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12:07 AM on Wednesday, February 18

An investigation shows that illegal luxury mansions have been built in a Sierra Leone national park that serves as an environmental buffer for its capital

10:11 PM on Tuesday, February 17

5:45 PM on Tuesday, February 17

An immigration judge has dismissed the Trump administration’s deportation case against Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian graduate student and Columbia protest leader

5:24 PM on Tuesday, February 17

Last week the White House announced the nomination of a Las Vegas attorney for U.S. Attorney of the District of Nevada

4:07 PM on Tuesday, February 17

Peru’s Congress has ousted interim President José Jerí, deepening the country’s political churn just before the April election

2:32 PM on Tuesday, February 17

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who died Tuesday at the age of 84, was known not just as a tireless advocate for the Civil Rights Movement but as one of its most dynamic orators

2:19 PM on Tuesday, February 17

State legislators in New Mexico have launched a truth commission to investigate past activity at a secluded desert ranch where financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein once entertained guests

12:36 PM on Tuesday, February 17

Democrats’ top priority as the 2026 session of the Minnesota Legislature gets underway is reining in the power of federal law enforcement to conduct immigration crackdowns

12:19 PM on Tuesday, February 17

New laws in some Democratic-led states are forcing local sheriffs to stop cooperating with President Donald Trump's immigration enforcement efforts

11:24 AM on Tuesday, February 17

The Trump family company wants to trademark the use of the president’s name on any airports but says it doesn’t plan on charging a fee — at least for a proposed renaming of one near his Florida home

11:18 AM on Tuesday, February 17

The Justice Department has issued new subpoenas in an investigation into perceived adversaries of President Donald Trump and the U.S. government’s response to Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election

11:08 AM on Tuesday, February 17

The U.S. military says it's carried out strikes on three boats accused of smuggling drugs in Latin American waters

11:01 AM on Tuesday, February 17

Conservation and historical organizations are suing the Trump administration over National Park Service policies that the groups say erase history and science from America’s national parks

10:22 AM on Tuesday, February 17

Stephen Colbert says his interview with Texas Democrat James Talarico was pulled from Monday's broadcast over fears it would violate “equal time” guidance from the Federal Communications Commission under the Trump administration

10:00 AM on Tuesday, February 17

Peru’s Congress has voted to remove interim President José Jerí from office as he faces corruption allegations

8:29 AM on Tuesday, February 17

Eulogies are pouring in after the death of the Rev. Jesse L

8:16 AM on Tuesday, February 17

Sri Lankan legislators have overwhelmingly voted to scrap their pensions, as the Marxist-leaning government fulfills a key campaign promise

7:52 AM on Tuesday, February 17

Lawmakers and the White House offered no signs of compromise over the holiday weekend in their battle over oversight of federal immigration officers that has led to a pause in funding for the Department of Homeland Security

4:14 AM on Tuesday, February 17

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11:00 PM on Monday, February 16

Iran has announced the temporary closure of the Strait of Hormuz for live fire military drills