
Live Updates: Macron Insists Europe Remains Central to Global Stability
President Emmanuel Macron, speaking at the Munich Security Conference, stressed European “fortitude.” Earlier, Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany criticized President Trump’s rapid reorientation of U.S. foreign policy.
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Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ Said to Raise Billions in First Pledges for Gaza
The United Arab Emirates and the United States have each committed more than $1 billion to President Trump’s new international initiative, officials said.

Top House Democrat says Republicans’ latest offer to fund DHS is ‘unserious’ as shutdown looms – live
Hakeem Jeffries says offer ‘clearly omits things that need to happen’US homeland security department on track for shutdown after funding bill fails in SenateThe annual rate of US inflation eased in January, according to the latest data consumer price index report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Over the last 12 months, the cost of goods has increased by 2.4% – down from 2.7% in last month’s report.Lawmakers in the House and Senate left Washington on Thursday as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) heads for another shutdown, when stopgap funding lapses tonight. Nearly all Democrats blocked a second attempt to pass the annual DHS appropriations bill as negotiations for guardrails on federal immigration enforcement have stalled. Senator John Fetterman was the only lawmaker to break ranks with the party. Continue reading...
Will the transatlantic alliance survive?
U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and Thom Tillis, R-N.C., co-chairs of the bipartisan Senate NATO Observer Group, sit down with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly at the Munich Security Conference.

The Mutually Beneficial Ties Between Jeffrey Epstein and Thorbjorn Jagland
Thorbjorn Jagland, a former prime minister of Norway who led the Nobel Committee, promised influence, and the disgraced financier had gifts to give, new emails show.

At Munich Summit, European Leaders Agree With Trump: The Old World Order Is Over
At the Munich Security Conference, U.S. officials softened their tone but not their message: Europe should pay its own way. European leaders increasingly agree.

Germany’s leader says his country is in discussions with France on a European nuclear deterrent.

Macron urges Europe to step up on the global stage and stresses unity on major issues, particularly Ukraine.
Ex-CNN host Don Lemon pleads not guilty in Minnesota church protest case
The former CNN host and eight others have been charged for interrupting a church service to protest immigration raids in the state.