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12:40 PM ET, February 7, 2026

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Associated Press:
Congressional Black Caucus chair says Trump's post on the Obamas shows a ‘bigoted and racist regime’  —  Ever since a racist video was posted on President Donald Trump's social media account, the White House has offered shifting responses.  First it dismissed “fake outrage,” then it deleted the post and blamed a staff member.
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Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
This Is Just Who Trump Is  —  What motivates President Trump?  —  Not what motivates Trumpism, whatever that is.  Not what motivates his MAGA supporters.  Not what motivates the infrequent and marginal voters who delivered him his victories in 2016 and 2024.  —  No. What specifically motivates Donald J. Trump?
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Trump's Obama Derangement Syndrome  —  It seems etymologically, metaphysically, geologically and ethically impossible that President Trump could reach a new low.  But he has.  —  Every Friday, when I'm planning my column, I find fresh evidence that the president is unfit for his office.
Natalie Allison / Washington Post:
Trump refuses to apologize over video showing the Obamas as apes
Cassandra Buchman / Straight Arrow News:
Scott: Video of Obamas shared by Trump 'most racist thing I've seen' out of White House
Daniel Dale / CNN:
‘I did that’: Trump takes credit for a prisoner release that happened before he even ran for president
Discussion: Mediaite
Ernesto Londoño / New York Times:
Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good's Killing.  Washington Told Them to Stop.  —  Federal prosecutors had a warrant to collect evidence from Ms. Good's vehicle, but Trump administration leaders said to drop it.  About a dozen prosecutors have departed, leaving the Minnesota U.S. attorney's office in turmoil.
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Raw Story
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New York Times:
Demanding Support for Trump, Justice Dept. Struggles to Recruit Prosecutors  —  Some offices are so decimated that the Justice Department has sent in military lawyers.  More recently, officials asked for volunteers from other offices who can quickly deploy to places in desperate need.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Steve Vladeck / One First:
208. The Fifth Circuit Jumps the Immigration Detention Shark  —  I've written before about the deeply contested (and contestable) reinterpretation of federal immigration law that the Trump administration adopted last summer, under which any non-citizen who was never lawfully admitted …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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NPR:
State Department will delete X posts from before Trump returned to office  —  The State Department is removing all posts on its public accounts on the social media platform X made before President Trump returned to office on Jan. 20, 2025.  —  The posts will be internally archived …
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Jill Lawless / Associated Press:
Epstein revelations have toppled top figures in Europe while US fallout is more muted  —  A prince, an ambassador, senior diplomats, top politicians.  All brought down by the Jeffrey Epstein files.  And all in Europe, rather than the United States.  —  The huge trove of Epstein documents released …
Discussion: Al Jazeera and Reuters
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
The Epstein scandal is taking down Europe's political class. In the US, they're getting a pass.
Discussion: Politico
Samya Kullab / Associated Press:
US gave Ukraine and Russia a June deadline to reach agreement to end war, Zelenskyy says  —  The U.S. has given Ukraine and Russia a June deadline to reach a deal to end the nearly four‑year war, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told reporters, as Russian strikes on energy infrastructure …
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The Kyiv Independent:
Zelensky warns of ‘risk’ US, Russia could strike bilateral deals on Ukraine without Kyiv
Discussion: New York Times and France 24
Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Why Trump's Calls to ‘Nationalize’ Voting Have Raised Midterm Fears … President Trump has repeatedly suggested that he wants the Republican-led federal government to “nationalize” or “take over” the running of elections.  —  His position is at odds with the Constitution, which leaves the administration of elections to the states.
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New York Times:
The Real Threat Isn't Trump. It's the MAGA Apparatus.
Discussion: Raw Story
Joe Charpentier / The Portland Press Herald:
ICE detainees from Maine being held under ‘inhumane’ conditions in Mass. facility, attorneys say  —  An Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson said the allegations of overcrowding and lack of access to lawyers are false.  —  Communities:  —  9 min readFont size +
Cate Brown / The Guardian:
NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump  —  Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff  —  Last spring, the National Security Agency (NSA) detected evidence …
Discussion: SpyTalk
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.
Molly Jong-Fast / New York Times:
Now We Know What All Those People Got From Epstein  —  Jeffrey Epstein, as has become clear again with the latest Department of Justice file dump, will go down in history as perhaps this century's most horrifically accomplished social climber.  He knew pretty much everybody, name-dropping …
Discussion: Washington Post
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Pamela Paul / Wall Street Journal:   Truth, Consequences and the Limits of Epstein's Web
Associated Press:
Immigrant whose skull was broken in eight places during ICE arrest says beating was unprovoked  —  Alberto Castañeda Mondragón says his memory was so jumbled after a beating by immigration officers that he initially could not remember he had a daughter and still struggles …
Discussion: Scripps News
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Chris Cameron / New York Times:   Hegseth Says Defense Department Will Cut Ties With Harvard
Nate Raymond / Reuters:
Trump administration won't let student deported to Honduras return  —  President Donald Trump's administration on Friday called a judge's proposal that the government issue a student visa to a college student it deported to Honduras in violation of a court order “unfeasible” …
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.
Discussion: Raw Story
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: Los Angeles Times, Axios and ProPublica
Megan Mineiro / New York Times:
Republican Chairman of Homeland Security Spending Panel to Exit Congress  —  Representative Mark Amodei of Nevada added his name to the growing list of Republicans planning to give up their seats as their party faces losses that could cost them the House.  —  Representative Mark Amodei …
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
Eric Niiler / New York Times:
What's Up With This Big Freeze?  Some Scientists See Climate Change Link  —  A warming Arctic can stretch the polar vortex, a high-altitude air ribbon, one says.  The “wobble” can disrupt the jet stream, causing extreme cold in the East.  —  If the planet is getting warmer, why is it so cold this winter?
Discussion: The Watchers
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 …
John Hyatt / Forbes:
How Picasso, Van Gogh And Cézanne Helped Finance Epstein Client Leon Black's Billionaire Lifestyle  —  The Epstein files detail private equity tycoon Leon Black's massive, multi-billion-dollar art collection—and how he leveraged it to grow his wealth.
Peter Walker / The Guardian:
Reform-run Kent council accused of fabricating £40m net zero savings  —  Disclosures show figures cited by authority's leader rested on unfunded ideas listed briefly in budget papers  —  Reform UK's flagship council has been accused of telling a “blatant lie” after its claim …
Discussion: The New World
 
