42 min ago - 02/04/2026 12:30 PM EST ALBANY, New York — Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul has selected former New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams as her running mate for a women-led ticket — a first in Empire State history for a major party. Adams& ... (Politico)

1 hr ago - Former Indiana Rep. Lee Hamilton, leader of Sept. 11 panel, dies President Barack Obama presented Hamilton with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015. President Barack Obama presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to former Rep. Lee Hamilton, ... (Politico)

1 hr ago - PUBLISHED Feb 4, 2026, 4:00 PM ET A federal judge was skeptical of President Donald Trump’s argument to try to move the appeal of his hush money conviction to federal court — after lawyers already took their shot in two other courts. Judge ... (CNBC)

1 hr ago - 02/04/26 10:06 AM ET Utah Republicans have filed a federal lawsuit to block the state’s new House maps, which give Democrats a shot at winning a seat in the red state. “Today we took action. I, along with elected officials throughout our s ... (The Hill)

2 hrs ago - Nearly one-quarter of the federal immigration enforcement officers in Minnesota will start leaving the state on Wednesday. Tom Homan, the White House “border czar” who’s now leading the federal immigration enforcement and fraud investi ... (KSTP (Twin Cities ABC affiliate))

2 hrs ago - US carries out strikes in Syria targeting Islamic States, military says https://reut.rs/4tjmHBc US carries out strikes in Syria targeting Islamic States, military says reut.rs/4tjmHBc— Reuters (@reuters.com) 2026-02-04T21:35:15.552Z ... (Reuters)

2 hrs ago - Unionized baristas continue to fight for a fair contract and ask public for solidarity as strike stretches into third month Michael Sainato Wed 4 Feb 2026 06.00 EST Striking Starbucks baristas are calling on customers of the world’s largest coff ... (The Guardian)

2 hrs ago - Feb 4th, 2026, 7:17 am The Trump administration is unlawfully prioritizing wealth over talent through the so-called "Gold Card" visa program, plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday claim. The federal government, by way of the Department of Ho ... (Law & Crime)

3 hrs ago - By SERGIO FARELLA Updated 2:25 PM CST, February 4, 2026 BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — An Argentine judge on Wednesday requested the extradition from the United States of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, who was captured by the ... (AP)

3 hrs ago - David A. Ross, a longtime luminary in the contemporary art world and leader of some of the top museums in the United States, resigned this week from his position as department chair at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan after emails he sent to Je ... (NYT)

4 hrs ago - February 4, 2026 6:00 AM ET Two top-ranking Democrats are blasting the Trump administration for playing favorites with tariffs — by giving trade relief to the big companies whose CEOs are cozying up to the president. In a letter to the White Hou ... (NPR)

4 hrs ago - Wed 4 Feb 2026 12.52 EST Last modified on Wed 4 Feb 2026 13.06 EST A physician based in California has become the first medical provider sued under a recently enacted Texas statute that empowers private individuals to file civil lawsuits against prov ... (The Guardian)

5 hrs ago - Dan Crisler Feb 4, 2026 Updated 1 hr ago The Fremont Police Department has cited five juveniles and an adult in connection to last week's car-into-protester crash in which a juvenile driver hit a Fremont High School student with a car during a protes ... (Omaha World Herald)

5 hrs ago - By Madlin Mekelburg February 4, 2026 at 10:53 AM PST The US Supreme Court cleared California to use its new congressional map that favors Democrats during this year's midterm election, giving the party a pathway to neutralize anticipated Republican g ... (Bloomberg News)

5 hrs ago - Billionaire GOP mega-donor and past Trump supporter Ken Griffin accused the Trump administration this week of corruption and warned that business leaders are concerned about getting trapped in a loop of government coercion. “This administration ... (Mediaite.com)

5 hrs ago - Updated on: February 4, 2026 / 12:09 PM EST A new White House anti-fraud task force that will search for welfare abuses in California and other states is in the final stages of planning by the vice president and the head of an independent consumer p ... (CBS News)

5 hrs ago - Officials in Georgia filed a court challenge Wednesday seeking the return of scores of election records seized by federal agents last week from a warehouse in Fulton County, which has been central to right-wing conspiracy theories about President Don ... (Washington Post)

6 hrs ago - U.S. President Donald Trump has attacked key pillars of his country's democracy, Human Rights Watch warned on Wednesday in its annual report, citing the Republican president's immigration crackdown, threats to voting rights and other policies. Human ... (Reuters)

6 hrs ago - 02/04/26 10:08 AM ET The Department of Justice (DOJ) has reached an agreement with victims of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after the department leaked victims’ names in their latest release of files related to the Epstein probe. U.S. ... (The Hill)

7 hrs ago - More than 160 people have been killed in a village in western Nigeria in the country’s deadliest armed assault so far this year, an aid official and a local politician have said, as communities reel from repeated, widespread acts of violence per ... (The Guardian)