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6:05 PM on Wednesday, February 18

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5:37 PM on Wednesday, February 18

Argentina’s President Javier Milei deepens ties with U.S. President Donald Trump while trying to avoid a break with China, Argentina’s top trading partner

5:01 PM on Wednesday, February 18

President Donald Trump’s top economist on Wednesday urged that Federal Reserve economists be punished for research last week that showed American companies and consumers paying for nearly all the new tariffs imposed by the White House last year

4:22 PM on Wednesday, February 18

President Donald Trump has hosted a White House reception for Black History Month, less than two weeks after he sparked a bipartisan outcry by posting a racist video on social media that depicted former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, as primates in a jungle

4:13 PM on Wednesday, February 18

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has resumed the practice of clearing out homeless encampments, saying he has retooled the process

3:51 PM on Wednesday, February 18

The director of the National Institutes of Health is also taking over as acting head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to an administration official

3:14 PM on Wednesday, February 18

Ghana and Kenya have launched investigations into the activities of a man believed to be a Russian national who is accused of secretly recording sexual encounters with several women and publishing them online without their consent

2:24 PM on Wednesday, February 18

A delegation of U.S. senators is returning from a trip to Ukraine

1:37 PM on Wednesday, February 18

12:52 PM on Wednesday, February 18

The Rev. Jesse Jackson’s two presidential runs and his life of activism inspired leaders across generations

11:42 AM on Wednesday, February 18

Another opposition Conservative lawmaker in Canada has defected to Prime Minister Mark Carney’s governing Liberals

10:23 AM on Wednesday, February 18

U.S. President Donald Trump says he is discussing potential arms sales to Taiwan with Chinese President Xi Jinping, and that has raised concerns

10:21 AM on Wednesday, February 18

The Trump administration will appeal a federal judge’s order to restore a Philadelphia exhibit on the nine people enslaved by George Washington at his former home on Independence Mall

10:17 AM on Wednesday, February 18

Some Republican legislators are pushing to limit state environmental regulations

9:53 AM on Wednesday, February 18

Hungary is halting diesel shipments to Ukraine as a dispute over interrupted Russian oil flows through Ukraine drags on

7:38 AM on Wednesday, February 18

French police have arrested 11 people after a far-right student died from a beating in Lyon

7:08 AM on Wednesday, February 18

Democratic candidates have notched a series of wins in recent special elections — but a new AP-NORC poll finds views of the Democratic Party among rank-and-file Democrats have not bounced back since President Donald Trump’s victory in 2024

3:47 AM on Wednesday, February 18

Somalia’s government says U.S.-backed airstrikes and expanded ground operations have shifted momentum in its long-running war against the al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab militant group

1:36 AM on Wednesday, February 18

Australia’s government has banned an Australian with alleged ties to the militant Islamic State group from returning from a detention camp in Syria

1:52 PM on Monday, February 16

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is stepping up his race for the U.S. Senate with early voting about to begin for the March 3 GOP primary