1 min ago - 02/08/2026 10:00 AM EST The Department of Housing and Urban Development has started its long-awaited, multistage relocation of Washington-based staff to Alexandria, Virginia, even as questions swirl over the move’s legality, cost and congression ... (Politico)

39 min ago - Published Feb 08, 2026 at 07:19 AM EST updated Feb 08, 2026 at 07:21 AM EST The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has announced a new collection of commemorative Forever stamps titled "Lowriders," according to the official USPS press release, as part of its ... (Newsweek)

1 hr ago - Sun, February 8, 2026 at 11:34 AM EST 2 min read (Bloomberg) -- House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Democrats are insisting on their full list of demands to reform Immigration and Customs Enforcement before agreeing to pass the remaining gover ... (Yahoo! Finance/Bloomberg)

1 hr ago - Sunday 08 February 2026 14:49 EST The nation’s only sitting Black governor was excluded from an upcoming bipartisan dinner for governors at the White House, a decision he feels could be rooted in racism. ​​“This week, I learned ... (The Independent)

2 hrs ago - Feb. 8, 2026, 2:08 PM EST As The Washington Post reels from last week’s massive layoffs and the weekend’s leadership upheaval, former executive editor Martin Baron is pointing the finger at the newspaper’s owner, Jeff Bezos, accusing h ... (MS NOW News)

2 hrs ago - By PAT GRAHAM and ANDREW DAMPF Updated 10:16 AM CST, February 8, 2026 CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — For Breezy Johnson, the road to an Olympic gold medal was similar to the winning downhill run she turned in Sunday: It was full of jarrin ... (ap)

3 hrs ago - Feb. 8, 2026, 3:17 PM EST President Donald Trump says it’s his economy now. In an interview with “NBC Nightly News” anchor Tom Llamas that aired during the Super Bowl on Sunday, the 47th president said the country is already experienc ... (NBC News)

3 hrs ago - It snowed two weeks ago in New York. Since then, the temperature has barely risen above freezing – a temperature science naturally dictates is necessary to melt snow and ice. But science isn’t enough for some US political critics, however, ... (The Guardian)

3 hrs ago - Feb 8th, 2026, 2:47 pm The survivors of Jeffrey Epstein are making it clear that they’re not moving on from the sex trafficking scandal — despite President Donald Trump saying last week that he’d like Americans to “get on to some ... (MEDIAite)

4 hrs ago - Sun 8 Feb 2026 12.41 EST Last modified on Sun 8 Feb 2026 12.43 EST Democrats will stop Donald Trump from trying to steal this year's midterm elections, Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic leader in the US House of Representatives said on Sunday. Jeffries ... (The Guardian)

5 hrs ago - Published Feb 08, 2026 at 04:48 AM EST updated Feb 08, 2026 at 05:04 AM EST California Governor Gavin Newsom has declared Super Bowl Sunday “Bad Bunny Day” in the state, marking the day of the Puerto Rican artist’s halftime performance ... (Newsweek)

5 hrs ago - President Donald Trump speaking with the reporters just after signing an Executive Order establishing the White House Task Force on the 2028 Summer Olympics, at the White House in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Michael Brochstein/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Im ... (Yahoo Sports)

5 hrs ago - February 8, 2026, 11:40 AM Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said Sunday that President Donald Trump intends to take action to overturn the result of the 2026 midterm elections should Republicans lose seats in Congress. "I think [Trump] intends to try to s ... (ABC News)

6 hrs ago - 02/08/26 7:00 AM ET The Trump administration’s top Medicare official has suggested that alleged fraud in Maine’s social services programs may be on par with the welfare fraud scandal in Minnesota. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) Adm ... (The Hill)

6 hrs ago - By JON GAMBRELL Updated 10:39 AM CST, February 8, 2026 Leer en español DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran sentenced Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to over seven more years in prison after she began a hunger strike, supp ... (AP)

7 hrs ago - Updated Feb 8, 2026, 9:51 AM ET PUBLISHED Feb 8, 2026, 7:00 AM ET Top Senate Republicans are ratcheting up pressure on President Donald Trump to pick a side in the party’s nastiest primary battles before it’s too late, with anxiety spiking ... (CNN Politics)

8 hrs ago - By MICHAEL R. SISAK, DAVID B. CARUSO and LARRY NEUMEISTER Updated 9:30 AM CST, February 8, 2026 NEW YORK (AP) — The FBI pored over Jeffrey Epstein’s bank records and emails. It searched his homes. It spent years interviewing his victims and ... (AP)

8 hrs ago - Updated 12:08 AM EST, February 8, 2026 MINNEAPOLIS -- For days, Luis Ramirez had an uneasy feeling about the men dressed as utility workers he’d seen outside his family’s Mexican restaurant in suburban Minneapolis. They wore high-visibilit ... (ABC News/AP)

9 hrs ago - Starmer’s chief of staff said he took ‘full responsibility’ for the advice to appoint Lord Mandelson Morgan McSweeney has resigned as the Downing Street chief of staff over his role in the appointment of Lord Peter Mandelson as US amba ... (The Independent)

9 hrs ago - Updated 5:54 AM EST, February 8, 2026 COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The makers of mobile apps designed to help shoppers identify and boycott American goods say they saw a surge of interest in Denmark and beyond after the recent flare-up in tensions ... (AP)