8 min ago - February 1, 2026 / 5:21 PM EST The mayor of Portland, Oregon, demanded U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement leave his city after federal agents launched tear gas at a crowd of demonstrators — including young children — outside an ICE fa ... (CBS News/AP)

29 min ago - House Democrats have informed GOP leaders they will not help pass a funding package through a fast-track process, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to The Hill — complicating Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) plan to swiftly pass the ... (The Hill)

1 hr ago - BREAKING: Trump Announces Closure of Kennedy Center for Two Years Sunday, February 01, 2026 In a post on social media on Sunday night, President Donald Trump announced the closure of the Kennedy Center for two years. He said the closure is due to con ... (GoLocalProv.com)

1 hr ago - 9h Private nonprofits and Black philanthropists are stepping in to save endangered Black history touchstones as the Trump administration orders agencies to scrub or rewrite "equity-related" public history. Why it matters: Private Black funding is be ... (msn/Axios)

1 hr ago - By ADRIAN SAINZ Updated 3:34 PM CST, February 1, 2026 MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A huge swath of the U.S. from the Gulf Coast into New England was mired in extra-cold temperatures Sunday after a bomb cyclone brought heavy snow and hundreds of f ... (AP)

1 hr ago - The United States on Sunday accused Cuba of interfering with the work of its top diplomat in Havana after small groups of Cubans jeered at him during meetings with residents and church representatives outside the capital. Amid rising tensions between ... (Reuters)

1 hr ago - February 1, 2026 at 11:11 AM EST The recent FBI raid of a Georgia county election office is a precursor to battles ahead as President Donald Trump's administration steps up efforts to obtain sensitive voter information from states. The effort has se ... (Bloomberg)

2 hrs ago - Sunday 01 February 2026 12:15 EST Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche found himself on Sunday struggling to back up the administration’s rationalization for an attempt to re-litigate the 2020 election with a raid on Fulton County, Georgia’ ... (The Independent)

2 hrs ago - MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, who were detained by immigration officers in Minnesota and held at an ICE facility in Texas, have been released following a judge’s order. They have returned to Minnesota, a ... (AP)

3 hrs ago - February 1, 2026 12:16 PM EST Updated 4 hours ago WASHINGTON, Feb 1 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Sunday began accepting requests to participate in its PreCheck pilot program, designed to boost domestic drug supply by speeding ... (Reuters)

3 hrs ago - The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez. The records viewed by ProPublica l ... (ProPublica)

3 hrs ago - Updated 8:56 AM EST, February 1, 2026 ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — President Donald Trump said the United States was beginning to talk with Cuban leaders as his administration puts greater pressure on the communist-run island and cuts off key oil ... (AP)

5 hrs ago - 02/01/26 1:50 PM ET House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Sunday that he supports some of the federal immigration enforcement reforms backed by Democrats. “Some of these conditions and requests that they’ve made are obviously reasonable ... (The Hill)

5 hrs ago - By Harmeet Kaur Several niche, left-leaning gun advocacy groups said that since the killing of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis, they can hardly keep up with the surging demand for firearms training. With President Donald Trump sending ar ... (CNN)

6 hrs ago - February 1, 2026, 11:14 AM Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday defended the Justice Department's release of more than 3 million pages from the department's files on the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, as survivors and lawmaker ... (ABC News)

6 hrs ago - All vaccine recommendations are being reconsidered by the US’s vaccines committee, according to its top adviser, who in recent interviews slammed vaccination requirements for attending school and said vaccines should be taken on the advice of an ... (The Guardian)

7 hrs ago - Feb. 1, 2026, 8:56 AM EST Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., on Sunday called on House Democrats to vote against a measure that would reopen parts of the federal government Monday, saying a vote in favor would support the tactics of Immigration and Customs En ... (NBC News)

7 hrs ago - From 18m ago 12.06 EST 'We are witnessing a full-blown coverup': Democrats demanding access to unredacted files, says Raskin Democratic representative Jamie Raskin, of Maryland, has slammed the Department of Justice’s release of the Epstein fi ... (the guardian)

8 hrs ago - 02/01/26 7:00 AM ET Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is joining several other Republican lawmakers in calling to lower the national temperature amid escalating tensions over the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement tactics in Minnesota. Trump& ... (The Hill)

8 hrs ago - The United Educators of San Francisco voted 97.6% to give its negotiators the power to call the first strike by the city's teachers in 47 years, the union said. Published January 31, 2026 • Updated on January 31, 2026 at 8:51 pm The union repres ... (NBC Bay Area)