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FILE - White House border czar Tom Homan holds a news conference at the Bishop Whipple Federal building on Wednesday, February. 4, 2026 in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy, File)

Leadership changes in Minnesota follow tensions among agencies over immigration enforcement tactics

1:24 PM on Friday, February 6

The Trump administration's immigration operation in Minnesota is now being unified under U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Trump's racist post about the Obamas is deleted after backlash. White House defended it but now blames a staffer

12:51 PM on Friday, February 6

Trump's racist post about the Obamas is deleted after backlash. White House defended it but now blames a staffer

Nigerian court orders UK to pay $572 million to families of miners killed during colonial rule

12:26 PM on Friday, February 6

A Nigerian court has ordered the British government to pay 20 million pounds to each family of 21 coal miners killed in 1949

EU commission proposes further sanctions on Russian oil trade and financial services

11:28 AM on Friday, February 6

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says the EU should ban maritime services aiding Russia in shipping oil and target its financial and trade sectors with new sanctions over the war on Ukraine

British Ambassador to the United States, Peter Mandelson speaks during the rededication ceremony of the George Washington Statue in the National Gallery in London, Wednesday, June 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

UK police search two properties linked to Peter Mandelson as part of Epstein probe

11:04 AM on Friday, February 6

British police are searching two properties linked to ex-ambassador Peter Mandelson as part of probe into potential misconduct stemming from his ties to the late Jeffrey Epstein

Razed homes are seen days after an attack that left dozens dead in the Muslim-majority village of Woro, Nigeria, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026, that officials said was targeted for refusing extremist ideology. (AP Photo/Pelumi Salako)

In a Nigerian village, extremists issued a call to prayer and then slaughtered those who turned up

9:18 AM on Friday, February 6

In the Nigerian villages of Woro and Nuku, attackers arrived on motorbikes, going door to door, shooting and setting homes ablaze

Her jabs go viral. He's known to quote the Bible. How social media is shaping a Texas Senate race

8:08 AM on Friday, February 6

Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico are adept at creating digital media moments and collecting social media followers

President Donald Trump listens to a question from a reporter as he speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Feb. 2, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump's aggressive tactics force a reckoning between local leaders and Washington

7:18 AM on Friday, February 6

Local leaders across the U.S. describe an increasingly hostile relationship with Washington, driven by President Donald Trump's immigration policies

FILE - This artist sketch depicts Marine Maj. Joshua Mast and his wife, Stephanie, listening during a Circuit Court hearing before Judge Claude V. Worrell Jr., Thursday, March 30, 2023, in Charlottesville, Va. (Dana Verkouteren via AP)

Takeaways on AP report about how US government worked against itself to let Marine adopt Afghan girl

7:09 AM on Friday, February 6

Thousands of pages of once-secret court documents show how federal officials and a Virginia court helped an American Marine adopt an Afghan war orphan, in defiance of the U.S. government’s official policy to unite the child with her family

FILE - From left, Norway's Princess Ingrid Alexandra, left, Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit on their way to a gala dinner at the Palace in Oslo, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (Fredrik Varfjell/NTB via AP, File)

Norwegian crown princess apologizes to royals and all 'disappointed' by her Epstein contacts

6:21 AM on Friday, February 6

Norway’s crown princess has apologized for the situation she has put the royal family in as she faces scrutiny over her contacts with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein

Protesters walk with signs during a demonstration against ICE organized by students at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Italy braces for Winter Olympics with high security and decree targeting violent protesters

6:15 AM on Friday, February 6

Italy has put in place a massive security operation for the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics ahead of Friday's opening ceremony

China and ASEAN Celebrate the Chinese Spring Festival Together

6:05 AM on Friday, February 6

EU accuses TikTok of 'addictive design' that harms children, seeks changes to protect users

6:01 AM on Friday, February 6

The European Union accuses TikTok of breaching digital rules with features like autoplay and infinite scroll

Giancarlo, 10, left, and Yair, 3, pray with their mom, right, before Giancarlo is picked up for school Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Liam James Doyle)

In Minnesota, sending a child to school is an act of faith for immigrant families

12:01 AM on Friday, February 6

For many immigrant families in Minnesota, sending a child to school each day requires faith that one of the thousands of federal immigration officers deployed around the state won’t detain them

Women wait at a medical center in the al-Hol camp, one of the detention facilities holding thousands of Islamic State group members and their families, now under the control of the Syrian government following the withdrawal of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), in al-Hassakeh province, northeastern Syria, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Basic services resume at Syrian camp housing IS families as government takes control

11:18 AM on Thursday, February 5

Basic services at the al-Hol camp in northeast Syria are functioning normally after recent disruptions

Workers clean up damage at Darnytsia Thermal Power Plant after a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

US and Russia agree to reestablish military dialogue after Ukraine talks

4:06 AM on Thursday, February 5

The U.S. and Russia have agreed to reestablish high-level, military-to-military dialogue for the first time in more than four years

States scramble to gerrymander US House districts after Trump sought edge in midterm elections

10:47 AM on Tuesday, February 3

Republicans and Democrats in some states are redrawing U.S. House districts to gain an advantage in the upcoming midterm elections

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