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FBI agents are seen at the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center.

NAACP asks judge to protect against ‘misuse’ of voter data seized by FBI in Georgia’s Fulton County

The motion asks the judge to “order reasonable limits on the government’s use of the...
Matt Mahan, San Jose mayor and Democratic contender for California governor, tours skid row in Los Angeles on Friday, February 13, 2026.   (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan wants to be the optimistic candidate for California governor

Mahan, who recently visited L.A.'s Skid Row, has earned a reputation of bucking his party...
White House border czar Tom Homan holds a news conference in Minneapolis.

Trump’s border czar says ‘small’ security force will remain in Minnesota after enforcement drawdown

Border czar Tom Homan said over 1,000 immigration agents have left Minnesota's Twin Cities area.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, and Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

Rubio plugs Orbán’s bid for another term after April elections during a visit to Budapest

Rubio praised Orbán’s close personal relationship with Donald Trump.
A sign for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is seen on the Saint Elizabeth campus in Washington, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

No clear path to ending the partial government shutdown as lawmakers dig in over DHS oversight

By AAMER MADHANI WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Lawmakers and the White House offered...
In an aerial view, an Amazon Web Services data center is shown situated near single-family homes on July 17, 2024 in Stone Ridge, Virginia. (Nathan Howard/Getty Images North America/TNS)

With electricity bills rising, some states consider new data center laws

Officials are now scrutinizing how power-hungry projects might affect the electric bills.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

Rubio’s speech to European allies takes a softer tone but sticks to Trump’s firm stance

Rubio said the United States would remain forever tied to the continent even as it...
FILE – Travelers wait at a TSA security checkpoint at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, Nov. 30, 2025, in Romulus, Mich. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun, File)

TSA agents are working without pay at US airports due to another shutdown

A shutdown of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that took effect early Saturday impacts...
An ICE agent stands outside a warehouse as federal officials tour the facility to consider repurposing it as an ICE detention facility, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Immigration officials plan to spend $38.3 billion to boost detention capacity to 92,000 beds

ICE plans 16 regional processing centers with a population of 1,000 to 1,500 detainees.
A sign for the Malakoff Independent School District is displayed in Malakoff, Texas, on Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Kendria LaFleur)

Some US schools cancel class pictures after online claims surrounding Epstein

Photography giant Lifetouch called the claims “completely false.”
Constriction continues on the ballroom where the East Wing used to stand at the White House, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)

Memo says White House was ‘excellently preserved’ during East Wing demolition for Trump’s ballroom

The memo says the new ballroom includes a larger visitor screening center.
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters at his Mar-a-Lago club.

Trump’s Harvard move reflects one of his go-to tactics: Lawsuits

Trump files lawsuits against individuals, institutions, even the people who elected him.
FILE – In this undated photo provided by her attorney, Todd Pomerleau, in January 2025, Any Lucia Lopez Belloza celebrates her high school graduation in Texas. (Any Lucia Lopez Belloza’s attorney via AP, File)

Judge gives US 2 weeks to retrieve student deported to Honduras while traveling for Thanksgiving

The judge ordered the return of Any Lucia Lopez Belloza by the end of February.
A SNAP EBT information sign is displayed outside of a convenience store in Baltimore.

A judge says she’ll rule that the US still cannot force states to provide data on SNAP recipients

SNAP helps about 42 million Americans, roughly 1 in 8, buy groceries.
FILE – White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler listens as President Barack Obama speaks at an installation ceremony for FBI Director James Comey at FBI Headquarters, in Washington, Oct. 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Gifts and soup from ‘Uncle Jeffrey’: The Epstein ties that ended Kathy Ruemmler’s run at Goldman

The fallout raised questions inside Goldman about her judgment and conflicts.
FILE – Corals grow off Efate Island, Vanuatu, Saturday, July 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag, File)

Trump administration urges nations to call for the withdrawal of a UN climate proposal

It is the latest move by the Trump administration to distance the U.S. from climate...
Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz. arrives before a meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani in Munich, Germany, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026, on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

US lawmakers limp to global security summit trailed by political crises at home

House Speaker Mike Johnson canceled an official delegation of roughly two dozen House members who...
Congressman Doug LaMalfa speaks during a “No on Prop. 50” event at the Butte County Farm Bureau building outside of Chico, California on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. (Jake Hutchison/Enterprise-Record file)

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Doug LaMalfa’s cause of death released

The late Congressman Doug LaMalfa's cause of death was determined to be complications of aortic...
U.S. charge d’affaires Laura Dogu, left and Venezuelan diplomat Felix Plasencia stand by the arrival of medical supplies donated from the United States at the Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Juan Arraez)

A US shipment of medicine to Venezuela signals a new era of cooperation

The shipment contained 6 metric tons of supply.
The state and U.S. flags fly over the Virginia State Capitol.

