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12:26 AM on Tuesday, February 24

France’s spat with the U.S. ambassador to Paris has taken another turn with the French foreign minister now saying the top U.S. diplomat in France must explain himself after ignoring a French summons

12:22 AM on Tuesday, February 24

France’s foreign minister says the US ambassador to Paris must respond to a French summons or risk being ostracized

12:16 AM on Tuesday, February 24

Myanmar's state-run media say the country's newly elected parliament will convene for its first session next month, following an election that critics said was neither free nor fair

11:05 PM on Monday, February 23

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9:10 PM on Monday, February 23

President Donald Trump will deliver the first State of the Union address of his second term on Tuesday

9:08 PM on Monday, February 23

The State of the Union offers President Donald Trump a chance to make the case for his foreign policy efforts to Americans who are increasingly demonstrating uneasiness about his priorities

9:03 PM on Monday, February 23

President Donald Trump will use his State of the Union address to argue that his whirlwind first year back has made America stronger and that Republicans deserve to keep control of Congress after the midterms

5:57 PM on Monday, February 23

A Texas man who saw his friend get shot and killed last year by a federal immigration agent died last weekend in a fiery car crash

4:33 PM on Monday, February 23

President Donald Trump has settled a lawsuit with singer Isaac Hayes Jr.’s estate over the campaign’s use of the song “Hold On, I’m Coming” without permission

3:47 PM on Monday, February 23

The Supreme Court’s stunning rebuke of President Donald Trump’s most sweeping tariffs means he can’t conjure up new import taxes on a whim anymore

3:07 PM on Monday, February 23

Chicago voters took a jab at President Donald Trump this year when they chose “Abolish ICE” as the top choice in the “You Name a Snowplow” contest

2:42 PM on Monday, February 23

This year's winners of the Bloomberg Philanthropies Mayors Challenge were announced Tuesday, with 24 cities receiving $1 million each and expert support for projects that upgrade core services, often using AI and resident input

2:21 PM on Monday, February 23

The U.S. women’s hockey gold medal-winning team has politely declined an invitation from President Donald Trump to attend his State of the Union address on Tuesday

9:11 AM on Monday, February 23

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says pressure is building on President Donald Trump as courts and Congress push back on his tariff agenda

8:05 AM on Monday, February 23

A Hong Kong-based company that has operated key ports at the ends of the Panama Canal for decades says the government has seized them

4:04 AM on Monday, February 23

President Donald Trump is heading to Capitol Hill this week to deliver the State of the Union address

9:05 PM on Sunday, February 22

When the American men’s hockey team retreated to their locker room to celebrate their Winter Olympics gold medal win, they were joined by a special guest from the United States: FBI Director Kash Patel

9:01 PM on Sunday, February 22

A day after the Mexican army killed the country’s most powerful drug lord, the picturesque town where it happened was a study in contrasts