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US Deploys Second Aircraft Carrier From Caribbean to Middle East Amid Iran Tensions: Report
The world’s largest aircraft carrier has been ordered to sail from the Caribbean Sea to the Middle East, a person familiar with the plans said Thursday, as U.S. President Donald Trump considers whether to take possible military action against Iran.
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Epstein asked staff to install hidden video cameras at his Florida home, email exchange shows
Sky News has found an email exchange from 2014 showing that convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein asked a member of staff to install hidden video cameras at his home in Palm Beach, Florida.
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DOJ Moves to Drop Charges Against Men Arrested After Minneapolis ICE Shooting
The U.S. Justice Department has moved to drop charges against two men charged with assaulting Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in Minneapolis in January after an officer shot a Venezuelan immigrant, a court document showed on Thursday.
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Senior US health official Oz invited Epstein to Valentine's Day party, documents show
Dr. Mehmet Oz, President Donald Trump's administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, emailed an invitation to a Valentine's Day party in 2016 to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, U.S. Justice Department documents show. The Jus...
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DEA supervisor arrested as US shutters Dominican Republic office during visa-fraud probe
A supervisor at the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s office in the Dominican Republic has been arrested as part of an investigation into abuse of a U.S. visa program for confidential informants, a current and former U.S. official briefed on the matter...
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Congressional Black Caucus and civil rights leaders unite to counter Trump administration’s agenda
The Congressional Black Caucus and major civil rights groups on Tuesday marked Black History Month by relaunching a national plan to mobilize against what they say are the Trump administration’s efforts to weaken legal protections for minority communities.
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DC sues landlords with law used in organized crime to stop mistreatment of low-income tenants
Washington, D.C., Attorney General Brian Schwalb filed a lawsuit Thursday using an expansive racketeering law — originally crafted to prosecute organized crime — to put a landlord accused of providing unsuitable living conditions to his renters out of busin...
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Amazon Ring Cancels Flock Safety Partnership After Super Bowl Backlash
Ring and Flock Safety jointly canceled a planned integration that would let police request doorbell footage, with Ring saying no customer videos were ever shared. Ring's Super Bowl ad for its AI pet-tracking feature sparked backlash, with Senator Ed Markey ...
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California announces investigation into delayed evacuation orders during LA-area wildfire
California Attorney General Rob Bonta said the focus of this investigation is to find out if the response violated state anti-discrimination and disability rights laws.
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Analilia Mejia, Progressive Ally of Bernie Sanders, Wins Special New Jersey House Primary
Analilia Mejia, a longtime progressive organizer allied with Sen. Bernie Sanders, has won a crowded special Democratic House primary to fill the open seat...
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A judge orders DHS to give Minnesota detainees swift access to lawyers before transfers
A federal judge has ordered the Department of Homeland Security to give immigrants detained in Minnesota access to attorneys immediately after they are taken into custody and before they are transferred out of state.
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Palestine Action terror ban ruled unlawful by High Court
The High Court is to rule on Friday on whether the Home Office’s decision to ban Palestine Action under anti-terrorism laws was lawful
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Trump revokes EPA finding that greenhouse gases endanger public health
President Donald Trump has reversed a key Obama-era scientific ruling that underpins all federal actions on curbing planet-warming gases.
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A Judge Has Ordered the Release of Jailed Guatemalan Journalist José Rubén Zamora
A judge ordered Thursday that Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora be returned to house arrest again while awaiting trial after spending nearly a year in jail in his latest stint of incarceration.
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Top Goldman Sachs lawyer Ruemmler resigns after Epstein disclosures
Top Goldman Sachs lawyer Kathy Ruemmler said Thursday night that she will leave the investment bank at the end of June, a move that comes after the recent release of additional documents detailing her often chummy conversations with notorious sex predator J...
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FBI releases description of suspect in Nancy Guthrie disappearance, raises reward for information
The FBI's Phoenix bureau released a new description of a suspect in the case of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie's disappearance in a statement on Thursday night on X/Twitter.
