Happening Now: Setup underway before the start of the UP200 sled dog race today in Marquette, Michigan

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Scenes from the UP200 sled dog race in Marquette, Michigan this evening, an Iditarod qualifier back following a two-year hiatus due to poor conditions for holding the race in 2023 and 2024

Spectators lined Washington Street in downtown Marquette in temperatures well below freezing to watch the start of the race

Mushers race with 12-dog teams, and this year’s UP200 had 17 teams take the trail. The race is 228 miles, going from Marquette to Grand Marais and back

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The Midnight Run, an 8-dog, 82-mile sled dog race, kicked off in downtown Marquette Friday evening, shortly after the start of the UP200

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The Jack Pine 30 sled dog race also returned this year after a two-year hiatus, kicking off this morning at the First Baptist Church in Gwinn, Michigan

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Protesters out in Marquette, Michigan this afternoon, the same day as nationwide protests against the Trump administration

Some held signs reading “No one voted for Elon Musk”, “No kings” and “Respect our sovereignty” among others as they gathered outside the United States Post Office and Court House

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Vice President JD Vance speaking with CPAC Senior Fellow Mercedes Schlapp this morning at CPAC in National Harbor, Maryland

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“This is the chainsaw for bureaucracy” Elon Musk raises a chainsaw on stage at CPAC after being joined by Argentine President Javier Milei

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BREAKING: Enrique Tarrio arrested by U.S. Capitol Police after throwing a protester’s phone in DC

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Happening Now: Crowd lined up waiting to get into CPAC ahead of Trump’s speech later today

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President Trump departing via Marine One from National Harbor en route to the White House following remarks today at CPAC

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Trump dancing to “Y.M.C.A.” on stage following his speech at CPAC today

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Southwest Airlines’ Black History Month display at Detroit Metro Airport

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Firefighters battling a 2-alarm fire in Anchorage, Alaska this afternoon

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Anchorage, Alaska: Mushers and their teams of sled dogs partook in the ceremonial start of the 53rd Iditarod race today

Spectators lined 4th Ave in downtown Anchorage for the event, held this year two days before the race’s official start in Fairbanks on Monday

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The 2025 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race officially kicked off today, with mushers beginning their journey from Fairbanks to Nome

This year’s race starting point was moved north due to a lack of snow on part of the initially-planned trail, marking the fourth time mushers have started out from Fairbanks (along with prior races in 2003, 2015 and 2017)

33 mushers took to the trail this year, hailing from four countries - the United States, Canada, Denmark and Norway. The field is comprised of 17 race veterans and 16 rookies

This is the 53rd annual Iditarod race, with the first race held in 1973. The race distance this year is 1,128 miles

The race will once again conclude in Nome, a city of a few thousand on the southern Seward Peninsula coast in Alaska

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Site of Saydnaya prison in Syria, a facility known for torture and killings of detainees and referred to as a “slaughterhouse”, three months after the fall of Assad and the freeing of prisoners at the complex

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Black Lives Matter Plaza being dismantled this week in Washington, D.C., after Republican Congressman Andrew Clyde introduced a bill that would withhold funding from D.C. if the plaza is not renamed

Crews were out again on Friday afternoon for the tearing up of the plaza, which includes removal of the mural with large yellow capital letters spelling out “BLACK LIVES MATTER” across a two-block stretch of road near the White House

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“Free Mahmoud Khalil” Protest at University of Michigan in Ann Arbor

Protesters gathered in Ann Arbor Friday afternoon for a demonstration calling for the release of Mahmoud Khalil

Khalil, a pro-Palestine activist who participated in student protests at Columbia University, was arrested by ICE agents on March 8th in New York. The government is seeking to remove Khalil, who is a lawful permanent resident of the U.S. and green card holder, under a provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act which permits deportation of non-citizen residents if the Secretary of State “has reasonable ground to believe” their presence or activities in the U.S. “would have potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences for the United States”

Khalil has not been charged with a crime. He is being held at a detention facility in Jena, Louisiana amidst court proceedings regarding his case. A hearing is scheduled before an immigration judge on March 27th

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Demonstrators gathered outside the Michigan State Capitol for today’s “Rally to Defend LGBT Rights”

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#HappeningNow “War No More!” demonstration being held in NYC near this week’s anniversary of the 2003 invasion of Iraq

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