The Day the Shutdown Ended

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said he is confident that the partial shutdown will end with a scheduled Tuesday vote.

Former President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, the ex-secretary of state, agreed to interviews days before the House was to vote to hold them in contempt.

Nancy Guthrie, 84, has almost been missing for 48 hours and Arizona cops have warned timing is critical to the case. She was last seen by her daughter Annie – the sister of ‘Today’ star Savannah – on Jan. 31.

Under President Donald Trump, DHS has weaponized administrative subpoenas to attack free speech, according to privacy and civil rights groups.

Savannah Guthrie's 84-year-old mother Nancy Guthrie is missing, and Arizona law enforcement officials are investigating her disappearance as a crime.

After ICE federal agents killed two U.S. citizens in Minnesota, the divide between states on either side of the immigration enforcement debate is growing wider.

Peter Suderman

President Trump’s comments, made on a conservative podcast, follow a string of moves from his administration to try to exert more control over U.S. elections.

The House of Representatives is readying a vote on a government funding package to end the partial shutdown over DHS reforms.

Venezuela is also likely to feature in the discussions, after U.S. forces captured former leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, in January.

USA TODAY obtained and reviewed hundreds of the “suspected fraud reports” required by state regulators to gauge the scale of underage gambling.

Perspective: Tehran is pursuing talks, not because it trusts the president, but because it fears what comes next if it does not.

AI is sending stocks soaring, rich people are spending big, and hiring is at a crawl. Here’s why.

The Federal Communications Commission will overhaul the government’s decades-old Lifeline Program after discovering nearly $5 million has been spent on providing free phone and internet services to thousands of dead people, most of them in California.

The president got big mad over a New York Times story.

A Uruguayan-born judge appointed by President Joe Biden has invented a novel excuse to block President Donald Trump from terminating Biden’s award of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to 350,000 illegal-migrant Haitians.

D'Amaro will succeed Bob Iger as Disney and other legacy studios grapple with the rise of generative AI and the decline of broadcast viewership.

In the US, union pension funds collectively manage roughly $8 trillion in worker savings. Sweden’s Meidner Plan suggests how labor can wield that economic power effectively: by using pension funds to establish worker ownership over private companies.

In the Justice Department's release of millions of pages of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, there are several instances of unredacted names of Epstein's accusers, raising concerns about privacy.

Images circulating online that show New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani as a child with millionaire financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein are generated by artificial intelligence.

The House is set to vote on funding major parts of the government to end the partial government shutdown. Follow live updates here.

Physician Abdul El-Sayed, one of the most prominent advocates of Medicare for All, is now running for US Senate in Michigan. Jacobin spoke to him about his campaign and the continuing fight for single-payer health care.

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The Tongva tribe confirmed Eilish’s $3 million home does sit on its “ancestral land,” after the singer used her Grammys acceptance speech to insist that “no one is illegal on stolen land.”

Peter Suderman

Venezuela is also likely to feature in the discussions, after U.S. forces captured former leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, in January.

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They wanted fewer wars. He didn’t deliver.

Follow Newsweek’s live coverage of Speaker Mike Johnson’s final push to end the partial government shutdown.

Homeland Security investigators turned up at the retiree’s door after he sent an email criticizing a high-profile deportation case.

Venezuela is also likely to feature in the discussions, after U.S. forces captured former leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, in January.

The House is vorting on advancing a funding package to end the partial shutdown. Follow live updates here.

The House voted to adopt a rule for a massive funding package, teeing up a vote on final passage later in the afternoon. Follow live updates here.

"I want to make sure you know who I'm racing for," wrote Minnesota-born cross-country skiing star Jessie Diggins. Meanwhile, a hospitality center for Team USA families dropped the name "Ice House."

Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have finalized an agreement with House Republicans to testify this month in a House investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.

The Chicago-born Pope Leo has been an outspoken critic of Trump’s signature policies.

The partial government shutdown has now entered its fourth day. The package will now go to a final vote.

The Tongva tribe says singer Billie Eilish’s $3 million mansion sits directly on their ancestral land.

Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton finalized an agreement with House Republicans Tuesday to testify in a House investigation into Jeffrey Epstein later this month, bowing to the threat of a contempt of Congress vote against them. [Full Story]

William Foege helped give us a world without smallpox. We’re marking his death by letting measles come back.

Ana Reyes cited Kristi Noem’s own travel-ban rant to freeze her move to end protections for Haitian migrants.

Jeffrey Epstein Brokered Secret Meeting Between Qatari and Israeli Leaders

Democratic socialist and Minneapolis City Council member Robin Wonsley was reelected and elevated to minority leader just days before ICE escalated its raids. We spoke to her about fighting immigration repression alongside city residents.

The House of Representatives passed a government funding package to end the partial shutdown over DHS reforms.