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DHS shutdown imminent after Senate Democrats block Homeland Security bill
Senate Democrats voted Thursday to block a motion to advance a House-passed bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security, putting Washington on the brink of a partial government shutdown that will affect more than 260,000 federal employees.
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Israel has joined Trump's 'Board of Peace,' Netanyahu says
UPDATE 1-Israel has joined Trump's 'Board of Peace,' Netanyahu says Israel has joined U.S. President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace" initiative, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday during his visit to Washington where he met Trump and Secre...
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Bad Bunny Streams Skyrocketed After the Super Bowl, up 175% in the U.S.
The legacy of Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show continues.
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Trump tells Netanyahu Iran nuclear talks must continue
US President Donald Trump said "nothing definitive" was agreed but that he had "insisted" talks with Iran continue during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday.
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Cisco’s stock drops 7% on mediocre forecast even as earnings and revenue top estimates
Cisco reported better-than-expected quarterly results on Wednesday, but the stock dropped about 7% in extended trading as earnings guidance for the current period only met estimates.
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Trump privately weighs quitting USMCA trade pact he negotiated, Bloomberg News reports
The president has asked aides why he shouldn’t withdraw from the pact, which he signed during his first term, though he has stopped short of flatly signaling that he will do so, Bloomberg reports.
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Two men charged in cross-border human smuggling case
A man from the Dominican Republic and a man from the United States have been charged with conspiring to smuggle foreign nationals into the United States via the Canada-U.S. border.
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US participating in influenza vaccine meeting: WHO
The U.S. will participate in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) upcoming meeting on the composition of the influenza vaccine despite officially withdrawing from the global group last month.
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US, Armenia sign nuclear deal during Vance visit
US Vice President JD Vance kicked off a three-day visit to Armenia and Azerbaijan with an evening meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. They concluded their discussions with a signing ceremony covering an agreement on peaceful nuclear cooper...
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UK Pledges $205 Million to Send US Weapons to Ukraine
LONDON, Feb 11 - Defence minister John Healey said on Wednesday Britain had committed 150 million pounds ($205 million) to the so-called Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) initiative to supply Ukraine with U.S. weapons. PURL was set up last s...
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IRS improperly disclosed confidential immigrant tax data to DHS, Washington Post says
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service improperly disclosed the confidential tax information of thousands of people to federal immigration enforcement authorities, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing three people familiar with the situation.
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Bill Ackman reveals stake in Meta, says it has ‘deeply discounted valuation’
Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square revealed a stake in Meta on Wednesday.“We believe Meta’s current share price underappreciates the company’s long-term upside potential from AI and represents a deeply discounted valuation for one of the world’s greatest busines...
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Tumbler Ridge needs mental health help beyond immediate shooting aftermath: psychologist
As the federal and provincial governments pledge support for the people of Tumbler Ridge, B.C., a psychologist specializing in trauma says mental health services will be needed beyond the immediate aftermath of Tuesday’s mass shooting.
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House passes SAVE America Act, sending Trump-backed election bill to the Senate
The Republican-controlled House voted Wednesday to pass the SAVE America Act, a sweeping election bill that President Donald Trump is pushing Congress to enact.
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Les Wexner Named as Possible Epstein Co-Conspirator in DOJ Files
A previously redacted FBI document from 2019 listed Les Wexner, a financial client of Epstein’s and former CEO of Victoria’s Secret, as a possible co-conspirator, USA Today reports.
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Anthropic says it will cover electricity price hikes caused by its data centers
Anthropic said Wednesday that it will cover increases in consumer electricity prices that result from its data centers, becoming the latest company to make commitments in the face of growing pushback to the AI infrastructure.
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Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni Appear in Court Together for First Time Amid Legal Battle
Actors Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni are in NYC federal court for a settlement conference in Lively's lawsuit against her former co-star.
