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The Trump administration is planning a meeting of the “Board of Peace” on February 19 in Washington, DC, per a US official and a diplomat from a country that was invited.The US sent invites for the event on Friday and described the gathering as “the inaugural meeting of the Board of Peace,” according to an invitation seen by CNN. It is slated to be held at the US Institute of Peace, which President Donald Trump has renamed after himself.The US official said the meeting is intended in part to be a fundraiser, but stressed that details are still being worked out. CNN has reached out to t

Trump administration planning ‘Board of Peace’ meeting in DC on February 19

JD Vance and Jake Paul watch U.S. women's hockey team together at the Winter Olympics

Tourists stopped from seeing The Last Supper, while Olympic VIPs including Vance visit

Italian police fire tear gas as protesters clash near Winter Olympics hockey venue

Italian police fired tear gas and a water cannon at dozens of protesters who threw firecrackers and tried to access a highway near a Winter Olympics venue on Saturday. The brief confrontation came at the end of a peaceful march by thousands against the environmental impact of the Games and the presence of U.S. agents in Italy. Police held off the violent demonstrators, who appeared to be trying to reach the Santagiulia Olympic ice hockey rink, after the skirmish. By then, the larger peaceful protest, including families with small children and students, had dispers

Ohio man charged with threatening to kill Vice President JD Vance and possessing child abuse files

Israel says Netanyahu will meet with Trump on Wednesday about Iran talks

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Kushner, Witkoff visit USS Abraham Lincoln carrier amid tension with Iran

President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, and son-in-law Jared Kushner visited the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier Saturday morning after completing talks with Iran on Friday.Kushner and Witkoff were invited to visit the carrier, which is part of the Lincoln Carrier Strike Group, by the commander of US Central Command, Adm. Brad Cooper, a senior US official told CNN. The intention of the trip was to express gratitude for the American service members in the region, the official added.The visit to serves as a stark reminder that while the US and Iran are now reengaged in

Trump aims to hold the first meeting of his new Board of Peace in Washington this month

Haiti's presidential council dissolves after rocky tenure as unelected US-backed ruler remains

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A defiant Thomas Massie takes on the MAGA machine in heated Kentucky primary

Kentucky may be the last place in America where you can take on President Donald Trump as a hard-right Republican and carry a GOP voting card in Congress. At least for now.A pair of twangy Kentucky rebels – Rep. Thomas Massie and Sen. Rand Paul – are teaming up to defend Massie in the biggest fight of his political career as Trump intensifies efforts to oust the seven-term Republican from Washington next year.Massie is facing the full might of Trump’s political operation in a nasty GOP primary in northeast Kentucky, where MAGA world has poured millions to support the president’s prefer

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Calls for accountability over feds’ deadly use of force in Minneapolis have not relented. Here’s why that’s complicated

The killings of anti-ICE protesters Renee Good and Alex Pretti prompted outrage in Minneapolis, both for their deaths and the immediate response of federal officials to call both terrorists.The political backlash that resulted lowered the temperature from the Trump administration – with even the president himself saying, “Maybe we could use a little bit of a softer touch” – along with seesawing promises from federal officials over how they would investigate the deaths.But looming is the question of whether the federal immigration officers who pulled the triggers in both cases actually

US gave Ukraine and Russia a June deadline to reach agreement to end war, Zelenskyy says

Democratic governors disinvited from traditionally bipartisan White House gatherings

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Judge orders Trump administration to unfreeze more than $16 billion for NY tunnel project

A federal judge in New York ruled Friday that the Trump administration must unfreeze more than $16 billion earmarked for a major New York infrastructure project and allow construction to continue, saying that public interest would be “harmed by a delay.”The temporary restraining order granted by US District Judge Jeanette Vargas in the Southern District of New York comes as President Donald Trump has withheld the funding meant for the long-planned project connecting New York and New Jersey through a new rail tunnel beneath the Hudson River.Vargas said in a court filing that the states of N

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

The Department of Justice will allow members of Congress to review unredacted files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein starting on Monday, according to a letter that was sent to lawmakers. The letter obtained by The Associated Press says that lawmakers will be able to review unredacted versions of the more than 3 million files that the Justice Department has released to comply with a law passed by Congress last year. To access the files, lawmakers will need to give the Justice Department 24 hours’ notice. They will be able to review the files on compu

Savannah Guthrie leans on her faith amid her mother’s harrowing disappearance

Sheriff searching for Savannah Guthrie’s missing mom calls lack of video a disappointing setback

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Mikaela Shiffrin arrives at her fourth Olympics hardly burdened by the ghosts of Beijing

The vibes never get old for Mikaela Shiffrin. Even now, four Olympics in. There they were on Saturday, right where they've always been, as the most decorated skier of all time made the familiar trip into the upscale northern Italy resort town that's long brought a sense of comfort. Reminders of what's at stake for Shiffrin over the next two weeks are everywhere. It's hard to turn around without seeing Olympic branding splashed across something. Even, perhaps inadvertently, the moments you'd think she'd like to forget. As the 30-year-old spoke about st

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Italians collect medals on a feel-good first day for the hosts at the Milan Cortina Olympics

Francesca Lollobrigida led a tricolor day for Italy at the Milan Cortina Olympics. The speedskater won gold in the women’s 3,000 meters after Giovanni Franzoni took silver in the men's downhill ahead of Italian teammate Dominik Paris for bronze on the same slope Saturday. Swiss skier Franjo von Allmen had the honor of winning the first gold medal of the 2026 Games, edging the Italians in Bormio, to kick off the first official day of action at the Winter Olympics. Lollobrigida wins Italy's 1st gold medal of Milan Cortina Games In Milan,

South Korea is finally having more babies. But can it last?

This is the world’s most expensive rice. But what does it taste like?

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The Epstein files are threatening to split Norway’s royal family in two

Norway’s royal family were battling scandals on multiple fronts this week, with charities moving to cut or review ties to the Crown Princess for her past contact with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein while others question her suitability to the role of future queen.The first controversy is that of the 29-year-old son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit, Marius Borg Høiby, who earlier this week broke down in tears during his first day of testimony as he denied four counts of rape in an Oslo court.Høiby sits outside the line of succession as he was born before his mother married Crown Prince

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

President Donald Trump issued a proclamation on Friday reopening a huge swath of protected sea in the Atlantic Ocean to commercial fishing. Trump said the move would reestablish fishing in Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument off the New England coast, a nearly 5,000-square-mile preserve east of Cape Cod that was created by former President Barack Obama. Trump rolled back protections in the area in 2020 and President Joe Biden later restored them. Trump’s proclamation is his latest move to try to strengthen U.S. fishing while rolling back exis