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Border czar Tom Homan speaks during a news conference about ongoing immigration enforcement operati...
Rebecca Santana and Elliot Spagat, Associated Press

Leadership changes in Minnesota follow tensions among agencies over immigration enforcement tactics

The Trump administration’s immigration operation in Minnesota is now being unified under U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
6 months ago
Performers at the Olympic opening ceremony at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Fe...
Howard Fendrich, AP National Writer

Olympians march in Milan and the mountains at a multi-site opening ceremony for the Winter Games

An unprecedented four-site, dual-cauldron opening ceremony got the Milan Cortina Olympics officially started Friday.
6 months ago
Derrick Johnson, whose mother's body was one of 189 left to decay in the Return to Nature Funeral H...
Jessie Bedayn, Associated Press

A funeral home stashed 189 decaying bodies and handed out fake ashes. His mother was among them

Derrick Johnson was shocked to find out his mother's body was among 189 that Return to Nature’s owners had stashed in a Colorado building between 2019 and Oct. 4, 2023.
6 months ago
The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate barely budged this week, staying close to 6% as the spring...
Alex Veiga, AP Business Writer

Average US long-term mortgage rate barely budges, holding near 6%

The benchmark 30-year fixed rate mortgage rate edged up to 6.11%, essentially flat compared to last week when it was 6.1%, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday.
6 months ago
FILE - Pedestrians walk past a help wanted sign posted on the door of a restaurant in San Francisco...
Paul Wiseman, Associated Press

US job openings fall to 6.5 million, fewest since 2020, as labor market remains sluggish

U.S. job openings fell to the lowest level in more than five years, another sign that the American labor market remains sluggish.
6 months ago
A Holstein-Friesian cow stands in a holding pen before being milked in a dairy farm on July 08, 202...
Jonel Aleccia, Associated Press

A newborn’s death likely linked to the mom drinking raw milk while pregnant

Health officials in New Mexico have said a newborn baby died from a listeria infection likely linked to the child’s mother drinking raw milk during pregnancy.
6 months ago
In this photo provided by Nino Mangione, a statue of Christopher Columbus is pulled out of the Inne...
Brian Witte and Bill Barrow, Associated Press

Trump taking steps toward installing a Columbus statue near the White House

President Donald Trump is taking steps toward installing a statue of Christopher Columbus near the White House.
6 months ago
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Steve Karnowski, Associated Press

Trump’s border czar pulling 700 immigration officers out of Minnesota immediately

President Donald Trump's border czar says the number of immigration enforcement officers in Minnesota is being cut after state and local officials agreed to cooperate by turning over arrested immigrants.
6 months ago
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David Fischer, Associated Press

Man who tried to shoot Trump at a Florida golf course gets life in prison

Federal prosecutors are asking that a man convicted of trying to assassinate President Donald Trump be sentenced to life in prison.
6 months ago
A sign is posted at the house of Nancy Guthrie, NBC host Savannah Guthrie's mother, on February 3, ...
Sarah Brumfield, Associated Press

What to know about the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, mother of ‘Today’ show’s Savannah Guthrie

Authorities are looking for the 84-year-old mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie after they said she was taken from her Arizona home against her will last weekend.
6 months ago
The entrance to a U.S. Immigration and Customs (ICE) detention facility is seen following a shootin...
Heather Hollingsworth and David A. Lieb, Associated Press

Federal immigration officials scout warehouses as they eye more detention space

Federal immigration officials are scouting warehouses and beginning to purchase some of them to transform into detention and processing facilities.
6 months ago
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Rebecca Santana, Associated Press

Every Homeland Security officer in Minneapolis is now being issued a body-worn camera, Noem says

The secretary of Homeland Security is requiring that all the department's officers on the ground in Minneapolis wear body cameras.
6 months ago
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Marcia Dunn, Associated Press

NASA delays astronauts’ lunar trip until March after hydrogen leaks mar fueling test

