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Trump’s racist post about Obamas is deleted after bipartisan backlash. The White House initially defended it, then blamed a staffer

A rare admission of a misstep by the White House, the deletion came hours after press secretary Karoline Leavitt dismissed “fake outrage” over the post.

By Bill Barrow, Josh Boak and The Associated PressFebruary 6, 2026
Minneapolis fourth grader says ICE fears leave his 30-person class with just 7 students: ‘The teachers cry’
By Bianca Vázquez Toness and The Associated PressFebruary 6, 2026
USAID division killed by Trump is reborn after 2 mysterious donors give $48 million
By Thalia Beaty and The Associated PressFebruary 6, 2026
Trump administration accuses China of secret nuclear tests as Obama’s Kremlin pact expires
By Vladimir Isachenkov, Jamey Keaten and The Associated PressFebruary 6, 2026
Trump boasts that tariffs are an American economic miracle. The real data tells a different story
By Paul Wiseman, Christopher Rugaber and The Associated PressFebruary 6, 2026
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Future of Work40 is the new 50: Millennial jobseekers are giving their resumes a facelift by hiding years of experience to land jobs
By Jacqueline MunisFebruary 7, 2026
C-SuiteMeet the CEO taking Victoria’s Secret from ‘woke-washing’ to owning sexy again
By Emma HinchliffeFebruary 7, 2026
EconomyInside the radical revamp of Social Security where a Wall Street CEO is changing almost everything at the $1.6 trillion benefits agency
By Shawn TullyFebruary 7, 2026
Eileen GU, wearing a red and while Beijing Olympics coat, smiles with her skis.
SuccessFreestyle skier Eileen Gu says she suffered ‘post-Olympic depression’: ‘You can win the Olympics and still just enter the deepest rut of your life’
By Sasha RogelbergFebruary 7, 2026
Drake Maye holds onto an AFC Conference Champion hat as he smiles on the field.
SuccessGen Z Patriots quarterback Drake Maye still drives a 2015 pickup truck even after it broke down on the highway—despite his $37 million contract
By Sasha RogelbergFebruary 7, 2026
North AmericaU.S. births dropped last year, offsetting 2024’s increase and dashing hopes for an upward trend
By Mike Stobbe and The Associated PressFebruary 6, 2026
CryptoWhat caused the massive Bitcoin crash? Clues point to a blow-up at Hong Kong hedge funds
By Jeff John RobertsFebruary 6, 2026
InvestingDow soars by 1,200 points to top 50,000 for the first time as chipmakers and airlines lead ferocious stock market rebound
By Stan Choe and The Associated PressFebruary 6, 2026
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Brendan Carr
LawBrendan Carr, the FCC chair taking the fight to Jimmy Kimmel, was unanimously confirmed by the Senate 3 times and nominated by Trump and Biden
By The Associated PressSeptember 19, 2025
Kamala Harris.
PoliticsKamala Harris on disastrous ‘The View’ appearance: ‘I had no idea I’d just pulled the pin on a hand grenade’
By Chris Megerian and The Associated PressSeptember 19, 2025
Brooke Rollins, standing outside, speaks and gestures with both hands in front of her.
EconomyTrump may use tariff revenue to bail out farmers, agriculture secretary says. They’re reeling from challenges caused by the levies to begin with
By Sasha RogelbergSeptember 19, 2025
Startups & VentureHe left Andreessen Horowitz to help Trump downsize the government. Can Scott Kupor eliminate nearly 300,000 federal jobs without the DOGE chaos?
By Jessica MathewsSeptember 19, 2025
PoliticsTikTok and tariffs loom over Trump’s phone call with Xi Jinping: ‘We’re very close to deals on all of it’
By AFPSeptember 19, 2025
Bob Iger, Jimmy Kimmel
CommentaryBob Iger got it right suspending Jimmy Kimmel: It’s what Walt would have done
By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven TianSeptember 18, 2025
PoliticsPresident Obama accuses the Trump administration of ‘government coercion’ after ABC takes Jimmy Kimmel off the air
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezSeptember 18, 2025
Flowers and candles are seen at a makeshift memorial for murdered American conservative activist Charlie Kirk outside the U.S. embassy as its flag hangs at half-staff on September 14, 2025 in Berlin, Germany.
North AmericaAfter Kirk’s assassination, Turning Point got 60,000 inquiries to launch new chapters. It has just 3,500 now
By Jill Colvin, Jonathan J. Cooper and The Associated PressSeptember 18, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a forum dubbed the Generation Next Summit at the White House on March 22, 2018 in Washington, DC.