 
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Christopher Rugaber / Associated Press:
Trump praises Nexstar-Tegna broadcast television deal he once opposed
Anton Jäger / New York Times:
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Laura Strickler / NBC News:
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Politico:
The quiet force influencing Trump's and Vance's confrontational Europe policy
Allison Quinn / The Daily Beast:
Epstein's Top Secret Relationship With Trained Russian Spy Revealed
 Earlier Items: 
Adam Downer / The Daily Beast:
TV Doctor Boycotts CBS for Standing by Epstein's Twisted Doctor Pal
Discussion: Raw Story
Mikeie Honda Reiland / Nashville Banner:
Following Legal Path to Citizenship, Antioch Woman With No Criminal History Detained by ICE
Tom Lutz / The Guardian:
NBC appears to cut crowd's booing of JD Vance from Winter Olympics broadcast
 

 
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Jon Passantino / Status:
Sources: before the layoffs, a group of wealthy DC locals asked Will Lewis whether WaPo would sell them its local and sports sections, but never got an answer

Hadas Gold / CNN:
Anthropic is running Super Bowl ads criticizing ads in chatbots, prompting a public response from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman defending plans for ads in ChatGPT

C.J. Robinson / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at the FOIA system, as right-wing media networks flood it with robo-requests, the number of FOIA agents stays flat, and states opt for higher fees
 
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