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4:15 PM ET, February 8, 2026

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Financial Times:
Will Lewis steps down as Washington Post publisher and CEO after job cuts  —  British journalist's tenure was controversial after Jeff Bezos appointed him to turn around the newspaper  —  Christopher Grimes in Los Angeles, Daniel Thomas in London and Anna Nicolaou in New York
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Politico:
Dems want the Bad Bunny playbook
David Remnick / New Yorker:   Democracy Dies in Broad Daylight
Kevin Baxter / Los Angeles Times:
U.S. Olympic athletes in Italy are speaking out about the political situation at home  — 5 min Click here to listen to this article  — Olympic skiers Mikaela Shiffrin and Hunter Hess are among the athletes who've talked about the political situation in the U.S. while at the Milan-Cortina Games.
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Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
Trump lashes out at American Olympian who expressed negative view of US politics … Ahead of the opening ceremony in Italy on Friday, Hess said he feels like he's representing aspects of the U.S. “if it aligns with my moral values” but made clear he's “not the biggest fan of” everything happening in the U.S..
Sophia Vento / The Hill:
Trump rips Olympic skier over remarks about representing US
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Trump accepts ownership of the current economy: 'I'm very proud of it'  —  In an exclusive interview with NBC News, the president said the country is already experiencing the “Trump economy.”  — ADD NBC NEWS TO GOOGLE  —  Listen to this article with a free account
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David J. Lynch / Washington Post:
Trump wants to run the economy hot, as midterm elections approach
Discussion: Fox News
New York Times:
For $1 Million, Donors to U.S.A. Birthday Group Offered Access to Trump  —  A new organization blessed by the president is raising money for events and projects that will put a Trumpian spin on the nation's semiquincentennial.  —  President Trump's allies are offering access to him and other perks …
Politico:
Top Starmer aide Morgan McSweeney resigns over Peter Mandelson scandal  —  The British prime minister has been under pressure since revelations about Mandelson's relationship with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.  —  U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer's chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney …
James Rosen / New York Times:
Seven Pages of a Sealed Watergate File Sat Undiscovered.  Until Now.  —  On July 1, 1975, under gray skies, two Watergate prosecutors arrived in the office of the White House counsel.  Also present was the deputy national security adviser, U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft.
Associated Press:
FBI concluded Jeffrey Epstein wasn't running a sex trafficking ring for powerful men, files show  —  The FBI pored over Jeffrey Epstein's bank records and emails.  It searched his homes.  It spent years interviewing his victims and examining his connections to some of the world's most influential people.
Jacob Wendler / Politico:
Democrats sound alarm about possible voter intimidation in midterms … “There is a very real threat, without reforms at ICE, that you could have ICE patrols around polling stations,” Warner told host Margaret Brennan.  “And people would say, 'Well, why would that matter if you're all American citizens?'
CBS News:
Election officials are “very concerned” about Trump voting push, says David Becker  —  David Becker, executive director of the Center for Election Innovation and Research and a CBS News election law contributor, tells “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that election officials are …
Jacob Bogage / Washington Post:
The disappearing art gallery in your post office … To lift the United States out of the Great Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt put Americans to work building roads and bridges, conserving forests and rivers, laying sewer pipes, and constructing schools, parks and airports.
Michael Rothfeld / New York Times:
Files Detail Epstein's Dealings With Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick  —  Mr. Lutnick had claimed to have distanced himself from Jeffrey Epstein even before the disgraced financier was convicted of a sex crime in Florida.  —  Howard Lutnick, President Trump's billionaire commerce secretary …
Discussion: The Hill, CNBC, Forbes, Raw Story and Mediaite
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Trump Using A ‘Softer Touch’ With ICE In Minnesota?  Residents Say Don't Be Fooled.  —  Two weeks after Alex Pretti's killing, federal agents have shown no signs of backing down.  The resistance definitely hasn't.  —  MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - Top Trump administration officials certainly put …
Allan Smith / NBC News:
Trump says it's ‘terrible’ Bill Belichick wasn't elected to the Hall of Fame on the first ballot  —  In an exclusive interview with NBC News, Trump said Hall of Fame voters should look past a “controversial” two-year stretch for Belichick, who won six Super Bowls as a head coach.  — ADD NBC NEWS TO GOOGLE
Wall Street Journal:
One Generation Runs the Country.  The Next Cashed In on Crypto.  —  Sons of top Trump administration officials made billions for their families, but their investors didn't always fare so well  —  In the depths of Donald Trump's interregnum, his eldest two sons huddled in a Mar …
Orestes Georgiou Daniel / Associated Press:
Iran extends Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi's prison sentence by seven years  —  Copyright Javad Parsa/Javad Parsa / NTB  —  Supporters of Narges Mohammadi, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023, said she had been on hunger strike since 2 February.
Discussion: Reuters, France 24 and Associated Press
Danny Hakim / New York Times:
Epstein Files Reveal Scope of Ghislaine Maxwell's Role in Clinton Circle  —  Jeffrey Epstein's longtime companion helped advise on the kickoff of the Clinton Global Initiative and arranged for $1 million in funding for it, emails show.  —  Jeffrey Epstein's longtime companion, Ghislaine Maxwell …
Discussion: NewsMax.com
David Cohen / Politico:
Massie on Trump's rhetoric: 'He's gone too far' … After that video depicting the Obamas was widely denounced, including by some Republicans, the White House took it down.  —  “He should absolutely apologize.  He's gone too far.  I mean, he's attacked my wife recently online …
Discussion: Salon
Adam Gabbatt / The Guardian:
Rightwing critics blame Mamdani as New York snow fails to melt  —  Murdoch tabloid leads charge as big freeze persists - could the mayor please do something about the weather?  —  It snowed two weeks ago in New York.  Since then, the temperature has barely risen above freezing …
Discussion: New York Post
The Guardian:
From New York to New Mexico: new Epstein files shed light on his sprawling ranch outside Santa Fe  —  Several men appear in photos on the nearly 10,000-acre Zorro ranch, which included a 26,700 sq ft mansion  —  For years, Jeffrey Epstein took respite at a sprawling ranch in the desert scrub outside Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
Wes Moore suggests race may be why he was not invited to gov dinner with Trump … But the president has specifically blocked Moore and Colorado Gov. Jared Polis from the event's black-tie dinner.  —  Moore is the nation's only sitting Black governor and only the third Black governor ever elected …
Discussion: The Independent and PoliticusUSA
Meidas+:
EXCLUSIVE: READ RO KHANNA LETTER ON GHISLAINE DEPOSITION  —  As Ghislaine Maxwell prepares to invoke the Fifth, Rep. Ro Khanna submits the exact Epstein-related questions he wants answered, and demands they be preserved in the official record.  —  MeidasTouch Network
Discussion: TMZ.com
Politico:
‘The sugar high will be short lived’: Trump's big bet on tax refunds might not pay off … “The sugar high will be short-lived if [the refunds], in fact, go toward paying and supporting prices of things like additional health care costs, additional insurance costs, additional electricity costs …
Margaret Brennan / CBS News:
DNI whistleblower complaint includes details about intercept of call between foreign nationals discussing person close to Trump, sources say  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  Washington — A whistleblower complaint containing allegations related to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard …
Wall Street Journal:
How a $30 Billion Welfare Program Became a ‘Slush Fund’ for States  —  Republicans and Democrats alike decry the lack of oversight for America's famous antipoverty experiment.  ‘Fraud by design.’  —  When the Trump administration targeted billions of dollars in federal welfare funds recently …
 
