Jun. 16, 2020 08:44 PM EDT