France's former minister of culture, Jack Lang, on Saturday announced his resignation from a prestigious cultural center in Paris. Lang headed up the Arab World Institute (IMA) and became the focus of a French investigation, following the recent release of millions of files related to the late convicted sex offender and US financier, Jeffrey Epstein.
Alberto Castañeda Mondragón poses for a portrait at an apartment on Feb. 4, 2026, in St. Paul, Minn.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth leaves an oath of enlistment ceremony, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026, held on the base of the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C.
US President Donald Trump shared a video on his Truth Social platform that contained racist depictions of former-President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle. The video was shared on Trump's account during a late-night flurry of social media activity on Thursday.
Norway's crown princess Mette-Marit has apologized to everyone she has "disappointed" over her ties to the late billionaire and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In a statement published by the Royal Family on Friday, the crown princess said she was sorry "for the situation I have put the Royal Family in, especially the King and Queen."
US President Donald Trump on Thursday called for a new nuclear treaty instead of extending the caps on nuclear weapons deployments with Russia.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday sought to assuage public criticism of his December 2024 decision to make Peter Mandelson his US ambassador, given the Labour politician's already-known ties to deceased financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Ministers in Germany and France shot back at US President Donald Trump for his comments claiming that the US had "never needed" its European NATO allies — despite it being the only NATO member in history to invoke the mutual defense clause Article 5 — and alleging that non-US troops in Afghanistan had "stayed a little back" from the
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As US President Donald Trump took the stage on Wednesday at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in the Swiss Alpine resort of Davos he had the world's attention for well over an hour.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz (left) and National Design Studio chief Joe Gebbia talk about TrumpRx.gov during its rollout Thursday.
The Virginia Capitol building last month. Shaban Athuman/VPM News hide caption toggle caption Shaban Athuman/VPM News Virginia lawmakers unveiled a proposed map designed to help Democrats win four more congressional seats in this fall's midterm elections.