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Newly obtained emails undermine RFK Jr.’s testimony about 2019 Samoa trip before measles outbreak

By MICHELLE R. SMITH/THE GUARDIAN and ALI SWENSON/AP
Feb 06, 2026 9:18 am - Over two days of questioning during his Senate confirmation hearings last year, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. repeated the same answer.
Trump won’t apologize for racist post depicting Obamas as primates

By BILL BARROW and JOSH BOAK
Feb 06, 2026 9:06 am - President Donald Trump used his social media account to share a video about election conspiracy theories that includes a racist depiction of former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, as primates in a jungle.
Trump says tariffs have created an economic miracle. The facts tell a different story

By PAUL WISEMAN and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Feb 06, 2026 7:43 am - Looking back on the first year of his second term, President Donald Trump boasts that he has resurrected the American economy by imposing big import taxes on foreign products.
Iran and US hold indirect talks in Oman. America's military leader in the Mideast joins the talks

By JON GAMBRELL
Feb 06, 2026 7:21 am - Oman mediated indirect talks Friday between Iran and the United States over the Islamic Republic's nuclear program, seeking to de-escalate tensions between the nations after Washington bombed Iranian nuclear sites and Tehran launched a bloody crackdown on nationwide protests.
Russia and US discussed nuclear arms and agreed talks need to start soon, Kremlin says

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and JAMEY KEATEN
Feb 06, 2026 7:07 am - Russian and U.S. negotiators discussed the expiration of the last remaining nuclear arms pact between the two countries and agreed on the need to quickly launch new arms control talks, the Kremlin said Friday.
A deputy chief of Russia's military intelligence service was shot and wounded in Moscow

Feb 06, 2026 7:05 am - MOSCOW — A deputy chief of Russia's military intelligence agency was shot and wounded in Moscow on Friday in an attack that follows a series of assassinations of senior m...
US and Russia agree to reestablish military-to-military dialogue after Ukraine talks

By KAMILA HRABCHUK and EMMA BURROWS
Feb 05, 2026 7:44 pm - The United States and Russia agreed Thursday to reestablish high-level, military-to-military dialogue following a meeting between senior Russian and American military officials in Abu Dhabi, the U.S. military in Europe said.
Russia says it regrets expiration of last nuclear arms treaty, but Trump says he wants a new pact

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
Feb 05, 2026 2:40 pm - The Kremlin said Thursday it regretted the expiration of the last remaining nuclear arms pact between Russia and the United States, while U.S. President Donald Trump declared he was against keeping its limits and wants a better deal.
Homeland Security shutdown grows more likely as Republicans rebuff Democrats’ ICE demands

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and LISA MASCARO
Feb 05, 2026 2:37 pm - Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that demands made by Democrats for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic” and warned that the Department of Homeland Security will shut down next week if they do not work with Republicans and the White House.
Democrats demand 'dramatic changes' for ICE, including masks, cameras and judicial warrants

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and JOEY CAPPELLETTI
Feb 04, 2026 5:59 pm - WASHINGTON — Democrats are threatening to block funding for the Homeland Security Department when it expires in two weeks unless there are “dramatic changes” and “real ac...

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