Feb 16 NAACP asks judge to protect against 'misuse' after FBI seized of voter data in Fulton County By Kate Brumback, Associated Press Georgia residents entrusted the state with their “sensitive personal information” when they registered to vote, and the Jan. 28 seizure of ballots and other election documents from the Fulton County elections hub “breached that guarantee, infringed constitutional protections of privacy,… Continue reading
Feb 16 Obama shuts down alien buzz: 'no evidence during my presidency' By Associated Press Former President Barack Obama said he did not see evidence that aliens “have made contact with us,” after sending social media abuzz by saying aliens were real on a podcast over the weekend. Continue reading
Feb 16 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. Continue reading
Feb 15 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. Continue reading
Feb 15 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. Continue reading
Feb 15 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. Continue reading
Feb 15 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. Continue reading
Feb 15 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… Continue reading
Feb 14 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. Continue reading
Feb 14 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. Continue reading