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Trump celebrates Valentine's Day with cards featuring Maduro, Greenland
President Donald Trump on Saturday celebrated Valentine’s Day by sharing a series of cards that praised his accomplishments while predictably slamming Democrats and even poking fun at his own secretary of state.
The cards, posted by the White House on social media, kick off with a picture of a handcuffed and blindfolded Venezuelan President ...Read more
At least 3 detained in Nancy Guthrie case, still no arrests made
Heavy police activity in Tucson, Arizona, late Friday night resulted in at least three people being detained in connection to Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance, but ended without any arrests.
Two individuals — a man and a woman — were taken out of a Pima County home during an operation involving a SWAT team, according to News Nation.
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From chaos to radio silence: How ICE tactics changed in weeks leading to Homan announcement
MINNEAPOLIS — The Signal group chats were quiet as Kaegan Recher drove through south Minneapolis Thursday morning, a stark contrast to a week earlier when agents pointed guns at observers and tackled protesters.
Recher was on his daily volunteer observer patrol when border czar Tom Homan announced that Operation Metro Surge — the Trump ...Read more
7 couples tied the knot at Reading Terminal Market for a very Philly Valentine's Day
PHILADELPHIA — Tucked in between a fish market, a bakery, and a honey stand, seven couples tied the knot among family, friends and perfect strangers on Saturday.
“It’s amazing,” said Beth Esposito-Evans, who officiated the ceremony. “What could be more Philly than Reading Terminal Market?”
Esposito-Evans, a vendor at the market, ...Read more
China expanding aid for Russia's war, Western officials say
China increased its support for Russia’s war in Ukraine in 2025 and is likely to deepen cooperation with Moscow further this year, Western officials said, casting doubt on efforts by European leaders to improve relations with Beijing.
President Xi Jinping has become more assertive and confident in his supporting Russia’s Vladimir Putin, and...Read more
Who pays for Newsom's travel? Hint: It's not always taxpayers
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom sat onstage at the Munich Security Conference in Germany on Friday and described one of the primary ways he is responding as the Trump administration shifts federal climate priorities.
"I'm showing up," he said.
In recent months, that has meant trips to Brazil, Switzerland and now Germany, where he ...Read more
Rubio hints that Cuba can reform its economy as a way to ease US pressure
Secretary of State Marco Rubio signaled Saturday that economic reforms could offer the Cuban government a path to easing U.S. pressure even as the Trump administration’s oil blockade pushes the island deeper into crisis.
Speaking on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, Rubio declined to spell out specific conditions but suggested ...Read more
Trump's Caribbean surge nears $3 billion price tag so far
When U.S. forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, early in the new year, the Trump administration heralded the operation as concise and deliberate: with overhead air support, about 60 special forces troops descended from helicopters into Caracas, fought off security guards, grabbed their quarry and were ...Read more
Iran's internet goes dark as US agencies spar on VPN funding
U.S. agencies are struggling to find the best method to fund additional software for millions of Iranian civilians to get around their government’s strict internet censors, amid a surge in demand over weeks of domestic unrest.
The State Department, U.S. senators from both parties, and other U.S. agencies have advocated for funding virtual ...Read more
US airstrikes in Syria target dozens more Islamic State sites
U.S. forces struck more than 30 Islamic State targets in Syria over the last two weeks, extending the military response to a deadly attack on American and Syrian troops in December.
Ten airstrikes between Feb. 3 and Feb. 12 hit infrastructure and weapons storage targets “to sustain relentless military pressure on remnants from the terrorist ...Read more
Rubio warns European leaders about danger of Western decline
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Europe’s fate is intertwined with the U.S. while faulting the continent for what he said was a drift away from their shared Western values.
The double-edged message offered some reassurance to allied leaders gathered at the Munich Security Conference but did little to temper their push for more ...Read more
LA streetlights take a year to fix. Council members say solar power is the answer
LOS ANGELES — Faced with numerous complaints about broken streetlights that have plunged neighborhoods into darkness, two Los Angeles City Council members unveiled a plan Friday to spend $65 million on installing solar-powered lights.
With 1 in 10 streetlights out of service because of disrepair or copper wire theft, Councilmembers Katy ...Read more
At least 3 detained in Nancy Guthrie case, still no arrests made
Heavy overnight police activity in Tucson resulted in at least three people being detained in connection to Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance, but no arrests have been made.
Two individuals — a man and a woman — were taken out of a Pima County home during an operation involving a SWAT team, according to News Nation.
Investigators had a ...Read more
Nancy Guthrie kidnapping investigation draws scrutiny as case drags on
Nancy Guthrie had been missing less than three days when family members and reporters, and even an Amazon delivery worker, could be seen wandering onto her property, with drops of her blood still staining the front entryway.
It’s been nearly two weeks since the 84-year-old mother of “Today” host Savannah Guthrie was abducted. With no ...Read more
UK says Russia poisoned Navalny in prison with dart frog toxin
Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny was poisoned with a deadly toxin found in the skin of Ecuador dart frogs, the U.K.’s foreign office said on Saturday.
The toxin — epibatidine — was found in samples from Navalny’s body and “highly likely resulted in his death,” according to a statement issued by U.K. Foreign Secretary Yvette ...Read more
Pa. Gov. Shapiro's clergy abuse investigation boosted his reputation. Years later, some survivors feel he abandoned them
Sitting onstage in an echoey historic synagogue, next to a U.S. senator and a cardboard cutout of his newly released memoir, Gov. Josh Shapiro reflected on the Pennsylvanians who give him hope.
As he had in other stops on his book tour up and down the East Coast, Shapiro often referred to his book’s title, Where We Keep The Light, and the ...Read more
After stalled health deal, voters want Congress to deliver
WASHINGTON — As Congress spent months arguing over COVID-19-era enhanced premium tax credits that many people on the Affordable Care Act used to subsidize their health insurance, a relatively narrow debate over a single policy grew into a much broader and more complicated discussion about how to lower health care costs.
Concerns about those ...Read more
Twin Cities gun sales spiked as federal immigration crackdown intensified
MINNEAPOLIS — Twin Cities gun sales have seen their largest year-over-year leap since the pandemic, with some cities experiencing double or even triple the demand compared to the same time last year, a Minnesota Star Tribune analysis of city and county data found.
The data, as well as interviews with gun store owners and gun safety ...Read more
Investigators search second home in Nancy Guthrie kidnapping case
Authorities served a search warrant at a home in Tucson, Arizona, on Friday night in connection with the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, who investigators say was kidnapped from her nearby home 13 days ago.
A SWAT team converged on a house about two miles from Guthrie’s Arizona residence and removed two people from inside, law enforcement ...Read more
Casey Wasserman will sell his talent agency, stay on Olympics committee
LOS ANGELES — Casey Wasserman, the beleaguered sports and entertainment mogul who is the face of the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics, is preparing to sell his namesake talent agency.
In a letter to his staff on Friday, Wasserman acknowledged that his appearance in a recently-released batch of documents related to the late sex trafficker Jeffrey ...Read more
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