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Trump slams ‘RINO’ Stitt over National Governors Association dinner
President Trump lashed out at Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) in a Truth Social post on Wednesday, calling him a “RINO” after the National Governors Association (NGA) announced it would not hold its annual meeting at the White House.
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National Guard troops were quietly withdrawn from Los Angeles, Chicago and Portland: Report
“The Trump administration has withdrawn all federalized National Guard troops from U.S. cities, after its repeated attempts to surge forces into Democrat-run states encountered judicial roadblocks,” the Washington Post reports.
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Member of White House Religious Liberty Commission booted after antisemitism hearing
Carrie Prejean Boller has been removed from the White House Religious Liberty Commission after Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R), who chairs the body, accused her of trying to “hijack” a hearing on antisemitism this week.
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U.S. Attorney Chosen to Replace Trump Pick Is Quickly Fired by White House
Federal judges in upstate New York appointed a new U.S. attorney on Wednesday only to see him abruptly fired by the White House, in the latest clash between the Trump administration and the judiciary.
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Trump’s ‘Stop the Steal’ lawyer pushed for voter fraud evidence from US intelligence agency
A lawyer leading efforts to bolster U.S. President Donald Trump's false claims that the 2020 presidential election was "stolen" pushed a U.S. intelligence contractor to search for evidence of voter fraud in that race, two people familiar with the events said.
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Bud Cort, known for 'Harold and Maude' role, dies at 77
"Harold and Maude" actor Bud Cort has died. He was 77. (AP Photo)
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Photo Surfaces of Gaza Hospital Director in Hamas Uniform
A photo from 2016 has resurfaced showing the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza wearing a Hamas uniform and standing with senior members of the terror group, according to NGO Monitor.
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Striking nurses at 2 NYC hospital systems approve new contract but ones at another reject deal
Nurses on strike at two major New York City hospital systems have approved new contracts, but ones striking at another system have rejected the proposal, ensuring that the monthlong walkout will continue at some of the city’s major medical centers.
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Al Jazeera Documents 2,842 Palestinians 'Evaporated' in Gaza
Al Jazeera's investigation attributed the disappearances to Israel's use of thermobaric weapons, incluing the MK-84 bomb and BLU-109 bunker buster.
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Valeria Chomsky Admits 'Serious Errors in Judgment' over Jeffrey Epstein Ties
Valeria Chomsky says she and her husband Noam Chomsky made serious errors in judgment in their relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
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World Monuments Fund Commits $7M to 21 Heritage Sites Globally
World Monuments Fund announced $7 million for 21 conservation projects in 2026, including sites in Japan, Turkey, India and Angola.
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Study: Hair Extensions Contain Dozens of Carcinogens
A Silent Spring Institute study identified 48 chemicals of public health concern in hair extension, including 12 flagged under California's Proposition 65 as likely to cause cancer or reproductive harm.
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US lawmakers accuse Bondi of hiding names of Epstein associates
A Republican U.S. lawmaker on Wednesday accused Attorney General Pam Bondi of concealing the names of powerful associates of the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as she faced questions about the Justice Department's handling of inve...
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RNC asks Supreme Court to take up Pennsylvania mail ballot fight
The Republican National Committee (RNC) petitioned the Supreme Court on Wednesday to reverse a ruling that requires Pennsylvania to count undated and misdated mail-in ballots, saying its logic transforms the courts into “weapons of political warfare.”
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Homeland Security Officials Voice Concerns About Looming Shutdown
A disruption in reimbursements to states for disaster relief costs. Delays in cybersecurity response and training. And missed paychecks for the agents who screen passengers and bags at the nation’s airports, which could lead to unscheduled absences and long...
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Pressure rises on Dubai port giant DP World over chief's alleged Epstein ties
The UK development finance agency and Canada's second-largest pension fund have suspended new investment with global ports operator DP World over alleged ties between its chief executive and the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, raising pressure on ...