Virginia redistricting election will go forward while court considers appeal

The Virginia plan is part of a redistricting battle between some Republican and Democratic states.
Cathleen Special, executive director of the Otis Library in Norwich, Conn., and Emily Gardiner, the young adult librarian, hold up copies of passport applications on Friday, Feb. 13, 2024, in the room where people used to be able to get their passport processed. (AP Photo/Susan Haigh)

State Department orders nonprofit libraries to stop processing passport applications

Members of Congress from several states pushed back in a letter to Marco Rubio.
FILE – A data center owned by Amazon Web Services, front right, is under construction next to the Susquehanna nuclear power plant in Berwick, Pa., Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

As electricity costs rise, everyone wants data centers to pick up their tab. But how?

Data centers keep spreading fast, and some use as much electricity as a small city.
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk from the stage at Fort Bragg.

At Fort Bragg, Trump says Maduro raid showed ‘full military might’ of US and means ‘we are feared’

Trump used the Fort Bragg appearance to praise U.S. Special Forces for last month's raid.
FILE – People take photos near a John Harvard statue, left, on the Harvard University campus, Jan. 2, 2024, in Cambridge, Mass. r. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Justice Department sues Harvard for data as it investigates how race factors into admissions

It's the latest salvo in Trump’s standoff with Harvard.
Officers from the U.S. Public Health Service attend a training on medical evacuation for immigrants detained at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, on April 3, 2025. (Aubree Owens/U.S. Air Force/U.S. Air Force/TNS)

Public health workers are quitting over assignments to Guantánamo

“Public health officers are being asked to facilitate a man-made humanitarian crisis.”
President Donald Trump arrives for an event at the Horizon Events Center in Clive, Iowa, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump boasts of over $1.5B in political funds. How he chooses to spend it could rock the midterms

In the past, Trump has spent little to support political causes beyond his own.
Signs reading "no ICE access" taped to the front doors of a Minnesota elementary school.

Teachers describe immigration enforcement’s impact on classrooms in challenge of Trump policy

Educators around the country described rumors of immigration raids that scared away students.
FILE – People protest against President Donald Trump’s policy towards Greenland in front of U..S consulate in Nuuk, Greenland, Jan. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)

Trump’s push for Greenland reveals a political weak spot, new poll finds

A new poll finds Republicans aren’t thrilled about Trump's push to take over Greenland.
FILE – Jenniffer Gonzalez speaks after she was sworn in as governor outside the Capitol in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Jan. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo, File)

Puerto Rico governor signs law to recognize fetus as human being as critics warn of consequences

The amendment was approved Thursday without public hearings and amid concerns from opponents.
Artwork portraying Frederick Douglass rests on a table during a formal dedication of the House Press Gallery to be named after Frederick Douglass on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Feb., 12, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

House renames press gallery after Frederick Douglass in bipartisan recognition of Black history

The event was attended by prominent Black conservative activists, faith leaders and White House officials.
FILE – The Gen. James Gavin Power Plant, a coal-fired power plant, operates April 14, 2025, in Cheshire, Ohio. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel, File)

Scientific studies calculate climate change as health danger, while Trump calls it a ‘scam’

Again and again, research has found increasing disease and deaths in a warming world.
FILE – U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, chief judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, stands for a portrait at E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse in Washington, March 16, 2023. (Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post via AP, File)

Judge says US must help bring back a handful of Venezuelans deported to notorious prison

The case has been a legal flashpoint in the administration’s sweeping immigration crackdown.
FILE – Analilia Mejia, center, speaks during a rally calling for SCOTUS ethics reform, May 2, 2023, in Washington. (Joy Asico/AP Images for Center for Popular Democracy Action, File)

Analilia Mejia, progressive ally of Bernie Sanders, wins special New Jersey House primary

