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Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
Approved by voters, the new map gives Democrats as many as five seats, neutralizing five GOP seats added by Texas California can use a new congressional map that was approved by voters in November, the supreme court has ruled, handing Democrats a major victory in their effort to neutralize Donald Trump's push to protect Republicans' fragile House majority in this year's midterm elections. In December, the court ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
Technology The Chatbots Appear to Be Organizing Moltbook is the chaotic future of the internet. Illustration by Ben Kothe / The Atlantic February 4, 2026, 4:41 PM ET Save Listen − 1.0x + 0:00 7:26 The first signs of the apocalypse might look a little like Moltbook: a new social-media platform, launched last week, that is supposed to be populated exclusively by AI bots—1.6 million of them and counting ...
Source: theatlantic.com
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This is the online version of , a daily newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team's latest reporting and analysis from the White House, Capitol Hill and the campaign trail. In today's edition, we have the top lines from President Donald Trump's interview with "NBC Nightly News" anchor Tom Llamas. Plus, Andrea Mitchell reports on the fallout from Trump's decision to close the Kennedy Center for two ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
"You know, you're right, the flight rate—three years is a long time." The Space Launch System rocket program is now a decade and a half old, and it continues to be dominated by two unfortunate traits: It is expensive, and it is slow. The massive rocket and its convoluted ground systems, so necessary to baby and cajole the booster's prickly hydrogen propellant on board, have cost US taxpayers in excess of $30 ...
Source: arstechnica.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
the disappearance of her mother, Nancy Guthrie. Trump reached out to Savannah Guthrie shortly after an interview with "NBC Nightly News" anchor Tom Llamas. The president assured the Guthrie family that every resource was available as needed. The president said he knew Savannah Guthrie is close to her 84-year-old mother, who was reported missing from her home outside Tucson, Arizona, on Sunday afternoon, after she ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
Iran has asked the U.S. to move diplomatic talks originally planned for Turkey to Oman and to limit the agenda to the Islamic Republic's nuclear program, according to people familiar with the matter. Tehran is resisting U.S. pressure to include its ballistic-missile program and support for allied militias in the Middle East in the negotiations, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing private ...
Source: military.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
We report without fear or favor because our work is sustained by members, not influence. Your support helps ensure the truth is told clearly, even when those in power push back. Join HuffPost today. Already a member? Bill Gates addressed the allegations made about him in the latest batch of files the Department of Justice released on Jeffrey Epstein, saying he is "one of many people who regret ever knowing" the ...
Source: huffpost.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
By and Fort Pierce Ryan Wesley Routh, the man convicted of trying to kill Donald Trump as the Republican nominee for president was playing golf at his club in West Palm Beach, was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday. During his sentencing in Fort Pierce federal court, Routh generally listened and then read part of a 20-page statement that U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon cut short before giving him the ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Acusan a Trump de distorsionar guerra entre México y EEUU para justificar mano dura en Latinoamérica
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (AP) — Historiadores y analistas acusaron el martes al gobierno del presidente Donald Trump de intentar reescribir la historia de su país para justificar sus propias decisiones de política exterior hacia América Latina al publicar una versión "históricamente inexacta" de la guerra entre México y Estados Unidos. La Casa Blanca emitió el ...
Source: apnews.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article About 300 journalists in the newsroom are expected to lose their jobs as part of a 'broad strategic reset' The Washington Post told staffers today that it was moving forward with a sweeping round of layoffs that was part of a "broad strategic reset" of the storied newspaper, which ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
After two decades and two stints as Walt Disney Co. boss, Bob Iger finally is hanging up the reins. Disney this week tapped 54-year-old parks chief Josh D'Amaro to succeed Iger as chief executive. The handoff is set for March 18, at the company's annual investor meeting, with Iger staying on as a senior advisor and board member until his December retirement. The changing of the guard atop one of America's iconic ...
Source: latimes.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed a roughly $1.2 trillion government funding bill Tuesday that ends the partial federal shutdown that began over the weekend and sets the stage for an intense debate in Congress over Homeland Security funding. The president moved quickly to sign the bill after the House approved it with a 217-214 vote. "This bill is a great victory for the American people," Trump said. ...