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Florida detectives link 2 crime scenes with 7 dead on opposite sides of the state
Investigators in Florida say a double homicide discovered during a well-being check was linked to a shooting rampage hours later in a gated community on the other side of the state, which left five more people dead including the suspected shooter.
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Protesters in multiple states press Target to oppose the immigration crackdown in Minnesota
Activists planned protests at more than two dozen Target stores around the United States on Wednesday to pressure the discount retailer into taking a public stand against the 5-week-old immigration crackdown in its home state of Minnesota.
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D.C. grand jury declines to indict six Democratic lawmakers involved in 'illegal orders' video
A federal grand jury in D.C. refused the Justice Department’s attempts to indict six Democratic lawmakers over their comments to military service members — the latest rebuke of the Trump administration’s push to prosecute the president’s foes, according to ...
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Nebraska to hand over sensitive voter data to the Justice Department after court loss
Nebraska’s Republican secretary of state will turn over sensitive information on every registered voter in the state to the U.S. Justice Department on Thursday after Nebraska’s highest court rejected a legal effort to block the move.
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Iowa, Naturalized Citizens Settle Lawsuit over Voter Eligibility Ahead of 2024 Election
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s top election official and a group of naturalized citizens settled a federal lawsuit Wednesday that will prevent the state from…
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Montana city under investigation for potential violation of sanctuary city ban
Montana’s Republican attorney general said Wednesday he’s investigating the city of Helena for potential violations of the state’s sanctuary city ban, after city officials passed a resolution discouraging cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
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Nevada unveils new statewide data classification policy months after cyberattack
Nevada’s IT agency has rolled out a new policy aimed at standardizing the privacy of state data, months after a massive cyberattack crippled certain systems for weeks.
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Rep. Ted Lieu accuses Pam Bondi of lying under oath during House Judiciary hearing on Epstein files
US attorney general Pam Bondi may have walked herself into a sticky situation after declaring under oath to congress that there is: no evidence that Donald Trump has committed a crime. Pam Bondi: liar Ted Lieu instantly called this out as a lie under oath. ...
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Pentagon let CBP use anti-drone laser before FAA closed El Paso airspace, AP sources say
The Pentagon allowed U.S. Customs and Border Protection to use an anti-drone laser earlier this week, leading the Federal Aviation Administration to suddenly close the airspace over El Paso, Texas, on Wednesday, according to two people familiar with the sit...
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Man Detained in Nancy Guthrie Abduction Case Released
A person who was detained for questioning in the investigation into Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance has been released. The man was brought in for questioning on Tuesday in connection with the alleged kidnapping of the 84-year-old mother of NBC News anchor Sav...
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FAA Lifts 10-Day El Paso Airspace Closure Hours After Announcement
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration lifted its temporary closure of airspace over El Paso on Wednesday, saying all flights will resume as normal and that there was no threat to commercial aviation.
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Yale Bars Professor David Gelernter From Teaching Amid Epstein Email Review
Yale University says a prominent computer science professor will not teach classes while it reviews his conduct, after newly released documents show he sent Jeffrey Epstein an email describing an undergraduate as a good-looking blonde while recommending her...
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U.S. Economy Adds 130,000 Jobs in January, Exceeding Expectations; Unemployment Falls to 4.3%
The U.S. added 130,000 jobs in January but gained far fewer jobs than initially reported in 2025, according to data released Wednesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The January employment report showed the labor market booming last month, with th...
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House votes to override Trump’s Canada tariffs
The House on Wednesday passed a resolution disapproving of President Donald Trump’s tariffs against Canada, a blow to Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and a rare Republican rebuke of the president’s signature economic policy.
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Trump's DOJ seeks examples of 'egregious' judges for Congress to review
President Donald Trump's administration ramped up its pressure on the U.S. judiciary on Tuesday, with the Justice Department saying it has asked federal prosecutors to supply it with the "most egregious examples" of judges impeding his agenda so Congress co...
