memeorandum: Trump Says He Will Now Invite Democrats to Governors' Meeting (New York Times)

10:25 PM ET, February 11, 2026

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Greg Sargent / New Republic:

Trump Tirade Over Bridge to Canada Backfires, Handing Dems 2026 Weapon — In addition to providing regular comic relief, President Trump's eruptions over imagined slights provide opportunities for his advisers to engage in rank, devious manipulation. This may be happening with Trump's latest tirade …

Discussion: The Detroit News

Associated Press:

House faces showdown vote over Trump's tariffs on Canada — The House is preparing to potentially slap back President Donald Trump's tariffs on Canada in what would be a symbolic rebuke of the White House agenda after Democrats, with support from a few Republicans, forced the issue to a vote over the objections of GOP leadership.

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Fox News, Axios, New York Post, Bloomberg, NOTUS, CNBC, CNN, NewsMax.com, CBS News, The Independent, Washington Times, IJR, Deseret News, Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit and Newsweek

NBC News:

House passes SAVE America Act, sending Trump-backed election bill to the Senate — The legislation would overhaul federal election laws in all 50 states by imposing new voter ID and proof-of-citizenship requirements. But it faces a daunting path in the Senate. — Listen to this article with a free account

Discussion: Mother Jones, New York Post, New York Times, Washington Examiner, Democracy Docket, UPI, CBS News, Washington Times, The 19th, The Daily Caller, PBS NewsHour, ABC News, Townhall, CNBC, MS NOW and The Daily Signal

Wall Street Journal:

GOP-Led House Rejects Trump's Tariffs on Canada — The vote in the chamber is a significant but largely symbolic repudiation of the president's signature economic policy — WASHINGTON—The GOP-led House passed a resolution Wednesday designed to roll back President Trump's tariffs on Canada …

Discussion: The Hill, NBC News, Politico, Al Jazeera, NewsMax.com, Reason and NOTUS

Sudiksha Kochi / The Hill:

6 Republicans join Democrats to rebuke tariffs on Canada in blow to Trump — Six House Republicans joined Democrats on Wednesday to pass a resolution to repeal President Trump's tariffs on Canada, a blow to both President Trump and House GOP leadership. — The Wednesday 219-211 vote …

Discussion: RedState, Washington Examiner, Mediaite, CBS News and Reuters

Robert Jimison / New York Times:
House Is Set to Vote on Canceling Trump's Canada Tariffs

Discussion: Politico, New York Daily News, Axios, American Prospect, IJR, Asia Times and The Daily Caller

Ben Penn / Bloomberg Law:

Pirro Enlists Dance Photographer-Lawyer in Lawmaker Video Case — Washington's US Attorney Jeanine Pirro tapped a dance photographer who worked for her decades ago as one of the prosecutors who tried—and failed—to convince a grand jury to indict six Democratic lawmakers Tuesday, said two people familiar with the situation.

Discussion: Lawfare, The Hill, Daily Camera, The National Pulse, Bloomberg, New York Sun, The Independent, Cronkite News, Courthouse News Service, Esquire and The Bulwark

NBC News:

No grand jurors found the Trump DOJ met low probable cause threshold in failed indictment of Democratic lawmakers — None of the D.C. grand jurors who heard the Trump administration's pitch on why they should indict Democratic lawmakers over a video urging members of the military …

Discussion: The Guardian, MS NOW, The Hill, Reuters and Raw Story

Jacob Wendler / Politico:

Rep. Jason Crow asks Pirro to preserve evidence related to failed indictment — Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.) on Wednesday demanded U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro preserve all evidence related to her unsuccessful effort to bring charges against him and five other Democratic lawmakers.

Discussion: Daily Mail, The Hill, CBS News and NewsMax.com

Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:

Tillis pans ‘political lawfare’ after grand jury declines to indict Democratic lawmakers — Republican Sen. Thom Tillis slammed the Justice Department's push to criminally charge Democratic lawmakers who last November urged military servicemembers to disobey illegal orders in a video …

Discussion: The Philadelphia Inquirer, New Republic, Semafor, CNN, Associated Press, Roll Call, Talking Points Memo, Joe.My.God., The Daily Caller, twitchy.com, The Hill, Fox News, NewsMax.com, Robert Reich and New Jersey Online

Julianna Bragg / Axios:
Trump's retribution campaign hits a losing streak

Discussion: MS NOW and The Daily Signal

Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:

Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years — Gallup will no longer track presidential approval ratings after more than eight decades doing so, the public opinion polling agency confirmed to The Hill on Wednesday. — The company said starting this year …

Discussion: New York Times, The Guardian, Axios, New Republic, Townhall, New York Sun, NewsMax.com, UPI, The Independent and Washington Examiner

