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6:58 PM on Thursday, February 5

Virginia Democrats have unveiled a new U.S. House map that aims to give the party four more seats in Congress

3:57 PM on Thursday, February 5

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey set a March execution date for a man sentenced to death for a fatal shooting during a 1991 robbery

3:37 PM on Thursday, February 5

Federal prosecutors say a Houston doctor has been indicted on charges of falsifying medical records for five patients, making them ineligible to receive a liver transplant

3:33 PM on Thursday, February 5

Kadjahtou Balde opened her shop, Modify Thrift, last May to offer modest, stylish outfits that don’t rely on fast fashion

3:15 PM on Thursday, February 5

The U.S. Census Bureau plans to use a survey form with a citizenship question for its 2030 census practice test

2:53 PM on Thursday, February 5

A lawsuit claims Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis lacks the authority to call a special session to redraw congressional maps mid-decade

2:46 PM on Thursday, February 5

The U.S. Ambassador to Poland, Tom Rose, has announced that the U.S. will cut off all dealings with Włodzimierz Czarzasty, the speaker of the Polish parliament's lower house

2:44 PM on Thursday, February 5

Civil War scholar Gabor S

2:31 PM on Thursday, February 5

Thirty-one families that lost relatives in two Boeing 737 Max crashes have asked a federal appeals court to revive a criminal case against the aircraft manufacturer

1:48 PM on Thursday, February 5

Authorities say three people were killed and six others were hurt after a 92-year-old driver collided with a bicyclist and then slammed into a grocery store in Los Angeles

1:44 PM on Thursday, February 5

The U_S_ has announced an additional $6 million in aid for Cuba as the island’s crisis deepens and tensions escalate between the two countries, with Cuba’s president accusing the U_S_ of an “energy blockade.”

1:26 PM on Thursday, February 5

The Republican lawmakers in charge of the House and Senate intelligence committees have rejected an anonymous complaint from last year alleging that Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard withheld access to classified information for political reasons

11:56 AM on Thursday, February 5

A Southern California county and a foster care agency have agreed to a $13.5 million settlement with six children who were placed in an abusive home after being rescued from squalid and abusive conditions in their parents’ home

10:40 AM on Thursday, February 5

Senate Majority Leader John Thune says Democrats' demands for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic.”

9:13 AM on Thursday, February 5

The Trump administration has launched TrumpRx, a website it says will help patients buy prescription drugs directly at a discounted rate

5:12 AM on Thursday, February 5

Democrats are threatening to block funding for the Homeland Security Department when it expires in two weeks unless there are “dramatic changes” and “real accountability” for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other law enforcement agencies who are carrying out President Donald Trump’s campaign of federal immigration enforcement in Minnesota and across the country

3:41 AM on Thursday, February 5

Keir Starmer never met Jeffrey Epstein

1:11 AM on Thursday, February 5

An Indian teacher and activist known for creating hundreds of learning centers and painting educational murals has won the $1 million Global Teacher Prize

9:01 PM on Wednesday, February 4

As Israeli strikes killed two dozen Palestinians on Wednesday, many in Gaza wondered what had become of the ceasefire reached between Israel and Hamas in October

7:00 PM on Wednesday, February 4

Sharp drops hit Wall Street as technology stocks sank and bitcoin plunged again to roughly half its record price set in the fall