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1:55 PM on Wednesday, February 4

Melania Trump has met at the White House with a freed American-Israeli hostage whose plight she featured in her new documentary

1:24 PM on Wednesday, February 4

1:22 PM on Wednesday, February 4

The U.S. stock market slipped under the weight of sinking technology stocks

1:06 PM on Wednesday, February 4

NBC says that veteran Olympics broadcaster Mary Carillo will replace Savannah Guthrie as co-host of opening ceremonies for the Winter Games in Italy

12:34 PM on Wednesday, February 4

Former Indiana Rep. Lee Hamilton, longtime foreign affairs leader and vice chair of Sept. 11 attack panel, has died

12:25 PM on Wednesday, February 4

An Argentine judge has requested the extradition from the United States of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, who was captured by the U.S. military last month and now faces federal charges of narco-terrorism and conspiracy to import cocaine in New York

12:15 PM on Wednesday, February 4

White House agrees to move Iran talks to Oman from Turkey after Arab leaders urge US to hear out Tehran, AP source says

12:11 PM on Wednesday, February 4

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12:05 PM on Wednesday, February 4

Foreign minister of Iran confirms his country will hold nuclear talks with the US in Oman on Friday

11:01 AM on Wednesday, February 4

A new study out in the journal Science Advances finds that chronic exposure to wildfire smoke has contributed to tens of thousands of deaths each year in the United States

10:56 AM on Wednesday, February 4

Supreme Court refuses to block new California congressional districts that favor Democrats

10:56 AM on Wednesday, February 4

Firefighters came to the rescue of a swan found stuck in a frozen Connecticut river this week

10:37 AM on Wednesday, February 4

Bad Bunny's highly anticipated Super Bowl halftime show is set entirely in Spanish

10:29 AM on Wednesday, February 4

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has announced a new reelection running mate — as her current lieutenant governor has launched an increasingly caustic primary challenge to unseat her

10:13 AM on Wednesday, February 4

A government lawyer who told a judge that her job “sucks” during a court hearing stemming from the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota has been removed from her Justice Department post

10:08 AM on Wednesday, February 4

The New Orleans Police Department denies wrongdoing after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained one of its recruits

9:37 AM on Wednesday, February 4

The 2026 Winter Olympics have opened competition with the first curling matches in Cortina

8:52 AM on Wednesday, February 4

New international polling from Gallup shows that Americans are exceptionally anxious about their political system

6:44 AM on Wednesday, February 4

10:22 PM on Thursday, January 29

A joint investigation by The Associated Press and The Gecko Project has found that cyanide, arsenic and copper repeatedly leaked from a facility run by the largest gold miner in Liberia in recent years