The Michael Kors Fall/Winter 2026 show was held at The Metropolitan Opera in New York on Feb. 12. Celebrities including Dakota Fanning, Gabrielle Union, Suki Waterhouse and more stepped out to catch the latest looks. Ahead, see all the fashionable attendees in the gallery.
President Donald Trump speaks during an event with Environmental Protection Agency director Lee Zeldin to announce the EPA will no longer regulate greenhouse gases, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026, in Washington. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption toggle caption Evan Vucci/AP WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday pardoned five
US Democrats will use a security summit this weekend to urge European leaders to stand up to Donald Trump, with the continent divided over how to keep the unpredictable US president on side. Democrats at the annual Munich Security Conference will include some of Trump’s most outspoken critics, such as the governor of California, Gavin
Some celebrities believe a strong partnership is the foundation of a strong family. Ayesha Curry said she and Stephen Curry focus on their relationship first, before stepping into their roles as mom and dad. “And that works for us because then you have two happy people raising the kids in the house. So the family
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s pick for a top State Department post faces bipartisan opposition after a Republican senator pressed the nominee over his past remarks about Israel and the Holocaust. Sen. John Curtis, R-Utah, came out against Jeremy Carl’s nomination to be assistant secretary of state for international organizations after Thursday’s confirmation hearing, where
Updated Feb. 12, 2026, 9:28 p.m. ET As America prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary in a matter of months, some have raised worries about transparency and politicization they say is hanging over the organization President Donald Trump created to support his flashy plans for the celebration. Congressional Democrats and watchdog groups have in recent days raised concerns that the group, Freedom 250, created as a
A United States judge has granted an injunction preventing the Department of Defense from stripping Senator Mark Kelly, a military veteran, of his retirement pension and military rank. The Defense Department had taken punitive action against Kelly for critical statements he had made against President Donald Trump. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list
The White House fired the top federal prosecutor for upstate New York just hours after he was sworn into office Wednesday. Donald Kinsella, who has worked for decades as a government attorney and in private practice, was appointed and sworn in as the U.S. attorney in the Northern District of New York in a private
Feb. 12, 2026, 5:48 p.m. ET Cardi B is making her stance on Immigration and Customs Enforcement as clear as she can. Kicking off her “Little Miss Drama” tour in California’s Coachella Valley on Wednesday, Feb. 11, the “Please Me” rapper quipped that concertgoers would “jump” any ICE agents if they showed up to her
Feb. 12, 2026, 4:45 p.m. ET President Trump excluded Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and Colorado Gov. Jared Polis from a bipartisan White House event. Trump cited specific grievances with both governors, including policy disagreements and personal attacks. Critics question the snubs, highlighting that Moore is the nation’s only Black governor, and Polis is openly gay.
Feb. 12, 2026, 4:04 p.m. ET This week on Space Beat, host Rob Landers and USA TODAY NETWORK Florida Space Team reporter Eric Lagatta discuss the carefully orchestrated dance NASA and SpaceX completed to prioritize Crew-12‘s mission to the International Space Station to make way for Artemis II’s inevitable launch. That said, Artemis II is
The Washington Post editorial board went to the trouble of marking what it called “Bernie Sanders‘ worst idea yet” on Wednesday, but the progressive US senator shrugged at the label and didn’t appear likely to end his push for a moratorium on the construction of new artificial intelligence data centers. The conservative-leaning editors wrote glowingly
Feb. 12, 2026, 1:55 p.m. ET ANGELA WEISS, AFP Via Getty Images Pamela Anderson attends Tory Burch’s show at Sotheby’s on Feb. 11. Dimitrios Kambouris, Getty Images For Tory Burch Myha’la Dimitrios Kambouris, Getty Images For Tory Burch Tessa Thompson Dimitrios Kambouris, Getty Images For Tory Burch Amanda Seyfried Dimitrios Kambouris, Getty Images For Tory
Yesterday, President Donald J. Trump welcomed lawmakers, industry leaders, and hardworking miners from across the country to the White House “Champion of Coal” event. There, he signed an Executive Order directing the Department of War to purchase coal power, celebrated the Tennessee Valley Authority’s recommitment to coal, and was honored by coal miners as the
In early December, Miami’s glittering skyline was disrupted by a gleaming 466-foot vessel pulling into its harbor. Sergey Brin, a Google cofounder, had decided to make a stop in style for the city’s Art Basel fair, arriving in a superyacht called Dragonfly. Miami and its nearby coastal enclaves are fast becoming the staging ground for
O’Leary Ventures chairman Kevin O’Leary discusses Elon Musk’s merger of xAI and SpaceX into a major technology giant worth over $1 trillion on ‘The Bottom Line.’ The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is reportedly giving up on a multi-year legal fight with Elon Musk’s SpaceX and signaled it will refrain from bringing cases against the
Feb. 12, 2026, 9:56 a.m. ET The board of directors for the Tennessee Valley Authority, the nation’s largest public utility, unanimously approved a power use deal Feb. 11 that doubles the amount of electricity Elon Musk’s xAI can take from the TVA grid. The artificial intelligence company founded by Musk is now able to use
A nurse prepares a blood draw at the Fresno County Department of Public Health in Fresno on June 9, 2022. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local California is suing the Trump administration after it said it plans to pull over $600 million in public health care funds to four Democratic-led states, including California. Last week
With the Department of Homeland Security poised to shut down by tomorrow at midnight, Republicans are warning President Donald Trump: Don’t feel public pressure to relent on an issue central to his campaign. Even as the White House has engaged with Democrats over reforms to DHS, a growing chorus of members have urged Trump and
Were there different phases of this anti-corruption drive, and did its contours reveal something about Xi’s political priorities? At first, Xi focussed very heavily on the security services—the source of hard power on the civilian side. This allowed Xi to rip apart networks of people in the security services who didn’t necessarily support him, then
Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. See our AI policy, and give us feedback. WASHINGTON — In the race to replace Rep. Michael McCaul in Congress, Republicans in Texas and Washington are consolidating behind prominent GOP attorney Chris Gober, who served as chief lawyer of Elon Musk’s super PAC
