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4:15 AM ET, February 7, 2026

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Cassandra Buchman / Straight Arrow News:
Scott: Video of Obamas shared by Trump 'most racist thing I've seen' out of White House  —  This story is a Media Miss by the right as 0% is from right-leaning media.  —  46% left coverage0% right coverage  —  Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., on Friday called a video President Donald Trump shared …
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
House Dem Leader Jeffries: “F*** Donald Trump”
Daniel Dale / CNN:
‘I did that’: Trump takes credit for a prisoner release that happened before he even ran for president
Discussion: Mediaite
Natalie Allison / Washington Post:
Trump refuses to apologize over video showing the Obamas as apes
CNBC:
Trump condemns racist video showing Obamas as apes after removing it, but says he won't apologize
CNN:
Trump shares racist video depicting Obamas as apes on Truth Social, then removes it amid bipartisan outrage
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Michael Gold / New York Times:
Officials Pressed Schumer to Help Name Penn Station and Dulles Airport for Trump
Jonathan Karl / Associated Press:
Trump wants Penn Station, Dulles Airport named after him in funding deal with Schumer, sources say
New York Times:
Trump Shares Video Portraying the Obamas as Apes
Discussion: Bloomberg
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
White House excluding Dems from its annual governors meeting … NGA is meeting this year from Feb. 19 to 21.  —  The NGA said in a Friday email to people involved in planning that the association's leadership has decided the White House meeting will no longer be an association event.
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Raw Story
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Tyler Pager / New York Times:   Trump Is Hosting Governors at the White House, but Only Republicans
Ryan Nobles / NBC News:
Members of Congress will be able to view unredacted Epstein files next week  —  Members will be able to review the files on computers at DOJ beginning Monday, according to a letter obtained by NBC News.  They can take notes, but cannot have electronic devices.  —  Listen to this article with a free account
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Members of Congress will have access to unredacted Epstein files
Discussion: Associated Press and CBS News
STAT:
STAT+: TrumpRx claims to offer the lowest prices.  But many drugs have cheaper generics  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump said his administration's new TrumpRx website will offer the cheapest prices in the world for 43 brand-name drugs, and counting.  But about half of them are already available as generics, usually for much less.
Discussion: Axios and ProPublica
Chris Polansky / Connecticut Public:
DeLauro to pressing clergy: ‘I will not vote to abolish ICE’  —  A Friday roundtable discussion with faith leaders and Connecticut Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro grew contentious at times, with some clergy calling for the abolishment of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE …
Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
Nevada Republican Mark Amodei to retire … Amodei's 2nd District is Republican-leaning and would likely remain in GOP hands even in a tough year for the party overall.  He's the only Republican in the state's congressional delegation.  —  Amodei's decision comes just three months …
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Brian Niemietz / Las Vegas Sun:
Border Patrol boss Gregory Bovino tossed from Las Vegas bar  —  Former U.S. Border Patrol Commander-at-Large Gregory Bovino was reportedly asked to leave a Las Vegas bar out of safety concerns for the venue's customers.  —  Days after being removed from his post in Minneapolis …
Discussion: Breitbart, Mediaite, Raw Story and Advocate
Daniel Ruetenik / CBS News:
Lutnick and Epstein were in business together, Epstein files show  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has said he had “limited interactions” with Jeffrey Epstein, but documents show they were in business together as recently as 2014.
Farrah Tomazin / The Daily Beast:
RFK Jr.'s Bizarre Trip With Epstein and Ghislaine Exposed in Files  —  JURASSIC ADVENTURES  —  The trip took place on a Native reservation where collecting fossils without explicit tribal permission is considered looting.  —  Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. went hunting for dinosaur bones …
Discussion: Raw Story
Jon Seidel / Chicago Sun Times:
Federal judge will let Marimar Martinez release text messages sent by Border Patrol agent who shot her  —  Federal prosecutors say the public release of text messages sent by the Border Patrol agent who shot Chicago's Marimar Martinez last fall could only serve one purpose: to “sully” his reputation.
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Julianne McShane / MS NOW:
Judge denies DHS bid to rush removal of Liam Ramos and his family  —  Kristen Stenvik, superintendent of the district where Liam goes to school, said the ruling provides both “additional time” and “continued uncertainty.” … The Department of Homeland Security unsuccessfully sought …
Maxine Joselow / New York Times:
Trump Opens Marine National Monument in Atlantic to Commercial Fishing  —  Off the coast of Cape Cod, the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument is a unique stretch of ocean that had been protected for a decade.  —  President Trump moved on Friday to allow commercial fishing …
Yunior Rivas / Democracy Docket:
Federal judge rules DOJ can ‘no longer’ be trusted in voter roll crusade  —  A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department's nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning …
Discussion: Oregonian
NBC News:
Children trapped in Texas immigration facility recount nightmares, inedible food, no school  —  A photo of Liam Conejo Ramos, a scared 5-year-old, drew attention to a detention center in Dilley, Texas.  Advocates say his experience reflects what hundreds of children have endured out of public view.
