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Trump promised a crypto revolution. So why is bitcoin crashing?

President Donald Trump, at the time on the campaign trail seeking reelection, speaks at the Bitcoin 2024 Conference Saturday, July 27, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn.

Trump got elected promising to usher in a crypto revolution. More than a year later, bitcoin's price has come tumbling down. What happened?

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DVDs and public transit: Boycott drives people to ditch Big Tech to protest ICE

Demonstrators march in Minneapolis on Jan. 30, calling for an end to ICE operations in Minnesota.

A sweeping boycott has begun — targeting tech giants who participants believe are enabling President Trump and his immigration crackdown.

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The CIA World Factbook is dead. Here's how I came to love it

The World Factbook

The Factbook survived the Cold War and became a hit online. It mixed quirky cultural notes and trivia with maps, data, and photos taken by CIA officers. But it was discontinued this week.

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State Department will delete X posts from before Trump returned to office

A sign for the State Department stands outside the Harry S. Truman Federal Building in Washington, D.C., on July 11, 2025.

The policy change orders the removal of any post made by official State Department accounts on X before President Trump returned to office in 2025.

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Mariah Carey, coffee makers and other highlights from the Olympic opening ceremony

The women escorting each country

NPR reporters at the Milan opening ceremony layered up and took notes.

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California's largest children's hospital system ends gender-affirming care for youth

Two hospitals in California are discontinuing hormone treatments for transgender youth, citing Trump administration pressures. In the past year, many hospitals and clinics have scaled back that care.

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Japan's first female prime minister stakes her future on snap elections

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Japan's first female premier has called snap elections for Sunday. She seeks a mandate for what could be sweeping changes and possibly a lurch to the political right.

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Trump's harsh immigration tactics are taking a political hit

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the 74th annual National Prayer Breakfast at the Washington Hilton on February 5, 2026 in Washington, D.C.

President Trump's popularity on one of his political strengths is in jeopardy.

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A drop in CDC health alerts leaves doctors 'flying blind'

South Carolina State Rep. Rosalyn Henderson-Myers (D-Spartanburg) stands outside a mobile clinic offering free measles vaccinations on Friday in Spartanburg, S.C. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hasn

Doctors and public health officials are concerned about the drop in health alerts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention since President Trump returned for a second term.

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Photos: Highlights from the Winter Olympics opening ceremony

The Olympic Rings are revealed above dancers during the opening ceremony.

Athletes from around the world attended the 2026 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Milan.

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Trump posts racist meme of the Obamas - then deletes it

President Donald Trump stands on stage.

Trump's racist post came at the end of a minute-long video promoting conspiracy theories about the 2020 election.

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Hate them or not, Patriots fans want the glory back in Super Bowl LX

Patriots superfan Keith Birchall (right) celebrated with a friend in Denver for the AFC Championship game and was thrilled to see the Pats punch their ticket to this year

As Bostonians bemoan their long years of suffering without a Super Bowl win, rival fans gripe that Title Town has become Entitled Town.

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It's about to get easier for Trump to fire federal workers

President Trump gestures as he boards Air Force One on Jan. 13.

Since his first term, President Trump has wanted to be able to fire federal employees for any reason. A new rule vastly expands his authority to do that.

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Behind the glitz in Milan, the Epstein scandal casts its shadow over the Olympic movement

Casey Wasserman, Chairman of the Los Angeles Organizing Committee for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games spoke during an IOC meeting ahead of the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 3.  Wasserman faces calls to step down after it was revealed that he exchanged emails with Epstein collaborator Ghislaine Maxwell.

The Epstein scandal has spread to the Olympic movement. The top organizer of the Los Angeles Summer Games faces calls to step down because of his past contacts with Epstein collaborator Ghislaine Maxwell.

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Congress passes $50 billion foreign aid bill, despite Trump's cuts in 2025

Remnants of signage for the US Agency for International Development (USAID) on the facade of the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center building in Washington, DC, on December 29, 2025.

Congress allocated $50 billion for initiatives aimed at supporting democracy, scholarship programs, U.S. embassy operations and health and humanitarian programs around the world.

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Congress passes $50 billion foreign aid bill, despite the Trump's cuts in 2025

Remnants of signage for the US Agency for International Development (USAID) on the facade of the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center building in Washington, DC, on December 29, 2025.

Congress allocated $50 billion for initiatives aimed at supporting democracy, scholarship programs, U.S. embassy operations and health and humanitarian programs around the world.

