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Senior officials at the Environmental Protection Agency are expected to announce the move on Friday, according to people briefed on the matter.

House Republicans skipped a deposition with Leslie Wexner, the retail billionaire, and Democrats said his answers were not credible.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani will place the Department of Homeless Services in charge of the sweeps, replacing the Police Department as leader of the interagency efforts.

Meta’s chief executive said users spent a lot of time on Instagram because of its value, as he was grilled about child safety issues in front of a jury.

In the oceans and on land, scientists are discovering rare, transitional organisms that bridge the gap between Earth’s simplest cells and today’s complex ones.

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya will serve as the acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention until President Trump appoints a permanent director.

The move is part of an extraordinary all-fronts effort to insert federal law enforcement into the machinery of American elections ahead of the midterms.

Barring a rapid deterioration in the labor market or a significant cooling of inflation, the Federal Reserve appears poised for an extended hold.

Moderna held further discussions with regulators and announced that the agency would accept the company’s application for approval of its flu vaccine that uses mRNA technology.

The president's comments come just a day after the US gave its official backing to the UK's Chagos deal.

Around 1,000 operations a week rely on the product as patients are warned delays are inevitable.

Team GB's Winter Olympics curling medal hopes in both the men's and women's events are somehow still alive after a day of epic drama in Cortina.

Team GB's Winter Olympics curling medal hopes in both the men's and women's events are somehow still alive after a day of epic drama in Cortina.

What’s on the agenda of the inaugural meeting?

Danish newspaper Berlingske cited alleged witnesses who said the debacle was ‘disturbing,’ ‘shocking’ and ‘extremely inappropriate’

Trump recently floated the idea Congress would rename both New York’s Penn Station and Washington’s Dulles International Airport after him

The DOJ has suffered a staff exodus and a string of failed cases under Trump

It is the deadliest avalanche in the U.S. since 1981

Republican-backed SAVE America Act could impose new restrictions on millions of voters without ready access to identification documents

US president warns of ‘big mistake’ and ‘blight’ on ally – one day after backing agreement

Three of those who died were guides on the doomed trip

The new regulations go into effect in April

Officials previously blamed a staffer for a grotesquely racist video reposted by the president’s account earlier this month

Authorities say a total of five people have died in crashes involving over 30 vehicles after blowing dirt made it nearly impossible to see on a Colorado interstate

The Meta CEO told the courtroom he is ‘well known to be bad at this’ and gets ‘plenty of advice’

A coalition of authorities is deploying technology to try to locate the wreck of a fishing boat that sank last month off Massachusetts, killing all seven aboard

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been powered by lies and backed up by the US. World affairs editor Sam Kiley meets some of Putin’s Russian-speaking victims in Pavlohrad, eastern Ukraine, as Volodymyr Zelensky calls out Trump’s ‘unfair’ treatment of his country

T’Neya Tovar, 17, had been missing from California home since December 2025

US president had recently said that the plan was the best deal Starmer could makeDonald Trump has urged Keir Starmer not to hand the Chagos Islands over to Mauritius, warning he was “making a big mistake”.Under the deal agreed last year, Britain would cede control over the British Indian Ocean Territory but lease the largest island, Diego Garcia, for 99 years to continue operating a joint US-UK military base there. Continue reading...

‘Iran would be very wise to make a deal,’ says Karoline Leavitt when asked about possibility of US strikes against Iran during press conferenceOn a recent morning Eric Taylor, city manager for a small Georgia town of about 5,000 residents called Social Circle, was contacted by a staffer from Immigration and Customs Enforcement.“They asked me to turn on the water,” he said of a 1m sq ft warehouse nearby that the federal government recently purchased for $128m, with plans to use it for locking up as many as 10,000 detainees as part of the Trump administration’s mass deportation plan. Continue reading...

Home affairs minister says opposition had repatriated Australians from Syria when in government. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast$170m in joint funding announced for early learning services in Victoria The federal and Victorian governments announced $170.1m in joint funding for more not-for-profit early learning services in the state’s outer suburbs and regions this morning.Where you grow up shouldn’t determine whether you can access early education.These projects in Victoria mean more families can access early learning close to home and more children start school ready to go and ready to learn. Continue reading...

