Democrat Abigail Spanberger sworn into office as Virginia's first female governor
Vance and Rubio set to attend Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Italy. Trump isn’t on the list
The White House has announced that U.S. Vice President JD Vance will lead an American delegation to the 2026 Winter Olympics
Elephant seals return to Año Nuevo State Park in California
Every winter, about 10,000 elephant seals make their way to California’s Año Nuevo State Park, to fight, mate and give birth
Winning numbers drawn in Saturday’s Powerball
The winning numbers in Saturday evening’s drawing of the "Powerball" game were: 05-08-27-49-57, Powerball: 14
Somali businesses struggle during the Minneapolis ICE crackdown
Business owners in a Minneapolis Somali mall are feeling the impact of an immigration crackdown
Nasa readies its most powerful rocket for round-the-moon flight
Artemis II mission could launch on 6 February, sending astronauts on a 685,000-mile journey Nasa is preparing to roll out its most powerful rocket yet before a mission to send astronauts around the moon and back again for the first time in more than 50 years. The Artemis II mission...
Trump quietly appoints 4 members to commission that will review his White House ballroom plan
President Donald Trump this week quietly appointed four new members to the Commission of Fine Arts, one of two federal panels reviewing his plan to build a White House ballroom
8-year-old girl who went missing on Navajo Nation found dead Friday
An 8-year-old girl who went missing on tribal lands in northern Arizona was found dead Friday
Trump issues a flurry of pardons, including for a woman whose sentence he commuted in his first term
President Donald Trump has issued a series of pardons, including for the father of a large donor to his super PAC and a woman who ended up back in prison after he commuted her sentence during his first term
Tennessee judge grants expanded media access to state-run executions
A judge has ruled that Tennessee prison officials must grant expanded access to media members to view state-run executions