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  • White House border czar Tom Homan holds a news conference at the Bishop Whipple Federal building on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026 in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy)Politics

    Trump’s border czar says ‘small’ security force will remain in Minnesota after enforcement drawdown. ‘We’ll get back to the original footprint’

    By Ben Finley and The Associated Press
  • FILE – The Pentagon, the headquarters for the U.S. Department of Defense, is seen from the air, Sept. 20, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, FIle)Energy

    U.S. military tracks down a sanctioned oil tanker from the Caribbean to the Indian Ocean and ‘shut it down’

    By Ben Finley and The Associated Press
  • MUSCAT, OMAN – FEBRUARY 06: (—-EDITORIAL USE ONLY – MANDATORY CREDIT – ‘OMAN FOREIGN MINISTRY / HANDOUT’ – NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS – DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS—-) Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Hamad Al Busaidi, US President Donald Trump’s Special Representative for the Middle East, Steve Witkoff and U.S. negotiator Jared Kushner meet ahead of the US-Iran talks, in Muscat, the capital of Oman, on February 06, 2026. (Photo by Oman Foreign Ministry/Anadolu via Getty Images)Politics

    The U.S. and Iran will hold a new round of nuclear talks as Trump sends the world’s largest aircraft carrier to the Mideast

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  • 15 February 2026, Bavaria, Munich: Kaja Kallas, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs, speaks at the Munich Security Conference. Photo: Sven Hoppe/dpa (Photo by Sven Hoppe/picture alliance via Getty Images)Europe

    EU foreign policy chief pushes back on U.S. claims that ‘woke, decadent Europe’ is heading toward ‘civilizational erasure’

    By Emma Burrows, Geir Moulson, and others
  • FILE – The Internal Revenue Service 1040 tax form for 2022 is seen on April 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)Personal Finance

    Thanks to Trump, tax refunds could $1,000 higher this season. Here are the new deductions taxpayers should know about

    By Adriana Morga and The Associated Press
  • In this photo provided by Micaela Sling Media, Roshida Dowe, foreground, rides a camel accompanied by several participants of the ExodUS Summit, an event business she co-leads to help Black women take career breaks and move abroad. (Micaela Peters/Micaela Sling Media via AP)Future of Work

    More professionals are taking mini-sabbaticals, adult gap years, and other extended career breaks. Here are the creative ways they manage the cost

    By Colleen Newvine and The Associated Press
  • President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force One at Pope Army Airfield, in Fort Bragg, N.C., Friday, Feb. 13, 2026, en route to Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)Law

    Golfers sue over Trump’s overhaul of 100-year-old public course so it doesn’t become ‘another private playground for the privileged and powerful’

    By Safiyah Riddle and The Associated Press
  • photoLaw

    Gen Z’s latest revolt over Jeffrey Epstein: pointing out a connection to the company that takes class photos

    By John Hanna, Kendria LaFleur, and others
  • white castleTravel & Leisure

    Candles and tablecloth at White Castle: How a Valentine’s Day tradition sprouted over 30 years ago and spread nationwide

    By Corey Williams and The Associated Press
  • Coffee is for sale at a grocery store Monday, Feb. 9, 2026, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)Economy

    Americans wake up and smell the coffee price surge—skipping Starbucks, brewing at home, and drinking Diet Coke for caffeine

    By Matt Sedensky and The Associated Press
  • FILE – A person pushes the doorbell on their Ring doorbell camera, July 16, 2019, in Wolcott, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)Law

    Amazon’s Ring ends partnership with top operator of license-plate reading systems after Super Bowl ad raises fears of dystopian surveillance society

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  • Passengers wait in line at the El Paso International Airport after all flights were grounded on Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026. (KFOX via AP)Politics

    Congress let more law enforcement agencies to down rogue drones. Then Customs and Border Protection fired a laser, shutting down an airport

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • 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)Politics

    TSA agents are working without pay again as DHS shuts down, and experts warn of flight delays even though air traffic controllers aren’t affected

    By Rio Yamat and The Associated Press
  • 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)Europe

    Rubio backs Trump policy while telling trans-Atlantic allies ‘our home may be in the Western hemisphere, but we will always be a child of Europe’

    By Matthew Lee, Emma Burrows, and others
  • FILE – In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, the USS Gerald R. Ford embarked on the first of its sea trials to test various state-of-the-art systems on its own power for the first time, April 8, 2017, from Newport News, Va. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ridge Leoni/U.S. Navy via AP, File)Politics

    Trump says regime change in Iran that ousts Islamic clerics ‘would be the best thing that could happen’ as another carrier heads to Mideast

    By Konstantin Toropin, Aamer Madhani, and others