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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 02: Beyoncé accepts the Album of the Year award for "COWBOY CARTER" onstage during the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 02, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

Panama's Foreign Minister Javier Martinez-Acha (R) shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio while leaving a meeting at the presidential palace in Panama City, Panama, on Sunday.

President Trump says fentanyl smuggled into the U.S. is a key reason for imposing tariffs on Canada, China and Mexico. But NPR found that Trump and his team made false statements about the fentanyl crisis. Canada, in particular, plays no meaningful role in America's fentanyl-overdose epidemic.

A USAID officer watches as a US military C-17 cargo plane taxis to a stop at Kathmandu's international airport on May 3, 2015. International aid continues to pour into Nepal to help victims of a massive earthquake on April 25 killed at least 7,200 people and devastated vast swathes of one of Asia's poorest countries.

A home that was destroyed by wildfire in Altadena, Calif.

A fruit stand lit by a battery-powered lamp on a blackened street in Damascus.

A meteorite contrail is seen in the Chelyabinsk region of Russia on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013 in a photo taken by a mobile phone camera, The meteor streaked across the sky of over the Ural Mountains, causing a shockwave and reportedly injuring hundreds of people, including many who were hurt by broken glass.

President Trump is imposing 25% tariffs on most imports from Mexico and Canada. Mexico supplies more than a quarter of the fresh fruits and vegetables in the U.S., including avocados popular in Super Bowl guacamole.

Dogs move their ears in response to sound.

Punxsutawney Phil is held in the air by a man with a top hat.

On Groundhog Day, Punxsutawney Phil gives his forecast for spring

FBI agents from the Evidence Response Team collect evidence including debris, body parts and more Saturday morning as they process the scene in alleyways near the Roosevelt Mall after a small plane crashed in Philadelphia on Feb. 1.

A worker moves crates of eggs on Jan. 11, 2024 at the Sunrise Farms processing plant in Petaluma, Calif., which has seen an outbreak of avian flu.

Rescue and salvage crews work near the wreckage of an American Airlines jet in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025, in Arlington, Va.

The Chicago O'Hare International Airport is seen from the south air traffic control tower on April 22, 2019.

Animated illustrated gif of a man wearing a white T-shirt and slacks sitting at a desk with a cup of coffee and a plant as he works on a laptop as he fidgets, shaking and bouncing his knee up and down in front of a light pink background.

How to improve your posture

A photo illustration of a hand holding a hammer with text message bubbles attempting to break through a firewall.

Elon Musk is pictured at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 5.

President Trump speaks briefly to the press as he departs the White House on Friday for his Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Fla.

Newly elected Democratic National Committee Chairman Ken Martin speaks after winning the vote at the Democratic National Committee Winter Meeting at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., on Saturday.

Woman face with disgusting expression in pop art style

Priscilla Chan, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Lauren Sanchez, businessman Jeff Bezos , Alphabet's CEO Sundar Pichai and businessman Elon Musk, among other dignitaries, attend the United States Capitol on Jan. 20.

American-Israeli hostage Keith Siegel, 65, is escorted by Hamas fighters as he is handed over to the Red Cross in Gaza City, on Saturday, Feb.1, 2025.

Hostage Prisoner Exchange

President Trump at an October campaign event in Pennsylvania.

Trump climate Check-in

Mario, who is in the U.S. without legal status, shows a social media hoax he saw on his phone warning of immigration checkpoints in Sacramento, Calif.

President Trump looks on as SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks at a MAGA victory rally at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., on January 19, 2025, one day ahead of his inauguration.

Illustration that shows small red hearts forming a circle in the same style as a computer symbol that signifies "loading." The hearts begin fairly transparent and become increasingly more opaque. Below the circle white text reads "Loading ..."

Dear Life Kit: He kissed me then took it back

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Rohit Chopra, who led the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau since 2021, has been fired by President Trump.

Dave Sheffield pulls a fabric garment out of a dumpster.

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