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FILE - Stephen Colbert attends the 36th Annual PaleyFest "An Evening with Stephen Colbert" in Los Angeles on March 16, 2019. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

What to know about the 'equal time' rule Stephen Colbert says led CBS to pull his Talarico interview

2:04 PM on Tuesday, February 17

Stephen Colbert’s comments that network executives pulled his interview with Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico over fears it would violate regulatory guidance from the Trump administration has prompted a conversation about how media outlets treat political coverage

FILE - Democratic power broker George Norcross is seen on Aug. 6, 2019, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Prosecutors drop racketeering case against New Jersey Democratic power broker, co-defendants

12:34 PM on Tuesday, February 17

New Jersey’s acting attorney general won't ask the state Supreme Court to review the dismissal of racketeering charges against Democratic power broker George E

Peru's Congress votes to remove interim President José Jerí as prosecutors look into corruption allegations against him

12:26 PM on Tuesday, February 17

Peru's Congress votes to remove interim President José Jerí as prosecutors look into corruption allegations against him

Who is George Kelesis, the Trump admin’s nominee for Nevada US attorney?

12:20 PM on Tuesday, February 17

The White House has picked longtime Las Vegas defense lawyer George Kelesis as its nominee for U.S. attorney in Nevada

From deportation to court, key events in Kilmar Abrego Garcia's fight with the Trump administration

11:55 AM on Tuesday, February 17

Kilmar Abrego Garcia entered the news in March 2025 after he was deported to El Salvador despite a court ruling that should have prevented it

Afghanistan says it has released 3 Pakistani soldiers captured during October cross-border fighting

11:52 AM on Tuesday, February 17

Afghanistan says it has released three Pakistani soldiers it had captured during cross-border fighting last October

Colombia to resume peace talks with Gulf Clan drugs cartel

11:36 AM on Tuesday, February 17

Colombia said it will resume talks with the country's largest illegal armed group, the Gulf Clan

FILE - The Polymarket prediction market website is displayed on a computer screen, Jan. 11, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Wyatte Grantham-Philips, File)

Trump administration backs Kalshi, Polymarket as states move to ban prediction markets

11:30 AM on Tuesday, February 17

The Trump administration has backed Kalshi and Polymarket in a court fight over whether prediction markets constitute gambling

Michigan tribal boarding school report sought apology. Instead, it was shelved

10:52 AM on Tuesday, February 17

Michigan lawmakers are seeking answers after the state shelved a $1.1 million report on Native American boarding schools

FILE - Kilmar Abrego Garcia speaks during a rally ahead of a mandatory check at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Baltimore, Dec. 12, 2025, after he was released from detention on Thursday under a judge's order. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough, File)

Federal judge rules Kilmar Abrego Garcia can’t be re-detained by immigration authorities

10:45 AM on Tuesday, February 17

A federal judge has ruled that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement cannot re-detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia because a 90-day detention period has expired and the U.S. government has no viable plan for deporting him

Judge says government can't take Kilmar Abrego Garcia into immigration custody because it lacks viable deportation plan

10:35 AM on Tuesday, February 17

Judge says government can't take Kilmar Abrego Garcia into immigration custody because it lacks viable deportation plan

FILE - Rev. Jesse Jackson waves as he steps to the podium during the third day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, July 27, 2016. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

There was 'a bridge called Jesse Jackson' across decades of civil rights advocacy

9:02 AM on Tuesday, February 17

The Rev. Jesse Jackson kept up his more than half-century-long fight for civil and human rights through his final years despite challenges over his health, the coronavirus pandemic, racial injustice and political divisions

FILE - Coretta Scott King holds hands while singing with the Rev. Jesse Jackson and Christine Farris, the sister of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., as they parade on Peachtree Street in Atlanta on Monday, Jan. 19, 1987 to honor King's birthday. At left in Mrs. Alveda king Beall and at right is Lupita Aquino Kashiwahara. (AP Photo/Charles Kelly, File)

The Latest: The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson's death prompts vows to 'keep hope alive'

7:25 AM on Tuesday, February 17

Many people who knew and worked with the Rev. Jesse L

FILE - President of Hyatt foundation Thomas Pritzker is photographed in Buenos Aires, Friday, May 29, 2009. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)

Thomas Pritzker steps down from Hyatt board saying he deeply regrets association with Epstein

6:12 AM on Tuesday, February 17

Thomas Pritzker will retire as the executive chairman of Hyatt Hotels after details of his affiliation with Jeffrey Epstein were revealed in documents related to the burgeoning investigation of ties the notorious sex trafficker had to the elite and powerful

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