NASA's long-awaited moonshot with astronauts is off until at least March because of leaking hydrogen fuel.
6 months ago
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., walks through the House Rules Committee hearing room to m...
Kevin Freking, Associated Press

House passes bill to end the partial government shutdown, sending the measure to Trump

The House has passed a roughly $1.2 trillion spending package to end a partial government shutdown.
6 months ago
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Stephen Groves, Associated Press

Clintons finalize agreement to testify in House Epstein probe, bowing to threat of contempt vote

Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have finalized an agreement with House Republicans to testify this month in a House investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.
6 months ago
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., walks through the House Rules Committee hearing room to m...
Kevin Freking, Associated Press

GOP leaders sound increasingly confident they can pass a spending package and end partial shutdown

House Speaker Mike Johnson and other Republican leaders are sounding increasingly confident they'll be able to pass a spending package that would end a partial government shutdown.
6 months ago
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Tô Lâm, during a meeting with British Prime ...
David Rising and Aniruddha Ghosal, Associated Press

Pushing for trade, preparing for war: A document reveals Vietnam’s dual approach toward the US

An internal document reveals Vietnam’s military is preparing for a possible American war of aggression, viewing the U.S. as a “belligerent” power.
6 months ago
A briefcase of a census taker is seen as she knocks on the door of a residence, Aug. 11, 2020, in W...
Mike Schneider, Associated Press

Trump administration cuts number of sites for testing the 2030 census, focusing on the South

The Trump administration is eliminating four out of six planned locations for a 2030 census practice test.
6 months ago
This undated image provided by Washington State University in January 2026, made from a video taken...
Mark Thiessen, Associated Press

Collar cams offer a bear’s eye view into the lives of grizzlies on Alaska’s desolate North Slope

The life of one of the most remote grizzly bear populations in the world is being documented by the animals themselves, with collar cameras that provide a rare glimpse of how they survive on Alaska’s rugged and desolate North Slope.
6 months ago
FILE - Savannah Guthrie attends the third annual World Mental Health Day Gala, hosted by Project He...
Associated Press

Sheriff says ‘we do in fact have a crime scene’ in search for mom of ‘Today’ host Savannah Guthrie

An Arizona sheriff said Monday that “we do in fact have a crime scene” as authorities search for the 84-year-old mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie, who was reported missing over the weekend.
6 months ago
Bad Bunny accepts the award for album of the year for "Debí Tirar Más Fotos" during the 68th annu...
Maria Sherman, Associated Press

Bad Bunny wins album of the year at the 2026 Grammy Awards, a first for a Spanish-language album

Bad Bunny won album of the year at the 2026 Grammy Awards for his critically-acclaimed “Debí Tirar Más Fotos,” closing out a surprising and history-making night.
6 months ago
Groundhog Club Vice President Dan McGinley reads the scroll as handler A.J. Dereume holds Punxsutaw...
Mark Scolforo, Tassanee Vejpongsa and Kathy Mccormack, Associated Press

Punxsutawney Phil is said to have seen his shadow, forecasting 6 more weeks of wintry weather

Punxsutawney Phil predicted six more weeks of wintry weather Monday, a forecast sure to disappoint many after what's already been a long, cold season across large parts of the United States.
6 months ago
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street after meeting Britain's Prime Minister Kei...
Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

Johnson says no quick House vote to end partial shutdown and blames Democrats for their ICE demands

House Speaker Mike Johnson says it'll be a few days before a government funding package comes up for a vote in the House. That all but ensures the partial federal shutdown will drag into the week. Democrats are demanding changes to rein in the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement operations.
6 months ago
The mayor of Portland, Oregon, demanded U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement leave his city aft...
Associated Press

Mayor of Portland, Oregon, demands ICE leave the city after federal agents gas protesters

The mayor of Portland, Oregon, demanded U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement leave his city after federal agents launched tear gas at a crowd of demonstrators.
6 months ago