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Texas state Rep. James Talarico, D-Austin, left, shakes hands with Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, prior a debate during the Texas AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education Convention, Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, in Georgetown, Texas. (Bob Daemmrich/Texas Tribune via AP, Pool)

Her jabs go viral. He's known to quote the Bible. How social media is shaping a Texas Senate race

Read full article: Her jabs go viral. He's known to quote the Bible. How social media is shaping a Texas Senate race

Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico are adept at creating digital media moments and collecting social media followers.

President Donald Trump listens to a question from a reporter as he speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Feb. 2, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump's aggressive tactics force a reckoning between local leaders and Washington

Read full article: Trump's aggressive tactics force a reckoning between local leaders and Washington

Local leaders across the U.S. describe an increasingly hostile relationship with Washington, driven by President Donald Trump's immigration policies.

FILE - Immigration activists rally outside the Supreme Court as the justices hear arguments over the Trump administration's plan to ask about citizenship on the 2020 census in Washington, April 23, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Census Bureau plans to use survey with a citizenship question in its test for 2030, alarming experts

Read full article: Census Bureau plans to use survey with a citizenship question in its test for 2030, alarming experts

The U.S. Census Bureau plans to use a survey form with a citizenship question for its 2030 census practice test.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, left, and FBI Deputy Director Andrew Bailey, enter a command vehicle as the FBI takes Fulton County 2020 Election ballots, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, in Union City, Ga., near Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Republicans reject complaint about Gabbard as Democrats question time it took to see it

Read full article: Republicans reject complaint about Gabbard as Democrats question time it took to see it

The Republican lawmakers in charge of the House and Senate intelligence committees have rejected an anonymous complaint from last year alleging that Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard withheld access to classified information for political reasons.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks during a news conference after a policy luncheon on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Homeland Security shutdown grows more likely as Republicans rebuff Democrats' ICE demands

Read full article: Homeland Security shutdown grows more likely as Republicans rebuff Democrats' ICE demands

Senate Majority Leader John Thune says Democrats' demands for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic.”.

Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent speaks during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)

Bessent says it would be up to Trump whether to sue his Fed nominee over interest rates

Read full article: Bessent says it would be up to Trump whether to sue his Fed nominee over interest rates

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says it would be up to the president to decide whether to sue Kevin Warsh, Donald Trump's nominee for Federal Reserve chair, if he doesn't lower interest rates.

A document that was included in the U.S. Department of Justice release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, photographed Monday, Feb. 2, 2026, shows a diagram prepared by the FBI attempting to chart the network of Epstein's victims and the timeline of their alleged abuse. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

A timeline of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation and the fight to make the government’s files public

Read full article: A timeline of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation and the fight to make the government’s files public

Two decades after Jeffrey Epstein was first reported to police, the Justice Department has started to publicly release investigative files on the late sex offender and his longtime confidant Ghislaine Maxwell.

FILE - New York Governor Kathy Hochul speaks during a press conference with New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)

Mamdani endorses Hochul for reelection as New York governor

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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has endorsed Gov. Kathy Hochul for reelection, offering the moderate governor some progressive heft in her campaign for a second full term.

FILE - Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., speaks at the Center for American Progress, June 26, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, File)
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Slotkin rejects Justice Department request for interview on Democrats' video about 'illegal orders'

Read full article: Slotkin rejects Justice Department request for interview on Democrats' video about 'illegal orders'

Sen_ Elissa Slotkin of Michigan says she won't sit for an interview with the Justice Department regarding a probe into a video she organized urging U_S_ military members to resist “illegal orders.”.

President Donald Trump bows his head during the National Prayer Breakfast, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The Latest: Democrats demand ‘dramatic changes’ for ICE

Read full article: The Latest: Democrats demand ‘dramatic changes’ for ICE

Democrats are threatening to block funding for the Homeland Security Department when it expires in two weeks unless there are “dramatic changes” and “real accountability” for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other law enforcement agencies who are carrying out President Donald Trump’s campaign of federal immigration enforcement in Minnesota and across the country.

