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Republican lawmakers decried Tuesday what they said were invasive tactics in the investigation of President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, pressing representatives from leading telecommunications companies about their role in providing prosecutors with phone records of certain sitting members of Congress. “I think what you’ve done here is outrageous. And I think the implications for the privacy of the American people are absolutely appalling,” said Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri, who was among the Republicans in Congress whose records were

Republican lawmakers grill telecom officials over phone records access in Trump investigation

Oystermen hopeful for federal disaster relief declaration amid ice in Chesapeake Bay

U.S.-Canada bridge brouhaha deepens as White House says Trump could amend a permit for the project

Education|Political|World

Colorado law expands Black history studies in all K-12 schools

COLORADO (KCNC) -- A new law expands how black history is taught at public schools across the state. Colorado's HB25-1149 law requires K-12 public schools to integrate comprehensive Black history and cultural studies into their curriculum by 2028. That law was signed in June 2025. The law establishes a 17-member committee to develop standards focusing on Black contributions and experiences. It also creates a free, bilingual resource bank for educators. Director of Black Student Success at Denver Public Schools, Michael Atkins, is just one of several people who fought f

Pilot jailed in Republic of Guinea for 6 weeks. Here's why he and the co-pilot are stuck there.

Wisconsin couple has near-constant layer of dust from data center construction

US to expand passport revocations for parents who owe child support, AP sources say

Parents who owe a significant amount of child support soon could lose their ability to travel internationally as the Trump administration expands and steps up enforcement of a 30-year-old law that allows the federal government to revoke American passports until payments are made, three U.S. officials told The Associated Press. While passport revocations for unpaid child support of more than $2,500 have been permitted under 1996 federal legislation, the State Department had in the past acted only when someone applied to renew their travel document or sought other consular service

Army veteran deported to Jamaica after 50 years in U.S., despite appeal pending

Billboards go up as 1-year mark nears in case of woman who carried her baby while brain dead, sparked debate over Georgia abortion law

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Analilia Mejia will win New Jersey special primary after rival concedes and blames AIPAC for ad barrage

Analilia Mejia will win the special primary in New Jersey’s 11th Congressional District in a tight race over former Rep. Tom Malinowski, a major win for an ally of Sen. Bernie Sanders and other progressives.Malinowski conceded on Tuesday in a statement in which he gave Mejia “unequivocal credit for running a positive campaign and for inspiring so many voters on Election Day.”Notably, Malinowski blamed the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, which helped fund a group that spent roughly $2 million on ads targeting him. The group, United Democracy Project, sought in its ads to portray

Political|US|World

Susan Collins announces reelection bid in pivotal Maine Senate race

Republican Sen. Susan Collins announced her reelection bid Tuesday, betting that she can hold onto her coveted Maine seat despite a renewed Democratic effort to oust her in a race that could determine control of the U.S. Senate. The campaign will test Collins' political survival skills. The 73-year-old has won five terms by casting herself as a reflection of Maine's independent spirit, occasionally clashing with President Donald Trump while also largely supporting his agenda. “I have always worked across the aisle to solve problems. Maine needs experienced, stea

Lutnick confirms an island lunch with Epstein while insisting they ‘did not have any relationship’

ICE chief defends his officers' actions before Congress after the deaths of 2 protesters

Irish man detained by ICE in Texas for five months says he fears for his life

An Irish man who has been in US immigration detention for five months has said he fears for his life and is confined in appalling conditions, as international scrutiny grows over the treatment of immigrants held by US authorities.Seamus Culleton, originally from the Irish county of Kilkenny, has been held at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility in Texas since early September.Culleton, who has lived in Boston for more than 15 years and runs a construction company, told Irish broadcaster RTE that he was taken by ICE officers on his way home from Home Depot.Culleton sai

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Americans might finally be buckling under the weight of rising debt and slowing wage growth

The US economy’s engine may be starting to sputter, as Americans’ paychecks lose steam and their debt becomes even more unwieldy, new data showed Tuesday.Retail sales were unexpectedly flat in the crucial holiday month of December, the Commerce Department said, well below the 0.4% gain economists predicted in a FactSet poll. By comparison, retail sales rose a solid 0.6% in November.Also, in the fourth quarter, Americans’ wages grew at the weakest pace in more than four years and a greater share of households fell further behind on their debt, according to separate reports out Tuesday.Tak

Trump told police in mid 2000s ‘everyone has known’ about Epstein’s misconduct

The first jobs report of 2026 is coming out Wednesday. It could be a doozy

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The US slips to its lowest-ever rank in a global corruption index

The United States has fallen to its worst-ever position in a leading global index that measures perception of corruption in the public sector among independent experts and businesspeople.The world’s most powerful democracy last year slipped one notch to 29th place, out of 182, in Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI). That’s the lowest rank since 2012, when the index, established in 1995, was relaunched using new methodology.In its new position, the United States tied with the Bahamas and was beaten by Lithuania (28), Barbados (24) and Uruguay (17).The US rankin

Sports|World

Ukrainian trains in helmet honoring fellow athletes killed in war. IOC says it's banned for race

Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych said Tuesday he still wants to compete at the Milan Cortina Games wearing a helmet that commemorates athletes from his country who were killed in the war with Russia, even though the International Olympic Committee said it cannot be used. The IOC offered Heraskevych a chance to compete while wearing a black armband instead, calling it a compromise. The IOC said the helmet — emblazoned with images of more than 20 athletes and coaches who have been killed since the Russian invasion in 2022 — violates Olympic rule on political stat

A 15-week 'Walk for Peace' concludes with Buddhist monks' arrival in Washington

Lindsey Vonn’s Olympic dream was crushed. Here’s how she will recover

Economy|Environment|Political|Science|World

Trump set to gut US climate change policy and environmental regulations: White House official

The Trump administration is expected this week to revoke a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, according to a White House official. The Environmental Protection Agency will issue a final rule rescinding a 2009 government declaration known as the endangerment finding. That Obama-era policy determined that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare. A White House official, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not author

Russia targets another critical part of Ukraine’s infrastructure: Its railways

In the midst of a blizzard sweeping across central Ukraine last month, Iryna Vlasenko had a dilemma.She needed to get her 7-year-old daughter, who was seriously ill, to a children’s hospital in Kyiv. But she couldn’t get to the main railway station in Khmelnytskyi, more than 300 kilometers (more than 180 miles) from the capital.So she texted Ukraine’s railway operator in desperation. Could the train stop in her village, Korzivtsi?A short time later, she got a reply. “Hello! We will stop the train in Korzivtsi.”Vlasenko was able to get her daughter on the train the next morning.Her st