Source: military.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
Russia vowed Wednesday to act "responsibly" should its last nuclear treaty with the United States expire on February 5, amid mounting fears the agreement's collapse could spur a new arms race between the top nuclear powers. The New START agreement, signed in 2010, limits the number of nuclear warheads each side can deploy. It is set to expire on Thursday, formally releasing both Moscow and Washington from a raft of ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
Feb. 4 (UPI) -- A doberman pinscher named Penny won Best in Show on Tuesday night during the 150th annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at New York City's Madison Square Garden. The 4-year-old canine bested the six other group winners to take the prestigious award, making her the 42nd female to win Best in Show and the first Doberman since 1989. "You can't attribute it to one thing," Penny's handler, Andy ...
Source: upi.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
We report without fear or favor because our work is sustained by members, not influence. Your support helps ensure the truth is told clearly, even when those in power push back. Join HuffPost today. Already a member? President Donald Trump is facing heat for on one of the female journalists who cover him and his administration. "You are the worst reporter," Trump scolded CNN 's Kaitlan Collins on Tuesday. "I don't ...
Source: huffpost.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
London — U.K. police have launched an investigation into former British Ambassador to the United States Peter Mandelson after the U.S. Department of Justice released emails last week that indicate he may have shared confidential U.K. government documents with the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The documents relate to years during which Mandelson served as a senior official in the ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
Hong Kong — China will ban hidden door handles on cars, commonly used on Tesla's electric vehicles and many other EV models, starting next year. All car doors must include a mechanical release function for handles, except for the tailgate, according to details released by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. Officials said the policy aims to address safety concerns after fatal EV accidents ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
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, according to a person familiar with the matter. Julie Le had been working for the Justice Department on a detail, but the U.S. attorney in Minnesota ended her assignment after her comments in court on ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump held a nearly two-hour meeting on Tuesday with his Colombian counterpart, Gustavo Petro , that both called friendly — a dramatic about-face from weeks earlier, when Trump accused Petro of pumping cocaine into the U.S. and threatened his country with military action. Afterward, Trump tried to downplay his past criticisms, saying, "He and I weren't exactly the best of ...
Source: military.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 2 surprised everyone with the India–US trade deal, announcing a reduction in tariffs on Indian goods entering the American market from 50% to 18%, lower than those faced by most Asian neighbours. Trump also confirmed that the punitive 25% duty imposed on India for buying Russian oil would be scrapped. In return, he said India had agreed to ...
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
To ensure developer control, Xcode creates automatic milestones for every modification, allowing teams to revert the entire project to a pre-agent state. Apple announced Xcode 26.3 on Tuesday, introducing agentic coding tools such as Anthropic's Claude Agent and OpenAI's Codex directly within its app development suite. The Xcode 26.3 Release Candidate became available to all Apple Developers on the developer ...
Source: techbriefly.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
A collision between a speedboat carrying migrants and a Greek coast guard patrol vessel off the eastern Aegean island of Chios has killed at least 15 people, the coast guard said late Tuesday, while a search and rescue operation involving patrol boats, a helicopter and divers was underway for potentially missing people. The bodies of 14 people — 11 men and three women — were recovered from the sea, the ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
A tragic infant death highlights the high stakes of unpasteurized dairy. New Mexico state health officials announced on Tuesday that a newborn succumbed to a fatal infection likely contracted because the mother drank raw, unpasteurized milk during her pregnancy. Unfortunately, this is a common story; or rather, it used to be a common story because we figured out that we can pasteurize milk and kill pathogens a ...
Source: zmescience.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
Israeli fire in Gaza killed at least 19 Palestinians, most of them women and children, hospital officials said Wednesday. Israel said its strikes came after militants fired on its soldiers, seriously wounding one. Seven women and five children were killed, hospital officials said, including a 5-month-old and a baby just 10 days old. They are the latest Palestinians in Gaza to die since a ceasefire deal , which has ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
London — Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the younger brother of King Charles II who was previously known as Prince Andrew, has moved out of his sprawling Royal Lodge home in Windsor as further details emerge about his relationship with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Mountbatten-Windsor's move to Sandringham, King Charles' massive private estate in Norfolk, eastern England, was announced by ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
The Switch is now the best-selling Nintendo console in history, having surpassed 155 million sales since it launched in 2017. It means the device, which saw a huge boom in sales over the pandemic , has now surpassed the Nintendo DS as the firm's most successful gaming hardware. And the Switch is now behind only Sony's PlayStation 2 in the overall gaming charts, which sold more than 160 million units in the years ...