The Department of Homeland Security will be funded through Feb. 13 to allow for bipartisan negotiations over immigration enforcement.

Desperate Arizona cops searching for Nancy Guthrie revealed they still have no suspect four days after the 84-year-old’s disappearance as they brought in the FBI for help cracking the case they seem to be making little progress on.

Richard L. Hasen

President Donald Trump intensified his defense on Monday of a planned two-year closure of the newly renamed Trump-Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, dismissing let-wing critics who have suggested that the shutdown is a political maneuver to mask a wave of artist boycotts.

Dispatch audio from Arizona police searching for the mother of “Today” host Savannah Guthrie’s mother Nancy has been released, revealing authorities concerns from the moment she disappeared.

In a podcast interview with former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino released on Monday, Trump repeated his assertion that the 2020 election was stolen from him and said his party should “take over” and "nationalize" voting in at least 15 places, without detailing what he meant. [Full Story]

A purported ransom note for Savannah Guthrie’s missing mom was sent to media outlet TMZ Tuesday — with the supposed kidnappers demanding millions of dollars in Bitcoin for her safe return.

The legendary Tina Brown published the first, searing, accounts of Epstein’s crimes in 2010, and is now learning their explosive effect.

William "Bill" Stevenson, the 77-year-old ex-husband of former First Lady Jill Biden, was arrested on Monday and charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of his wife, Linda Stevenson.

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The House on Tuesday voted 217 to 214 to fund major parts of the government and end the partial shutdown. Follow live updates.

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President Trump signed a bill Tuesday to reopen the federal government after a four-day partial shutdown.

The House of Representatives passed a government funding package to end the partial shutdown over DHS reforms.

President Trump and the White House regularly circulate imagery that has been manipulated by A.I. But the photo of Nekima Levy Armstrong was different.

Newsweek’s live coverage of the partial government shutdown and funding package vote has ended.

The Paris prosecutor’s cybercrime unit, with support from Europol and French police, raided X’s Paris offices on Tuesday as part of an ongoing investigation into alleged offenses linked to the platform, including the creation and distribution of non-consensual sexual deepfakes, Holocaust denial content, algorithmic biases and unlawful data extraction.

A trail of blood was filmed leading from the Arizona home of “Today” show host Savannah Gutherie’s missing mother, shocking new footage shows.

The Melania Trump feature length film, Melania, hauled in an impressive million dollars at the box office on Monday, according to studio sources who say the swell of grassroots support for the Amazon MGM documentary film during its historic opening weekend

Pete Hegseth’s obsession with machismo knows no bounds.

Immigration officers with guns drawn arrested some activists who were trailing their vehicles Tuesday in Minneapolis.

After weeks of generally poor polling, the president is now falling behind his arch-rival in the eyes of the public.

The president blasted the CNN reporter for not smiling as she tried to ask him about survivors.

Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) was criticized for appearing to suggest that people would be justified in shooting masked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.

Iran is escalating tensions with the United States by pressing new demands ahead of scheduled nuclear talks while its military carried out provocative actions against U.S. vessels in the Persian Gulf, Axios reported Tuesday. [Full Story]

Chuck Negron, the soulful powerhouse vocalist and co-founder of the legendary rock band Three Dog Night, passed away on Monday at his home in the Studio City neighborhood of Los Angeles. He was 83-years-old.

After winning Saturday’s special runoff to succeed the late Rep. Sylvester Turner, Texas Democrat Christian Menefee was sworn in on Monday to serve the remainder of the term, which runs through January 2027, ending nearly a year-long vacancy caused by Turner’s passing.

Turning Point USA has announced its highly anticipated lineup for the All-American Halftime Show, positioning itself as a rival to the NFL's headliner Super Bowl LX halftime performance by Bad Bunny at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California.

A federal judge who presided over the sex trafficking case against Jeffrey Epstein says a Wednesday conference to address harm done to the financier’s victims by a massive release of records isn’t needed after a deal was struck to protect their identities.

Savannah Guthrie is speaking out as authorities continue to investigate the disappearance of her 84-year-old mother.

The House has approved a spending bill to end a short-lived partial government shutdown. Now lawmakers will begin contentious negotiations over new guardrails for immigration enforcement.

Savannah Guthrie is speaking out as authorities continue to investigate the disappearance of her 84-year-old mother.

At a congressional forum, the brothers of the 37-year-old American citizen fatally shot by an ICE agent said enforcement tactics must be dialed back.

Multiple news outlets say they have received what may be a possible ransom note from the suspected kidnappers of Savannah Guthrie’s missing mother, three days after the 84-year-old was taken from her Tucson, Arizona, home.

Bill and Hillary Clinton, who finally agreed to be deposed, made the request to try to prevent Republicans from selectively leaking their testimony.