PoliticsTrump says Charlie Kirk could have become president as Obama rips Kimmel suspension taking ‘cancel culture’ to a ‘new and dangerous level’
By Eva Roytburg and The Associated PressSeptember 18, 2025
Jimmy Kimmel
LawJimmy Kimmel’s canned show will be replaced by a Charlie Kirk tribute — and an angry ABC affiliate is demanding a donation to Turning Point USA
By Nino PaoliSeptember 18, 2025
Cracker Barrel
Arts & EntertainmentCracker Barrel sees lower sales, weaker customer traffic ahead in coming year despite retreat on remodels
By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated PressSeptember 18, 2025
Jimmy Kimmel smiles in front of a banana. Yes, really
Arts & EntertainmentPeople are threatening to boycott Disney after ABC suspends Jimmy Kimmel: ‘Let’s do to Disney what we did to Target’
By Dave SmithSeptember 18, 2025
Colbert, Kimmel
Law‘Lots of gasps and dropped jaws’: Stephen Colbert learned of Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension while taping his own canceled CBS show
By The Associated PressSeptember 18, 2025
Horse protesters
LawEric Adams moves to ban 150-year tradition of horse-drawn carriages in Central Park after spree of ponies running free, dying on the job
By Philip Marcelo and The Associated PressSeptember 18, 2025
Donald Trump
CommentaryTariff whiplash is hurting small businesses — and it’s only getting worse
By Jacob BennettSeptember 18, 2025
Jimmy Kimmel
LawJimmy Kimmel suspended indefinitely by ABC after affiliates revolt over series of Charlie Kirk comments
By David Bauder and The Associated PressSeptember 17, 2025
President Donald Trump from a downward angle stands with a straight face next to the American flag.
PoliticsTrump crackdown on ‘radical left’ after Charlie Kirk’s death targets Soros, Indivisible despite evidence of lone shooter
By Chris Megerian, Lisa Mascaro, Alanna Durkin Richer and The Associated PressSeptember 17, 2025
PoliticsEuropean firms still can’t easily get Chinese rare earths, says business lobby
By AFPSeptember 16, 2025
Photos of Donald Trump and Elon Musk in a hat.
PoliticsTesla board blocks shareholder vote on policy that would ban political statements by CEO Elon Musk and other executives
By Amanda GerutSeptember 16, 2025
Sean Duffy, US secretary of transportation, speaks during a news conference in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025.
LawUS orders Delta and Aeromexico to dissolve partnership that allowed them to price and schedule their flights jointly and share revenue
By Josh Funk and The Associated PressSeptember 16, 2025
Charlie Kirk
LawRight-wing activists, claiming they’re at ‘war,’ are hunting down liberals they say celebrated Charlie Kirk’s death—and trying to get them fired
By David Bauder and The Associated PressSeptember 16, 2025
Xavier Becerra
PoliticsFormer Biden official campaigns for California governorship with Spanish-language TikTok videos
By Adriana Gomez Licon and The Associated PressSeptember 16, 2025
Gustavo Petro
PoliticsTrump smacks Colombia with failing to cooperate in drug war for first time in nearly 30 years, stunning long-time ally
By Joshua Goodman, Astrid Suarez and The Associated PressSeptember 16, 2025
Gretchen Whitmer
PoliticsGretchen Whitmer prepares to address a Michigan battered by tariffs and a government that can’t pass a budget
By Isabella Volmert and The Associated PressSeptember 16, 2025
Recall
PoliticsSan Francisco NIMBYism strikes again as one neighborhood recalls a city supervisor who created a new park for the whole city to enjoy
By Janie Har, Nick Lichtenberg and The Associated PressSeptember 16, 2025
Gen Z activists
LawGen Z climate activists take Trump to court in Montana for singlehandedly worsening global warming, they say
By Matthew Brown and The Associated PressSeptember 16, 2025
Congress
CommentaryThe AI bull case for the republic
By Tanner H. Jones and Patrick A. McLaughlinSeptember 16, 2025
PoliticsAppeals court rejects Trump’s bid to oust Lisa Cook from the Fed ahead of crucial interest rate decision
By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated PressSeptember 15, 2025
PoliticsSenate confirms Miran as Fed governor right before policy meeting, even as he keeps job as White House adviser
By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated PressSeptember 15, 2025
Zohran/Hochul
PoliticsDays after calling herself a ‘staunch capitalist’ before a sitdown with socialist Zohran Mamdani, Kathy Hochul endorses him
By Nick Lichtenberg and The Associated PressSeptember 15, 2025
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