Source: bbc.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
The flood of gameday ads has officially begun for Super Bowl LX , ensuring we'll be entertained by what happens on the field between the Seahawks and Patriots and during commercial breaks. When you turn on your TV (or phone) this Sunday and lay out your food spread , be ready for all the brands cranking up their campaigns. Don't feel like it's too early to start watching Super Bowl ads, because ...
Source: cnet.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
Reading time 2 minutes Pinterest fired employees who were trying to track the recently announced layoffs. The digital pinboard social media company announced last week that it would be laying off about 15% of its staff and shrinking its office space as part of a restructuring effort. In a meeting led by the company's Chief Technology Officer Matt Madrigal, engineering employees were told that Pinterest would not ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
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, border czar Tom Homan said Wednesday. About 700 federal officers — roughly a quarter of the total deployed around Minnesota — will be withdrawn immediately, Homan said. But Homan did not give a timeline when the ...
Source: wbur.org
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
Over the past two months, the US Department of Justice has released millions of documents related to its sex-trafficking investigation into Jeffrey Epstein. Now, the president wants the nation to move on - but will it? Deputy US Attorney General Todd Blanche has said the government's review of the Epstein files - which was mandated by a law passed by Congress in November - is over, and there are no grounds for new ...
Source: bbc.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Judge warns 'our nation is at a crossroads' after lawsuit from 'Portland Chicken' alleges violence use of force A federal judge has temporarily blocked federal officers from firing tear gas at peaceful protesters near an immigration detention center in Portland, Oregon, after a ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, a federal agency that enforces laws against workplace discrimination, said Wednesday that it is investigating Nike over allegations that the athletic apparel manufacturer discriminated against White workers. The EEOC alleges in a court filing on Wednesday that Nike may have engaged in "a pattern or practice of disparate treatment against White employees, ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
Mozilla heard your complaints, and now Firefox 148 gives you an AI opt-out. Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Every major web browser on the market includes AI tools. There's Copilot for Edge , Aria for Opera , Apple Intelligence for Safari , and more. But Mozilla was behind the curve in adding AI to Firefox. In December, when Mozilla announced it would finally add AI to ...
Source: zdnet.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday praised the steady expansion of economic cooperation between Russia and China during a video call with Chinese President Xi Jinping, describing the partnership as strategic and mutually beneficial. The talks took place amid China's parallel engagement with Western leaders, even as differences persist over Russia's war in Ukraine. According to news agency AP, Putin said ...
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
Amazon is making its AI-upgraded Alexa+ assistant available to everyone in the U.S. Alexa+ launched last year in an "early access" preview, meaning consumers had to join a waitlist or buy a new device to use the service. Alexa+ costs $19.99 a month, but is free for Prime members. In this article Alexa+ signage during an unveiling event in New York, Feb. 26, 2025. Amazon on Wednesday announced it's making Alexa+ ...
Source: cnbc.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
January was a "lackluster month for hiring," as the private sector added 22,000 jobs, ADP said in a Wednesday (Feb. 4) press release announcing its January ADP National Employment Report . This figure was down from the 37,000 jobs added during the previous month, according to the release. The December figure was revised down from the previously reported 41,000. Year-over-year pay growth was little changed for ...
Source: pymnts.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
The Small Business Administration will remove green card holders' eligibility to participate in government loan programs beginning March 1. The agency will require that 100% of small business loan applicants be owned by US citizens or US nationals whose principal residence is in the US. A policy notice released Feb. 2 rescinds an exception allowing foreign nationals or US citizens living primarily outside the US to ...
Source: news.bloomberglaw.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
Other brands under Darden Restaurants portfolio include Olive Garden and Ruth's Chris Steak House Darden Restaurants announced on Tuesday that it will close its Bahama Breeze chain after nearly 30 years in operation. The Orlando-based company said it will permanently shut down 14 of Bahama Breeze's 28 restaurants, while converting the remaining locations into other Darden brands. Restaurants designated for ...
Source: foxbusiness.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
PHILADELPHIA SUBURBS—He had decided that the America he believed in would not make it if people like him didn't speak up, so on a cool, rainy morning in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Jon, 67 and recently retired, marched up to his study and began to type. He had just read about the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's case against an Afghan it was trying to deport. The immigrant, identified in The Washington ...
