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Arizona authorities are treating the disappearance of “TODAY” co-anchor Savannah Guthrie’s 84-year-old mother, Nancy Guthrie, as a possible abduction and are urging the public to share any tips as investigators and the FBI continue the search.

Congress passed a $1.2 trillion spending package to end the latest government shutdown and fund most federal agencies through September, but left DHS facing a Feb. 13 funding cliff amid a heated standoff over Trump’s immigration enforcement agenda.

Penny, a 4-year-old Doberman Pinscher handled by Andy Linton, won Best in Show at the 2026 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at Madison Square Garden, beating more than 3,000 dogs as Cota the Chesapeake Bay Retriever took Reserve Best in Show.

After a retired man urged mercy for an Afghan asylum seeker in a brief email, DHS used a judge-free administrative subpoena to target his Google account and sent investigators to his home, raising alarms about a secretive tool being weaponized against free speech.

Newly released Epstein files offer a sprawling look at the powerful circles he moved in—featuring fresh, sometimes awkward or contradictory emails involving figures like Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Howard Lutnick, Richard Branson and others—while underscoring that a name’s appearance in the documents doesn’t prove involvement in his crimes.

CNN’s Manu Raju pressed House Oversight Chair James Comer on why Republicans have subpoenaed the Clintons to testify about Jeffrey Epstein but haven’t called Trump to appear under oath, despite being repeatedly mentioned in newly released DOJ documents, with Comer arguing the president has faced enough questions from the press.

PepsiCo says it’s responding to budget-conscious shoppers by cutting prices on popular snacks like Lay’s, Doritos, Cheetos and Tostitos by up to nearly 15%, with new pricing rolling out as soon as this week ahead of Super Bowl shopping.

A leaked memo reveals Cracker Barrel is urging employees on work trips to eat most meals at its own restaurants and banning alcohol reimbursements as the chain looks to cut costs amid declining sales and scrutiny over branding missteps.

After decades of milder winters, Americans are “out of practice” for prolonged deep freezes, making this winter’s cold snap feel brutal even though experts say it’s not historically extreme and will grow easier to tolerate with time.

A U.S. Navy F-35 shot down an Iranian drone that “aggressively approached” the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea, hours before U.S. forces also intervened to protect a tanker harassed by Iranian boats in the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran is pressing last-minute changes to upcoming U.S. talks while its military stages aggressive encounters with American forces in the Gulf, moves that risk derailing diplomacy and pushing President Trump toward a tougher response.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell defended Bad Bunny after the star’s Grammys “ICE out” speech, saying the artist understands the Super Bowl halftime stage is meant to unite audiences even as his upcoming performance draws political backlash.

New federal data show that after the Supreme Court ended affirmative action, underrepresented students, especially Black freshmen, declined sharply at the most selective colleges while increasing at less selective and state flagship universities.

William Stevenson, former first lady Jill Biden’s ex-husband, has been charged with first-degree murder after authorities say he killed his wife inside their Wilmington-area home, where police responded to a late-night domestic dispute and found her unresponsive.

A 13-year-old boy is being praised for a “superhuman” four-hour, 4-kilometer swim through rough seas in Western Australia, reaching shore to raise the alarm and help rescue his mother and two siblings swept nearly 14 kilometers offshore.

Immigration agents with guns drawn arrested activists who were following their vehicles in Minneapolis, underscoring escalating tensions around federal enforcement as educators warn the operations are spreading fear in schools and neighborhoods.

Bill Maher argued that celebrity endorsements of Democrats are backfiring by making the party seem out of touch with everyday Americans, alienating independent voters and driving them toward Republican candidates.

Bruce Springsteen’s anti-ICE protest song “Streets of Minneapolis” debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Digital Song Sales chart after selling 16,000 downloads in just two days, marking his first-ever leader on the survey.

A Republican Utah lawmaker has introduced a bill that would require publicly funded venues like the Delta Center to allow concealed firearm permit holders to carry guns at Utah Jazz games, NHL matchups and other major events, challenging existing NBA and NHL weapon bans and raising new security concerns.

In a dissent from the Supreme Court’s decision to permanently bar an incarcerated man from filing future noncriminal petitions without paying fees, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson warned that the court’s increasingly routine use of “Martin” filing bans threatens meaningful access to justice for indigent prisoners.