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  • FILE—Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., waits to speak to reporters following a closed-door meeting with fellow Democrats on spending legislation that funds the Department of Homeland Security and a swath of other government agencies as the country reels from the deaths of two people at the hands of federal agents in Minneapolis, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)Politics

    Federal government heads for weekend shutdown after Trump makes rare deal with Senate Democrats over DHS funding

    By Mary Clare Jalonick, Lisa Mascaro, and others
  • A photo of Alex Pretti is displayed during a vigil for Alex Pretti by nurses and their supporters outside VA NY Harbor Healthcare System, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)Law

    Justice Department opens a federal civil rights probe into the killing of Alex Pretti, with FBI leading the investigation

    By Michael Biesecker, Rebecca Santana, and others
  • FILE – Documents that were included in the U.S. Department of Justice release of the Jeffrey Epstein files are photographed Friday, Jan. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)Politics

    Latest Epstein files detail contact with Howard Lutnick, Steve Bannon and Goldman Sachs lawyer

    By Eric Tucker, Michael R. Sisak, and others
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    Trump expands trade war with Canada, threatening 50% aircraft tariff

    By Michelle L. Price, Rob Gillies, and others
  • TrumpLaw

    Trump sues IRS and Treasury Department for $10 billion over tax leak showing he didn’t pay taxes for years

    By Fatima Hussein and The Associated Press
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    Trump moves to slap tariffs on any countries selling oil to Cuba, putting Mexico in a bind

    By Michelle L. Price, Megan Janetsky, and others
  • phoneArts & Entertainment

    Twenty-somethings discover nostalgia, throwing back to a carefree time before the ‘dark days’: 2016

    By Pavan Mahal and The Associated Press
  • warshPolitics

    Trump predicts Kevin Warsh will ‘go down as one of the GREAT Fed Chairmen, maybe the best,’ plus he’s ‘central casting’

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • schiltzLaw

    ICE keeps getting slapped down by a George W. Bush-appointed, Antonin Scalia acolyte Republican judge in Minnesota

    By Ed White and The Associated Press
  • mangioneLaw

    Pizza cutter-wielding FBI imposter tried to break Luigi Mangione out of jail, authorities say

    By Michael R. Sisak and The Associated Press
  • homanPolitics

    Trump’s border czar vows ‘zero tolerance’ on assaults against ICE while gesturing at Minnesota drawdown

    By Giovanna Dell'Orto, Rebecca Santana, and others
  • omarPolitics

    Trump on Ilhan Omar getting apple cider vinegar squirted on her: ‘She probably had herself sprayed, knowing her’

    By Alanna Durkin Richer, Steve Karnowski, and others
  • manHealth

    Life is actually getting better—and longer—for Americans, despite everything you read in the news

    By Mike Stobbe and The Associated Press
  • trumpPolitics

    Trump backlash over ICE builds across American culture, from The Boss to Sam Altman to Martha Stewart

    By Steve Peoples and The Associated Press
  • ms shirleyLaw

    TikTok’s ‘Ms. Shirley,’ who drew 5 million followers watching her care for the homeless, dies at 58

    By Rebecca Boone and The Associated Press