FILE - The U.S. Department of Justice logo is seen on a podium before a press conference, May 6, 2025, at the Justice Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)
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Justice Department steps up pressure on cartels' financial networks as launderers turn to crypto

Read full article: Justice Department steps up pressure on cartels' financial networks as launderers turn to crypto

The Justice Department is intensifying efforts to choke off cartels’ financial networks, targeting the money launderers who are increasingly relying on cryptocurrency to move drug proceeds from the U.S. to Mexico.

Former Illinois Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. speaks during an event where he was endorsed by the Southland Minister Alliance as a candidate for his old congressional seat after more than a decade out of office, Oct. 15, 2025, at Victory Christian International Ministries in Park Forest, Ill. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)
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Jesse Jackson Jr. pitches redemption in bid for old House seat years after campaign fraud conviction

Read full article: Jesse Jackson Jr. pitches redemption in bid for old House seat years after campaign fraud conviction

Jesse Jackson Jr. has launched a spirited primary bid for his old U.S. House seat.

FILE - Analilia Mejia, center, speaks during a rally calling for SCOTUS ethics reform, May 2, 2023, in Washington. (Joy Asico/AP Images for Center for Popular Democracy Action, File)

Analilia Mejia, Tom Malinowski race in New Jersey's special Democratic primary too early to call

Read full article: Analilia Mejia, Tom Malinowski race in New Jersey's special Democratic primary too early to call

The New Jersey U.S. House Democratic primary between a onetime political director for Sen. Bernie Sanders and an ex-congressman is too early to call.

Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent speaks during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)
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On Capitol Hill, Treasury Secretary Bessent’s testimony descends into insults and shouting matches

Read full article: On Capitol Hill, Treasury Secretary Bessent’s testimony descends into insults and shouting matches

A hearing with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent turned chaotic Wednesday as Democratic lawmakers clashed with him over fiscal policy and Trump family conflicts.

Chinese national Guan Heng, 38, shown, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2025 in Binghamton, New York, has been released from federal detention, nearly one week after an immigration court granted him asylum because the court ruled the man had a well-founded fear of persecution if sent back to China after exposing human rights abuses there. (AP Photo/Luo Yun)
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Chinese national who exposed rights abuses is freed from US detention after being granted asylum

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Guan Heng, a Chinese asylum seeker who exposed human rights abuses in his homeland, has been released after more than five months in federal detention.

FILE - An aerial view shows houses being rebuilt on cleared lots months after the Palisades Fire, Dec. 5, 2025, in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
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EPA administrator outlines Trump's plan to speed up rebuilding of homes destroyed by LA wildfires

Read full article: EPA administrator outlines Trump's plan to speed up rebuilding of homes destroyed by LA wildfires

Trump administration officials traveled to Los Angeles to outline the president’s plan to override state and local rules and speed up the permitting process for reconstruction of tens of thousands of homes destroyed by last year’s wildfires.

In this photo provided by Nino Mangione, a statue of Christopher Columbus is pulled out of the Inner Harbor in Baltimore, July 6, 2020, after protesters had thrown the statue into the harbor. (Nino Mangione via AP)
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Trump taking steps toward installing a Columbus statue near the White House

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President Donald Trump is taking steps toward installing a statue of Christopher Columbus near the White House.

FILE - President Barack Obama, right, presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to former Rep. Lee Hamilton, D-Ind., during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Nov. 24, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
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Former Rep. Lee Hamilton of Indiana, congressional overseer of US foreign affairs, has died

Read full article: Former Rep. Lee Hamilton of Indiana, congressional overseer of US foreign affairs, has died

Former U.S. Rep. Lee Hamilton, a crewcut-wearing Indiana Democrat who was a leading foreign affairs voice during three decades in Congress, has died.

