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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

12:43 PM on Wednesday, February 4

Former U.S. Rep. Lee Hamilton, a crewcut-wearing Indiana Democrat who was a leading foreign affairs voice during three decades in Congress, has died

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

10:13 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

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

7:56 AM on Wednesday, February 4

Authorities say a Delaware man who was once married to former first lady Jill Biden remains jailed on first-degree murder charges in the death of his wife

6:44 AM on Wednesday, February 4

6:18 AM on Wednesday, February 4

President Donald Trump's border czar says he is reducing the number of immigration enforcement officers in Minnesota after state and local officials agreed to turn over arrested immigrants

12:43 AM on Wednesday, February 4

Health officials in Gaza say Israeli strikes have killed at least 24 Palestinians, including two babies