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5:30 PM ET, February 8, 2026

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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
Sophia Vento / The Hill:
Trump rips Olympic skier over remarks about representing US
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Politico:
Dems want the Bad Bunny playbook
Financial Times:
Will Lewis steps down as Washington Post publisher and CEO after job cuts
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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?'
Mariana Alfaro / Washington Post:
Trump plans to keep Democratic governors out of traditionally bipartisan meeting  —  The White House did not explain why Democrats were not invited to the meeting.  In addition, at least two Democrats were uninvited to a dinner, according to their offices.  —  President Donald Trump plans …
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
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Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
Wes Moore suggests race may be why he was not invited to gov dinner with Trump
Discussion: The Independent and PoliticusUSA
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 …
Discussion: Mediaite
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.
Discussion: Reason
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Europe is holding its Epstein creeps accountable.  Why can't we?  —  The slow drip of the U.S. government's still grossly incomplete release of its files on late financier and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein has nonetheless become a who's who of Planet Earth's rich and famous …
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Dustin DeSoto / Vox:   The “boys club” that protected Epstein
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 …
The Guardian:
As goes the Washington Post: US democracy takes another hit under Trump  —  Jeff Bezos's axing of more than 300 jobs at the storied newspaper has renewed fears about the resilience of America's democracy to withstand Trump's attacks  —  The email landed in Lizzie Johnson's in-tray in Ukraine just before 4pm local time.
Discussion: Deadline and Fox News
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David Remnick / New Yorker:   Democracy Dies in Broad Daylight
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.
CBS News:
Transcript: Rep. Tony Gonzales on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” Feb. 8, 2026  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  The following is the transcript of the interview with Rep. Tony Gonzales, Republican of Texas, that aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on Feb. 8, 2026.
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 …
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
David Rogers / Politico:
The Midwestern Congressman Whom Washington Should Remember … Over his three decades in Congress, Lee Hamilton grew into an almost Lincolnesque figure, a tall, Midwestern lawmaker uniquely trusted by colleagues in both parties to tackle difficult issues.  —  Republicans outside the Capitol came …
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.
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 …
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 …
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
Discussion: Fox News and Boston.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
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
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.
 
 
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Margaret Brennan / CBS News:
DNI whistleblower complaint includes details about intercept of call between foreign nationals discussing person close to Trump, sources say
The Guardian:
From New York to New Mexico: new Epstein files shed light on his sprawling ranch outside Santa Fe
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Discussion: TMZ.com
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
Adam Gabbatt / The Guardian:
Rightwing critics blame Mamdani as New York snow fails to melt
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Sarah Davis / The Hill:
Oz alleges Maine ‘looks a lot like Minnesota’ regarding entitlement fraud
Discussion: RedState
Kadia Goba / Washington Post:
Moderate Republican willing to break with party is set to lead ICE hearing
Wall Street Journal:
How a $30 Billion Welfare Program Became a ‘Slush Fund’ for States
Stephen Lezak / New York Times:
MAGA Elites Are Indoor Cats
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
Politico:
‘The sugar high will be short lived’: Trump's big bet on tax refunds might not pay off
 

 
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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

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

Michael Williams / CNN:
Entertainment and sports agent Casey Wasserman, who chairs the 2028 LA Olympics coordinating committee, faces calls to resign after appearing in Epstein emails
 
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