FILE - Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a campaign event on Proposition 50, Nov. 1, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope, File)
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Supreme Court allows new California congressional districts that favor Democrats

Read full article: Supreme Court allows new California congressional districts that favor Democrats

The Supreme Court has allowed California to use a new voter-approved congressional map that is favorable to Democrats in this year’s elections, rejecting a plea from state Republicans and the Trump administration.

FILE - Speaker of the New York City Council Adrienne Adams speaks during the New York City Mayoral Candidates Forum at Medgar Evers College, April 23, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)
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New York governor picks a new running mate, as her current No. 2 moves to unseat her

Read full article: New York governor picks a new running mate, as her current No. 2 moves to unseat her

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has announced a new reelection running mate — as her current lieutenant governor has launched an increasingly caustic primary challenge to unseat her.

An person is detained by federal agents on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy)
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Government lawyer yanked from immigration detail in Minnesota after telling judge 'this job sucks'

Read full article: Government lawyer yanked from immigration detail in Minnesota after telling judge 'this job sucks'

A government lawyer who told a judge that her job “sucks” during a court hearing stemming from the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota has been removed from her Justice Department post.

This undated photo released by New Castle County Police, Del., on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026, shows William Stevenson. (New Castle County Police via AP)
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Man once married to Jill Biden held without bail after being charged in wife’s killing

Read full article: Man once married to Jill Biden held without bail after being charged in wife’s killing

Authorities say a Delaware man who was once married to former first lady Jill Biden remains jailed on first-degree murder charges in the death of his wife.

FILE - President Donald Trump, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping pose ahead of their summit talk at Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea, Oct. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File
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Trump and Xi discuss Iran in wide-ranging call as US presses China and others to break from Tehran

Read full article: Trump and Xi discuss Iran in wide-ranging call as US presses China and others to break from Tehran

President Donald Trump says he and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed the situation in Iran in a wide-ranging call as the U.S. administration pushes Beijing and others to further isolate Tehran.

Georgia General Election 2020 ballots are loaded by the FBI onto trucks at the Fulton County Election HUB, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, in Union City, Ga., near Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
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Legal fight escalates over Georgia voting records as Trump says he wants to ‘take over’ elections

Read full article: Legal fight escalates over Georgia voting records as Trump says he wants to ‘take over’ elections

Officials in Georgia’s Fulton County have asked a federal court to order the FBI to return ballots and other documents from the 2020 election that it seized last week, The move escalates a voting battle as President Donald Trump says he wants to “take over” elections from Democratic-run areas with the November midterms on the horizon.

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)
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The Latest: 700 immigration officers will immediately leave Minnesota

Read full article: The Latest: 700 immigration officers will immediately leave Minnesota

Border czar Tom Homan said the Trump administration is reducing the number of immigration enforcement officers in Minnesota after state and local officials agreed to cooperate by turning over arrested immigrants.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., center, speaks during a news conference as House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y. listens, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Democrats demand 'dramatic changes' for ICE, including masks, cameras and judicial warrants

Read full article: Democrats demand 'dramatic changes' for ICE, including masks, cameras and judicial warrants

Democrats are threatening to block funding for the Homeland Security Department when it expires in two weeks unless there are “dramatic changes” and “real accountability” for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other law enforcement agencies who are carrying out President Donald Trump’s campaign of federal immigration enforcement.

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer departs 10 Downing Street to go to the House of Commons for his weekly Prime Minister's Questions in London, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
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UK will release files about Mandelson's ambassador appointment as anger mounts over Epstein

Read full article: UK will release files about Mandelson's ambassador appointment as anger mounts over Epstein

The British government has agreed to release documents related to Peter Mandelson's appointment as ambassador to the U.S. despite his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

Vice President JD Vance steps away from the podium after speaking at the Critical Minerals Ministerial meeting at the State Department, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)
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US wants to create a critical minerals trading bloc with its allies to counter China

Read full article: US wants to create a critical minerals trading bloc with its allies to counter China

The Trump administration says it wants to create a critical minerals trading bloc with its allies and partners.