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Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in northern New Jersey will select nominees in a special congressional primary on Thursday to replace The crowded, 11-candidate Democratic primary field features Passaic County Commissioner John Bartlett, venture capitalist Zach Beecher, attorney and comedian J-L Cauvin, nonprofit executive Cammie Croft, Essex County Commissioner Brendan Gill, Morris Township Committeeman Jeff ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
Former U.S. Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn, who emerged as a national figure and activist after the Capitol siege on Jan. 6, 2021, announced a run for Congress in Maryland on Wednesday. Dunn, a Democrat, has rapidly transformed into a well-known face and name in national politics in the years after he to secure the Democratic nomination for a seat in Maryland's 3rd District in 2024. This time, he is running in ...
Source: news.yahoo.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 -
Feb. 4 (UPI) -- Authorities in Britain confirmed Wednesday that a criminal investigation has been launched into Britain's former ambassador to the United States, Peter Mandelson , over allegations that he leaked government information to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein . The 72-year-old was fired as Britain's envoy to Washington in September following revelations of his friendship with the late disgraced ...
Source: upi.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 ...
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Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
– Envoys from Moscow and Kyiv met in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday for of U.S.-brokered talks on ending the 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 the meeting, said on social media. Umerov said the ...
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Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
Washington — Bill and Hillary Clinton agreed to the House Oversight Committee's terms to testify as part of the panel's investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, a last-minute change of heart for the pair who had been defiant as they faced a contempt of Congress vote, the panel's chairman said Tuesday. Hillary Clinton will appear for a deposition on Feb. 26, while the former president will appear on Feb. 27, ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
Leaders had been trading hostile remarks for months but Gustavo Petro's visit ended with warm words from US counterpart After months of trading insults – from "sick man" and "drug trafficking leader" on one side, to "accomplice to genocide" with a "senile brain" on the other – the first meeting between Donald Trump and Gustavo Petro ended with pleasantries, autographs and a Maga cap. The Colombian ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
The family of Virginia Giuffre , one of Jeffrey Epstein 's most vocal accusers who died by suicide in 2025, says they are outraged over the Justice Department's handling of the latest release of the Epstein files. Sky and Amanda Roberts, Giuffre's brother and sister-in-law, say the department failed to protect survivors of Epstein's abuse when releasing the documents. "I mean these are intimate details in these ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article 'You bring a gun into the District, you mark my words, you're going to jail,' Jeanine Pirro told Fox news this week, adding that she didn't care 'if you're a law-abiding gun owner somewhere else.' is currently under fire from gun rights advocates and pro-Second Amendment MAGA ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
President Trump said his administration is seeking $1 billion in damages from Harvard University, accusing the school of antisemitism and other misconduct and saying the matter should be treated as criminal rather than civil. In a social media post on Monday night, Trump said Harvard had attempted to avoid a large financial settlement through what he described as an inadequate job-training proposal. Trump said the ...
Source: bnonews.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
Zelenskyy says Putin 'taking advantage of the coldest days of winter to terrorise people', as Kyiv hits lows of -20C More than 1,000 residential buildings in Kyiv were without heating on Tuesday after a massive Russian air attack during one of the coldest nights of the winter, with temperatures in the capital falling to -20C. Overnight, the Kremlin fired 450 attack drones and more than 70 missiles across the ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge on Monday blocked the end of protections that have allowed roughly 350,000 Haitians to live in the U.S., dealing President Donald Trump's immigration agenda another legal, though perhaps temporary, setback. U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes in Washington granted a request to pause the termination of Temporary Protected Status for Haitians while a lawsuit challenging it ...
Source: pbs.org
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
Feb. 3 (UPI) -- Sen. Mitch McConnell was hospitalized Monday night after experiencing what his spokesperson said were "flu-like symptoms" over the weekend. The 83-year-old Republican of Kentucky checked himself into a local hospital out of "an abundance of caution," his spokesperson, David Popp, told Axios in a statement on Tuesday. "His prognosis is positive and he is grateful for the excellent care he is ...
Source: upi.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
– The charity founded by , is shutting down following the release of emails showing the depth of her friendship with the late sex offender Sarah's Trust, which focused on improving the lives of women and children, said it will close for the "foreseeable future,'' following the revelations in latest documents released by the U.S. Department of Justice. Ferguson is the ex-wife of the former Prince due to his ...
Source: news4jax.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
Ideas The End of the Nuclear-Arms-Control Era The last significant treaty is about to expire, and Trump isn't putting anything in its place. Illustration by Matteo Giuseppe Pani / The Atlantic. Sources: Bettmann; Peter Turnley / Corbis / VCG / Getty. Save Something very dangerous is on track to happen this Thursday. In two days, New START , the last significant survivor of the age of nuclear-arms-control agreements ...
Source: theatlantic.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
An intelligence community watchdog has handed over a highly classified whistleblower complaint that includes an allegation of wrongdoing by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard to top congressional leaders, following months of delay tied to classification disputes, a government shutdown, and leadership turnover at Gabbard's office, CBS News has learned. In a Feb. 2 letter to the leaders of the House and ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — Every Homeland Security officer on the ground in Minneapolis, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, will be immediately issued body-worn cameras, Secretary Kristi Noem said Monday, in the latest fallout after the shooting deaths of two U.S. citizens at the hands of federal officers sparked widespread outrage. Noem made the announcement on the social media platform X. She ...
Source: pbs.org
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
A Virginia man having an affair with the family's Brazilian au pair was found guilty Monday of murdering his wife and another man that prosecutors say was lured to the house as a fall guy. Brendan Banfield, a former IRS law enforcement officer, told police he came across Joseph Ryan attacking his wife, Christine Banfield, with a knife on the morning of Feb. 24, 2023. He shot Ryan and then Juliana Magalhães, ...
Source: news4jax.com