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9:40 PM ET, February 9, 2026

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Kate Santaliz / Axios:
Epstein file review yields 6 new “likely incriminated” men, lawmakers say  —  The Justice Department redacted the names of at least six men who are “likely incriminated” by their inclusion in the Epstein files, Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) said after reviewing unredacted versions …
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Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
Lawmakers don't rule out exposing redacted names of powerful men in Epstein files
Discussion: NOTUS and Raw Story
Mike Crawley / CBC News:
Trump threatens to block opening of new bridge between Windsor and Detroit  —  Says he wants U.S. ‘fully compensated for everything we have given’ Canada  —  U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening to block the opening of the Gordie Howe Bridge, poised to become the newest border crossing between Windsor, Ont., and Detroit.
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Associated Press:
Live updates: Ghislaine Maxwell avoids answering questions in House deposition
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: Raw Story and New Republic
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Rory Carroll / The Guardian:
Irish man with valid US work permit held in ICE detention for five months
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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 …
Julie K. Brown / Miami Herald:
Trump told Palm Beach police chief ‘everyone’ knew about Epstein, Maxwell was ‘evil’  —  President Donald Trump has repeatedly maintained that he had no knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein's sex crimes.  —  But in July 2006, just as Jeffrey Epstein's criminal case became public …
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.
Discussion: Reason
Regina Medina / MPR News:
'He's not the same': Father of Liam Conejo Ramos says 5-year-old continues to suffer  —  {"type":"doc","content":[{"type":"parag raph", “content”:[{"text":"The Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday featured a little boy accepting a Grammy award from Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny.
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.) …
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.”
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Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
Ford Defies Trump After Worker Heckled President
Discussion: Reuters, Washington Times and The Hill
emptywheel:
Confirmed: Todd Blanche Locked Ghislaine Maxwell into a False Story, Then Rewarded Her  —  Back in August, I argued that Todd Blanche's interview of Ghislaine Maxwell was not intended to elicit useful information.  —  Rather, it was an effort to lock in transparently false testimony …
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: GV Wire and The Moderate Voice
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The Athletic:
Chloe Kim, Eileen Gu speak out after President Trump calls Olympian ‘a loser’  —  Share full article  —  LIVIGNO, Italy — A day after President Donald Trump called the Olympian Hunter Hess “a real loser” over the freestyle skier's comments about representing the United States …
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.
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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Jorge Bonilla / Fox News:
Why Bad Bunny's polarizing Super Bowl halftime show felt like a slap at America
Yunior Rivas / Democracy Docket:
Utah GOP push to repeal anti-gerrymander law falters amid fraud allegations tied to firm backed by Trump Jr.  —  A Trump-backed, GOP effort to repeal a Utah law that could give Democrats one extra U.S. House seat appears to be unraveling after county officials flagged thousands of potentially invalid and fraudulent petition signatures.
Discussion: Raw Story and Utah Political Watch
John Sakellariadis / Politico:
Trump's ‘Stop the Steal’ lawyer probing 2020 election fraud has access to sensitive US intel … “Every time he hits a roadblock, he just calls POTUS,” said the first person familiar with Olsen's work.  —  The decision to provide some of the government's most sensitive spy material to Olsen is unusual …
Kate Plummer / Newsweek:
Video of Democrat Calling for Non-Whites To Take Over US Sparks Anger  —  Texas House Democrat Gene Wu has sparked backlash over comments he made about minority groups taking over America.  —  Speaking on the Define American podcast with journalist Jose Antonio Vargas in December 2024, Wu …
Ryan Devereaux / The Intercept:
“Uptick in Abductions”: ICE Ramps Up Targeting of Minneapolis Legal Observers  —  MINNEAPOLIS — On Friday, legal observers on an encrypted group call in Minneapolis received a desperate plea.  A fellow observer was following federal agents who'd just loaded her friend into an unmarked vehicle.
Discussion: HotAir and The Independent
Jessica Valenti / Abortion, Every Day:
They're Coming for Our Daughters  —  The conservative plan to shrink girls' futures  —  My daughter has had a difficult few months in school.  By some administrative fluke, she ended up in a class where she was the only girl—it was just Layla, surrounded by a dozen or so 15-year-old boys.
Discussion: New York Post
Vic Verbalaitis / The Daily Beast:
ICE Arrests Transplant Patient and Cuts Off Life-Saving Meds  —  DIABOLICAL  —  The 38-year-old hasn't had his kidney transplant medication since he was detained on Thursday.  —  A kidney transplant recipient in Minnesota who was arrested by ICE has been denied access to life-saving medication …
Discussion: MPR News
Zach Everson / Forbes:
Binance—Whose Founder Was Pardoned—Now Holds 87% Of Trump's Stablecoin  —  Topline  —  Binance holds about 87% of USD1, the stablecoin issued by a Trump family crypto venture—a greater concentration than any other major stablecoin has at a single exchange—underscoring the depth …
Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
Trump Administration to Cut $600 Million in Health Funding From Four States  —  The states, all led by Democrats, used the grants to support a wide variety of functions, including H.I.V. prevention and surveillance.  —  The Trump administration plans to rescind $600 million in public health funds …
Doug Bock Clark / ProPublica:
The Conservative Researcher Being Linked to the FBI's Seizure of Election Records in Georgia  —  A conservative researcher whose theories have often been rejected by Georgia election overseers and who once pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of voyeurism is emerging as a central figure …
Discussion: Democracy Docket and IJR
Washington Post:
Legality of Trump's $400M in private funding for White House ballroom at issue  —  A federal judge weighing whether the project may proceed has focused on whether the administration can use private donations to bypass congressional approval.  —  A federal judge is expected to soon rule …
Discussion: E&E News
Elizabeth Elkind / Fox News:
Jasmine Crockett's vulgar 6-word message for Trump in Epstein probe  —  Crockett was one of several Democrats at Ghislaine Maxwell's deposition Monday  —  Progressive Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, shared a vulgar six-word warning for President Donald Trump as Democrats continue to hunt …
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Johnson moves to again block House from voting on Trump tariffs  —  Speaker Mike Johnson said Monday he is moving forward with a plan to revive a prohibition on House votes to overturn President Donald Trump's global tariffs.  Johnson told reporters he believes he will have the votes to include …
NBC News:
White House keeps pressure on House Republicans ahead of crucial vote on mail-in-voting  —  The Trump administration continues to press congressional Republicans to add a provision to their voter requirements bill that would either ban mail-in-voting with limited exceptions or limit the way voting-by-mail can be used.
Discussion: Democracy Docket and Raw Story
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Trump DOJ's ‘weaponization’ group under pressure to deliver results, source says  —  The group was established by an executive order from President Donald Trump.  Members are being directed to redouble the effort over the coming weeks, a person familiar with the group told NBC News.
 
 
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Berny Belvedere / The UnPopulist:
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Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Pete Hegseth's Attack on Harvard
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Pew Research Center:
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Justice Department moves to dismiss Steve Bannon's criminal case
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
Lautaro Grinspan / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
ICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in April
Ximena Bustillo / NPR:
Immigration courts fast-track hearings for Somali asylum claims
Discussion: Popular Information
Debra Kamin / New York Times:
Andrew Farkas Called Jeffrey Epstein ‘Blessing’ as the Two Did Deals
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A Raid in a Small Town Brings Trump's Deportations to Deep-Red Idaho
Discussion: Raw Story