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President Donald Trump arrives for an event at the Horizon Events Center in Clive, Iowa, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump boasts of over $1.5B in political funds. How he chooses to spend it could rock the midterms

11:08 PM on Thursday, February 12

President Donald Trump says he's amassed a collection of campaign funds exceeding $1.5 billion, an unprecedented sum for a lame-duck president

FILE - A data center owned by Amazon Web Services, front right, is under construction next to the Susquehanna nuclear power plant in Berwick, Pa., Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

As electricity costs rise, everyone wants data centers to pick up their tab. But how?

11:07 PM on Thursday, February 12

Politicians from President Donald Trump to local lawmakers agree that tech companies should cover the power costs of artificial intelligence data centers

FILE - Bard College President Leon Botstein speaks during the 153rd Commencement at Bard College, May 25, 2013, in Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y. (AP Photo/Philip Kamrass, File)

Professors in the Epstein files say they hoped friendship would lead to research funding

11:05 PM on Thursday, February 12

A new trove of documents released by the Justice Department reveals that Epstein’s reach into academia was wider than previously known

FILE - A sign marks the entrance to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

Judge temporarily blocks Trump officials from rescinding health grants to some Democratic-led states

8:34 PM on Thursday, February 12

A federal judge has ruled that President Donald Trump’s administration cannot pull back $600 million in public health grants allocated to four Democratic-led states, for now

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party, led by Tarique Rahman, claims victory in country’s first election since 2024 uprising

8:30 PM on Thursday, February 12

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party, led by Tarique Rahman, claims victory in country’s first election since 2024 uprising

FILE - This photo provided by the North Korean government, Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, delivers a speech during a national meeting against the coronavirus, in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Aug. 10, 2022. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

Sister of North Korea's leader says South Korea's drone regret was sensible but insufficient

8:04 PM on Thursday, February 12

The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says it was “sensible” for a South Korean official to express regret for alleged civilian drone flights over North Korea but warned of counterattacks if they recur

UN approves 40-member scientific panel on the impact of artificial intelligence over US objections

7:41 PM on Thursday, February 12

The U.N. General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to approve a 40-member global scientific panel on the impacts and risks of artificial intelligence, with the United States strongly objecting

FILE - Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, the group chairman and CEO of Dubai-backed port operator DP World, listens during a news conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, March 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell,File)

Canadian and UK finance groups pause new ventures with DP World over CEO's emails with Epstein

7:18 PM on Thursday, February 12

Financial groups in Canada and the UK have paused new projects with DP World after emails show its CEO had a long friendship with Jeffrey Epstein

People attend an anti-ICE protest outside the Bishop Whipple Federal building in Minneapolis, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy)

A judge orders DHS to give Minnesota detainees swift access to lawyers before transfers

7:16 PM on Thursday, February 12

A federal judge has ordered the Department of Homeland Security to give detained immigrants in Minnesota quick, private access to lawyers

FILE - Leqaa Kordia, center, demonstrates with pro-Palestianian protesters at Columbia University in New York, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)

Palestinian protester, detained for nearly a year, says 'inhumane' jail conditions prompted seizure

6:37 PM on Thursday, February 12

A Palestinian protester says “inhumane” conditions in a Texas immigration jail have harmed her health after nearly a year in detention, possibly contributing to a seizure she suffered last week

FILE - Republican Arizona Gubernatorial candidate Karrin Taylor Robson speaks to supporters at a campaign party, Aug. 2, 2022, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

Arizona GOP candidate drops out of primary, narrowing field to two

5:17 PM on Thursday, February 12

President Donald Trump-endorsed housing developer Karrin Taylor Robson suspended her campaign Thursday for Arizona governor

FILE - U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, chief judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, stands for a portrait at E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse in Washington, March 16, 2023. (Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post via AP, File)

Judge says US must help bring back some of the Venezuelans deported to notorious prison

4:32 PM on Thursday, February 12

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to make arrangements to allow some of the Venezuelan migrants flown to a notorious prison in El Salvador to return to the U

New York politicians and activists raise a rainbow flag on a pole in Christopher Park across the street from the Stonewall Inn, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026, in New York, a few days after it was removed by the National Park Service to comply with guidance from the Trump administration. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

NY officials raise rainbow flag at Stonewall in rebuke of Trump administration

4:07 PM on Thursday, February 12

New York politicians defiantly raised a rainbow flag at the Stonewall National Monument amid a boisterous, cheering crowd

FILE - Tourists flock to Mather Point at Grand Canyon National Park, Oct. 1, 2025, in Grand Canyon, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Trump nominates a hospitality executive to lead the National Park Service

2:33 PM on Thursday, February 12

President Donald Trump has nominated for director of the National Park Service an executive from a hospitality company that has extensive contracts with the agency he would lead

Guatemalan General Attorney Consuelo Porras casts her ballot in the election of magistrates representing the bar association on the Constitutional Court in Guatemala City, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

As Guatemala begins high-stakes court elections, agents raid voting sites

11:53 AM on Thursday, February 12

Guatemalan prosecutors have raided two voting locations as a process got underway to fill top justice jobs that could shape the rule of law and test its democracy

Residents hug as they place flowers at a memorial for the victims of Tuesday's mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, Canada, on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press via AP)

Remote community grieves the 8 killed in Canada's deadliest attack in years

9:13 AM on Thursday, February 12

The families of the victims of the mass shooting in a remote Canadian town are grappling with unrelenting grief as details emerge about those killed in the country’s deadliest mass shooting in years

CORRECTS CREDIT TO STEVE KARNOWSKI - White House border czar Tom Homan holds a news conference at the Bishop Whipple Federal building on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026 in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Steve Karnowski)

Border czar says Minnesota immigration crackdown is over, after angry protests and 2 fatal shootings

8:20 AM on Thursday, February 12

The Trump administration says it is ending its massive immigration crackdown in Minnesota after weeks of angry mass protests, thousands of arrests and two fatal shootings

Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to reporters before boarding his plane, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Md., en route to the Munich Security Conference. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

Europe warily awaits Rubio at Munich Security Conference as Trump roils transatlantic ties

11:02 PM on Wednesday, February 11

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is leading a large U.S. delegation to the Munich Security Conference this week

In this photo released on Monday, Feb. 9, 2026, by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addresses the nation in a televised speech. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

Deaths in Iran's crackdown on protests reach more than 7,000, activists say

6:30 PM on Wednesday, February 11

Activists say the death toll from a crackdown over Iran’s nationwide protests has reached at least 7,005 with many more people still feared dead

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