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2:55 PM ET, February 9, 2026

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Karlin Lillington / The Irish Times:
‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September  —  Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record  —  An Irishman living in the United States for more than 20 years has been held by US Immigration …
Discussion: New Republic and Raw Story
Katherine Mangu-Ward / New York Times:
Libertarians Tried to Warn You About Trump  —  Libertarians can be annoying, with our constant bellyaching about privacy and taxes, our obsession with the First Amendment and our fearmongering about jackbooted thugs.  —  But in light of how the past year has unfolded, consider cutting your friendly neighborhood libertarian some slack.
Eric Levitz / Vox:
Trump has a plan to steal the midterms.  It will probably fail.  —  The nightmare scenario for American democracy is no longer unthinkable. … Ever since the United States entrusted its presidency to a would-be insurrectionist in January 2025, many Americans have feared for the integrity of their nation's future elections.
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New York Times:   Why Trump Voters Are Torn Over Minneapolis
Julia Harte / Reuters:   As Trump presidency enters second year, his voters share hopes - and concerns
Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:
They've Always Known He is A Racist...  Why did it take Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) until Friday, after Trump had posted a video portraying former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes, to acknowledge that Donald Trump is a hard-bitten racist?
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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
The blowback to Trump's racist video reveals his weakness  —  Public Notice is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  🧠 Subscribe to PN 🧠  —  Late Thursday night, President Donald Trump posted a short video which included a horrifically racist …
Discussion: New York Times and Roll Call
Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
Less than 14% of those arrested by ICE in Trump's 1st year back in office had violent criminal records, document shows  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  Less than 14% of nearly 400,000 immigrants arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in President Trump's first year back in the White House …
Associated Press:
Live updates: Ghislaine Maxwell avoids answering questions in House deposition  —  Lawmakers tried Monday to interview Ghislaine Maxwell, but the former girlfriend and confidante of Jeffrey Epstein invoked her Fifth Amendment rights to avoid answering questions that would be incriminating.
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Fox News:
Ghislaine Maxwell told lawmakers Trump, Clinton ‘innocent of any wrongdoing’ regarding Epstein
Ximena Bustillo / NPR:
Immigration courts fast-track hearings for Somali asylum claims  —  Dozens of asylum cases filed by Somali migrants in immigration courts were suddenly rescheduled and recategorized over the weekend, according to four lawyers interviewed by NPR.  —  NPR has learned that lawyers across …
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Sudhin Thanawala / Associated Press:   Trump's immigration crackdown is straining federal courts. Judges are raising the alarm
Judd Legum / Popular Information:   How Trump is rigging immigration courts against Somali migrants
Jill Lawless / Associated Press:
UK's Starmer fights for survival as Mandelson-Epstein revelations spark a crisis  —  British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's position hung by a thread on Monday as he tried to persuade his Labour Party lawmakers not to kick him out of his job after just 19 months in office.
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Avery Lotz / Axios:   Europe confronts Epstein shame amid muted US reckoning
Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:
Trump Watched Bad Bunny Halftime Show at His Own Super Bowl Party  —  It appears that President Trump didn't even bother to tune into Turning Point USA's alternative, anti-immigrant “All-American Halftime Show.”  —  Footage taken from inside Trump's Super Bowl party at his Mar-a-Lago golf club showed …
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Wall Street Journal:
Bad Bunny Uses Joy to Put Out Political Firestorm at Super Bowl Halftime
Jordain Carney / Politico:
Howard Lutnick faces bipartisan calls to resign over latest Epstein revelations  —  Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is facing bipartisan calls to resign after he appeared in a recent batch of files linked to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.  Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) …
New York Times:
A Raid in a Small Town Brings Trump's Deportations to Deep-Red Idaho  —  Wilder, Idaho, prided itself on comity.  Then federal agents stormed a racetrack outside of town in October, and the reverberations are still shaking the community.  —  People in Wilder, Idaho, didn't give much thought …
Discussion: Raw Story
Grant Schwab / The Detroit News:
UAW: Ford worker who heckled Trump kept job, ‘no discipline’ on record … “TJ, we got your back,” United Auto Workers Vice President Laura Dickerson said during a Washington, D.C., speech Monday morning.  She was referencing TJ Sabula, a 40-year-old UAW Local 600 line worker at the factory who called Trump a “pedophile protector.”
Discussion: Reuters and Raw Story
Lautaro Grinspan / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
ICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in April  —  Homeland Security plans to build warehouse detention facilities in other cities being met with opposition.
Emily Ngo / Politico:
New York GOP's midterm problem: No money, no bench — and Trump … That race and several other New York swing districts will be crucial in determining control of the House and the fate of Trump's final two years in the White House.  —  New York Republicans' misery is fueling Democratic elation.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Chris Lau / CNN:
Hong Kong's Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in prison after landmark national security trial  —  Former Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been sentenced to 20 years in prison, ending a years-long legal battle that has come to define Beijing's transformational crackdown on the once-freewheeling financial hub.
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New York Times:
Hong Kong Court Sentences Jimmy Lai to 20 Years
Reuters:
As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts  —  Medical device makers have been rushing to add AI to their products.  While proponents say the new technology will revolutionize medicine, regulators are receiving a rising number of claims of patient injuries.
Discussion: New York Times and Futurism
Mica Rosenberg / ProPublica:
The Children of Dilley  —  Fourteen-year-old Ariana Velasquez had been held at the immigrant detention center in Dilley, Texas, with her mother for some 45 days when I managed to get inside to meet her.  The staff brought everyone in the visiting room a boxed lunch from the cafeteria …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Mediaite
Axios:
1 big thing: Trump's crypto revolt … - Why it matters: Crypto joins a growing number of segments of the Trump coalition — from Epstein-focused populists to farmers to Latino men — now questioning whether his return to power has delivered as promised.  —  🔎 Zoom in: The hyper-online …
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Crypto revolt exposes fragility of Trump's coalition
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Moira Donegan / The Guardian:
Epstein was not ostracised for his crimes. To some powerful men, he became even more appealing
Michelle R Smith / The Guardian:
RFK Jr misled Senate during confirmation, Congress members and Hawaii governor say
Discussion: Wonkette
Michael Gold / New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: Epstein's Longtime Companion Refuses to Answer Lawmakers' Questions
Discussion: Forbes
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Markey to introduce resolution denouncing Trump's call to ‘nationalize’ elections
Debra Kamin / New York Times:
Andrew Farkas Called Jeffrey Epstein ‘Blessing’ as the Two Did Deals
Dave Jamieson / HuffPost:
A Federal Worker Developed A Brain Tumor. Then Trump's Budget Director Cut Her Disability Plan.
John Ripton / Common Dreams:
Trump, Extreme Wealth Concentration, and Our Societal Crisis
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
On February 9, 1950, Senator Joe McCarthy (R-WI) stood up in front of the Republican Women's Club …
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Discussion: The Hill
Amanda Chu / Politico:
Why Washington's all-in on smart rings
Alex Roarty / NOTUS:
Jasmine Crockett Is Not Running a Traditional Campaign. It's Making Allies Anxious.
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Dateline Moscow: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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Wall Street Journal:
Immigration Raids in South Texas Are Starting to Hit the Economy
 

 
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Laya Neelakandan / CNBC:
Trump endorses Nexstar's $6.2B acquisition of Tegna, saying “We need more competition against THE ENEMY, the Fake News National TV Networks”

OpenAI:
OpenAI says it has started testing ads in ChatGPT in the US for logged-in adult users on the Free and Go tiers and that the ads do not change ChatGPT answers

Jordy Fee-Platt / The Athletic:
Turning Point USA's All-American Halftime Show during the Super Bowl peaked at 6.1M concurrent YouTube viewers; the show wasn't on X due to licensing issues

 
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