Source: abajournal.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
The deal embeds advanced OpenAI models directly into Snowflake's data platform, enabling secure, AI-powered analytics and agents across major clouds. Snowflake and OpenAI have struck a multi-year, $200 million partnership to bring OpenAI's advanced models, including GPT-5.2, directly into Snowflake's enterprise data platform. The collaboration is designed to let Snowflake's large customer base, more than 12,000 ...
Source: thenextweb.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
On Tuesday, a spokesperson for the Department of Defense (DOD) posted a warning to the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts of America — revert to old, exclusionary rules, or risk losing its longstanding partnership with the U.S. military. Scouting America, the organization's name since February 2025, has made a number of inclusive changes in recent years . In 2018, the organization allowed girls to ...
Source: truthout.org
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article 'If it expires, it expires,' Trump shrugged off as experts have warned about the dangers to the world. Maira Butt reports E xperts have warned that the United States and Russia could be headed towards an unfettered nuclear arms race as the last remaining treaty imposing ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
More than one in three cancers could be prevented with simple lifestyle habits changes, a major study suggests. In one of the first studies of its kind, researchers, analyzed 19 million cases of 36 different cancer types in nearly 200 countries, including the US and UK. Using 2022 figures, the latest available, the team found 38 percent, or 7.1 million diagnoses, were attributable to 30 modifiable ...
Source: dailymail.co.uk
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
In February 2025, Governor Ron DeSantis publicly announced his desire that the state consider amending its Constitution, initially, to abolish property taxes. Florida's property tax system funds local counties, cities, school districts, and numerous special taxing districts providing services such as water management, fire protection, and mosquito control. Florida's property tax framework is established in the ...
Source: natlawreview.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Envoys from Moscow and Kyiv met in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday for another round of U.S.-brokered talks on ending the almost four-year war as Russian cluster munitions killed seven people at a market in Ukraine. The delegations from Moscow and Kyiv were joined in the United Arab Emirates by U.S. officials, Rustem Umerov, Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council chief, who was present at ...
Source: military.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
Paris prosecutor: Illegal content probe includes pornographic images of minors. French law enforcement authorities today raided X's Paris office and summoned Elon Musk for questioning as part of an investigation into illegal content. The Paris public prosecutor's office said the yearlong probe was recently expanded because the Grok chatbot was disseminating Holocaust-denial claims and sexually explicit deepfakes . ...
Source: arstechnica.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
If "you bring a gun" to Washington, D.C., Jeanine Pirro warned during a Fox News interview on Monday, "you're going to jail." Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, was touting her crime-fighting efforts, elaborating on her argument that "taking guns off the street" helps prevent homicides, carjackings, and robberies. But her threat provoked objections from Second Amendment advocates, who noted that ...
Source: reason.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
OpenAI and Nvidia, the two companies at the center of the AI boom, have yet to make progress on a $100 billion agreement from September. Since the deal was announced, Nvidia has invested in other AI labs, while OpenAI has forged agreements with rival chipmakers. For all their reported friction, Nvidia and OpenAI still need each other to fuel their respective growth. In this article Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, at ...
Source: cnbc.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are in a standoff with House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., over testimony the panel is seeking in its investigation into the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The dispute is over the format of the Clintons' testimony to lawmakers. The Clintons' legal team wrote a letter to Comer on Tuesday ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
Yang Tian 2 min read Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Donald Trump announced he will be seeking $1bn (£730m) in damages from Harvard University in his administration's ongoing feud with the institution. The news comes after the New York Times reported that the US president's administration had to backtrack from its demand for a $200m payment in negotiations with the ...
Source: yahoo.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
Washington — Sen. Mitch McConnell checked himself into a hospital on Monday night "after experiencing flu-like symptoms," a spokesman for the Kentucky Republican said Tuesday. The spokesman, David Popp, said it was done out of an "abundance of caution" and McConnell's "prognosis is positive." "He is grateful for the excellent care he is receiving," Popp said. "He is in regular contact with his ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
Lay's, Doritos, Cheetos and Tostitos brands will see price cuts PepsiCo said it will cut prices on its core brands by up to nearly 15% as soon as this week to address consumer backlash over recent price hikes. The snacks that will see prices lowered include products under its Lay's, Doritos, Cheetos and Tostitos brands. It comes after the company received an influx of messages from upset consumers over the past ...
Source: foxbusiness.com