Mejia overcame former Rep. Tom Malinowski and about a dozen other candidates.
From left, Joseph Edlow, director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Rodney Scott, commissioner of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Todd Lyons, senior official performing the duties of the director at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, listen during a Senate Homeland Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)

Trump immigration officials shown video of Minneapolis protester’s death in tense Senate hearing

Sen. Rand Paul urged ICE and Border Patrol to admit mistakes.
Alejandro Barranco, the son of a man detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, speaks at a Democratic Steering and Policy Committee hearing on Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the Capitol, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)

Judge dismisses California deportation case for Mexican father of 3 U.S. Marines

The Department of Homeland Security said Thursday that it would appeal the judge's decision.
The Trump administration has stopped flying a rainbow flag on the pole, center, in the Stonewall National Monument, adjacent to the Stonewall Inn, background center, in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

NY officials raise rainbow flag at Stonewall in rebuke of Trump administration

The National Park Service-run site is across the street from the Stonewall Inn.
FILE – An FBI seal is displayed on a podium before a news conference at the field office in Portland, Ore., Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Top Trump antitrust official leaves post following disputes over big mergers

Gail Slater is leaving after just a year in the role.
FILE – A pedestrian crosses the street in front of a car May 12, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

EPA ends credits for automatic start-stop vehicle ignition, a feature Zeldin says ‘everyone hates’

The technology automatically shuts down a vehicle’s engine when a driver comes to a complete...
FILE – Tourists flock to Mather Point at Grand Canyon National Park, Oct. 1, 2025, in Grand Canyon, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Trump nominates a hospitality executive to lead the National Park Service

The nomination of Scott Socha follows widespread firings within the Park Service.
People march during a rally in support of the extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian immigrants before it expires on February 3, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Judge reads death threats during hearing on Trump decision to end legal protections for Haitians

Roughly 350,000 Haitians are legally living and working in the U.S. under the country’s TPS...
President Donald Trump speaks during announcement on greenhouse gas regulation in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. President Trump on Thursday announced he was erasing the scientific finding that climate change endangers human health and the environment, ending the federal government’s legal authority to control the pollution that is dangerously heating the planet. (Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times)

Trump administration erases the government’s power to fight climate change

President Donald Trump on Thursday announced he was erasing the scientific finding that climate change...
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., right, is joined by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., left, during the Senate Republican policy luncheon news conference at the Capitol, Tuesday, Feb., 10, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Homeland Security shutdown seems certain as funding talks between White House and Democrats stall

Lawmakers in the House and Senate were set to leave Washington for a 10-day break.
President Donald Trump speaks during an event with Environmental Protection Agency director Lee Zeldin.

Trump’s EPA revokes scientific finding that underpinned US fight against climate change

Environmental groups are certain to challenge the action in court.
In this photo illustration, packages of Girl Scout cookies are displayed on April 1, 2025, in San Anselmo, California. This year many scouts will be selling cookies online rather than knocking door-to-door. (Photo Illustration by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/TNS)

Girl Scouts moving cookie sales online in Minnesota in response to ICE actions

Some Girl Scouts may continue to sell cookies door-to-door or at cookie booths, though the...
FILE – Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., appears before the Senate Finance Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, file)

RFK Jr. pledged more transparency. Here’s what the public doesn’t know anymore

Health information has been delayed, deleted and in some cases stopped all together.
Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., speaks during a news conference at Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Judge blocks Pentagon from punishing Sen. Mark Kelly for call to resist unlawful orders

The judge ruled Pentagon officials have violated Kelly’s First Amendment free speech rights.
FILE – A sign marks the entrance to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

Democratic-led states sue to stop Trump from withholding $600M in health grants

Several of the largest cuts are to HIV programs.
FILE – Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s choice to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, appears before the Senate Finance Committee for his confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, file)

RFK Jr. promised to restore trust in US health agencies. One year later, it’s eroding

Survey results show Americans' confidence keeps sliding, not rising.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, right, looks on ahead of a group photo at the Heads of states dinner, at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, Pool)

Europe warily awaits Rubio at Munich Security Conference as Trump roils transatlantic ties

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is leading a U.S. delegation to the Munich Security Conference.
An airplane takes off behind the control tower at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, on the anniversary of the Potomac River mid-air collision between an American Airlines passenger plane and an Army Blackhawk helicopter, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Grieving families press Congress on aviation safety reforms after midair collision near DC

