The 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics are underway after the lighting of the Olympic cauldrons and the Parade of Nations at the opening ceremony.

Azerbaijan has filed a complaint with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) over Armenia figure skaters' performance under the song, “Artsakh”—the Armenian word for Nagorno-Karabakh. The Karina Akopova/Nikita Rakhmanin pair skating duo,

Vice President JD Vance is heading overseas on a trip combining diplomacy and sports, leading President Donald Trump's delegation to the 2026 Winter Olympics and afterward stopping in Armenia and Azerbaijan in a show of support for a peace agreement brokered by the White House last year.

The opening ceremony of the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics is complete at Milan's San Siro Stadium. Featuring simultaneous ceremonies in the mountain towns of Cortina, Livigno and Predazzo, the day's festivities included performances from Mariah Carey,

U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance is in Milan, Italy, to proudly represent the President's delegation at the 2026 Winter Olympics opening ceremony. Accompanied by his family, Vance is set to join Secretary of State Marco Rubio and a group of America's former Olympic champions in celebrating the games.