Unite Here, the US’s largest hospitality workers’ union, says ICE crackdown is harming tourism and costing jobsDonald Trump’s immigration policies are having a chilling effect on the hospitality industry, where nearly a third of workers are immigrants, according to the largest hospitality union in the US.The number of employed hospitality workers dropped by 98,000 from December 2024 to December 2025, according to a report from Unite Here, which represents 300,000 workers across the hospitality, food and tourism industries in the US and Canada. Continue reading...

Wexner, who has denied misconduct related to Epstein, is one of several subpoenaed by House oversight panelThe former boss of the Victoria’s Secret lingerie brand, Les Wexner, said he has “done nothing wrong” and has “nothing to hide”, as he testifies on Wednesday before a congressional committee in relation to his past ties to Jeffrey Epstein.Wexner is one of several Epstein associates subpoenaed to testify before the House oversight committee in their continued investigation of the late financier’s crimes. Continue reading...

Pritzker’s move reflects increasing public pushback against resource-hungry facilities used to power the AI boomThe Illinois governor JB Pritzker proposed a two-year break from offering tax incentives for datacenters, a reflection of increasing public pushback against the massive, resource-hungry facilities used to power the modern AI boom.Pritzker made the proposal, which will need the backing of state lawmakers, during his annual state of the state address, which covers Illinois budget and policy plans. The plan was first reported by NBC News. Continue reading...

Supreme court rules children in England who suffer serious injuries at birth can claim for future lost earningsThe NHS will have to spend more money settling lawsuits involving negligence during childbirth after a supreme court ruling that lawyers said puts right a “historic injustice”.The court ruled on Wednesday that children in England who suffer catastrophic injuries while they are being born can claim damages for future earnings they would otherwise have had. Continue reading...

State regulators walk back suspension threat and say Tesla has stopped misleading drivers about the safety of its carsTesla will avoid a 30-day suspension of its dealer and manufacturer licenses in California, its biggest market, after the US electric vehicle maker stopped using the term “autopilot” in marketing of its vehicles in the state.Tesla now uses the term “supervised” in references to its full self-driving technology and has stopped using “autopilot” entirely in its marketing in the state. Continue reading...

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the stand in a closely watched social media and safety trial that could reshape the industry.

Anthropic landed a $200 million Defense contract last year, as did AI rivals OpenAI, Google and xAI.

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday released minutes from its Jan. 27-28 meeting.

Investors weighed the Fed meeting minutes and awaited more economic data.

Oil traders are worried that war between the U.S. and Iran could lead to a major disruption of crude supplies in the Middle East.

One person remains missing after a heavy avalanche engulfed a group of skiers in the US's Sierra Nevada mountains.

But stay tuned: We’ve still got more to share about this Antarctic expedition, and the next ones scientists are already planning.

Mitch Marner sends Canada into Olympic semifinals with dramatic overtime winner  CBCMissed too many men penalty nearly cost Canada in narrow quarter-final win  TSNMarner OT goal caps Canada comeback against Czechia in Olympic quarterfinals  NHL.comCanada eliminates Czechia to advance to men’s hockey semifinals  CTV NewsCanada beats Czechs in men’s hockey quarterfinal, takes relay short-track bronze  Toronto Star

‘Utter lack of remorse’: Ex-construction CEO gets 7 years for St. Mike’s fraud, former hospital exec. gets 5 years  Toronto Star

Routine immunization reminder  Government of Nunavut

Mobile primary care clinics in Dartmouth and Lower Sackville  Nova Scotia Health

MP Matt Jeneroux leaves Conservatives to join Liberals, citing 'national unity crisis'  CBCPoilievre says Jeneroux ‘betrayed’ his constituents  CTV NewsCarney one step closer to majority government as Jeneroux crosses floor to Liberals  Toronto StarVideo: Edmonton MP Matt Jeneroux crosses floor to join Liberals  The Globe and MailMore than 300 MPs have crossed the floor in Parliament since Confederation  CityNews Halifax

Able@Dal orientation  Dalhousie University

President Donald Trump will gather officials from dozens of countries in Washington to hear a status report on his peace plan for Gaza, though serious stumbling blocks remain.