It’s unclear if Congress will act on expert recommendations.
Committee Ranking Member Rep. Jamie Raskin D-Md. Speaks as Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before a House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)

Speaker Johnson says he disapproves of Justice Department logging lawmaker searches of Epstein files

Rep. Jamie Raskin asked the DOJ's inspector general to investigate.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, second left, introduces United States Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge Colby, center, to military staff during a meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Defense Ministers Session at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

US allies at NATO focus on Europe as the Trump administration steps back

European allies are putting on a brave face as the U.S. steps back from leadership...
Pedestrian walks outside the BBC Headquarters in London

Trump’s defamation lawsuit against the BBC is set to go to trial in 2027, US judge says

Trump filed a lawsuit in December over editing of a speech he gave.
FILE – A container is lifted by a crane backdropped by the construction of the Chinese-funded port, in Chancay, Peru, Oct. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo, File)

In blunt warning, the US says Peru could lose its sovereignty to China

The Chinese government on Thursday strongly rejected the U.S. comments.
FILE – Observers film while federal agents conduct immigration enforcement operations Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy, File)

What independents think of Trump’s recent immigration actions, according to a new poll

The new polling comes as the nation watches the human impact of Trump’s immigration crackdown.
Matt Mahan talks to attendees after the California gubernatorial candidate debate Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Laure Andrillon)

Who's funding Mayor Mahan's campaign for governor?

New campaign filings reveal that $2.1 million of Mahan's recent fundraising haul came from 47...
FILE – President Donald Trump speaks at a hearing of the Religious Liberty Commission at the Museum of the Bible, Sept. 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Member of Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission ousted in dispute over antisemitism

The ousted member, Carrie Prejean Boller, had defended commentator Candace Owens.
FILE – The exterior of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington, is photographed March 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

A privacy breach at the IRS: Taxpayer data wrongly shared with DHS, court filing says

The revelation stems from a data-sharing agreement signed last April.
First lady Melania Trump works on Valentine’s Day arts and crafts with patients at The Children’s Inn at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Md., Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)

Melania Trump says she doesn’t eat ‘much sweets’ as she celebrates Valentine’s Day with children

It was her first visit of the second Trump administration to The Children’s Inn.
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during a news conference at Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

House votes to slap back Trump’s tariffs on Canada in rare bipartisan rebuke of White House agenda

The vote the first time the House has confronted the president over a signature policy.
Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., and Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., speak during a news conference at Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Democratic senators decry indictment attempt, warning it ‘could break this institution’

Sen. Chris Murphy called it a 'test for the Senate' that 'could break this institution...
Professor David Gelernter sits in his office at Yale University in New Haven, Conn., on Aug. 28, 1997. (Brad Clift/Hartford Courant via AP)

A Yale professor recommended a ‘good-looking blonde’ student for a job with Epstein. He’s not sorry

Professor David Gelernter has defended the email in messages to students and Yale officials.
FILE – Noam Chomsky attends a conference at the Islamic University, Oct. 20, 2012, in Gaza City. (AP photo/Hatem Moussa, File)

Valeria Chomsky admits ‘serious errors in judgment’ over Jeffrey Epstein ties

She says they recognize the gravity of Epstein’s crimes and stand with victims.
Casey Wasserman, Chairman of the Los Angeles Organizing Committee for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games speaks during an IOC meeting ahead of the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

LA28 board backs Casey Wasserman after Epstein files stir scrutiny

Justice Department documents show Wasserman exchanged flirtatious emails in 2003 with Ghislaine Maxwell.
President Donald Trump listens to a reporter’s question as he flies aboard Air Force One from Joint Base Andrews, Md., to West Palm Beach, Fla., Friday, Feb. 6, 2026 (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Governors group says Trump will welcome Democrats and Republicans to White House

The dispute threatened to upend one of Washington’s rare bipartisan gatherings.
FILE- Voting booths are set up at a polling place in Newtown, Pa, April 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

House GOP pushes strict proof-of-citizenship requirement for voters ahead of midterm elections

The bill is a Trump administration priority aimed at scrutinizing ballot access.
A woman walks outside The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center For The Performing Arts, Monday, Feb. 2, 2026 in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Kennedy Center head warns staff of cuts and ‘skeletal’ staffing during renovation closure