 
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CBS News:
Transcript: Rep. Tony Gonzales on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” Feb. 8, 2026
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Mediaite
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
Yesterday two right-wing circuit judges signed off on the Trump administration's new mass detention policy …
Discussion: Newsweek and HuffPost
Jonathan Cohn / The Bulwark:
Why Trump's Attack on Refugees Could Hurt Grandma
Discussion: Vox
Madeline Kenney / New York Post:
NBC announcer caught on hot mic calling Olympics' big air finals ‘so boring’
Discussion: Breitbart and Awful Announcing
Bryan Armen Graham / The Guardian:
The world heard JD Vance being booed at the Olympics. Except for viewers in the US
Sarah Davis / The Hill:
Oz alleges Maine ‘looks a lot like Minnesota’ regarding entitlement fraud
Discussion: RedState
 Earlier Items: 
Kadia Goba / Washington Post:
Moderate Republican willing to break with party is set to lead ICE hearing
Dustin DeSoto / Vox:
The “boys club” that protected Epstein
Stephen Lezak / New York Times:
MAGA Elites Are Indoor Cats
Washington Post:
Brass-knuckled hypocrisy in Virginia
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Fox News
John McCormick / Wall Street Journal:
Elderly Lawmakers Won't Step Aside, Prompting New Debate Over Age Limits
Ken Klippenstein:
Homeland Security Spying on Reddit Users
Quinn Coffman / The Advocate:
Democrat Chasity Verret Martinez wins District 60 seat, replacing Chad Brown
Discussion: The Downballot and CBS News
 

 
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