Discussion: Washington Post
Jack Revell / The Daily Beast:
Military Pressured to See ‘Melania’ Against Their Will  —  ‘PEOPLE ARE SCARED’  —  A military group has evidence of troops being ordered into theater—the movie theater.  —  Thousands of active-duty military personnel may have been “pressured” into seeing the Melania documentary at cinemas around the country, a watchdog has warned.
Tom Lutz / The Guardian:
NBC appears to cut crowd's booing of JD Vance from Winter Olympics broadcast  — Vice-president given hostile reception by some in Milan  — US broadcast cuts out crowd's show of dissent  —  The US vice-president, JD Vance, was greeted by a chorus of boos when he appeared …
Chris Cameron / New York Times:
Hegseth Says Defense Department Will Cut Ties With Harvard  —  Mr. Hegseth's order appeared to target his alma mater, Harvard's Kennedy School for public policy.  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday that the Defense Department would sever its academic ties with Harvard University …
Discussion: Reuters, Fox News, CBS News and The Guardian
Les Carpenter / Washington Post:
Nothing could stop the U.S. figure skating team.  Not even JD Vance's motorcade.  —  Alysa Liu and world champion dance team of Madison Chock and Evan Bates have the Americans leading the team event after day one.  —  MILAN — The start of the women's short program at the Olympic figure skating team event …
Victor Tangermann / Futurism:
It Turns Out That When Waymos Are Stumped, They Get Intervention From Workers in the Philippines  —  Waymo has established itself as the autonomous ride-hailing service to beat, operating a fleet of several thousand self-driving taxis across the United States, with active services in ten major metropolitan areas.
Elie Mystal / The Nation:
Is Samuel Alito Preparing to Disrobe?  —  In this installment of Elie v. US, our justice correspondent explores the week's big legal news, including a possible Alito retirement.  Also, the anti-trans mob's latest target: tight clothing.  —  Pocket … Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has a new book coming out.
Discussion: Raw Story
Molly Castle Work / MPR News:
Kidney recipient arrested by ICE may now have meds  —  A man taken into custody in Rochester Thursday by federal immigration agents is a kidney transplant recipient who did not have his life-saving medication when he was initially arrested.  —  The Department of Homeland Security said late Friday …
Ireland Owens / The Daily Caller:
Trump Admin Suspends 111,620 ‘California Borrowers’ For Allegedly Committing Billions in Pandemic-Era Fraud  —  Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Kelly Loeffler announced Friday her agency has suspended 111,620 borrowers in California over alleged fraud related to pandemic-era loan programs.
US Department of Justice:
Third Coconspirator in Fatal Benghazi Attacks in U.S. Custody, Charged in Washington D.C. with Murder and Terrorism Counts  —  For Immediate Release  —  Zubayar Al-Bakoush, an armed coconspirator in the 2012 attack on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya, that killed U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens …
Adam Downer / The Daily Beast:
TV Doctor Boycotts CBS for Standing by Epstein's Twisted Doctor Pal  —  STANDARDS & BAD PRACTICES  —  Dr. Jen Ashton called on CBS to respect a higher standard for medical professionals.  —  A prominent television doctor is refusing to appear on CBS until its Trump-kissing boss, Bari Weiss, fires Jeffrey Epstein pal Peter Attia.
Discussion: Raw Story and New York Post
Brian Faler / Politico:
Amazon's tax bill plunges after GOP tax cuts  —  The 87 percent drop is largely due to a more generous depreciation break in the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act.’ … Also helping, though less important: The law's expanded breaks for businesses research and development expenses.
Anil Oza / STAT:
Scientists worry finalizing ‘Schedule F’ rule will further politicize NIH grant decisions  —  New Trump administration policy makes it easier to fire thousands of federal workers  —  The Trump administration is moving forward with a personnel rule that critics say will subject a broader swath …
Discussion: HuffPost
Adam Downer / The Daily Beast:
CNN Data Guru Reveals Trump's Catastrophic ‘Failure’  —  LOSING FORMULA  —  The animated numbers wiz said Trump has a “formula that equals failure.”  —  CNN's data guru foresees that the president's “failure, failure, failure” will defeat the GOP in the midterms.
Discussion: The Independent and Raw Story
 
 
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Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
John Phelan, Trump's Navy secretary, listed in Epstein flight logs
Discussion: CNN and Raw Story
New York Times:
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Ellie Leonard / Blue Amp Media:
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John Stoehr / Editorial Board:
Donald Trump is trying to crush a religious uprising against him
David Remnick / New Yorker:
Ben Shapiro Is Waging Battle Inside the MAGA Movement
Discussion: Mediaite
Asif Shahzad / Reuters:
Suicide bomber kills 31 in Shi'ite mosque in Pakistan's capital
Washington Post:
NYC's small landlords say they won't survive Mamdani plan to freeze rent
Discussion: Fox News