Most departments could shrink permanently or temporarily.
FILE – Tulsi Gabbard listens to President Donald Trump as she is sworn in as the Director of National Intelligence in the Oval Office of the White House, Feb. 12, 2025, in Washington. (Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Gabbard ends intelligence reform task force after less than a year of work

The task force became a lightning rod for criticism of Gabbard.
FILE – People work at the Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters in Washington, on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

Homeland Security officials voice concerns about looming shutdown

Democrats insist any funding bill for DHS come with changes to immigration enforcement operations.
FILE – U.S. Rep. Katie Porter, D-Calif., waves at supporters at an election party, March 5, 2024, in Long Beach, Calif. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Crowded Democratic field in California governor’s race might provide a rare opening for the GOP

A twin victory for GOP primary candidates remains a longshot.
The sun sets behind the U.S. Capitol on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)

CBO: Federal deficits and debt to worsen over next decade

Worsening federal deficits are driven by increased spending on Social Security, Medicare, and debt service...
Attorney General Pam Bondi

Watch: Bondi clashes with Democrats as she struggles to turn the page on Epstein files furor

Bondi's remarks came at a House Judiciary Committee over the Epstein files.
FILE – This photo taken from a video distributed on Dec. 9, 2020 by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, shows a rocket launch as part of a ground-based intercontinental ballistic missile test at the Plesetsk facility in northwestern Russia. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File)

Russia says it will stick to New START’s nuclear arms limits as long as the US does

Russia's Foreign Minister says Moscow will respect the treaty's limits if the U.S. observes them...
US Representatives Thomas Massie (L), Republican from Kentucky, and Ro Khanna, Democrat from California, speak outside the Department of Justice in Washington, DC, on February 9, 2026. Members of Congress will be allowed to review unredacted Jeffrey Epstein files on Department of Justice computers starting on February 9. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)

Ro Khanna names 6 men in Epstein files, calls for Silicon Valley elite who visited island to be investigated

Khanna and Kentucky Republican U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie, forced the release of the Justice Department’s...
Journalist Don Lemon, talks to the media after a hearing at the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building in Los Angeles on Friday, Jan. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Former federal prosecutor who quit amid Trump administration dispute now representing Don Lemon

Joe Thompson recently formed a law firm with Harry Jacobs, another former prosecutor who quit.
FILE – Voters fill out their ballots Nov. 4, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Federal judge dismisses attempt to obtain Michigan voter data in latest rejection of DOJ

The DOJ sued at least 23 states and the District of Columbia for voter data.
A government supporter holds an image of former President Nicolás Maduro during a march calling for his release and of his wife Cilia Flores, a month after U.S. forces captured them, in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Close Maduro ally pardoned by Biden once again a target of US criminal investigation

Alex Saab is under scrutiny again for his involvement in Venezuela's CLAP program.
FILE – A sign marks an entrance to a Moderna building in Cambridge, Mass., May 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Bill Sikes, File)

Moderna says FDA refuses its application for new mRNA flu vaccine

Moderna received a “refusal-to-file” letter, objecting to its clinical trial methods.
FILE – A license plate reader used by U.S. Border Patrol is hidden in a traffic cone while capturing passing vehicles on AZ Highway 85, Oct. 21, 2025, in Gila Bend, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Privacy activists call on California to remove covert license plate readers

Critics argue this surveillance may violate the Fourth Amendment.
FILE – La Catedral Arena horse race track in Wilder, Idaho is seen in Oct. 22, 2025, three days after the FBI and other law enforcement agencies raided the property as part of a gambling investigation. (AP Photo/Rebecca Boone, File)

U.S. citizens and legal residents sue over aggressive immigration raid at Idaho horse racing track

The raid involved 200 officers and targeted a family-friendly event popular with the Latino community.
FILE – A briefcase of a census taker is seen as she knocks on the door of a residence, Aug. 11, 2020, in Winter Park, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

Immigrant rights groups seek to dismiss a Republican lawsuit to exclude noncitizens from US census

The lawsuit seeks to exclude people who are in the U.S. illegally or other noncitizens.
FILE – A sign marks the entrance to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

Trump administration plans to hold back grant money for some Democratic-led states

