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Trump says he will not apologize for posting a racist video of the Obamas, adding, 'I didn't make a mistake'

4:51 PM on Friday, February 6

Trump says he will not apologize for posting a racist video of the Obamas, adding, 'I didn't make a mistake'

FILE - Sanae Takaichi, right, of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and Japan Innovation Party leader Hirofumi Yoshimura, left, hold a joint campaign rally in Tokyo, Jan. 27, 2026, as campaigning for the House of Representatives election begins. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

Japan's first female prime minister counts on her popularity to help her party win Sunday's election

4:03 PM on Friday, February 6

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is seeking to leverage her popularity to help her party win Sunday’s snap election as she pushes her right-wing agenda to boost her country's economy and military capabilities in the face growing tensions with China and an unpredictable Washington

A document with an email chain from Jeffrey Epstein illustrates the amount of redactions of personally identifiable information that the U.S. Department of Justice was required to do before release of Epstein documents, is photographed Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

Justice Department will allow lawmakers to see unredacted versions of released Epstein files

3:57 PM on Friday, February 6

The Department of Justice will allow members of Congress to review unredacted files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein

Feds can't withhold social service funds from 5 Democratic states amid fraud claims, judge rules

3:38 PM on Friday, February 6

A federal judge in New York says the Trump administration must keep the money flowing for now for programs aimed at helping low-income families with children in five states

People wait their turns to board shared taxis in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

As US block of oil supply deepens energy crisis, Cubans ask: What more can we sacrifice?

2:53 PM on Friday, February 6

Cubans on Friday are facing a worsening crisis as U.S. efforts to block oil supplies take a toll

Athletes from United States attend the Olympic opening ceremony at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Cheers for Team USA turn to jeers for Vance at Milan Cortina opening ceremony

2:48 PM on Friday, February 6

American athletes receive an enthusiastic welcome at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics opening ceremony

FILE - This undated file image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration made during the Northeast U.S. Canyons Expedition 2013, shows corals on Mytilus Seamount off the coast of New England in the North Atlantic Ocean. (NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research via AP, File)

Trump ends Obama-era restrictions on commercial fishing in protected area off New England

2:16 PM on Friday, February 6

President Donald Trump issued a proclamation reopening a huge swath of the Atlantic to commercial fishing

FILE - Anti-abortion protesters gather for a news conference after Arizona abortion-rights supporters delivered more than 800,000 petition signatures to the state Capitol to get abortion rights on the November general election ballot, July 3, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Judge strikes down old Arizona abortion restrictions that clash with voter-backed guarantees

1:46 PM on Friday, February 6

A judge has ruled that Arizona must stop enforcing abortion restrictions that predate and contradict a 2024 voter-approved constitutional amendment guaranteeing abortion rights

A linesman with the Nashville Electric Service is seen through an ice covered tree as he works to restore power Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. after a winter storm passed through the area over the weekend. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Energy chief Wright says orders empowering coal plants helped keep lights on during winter storm

12:30 PM on Friday, February 6

The Trump administration says its emergency orders keeping coal-fired plants running helped prevent blackouts during the recent cold snap

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot speaks during a press conference in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

France urges Iran-backed groups to show restraint if US-Iran tensions escalate

12:29 PM on Friday, February 6

France's foreign minister is urging Iran-backed groups in the Middle East to show restraint if tensions escalate between Iran and the U.S. He made the remarks in Beirut on Friday after visiting Syria and Iraq

FILE - People work at the Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters in Washington, on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

FEMA will resume staff reductions that were paused during winter storm, managers say

11:42 AM on Friday, February 6

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is resuming staff cuts that were paused during January's severe winter storm, according to two FEMA managers

Attorney General Pam Bondi, joined at left by FBI Director Kash Patel, and Jeanine Pirro, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, appear before reporters at the Justice Department, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026, in Washington, to announce the capture of a key participant in the 2012 attack on a U.S. compound that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Bondi dismisses concerns over Gabbard's role in FBI search of Georgia election hub

10:14 AM on Friday, February 6

Attorney General Pam Bondi says she's not worried about the involvement of Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard in an FBI search of a Georgia election office

Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, right, and US Vice President JD Vance hold a bilateral meeting during his visit to the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (Kevin Lamarque/Pool Photo via AP)

Vance attends Olympic skating, then meets with Italian Prime Minister Meloni

7:06 AM on Friday, February 6

Vice President JD Vance met with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Milan on Friday, part of his trip to the Olympics

FILE - Libyan military guards check one of the U.S. Consulate's burnt-out buildings, Sept. 14, 2012, during a visit by Libyan President Mohammed el-Megarif, not pictured, to the U.S. Consulate to express sympathy for the death of American ambassador Chris Stevens and his colleagues after the deadly attack on the Consulate on Sept. 11, in Benghazi, Libya. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon, File)

Accused militant is taken into custody in the deadly 2012 Benghazi attack

7:02 AM on Friday, February 6

The Justice Department says a key participant in the deadly 2012 attack on the U.S. compound in Benghazi, Libya, has been taken into custody and will be prosecuted in Washington in connection with the rampage that killed four Americans and became a divisive political issue

FILE - President Donald Trump speaks during an event to announce new tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House, April 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

The Latest: Trump’s racist post about Obamas is deleted after backlash

5:45 AM on Friday, February 6

President Donald Trump’s social media post featuring a video about election conspiracy theories and a racist depiction of former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, as primates in a jungle has been deleted

Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand, foreground center, helps raise the Canadian flag at the new Canadian consulate in Nuuk, Greenland, on Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canada and France open consulates in Greenland following tensions over US push for control

2:17 AM on Friday, February 6

Canada and France were opening diplomatic consulates in the capital of Greenland

FILE - This photo shows the Ice Harbor dam on the Snake River in Pasco, Wash, Oct. 24, 2006. (AP Photo/Jackie Johnston, File)

Oregon, Washington and tribes head back to court after Trump pulls out of deal to recover salmon

8:54 PM on Thursday, February 5

Lawyers for conservation groups, Native American tribes, and the states of Oregon and Washington have returned to court to seek changes to dam operations on the Snake and Columbia Rivers

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