Jennifer Jacobs / CBS News:

Airspace closure followed spat over drone-related tests and party balloon shoot-down, sources say — Add CBS News on Google — The unexpected but brief airspace closure in the Texas border city of El Paso stemmed from disagreements between the Federal Aviation Administration and Pentagon officials …

Associated Press:

FAA closes airspace around El Paso, Texas, for 10 days, grounding all flights — The Federal Aviation Administration is closing the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas for 10 days, grounding all flights to and from the airport. A notice posted on the FAA's website …

Joshua Keating / Vox:

What we know about the mysterious closure and reopening of the El Paso airport — The El Paso International Airport will apparently not be closed for 10 days, despite an earlier announcement that set off an overnight panic. But the reasons why the closure was announced in the first place …

Sam Levine / The Guardian:

'You're a washed-up loser lawyer': Pam Bondi taunts Democrats over Epstein — US attorney general goes on attack during questioning by House judiciary committee over handling of files — The US attorney general Pam Bondi attacked and insulted Democrats during a House judiciary committee hearing …

Discussion: CBS News, Axios, The Hill, Washington Examiner, Blaze Media, NewsMax.com, Newsweek and The Next Gen Business

Brady Knox / Washington Examiner:
Democrats rip Bondi over handling of Epstein case in rowdy House hearing

Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Bondi dodges questions about Lutnick's connections with Epstein

Discussion: Bloomberg, New Republic, Townhall, Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit, Advocate, IJR, Washington Times, The Hill and Mediaite

Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Lawmakers Question Bondi Over Justice Dept. Under Her Watch

Associated Press:
Live updates: Bondi deflected questions on Epstein files across 5-hour hearing

Discussion: CNBC, Courthouse News Service, PBS NewsHour, Politico, The Atlantic, The Independent, NewsMax.com, Mediaite, The Parnas Perspective, Patterico's Pontifications, Tampa Free Press, The Hill, RedState, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul

Reuters:

Canadian police identify 18-year-old woman as suspect in mass school shooting — The suspect in a deadly school shooting in western Canada was an 18-year-old woman with mental health issues who killed her mother and stepbrother before attacking her former school, police said on Wednesday …

Discussion: The Guardian, UPI, The Gateway Pundit, New York Post, New York Sun, Boston.com, Associated Press, Daily Caller News Foundation, France 24, The Daily Caller, LGBTQ Nation, The Daily Signal and New York Times

New York Times:
Here's the latest. — Canada was reeling on Wednesday, a day after a shooter killed nine people …

Discussion: CTV News, The Guardian, Breitbart, KVIA-TV, GV Wire, Blaze Media, Townhall, Courthouse News Service, One America News Network, Associated Press, Newsbusters and CNN

New York Times:

Trump Says He Will Now Invite Democrats to Governors' Meeting — Even as he reversed course on excluding Democrats, the president repeatedly attacked a Republican governor who had planned to oversee the meeting. — Gov. Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma told Democratic governors on Wednesday …

Discussion: Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, Scripps News, Politico, CBS News, KVIA-TV, Raw Story, The Independent, Washington Examiner, Associated Press and Joe.My.God.

Joey Garrison / USA Today:
Trump agrees to meet at White House with all governors, including Democrats

Discussion: NBC News and Washington Post

NBC News:

Poll: Trump's ratings on immigration tumble as Americans lose confidence in his top issue — Immigration has been one of President Donald Trump's strong suits, but the new NBC News Decision Desk Poll shows his numbers falling to the same level as his overall approval. — Listen to this article with a free account

Discussion: The Guardian, Newsweek and The Hill

NBC News:
Poll: Americans support ICE overhaul amid federal funding fight

Discussion: Washington Post, Mercury News, Bloomberg, NewsMax.com, The Hill, Centralmaine.com and The Independent

Christina Jewett / New York Times:

U.S. Health Officials Defend Rejection of Moderna's Flu Vaccine — The F.D.A.'s refusal to examine the company's mRNA shot drew widespread criticism from doctors and was divisive within the agency. — The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday backtracked on its refusal …

Discussion: National Review, Raw Story, The Hill, Al Jazeera, NewsMax.com, Scientific American, New York Post and One America News Network

Lizzy Lawrence / STAT:
STAT+: Prasad overruled FDA staff to reject Moderna's flu vaccine application

Discussion: Washington Post, NewsMax.com, Gizmodo, Forbes and The Hill

Daniel Lippman / Politico:

Kennedy Center fundraising in deep turmoil after Trump takeover … Dale, Lake's best friend, who also served as her campaign aide in 2022 and 2024, has little experience in development. — She often exaggerates financial commitments, has blown off meetings with top potential donors …

Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Daily Mail

John Knefel / Media Matters for America:

CBS Evening News inverts its network's own reporting on ICE arrestees' low rates of violent criminal histories — CBS reported that less that 14% of people in ICE custody have charges or convictions for violent criminal conduct, but CBS Evening News distorted the data to suggest the opposite

Discussion: The Daily Caller

Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg:

CFPB Fires Employee Over a Confrontation With DOGE a Year Ago — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau fired an employee for disrupting and documenting a 2025 meeting between the agency and Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, according to emails reviewed by Bloomberg News.