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TB or not TB? That is the question

A woman diagnosed with tuberculosis receives care at the Barawe General Hospital in Somalia.

A new study in "Nature Medicine" estimates 2 million people are incorrectly told they have TB each year — and clinicians miss diagnosing TB in 1 million people. Why so many misdiagnoses?

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From Jesus to Jurassic Park: This year's Super Bowl ads are playing it safe

Actors Matthew McConaughey and Bradley Cooper appear in an Uber Eats ad linking football to a humorous food sales conspiracy.

Early Super Bowl spots show advertisers want lots of buzz but not controversy.

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Suicide bombing at a Shiite mosque on Islamabad's outskirts kills at least 31

People comfort a man, center, mourning over the death of his relative, close to the site of a bomb explosion at a Shiite mosque, in Islamabad, Pakistan.

It was a rare attack in the capital of Pakistan as its Western-allied government struggles to rein in a surge in militant attacks across the country.

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U.S., Iran to hold nuclear program talks. And, Dems unveil new list of DHS demands

An Iranian woman walks past a huge national flag hanging above shops, in Tehran on Feb. 6, 2026. Iran and the United States began talks in Oman on Feb. 6, with Washington refusing to rule out military action against the Islamic republic over its deadly crackdown on mass protests.

The U.S. and Iran begin high-stakes talks today over Iran's nuclear program. And, Democrats unveil a detailed list of demands to change how DHS immigration enforcement officers operate.

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Hakeem Jeffries calls for 'dramatic reform' at DHS

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries says replacing Nancy Pelosi is like following after Michael Jordan.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., urges his GOP counterparts to "rein in" ICE and discusses his 10-point list of demands to do so.

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Court records: Chicago immigration raid was about squatters, not Venezuelan gangs

Federal agents repelled out of a Black Hawk helicopter onto the roof of a Chicago South Shore apartment building on September 30, 2025.

In the documents the Department of Homeland Security said the raid "was based on intelligence that there were illegal aliens unlawfully occupying apartments in the building." There is no mention of criminal gangs or Tren de Aragua.

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What does the CIA not want you to know? The quiz has the secret

From left: first lady, best in show, Milo — or is that Tina?

Plus: ambiguous mascots, rodents with hard-to-spell names, and three boring photos of buildings.

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Minneapolis now has daily deportation flights. One man has been documenting them

Nick Benson tracks deportation flights departing daily from Minneapolis–St. Paul International Airport in Minneapolis on Feb. 3, 2026, amid Operation Metro Surge.

A professional airplane enthusiast has been tracking the federally chartered deportation flights out of the Minneapolis airport as DHS sends immigration detainees to other states and, eventually, other countries.

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Dog sled, ski ballet and other sports you could once see at the Winter Olympics

Cathy Fechoz of France performs her routine during the ski ballet competition at the Olympic Games in Albertville, France, in 1992.

For many decades, Olympic Games included "demonstration sports." Some, like curling, became part of the permanent roster. But others, like skijoring, didn't stick around.

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U.S. and Iran to hold talks about Iran's nuclear program, Congress continues debate on immigration enforcement changes as funding deadline looms, FBI examines ransom notes in search for Nancy Guthrie.

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'It's a thrill': These two friends have attended every Super Bowl

Don Crisman and Gregory Eaton have never missed a Super Bowl. On Sunday, they'll attend their 60th game.

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Olympic figure skating starts with the team event. Here's what to know about it

Alysa Liu, one of the skaters representing the U.S. in the team event, practices at the Milano Ice Skating Arena on Monday.

The three-day event is a chance for the top 10 skating countries to bring home a medal — and for viewers to get acquainted with the sport's different disciplines and biggest names.

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Ronald Hicks to be installed as 11th archbishop of New York

Archbishop-designate Ronald Hicks laughs during a news conference at St. Patrick

Ronald Hicks, a former Illinois bishop chosen by Pope Leo XIV to replace the retiring Cardinal Timothy Dolan, is set to be installed as New York's 11th archbishop

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Iran and US set for talks in Oman over nuclear program after Tehran shaken by nationwide protests

FILE - This combo shows Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, left, pictured in Tehran, Iran, on Feb. 25, 2025 and Steve Witkoff, right, White House special envoy, pictured in Washington, on March 19, 2025.

Iran and the United States could hold negotiations in Oman after a chaotic week that initially saw plans for regional countries to participate in talks held in Turkey

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