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Mitch McConnell Released From Hospital More than a Week After Experiencing "Flu-Like Symptoms"
"He is feeling better and will be working from home this week on the advice of his doctors," Sen. Mitch McConnell's spokesman said.
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Arizona sheriff blocks FBI access to evidence in Nancy Guthrie abduction, source says
An Arizona sheriff is blocking FBI access to key evidence in the investigation into the abduction of U.S. television journalist Savannah Guthrie's mother, impairing its ability to assist in the probe, a U.S. law enforcement official with knowledge of the ca...
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Virginia Supreme Court rules US Marine’s adoption of an Afghan war orphan will stand
The Virginia Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a U.S. Marine and his wife will keep an Afghan orphan they brought home in defiance of a U.S. government decision to reunite her with her Afghan family. The decision likely ends a bitter, yearslong legal battle...
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Trump administration reaches a trade deal to lower Taiwan’s tariff barriers
The Trump administration reached a trade deal with Taiwan on Thursday, with Taiwan agreeing to remove or reduce 99% of its tariff barriers, the office of the U.S. Trade Representative said.
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UT-Austin to Consolidate Race, Ethnic and Gender Study Programs
More than 800 students are pursuing degrees in the affected departments, which include African, Latino and gender studies.
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UN approves 40-member scientific panel on the impact of artificial intelligence over US objections
The U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly Thursday to approve a 40-member global scientific panel on the impacts and risks of artificial intelligence, with the United States strongly objecting.
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Trump Nominates Hospitality Executive to Lead National Park Service
President Trump is nominating a food service and hospitality executive to lead the National Park Service (NPS). Trump’s pick to lead the U.S.’s national parks, Scott Socha, is Delaware North’s president of parks and resorts, as well as president of Delaware...
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Obama, Dem leaders slam Trump for repeal of EPA climate finding
Former President Obama and other influential Democratic leaders on Thursday criticized the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) decision to repeal a landmark legal finding about climate change’s danger to the public.
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RFK Jr's vaccine agenda faces Boston judge who has handed Trump setbacks
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s sweeping efforts to upend U.S. immunization policies are set to go before a federal judge in Boston who already has drawn President Donald Trump's ire for impeding his administration's policies on ...
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Trump Administration Moves to Vastly Expand Denaturalization Efforts
USCIS experts are visiting field offices and reassigning staff to identify naturalized citizen who may have committed fraud during applications, NBC News reported.
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Ottawa investigating report Gaza cemetery where Canadians were buried was destroyed
Global Affairs Canada says it is “deeply concerned” by reports the Gaza War Cemetery where nearly two dozen Canadians were buried has been severely damaged or destroyed.
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Mississippi teen arrested for conspiring to shoot up Indiana high school
MORRISTOWN, Ind. — A second teenager has been arrested in connection with a Columbine-inspired plot to shoot up a rural Indiana high school. In early January, Alexis Pickett, 17, of Rush County was charged with attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder ...
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Netanyahu seeks to strip Palestinian citizens convicted of violent crimes of Israeli nationality
Israel is seeking to revoke the citizenship of at least two men convicted of terrorism offenses, marking what appears to be the first test of a 2023 law allowing...
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Leaders, protesters raise Pride flag at Stonewall after removal
In defiance of a Trump administration edict, New York City officials and activists raised the rainbow Pride flag again on Feb. 12 at the Stonewall National Monument, the birthplace of the LGBTQ+ rights movement, after it was removed over the weekend by the ...
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Netanyahu Skeptical About Trump’s Talks with Iran, but Says ‘Good Deal’ Possible
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday he is skeptical that a quality deal can be reached with Iran that neuters its threats to the region, but he put support behind President Trump’s efforts to reach an agreement. Netanyahu made the remark...
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Judge Dismisses California Deportation Case for Mexican Father of 3 U.S. Marines
An immigration judge has dismissed the deportation case against a landscaper who was arrested in Southern California last year, and the father of three U.S. Marines is now on a path toward legal permanent residency in the U.S.
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