Politics

It's Presidents Day. Here's what's open and closed

By Associated Press

The official designation for the holiday is Washington’s Birthday after first President George Washington, although it has come to be known informally as Presidents Day.

Trump says Board of Peace members promise $5 billion for Gaza rebuild

By Aamer Madhani, Associated Press

Israeli forces have carried out repeated airstrikes in Gaza and frequently fire on Palestinians despite a ceasefire deal. Trump did not detail which member nations were making the pledges for reconstruction.

Partial government shutdown drags on amid immigration oversight battle

By Aamer Madhani, Associated Press

A partial government shutdown began Saturday after congressional Democrats and President Donald Trump’s team failed to reach a deal on legislation to fund the department through September.

Iran's state media reports foreign minister will attend indirect talks with the U.S.

By Associated Press

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and his delegation left for the Swiss city of Geneva after the first round of indirect talks took place in Oman last week.

Trump's border czar says smaller force of ICE agents will remain in Minnesota amid drawdown

By Ben Finley, Associated Press

He also said agents will keep investigating fraud allegations as well as the anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a service at a church service.

Europeans reject U.S. claims after Rubio's address in Munich

By Emma Burrows, Geir Moulson, Associated Press

A top European Union official has rejected the notion that Europe faces “civilizational erasure,” pushing back at criticism of the continent by the Trump administration. It came a day after U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio offered a somewhat reassuring…

How the Homeland Security shutdown is impacting travel in the U.S.

By Rio Yamat, Associated Press

Transportation Security Administration officers are expected to work without pay while lawmakers remain without an agreement on DHS' annual funding.

Iran and U.S. to hold nuclear talks in Geneva, Swiss minister says

By Associated Press

The Trump administration has maintained that Iran can have no uranium enrichment under any deal. Tehran says it won’t agree to that.

Rubio tries to reassure skeptical European allies but pushes Trump's vision for reshaped alliance

By Matthew Lee, Emma Burrows, Geir Moulson, Associated Press

Rubio addressed the conference a year after Vice President JD Vance stunned the same audience with a harsh critique of European values.

Nonprofit libraries ordered by State Department to stop processing passport applications

By Susan Haigh, Associated Press

The agency, which regulates U.S. passports, began issuing cease and desist orders to not-for-profit libraries in late fall, informing them they were no longer authorized to participate in the Passport Acceptance Facility program as of Friday.