Full details have not been released, including whether the states could take any steps to...
U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance speaks to the media before boarding Air Force Two

Why the words ‘Armenian genocide’ matter after Vance social media reference is deleted

Here's what Vice President JD Vance himself did and didn’t say.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., points to a copy of his Verizon phone bill during a Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law hearing to examine Arctic Frost accountability, focusing on oversight of telecommunications carriers on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)

Republican lawmakers grill telecom officials over phone records access in Trump investigation

Lawyers for the companies defended their actions at a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing.
The Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center, is seen Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, in Union City, Ga, near Atlanta, as FBI agents search at the main election facility. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

FBI search of Georgia offices in Georgia relied on years-old claims of fraud, affidavit shows

The allegations are largely based on claims made by people who assert there was fraud...
The Saginaw passes construction on the Gordie Howe International Bridge on the Detroit River

US-Canada bridge brouhaha deepens as White House says Trump could amend a permit for the project

The Gordie Howe International Bridge would connect Ontario and Michigan.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during the Critical Minerals Ministerial meeting at the State Department, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

US to expand passport revocations for parents who owe child support, AP sources say

A 30-year-old law allows the government to revoke American passports until payments are made.
The Trump administration has stopped flying a rainbow flag on the pole, center, in the Stonewall National Monument, adjacent to the Stonewall Inn, background center, in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Trump administration takes down a rainbow flag at the Stonewall National Monument

The National Park Service-run site centers on a tiny park in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village.
San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan speaks during the State of the City Address at San Pedro Square Market in downtown San Jose, Calif., on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)

Matt Mahan jumped into the governor’s race — and the money came pouring in

Mahan raised $7 million while tech leaders gave $3.3 million to an independent committee supporting...
Ryan O’Neil, left, and Kate Weaver of West Bloomfield, Mich., look at a photo that they took of the Bill of Rights during their visit to the National Archives Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

‘We hold these truths’: Viewing the Declaration of Independence, visitors reflect on America at 250

America’s 250th anniversary arrives at a time of deep political divisions.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and his wife Allison arrive for the premiere of first lady Melania Trump’s movie “Melania” at The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center For The Performing Arts, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick acknowledges meetings with Epstein that contradict previous claims

Lutnick is facing calls from several lawmakers for his resignation.
President Donald Trump steps off Air Force One, early Monday, Feb. 9, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Md., after returning from a trip to Florida. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Annual governors gathering with White House unraveling after Trump excludes Democrats

The National Governors Association's mission is to represent all 55 governors.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., center, speaks during a news conference as House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y. listens, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Congressional leaders say ICE deal is still possible despite divisions

Another partial government shutdown is threatening to begin Saturday.
FILE – Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, departs the chamber at the Capitol in Washington, on July 24, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Susan Collins announces reelection bid in pivotal Maine Senate race

The campaign will test Collins' political survival skills.
FILE – EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin listens during the annual Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference on June 3, 2025, in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Trump EPA set to repeal scientific finding that serves as basis for US climate change policy

The EPA is expected to rescind the declaration known as the endangerment finding.
From left, Rodney Scott, commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Joseph Edlow, director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and Todd Lyons, acting director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, are sworn in during a House Committee on Homeland Security oversight hearing of the Department of Homeland Security: ICE CBP and USCIS, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)

Watch: ICE chief defends his officers’ actions before Congress after the deaths of 2 protesters

Trump's mass deportation strategy faces growing criticism and declining public support.
U.S. President Donald Trump greets Russian President Vladimir Putin

Russia can’t attack NATO this year but plans to boost its own forces, an intelligence chief says

Russia continues to bombard Ukraine during U.S. efforts to end the war.
President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn upon his arrival to the White House, Monday, Feb. 9, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

When conflict meets competition: Trump’s immigration agenda roils opening days of Winter Olympics

The Olympics often intersect with political issues, and recent events have heightened tensions.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., center, speaks during a news conference as House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y. listens, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats and White House trade offers as shutdown of Homeland Security looms

The talks come just days before funding is set to expire.
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard speaks during a roundtable on criminal cartels with President Donald Trump in the State Dining Room of the White House, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Gabbard’s office warns attorney against sharing classified complaint with Congress

An anonymous employee alleged that Gabbard withheld classified material for political purposes.
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