TMZ.com:

New Nancy Guthrie Note, Sender Demands 1 Bitcoin for Info On Kidnapping Suspect — There's a new note in the Nancy Guthrie case, but this one doesn't seem to be from the kidnapper ... instead, it's from someone offering to give up information on the kidnapper. — ANOTHER MYSTERIOUS LETTER

Discussion: New York Post, HotAir, IJR, The Daily Caller, NewsNation, Mashable, Page Six, Fortune, RADAR, Straight Arrow News, Fox News and Raw Story

Gene Weingarten / The Gene Pool:

Three Million Reasons to Facepalm — So. — The image above was given to us by Deb Milbrath, a freelance cartoonist in Atlanta. I love it. — Here's something I don't love: — I just was shown a government document listing the 2025 salaries of Washington Post employees …

Reuters:

Exclusive: Trump's ‘Stop the Steal’ lawyer pushed for voter fraud evidence from US intelligence agency — A lawyer leading efforts to bolster U.S. President Donald Trump's false claims that the 2020 presidential election was “stolen” pushed a U.S. intelligence contractor to search for evidence …

Cindy Hernandez / Chicago Sun Times:

Chicago man cleared of Bovino murder plot still in detention after judge denies bail — At a bond hearing Wednesday, Judge Matthew Beese said Department of Homeland Security prosecutors presented “substantial” evidence that Juan Espinoza Martinez could pose a danger despite being acquitted by a jury last month.

Discussion: Chicago Tribune

Jason Koebler / 404 Media:

Government Loses Hard Drives It Was Supposed to Put ICE Detention Center Footage On — The legal saga over surveillance footage from within an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in suburban Chicago has reached new levels of Kafkaesque absurdity, with the federal government …

Lawfare:

Minnesota FACE Off: A Deep Dive Into the St. Paul Church Protest Case — Unpacking the Don Lemon indictment, its factual allegations, the elements the government must prove to convict, and the potential defenses available to the accused. — annabower.bsky.social — EricColumbus

Discussion: Raw Story

Donald J. Trump / The White House:

Strengthening United States National Defense with America's Beautiful Clean Coal Power Generation Fleet — Section 1. Purpose. The United States must ensure that our electric grid — upon which military installations, operations, and defense-industrial production depend …

Discussion: Axios, Fox News, New York Times, The Hill, The Independent, Los Angeles Times, Bloomberg, Ars Technica, Florida's Voice and E&E News

Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:

Shock Poll: Americans Miss Joe Biden's Economy — Here's what they're worried about. — ∙ Paid — 1. Unemployment — Yesterday Peter Navarro went on Fox Business and warned Panicans not to freak out over the jobs numbers that would come out this morning. Why?

Discussion: New York Post, The Independent and Raw Story

Politico:

Johnson says he has urged Florida Republican to stay in Congress — Speaker Mike Johnson says he has asked retiring Rep. Neal Dunn to serve out his term amid concerns the Florida Republican might resign early. An early exit from Dunn, 72, would deal Johnson another massive blow as he tries to maintain his narrow majority.

Discussion: Mediaite, Daily Mail, Florida Politics, Washington Examiner, Raw Story and Fox News

Joe Stanley-Smith / Politico:

Manchester United owner praises Farage during anti-migration diatribe — Prime Minister Keir Starmer criticized businessman Jim Ratcliffe's claims that Britain has been “colonized by immigrants.” — Jim Ratcliffe, co-owner of Manchester United Football Club, has praised Reform UK leader Nigel Farage …

Discussion: Sky News, Reuters and OutKick

Farrah Tomazin / The Daily Beast:

Trump Posts Spectacular Self-Own in Bid to Claim He's Not Racist — OWN GOAL? — The president took to social media in an apparent effort to bolster his credentials with the Black community. — President Donald Trump has embarked on a bizarre posting spree touting his friendship …

Discussion: Daily Mail

Washington Post:

IRS improperly disclosed confidential immigrant tax data to DHS — The tax agency only recently discovered the mistake and is working with other federal agencies on a response. — The Internal Revenue Service improperly shared confidential tax information of thousands of individuals …

Discussion: Associated Press and NextDraft, more at Techmeme »