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New York Times:
Prosecutors Fail to Bring Charges Against Democrats Involved in Illegal Orders Video — The rejection was a remarkable rebuke, suggesting that ordinary citizens did not believe that the lawmakers had committed any crimes. — Federal prosecutors in Washington sought and failed on Tuesday …
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NBC News:
Trump administration fails to secure indictment in connection with Democrats involved in ‘illegal orders’ video — President Donald Trump had accused six Democratic lawmakers of “seditious behavior” after they urged members of the military and intelligence communities to refuse unlawful orders.
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Axios, New York Post, Raw Story and Newsweek
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 …
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Raw Story
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 …
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The Philadelphia Inquirer, New Republic, CNN, Associated Press, The Hill, NewsMax.com, The Gateway Pundit and Washington Times
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 …
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Alex Fitzpatrick / Axios:
Unusual FAA restriction closes El Paso airspace for 10 days — A 10-mile ring of airspace centered on El Paso, Texas, is effectively closed to aircraft for the next 10 days after the Federal Aviation Administration issued a surprise restriction late Tuesday night for “special security reasons.”
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Robert Moore / El Paso Matters:
FAA suddenly drops unprecedented air restrictions over El Paso
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Straight Arrow News
Washington Examiner:
FAA restricts flights over New Orleans and El Paso Airport for ‘security reasons’
FAA restricts flights over New Orleans and El Paso Airport for ‘security reasons’
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CNN, NOTUS, USA Today, Straight Arrow News, The Hill, KTVZ-TV, The Daily Wire, WJBK-TV, Forbes and BizPac Review
New York Times:
Live Updates: F.A.A. Lifts Closure at El Paso Airport
Live Updates: F.A.A. Lifts Closure at El Paso Airport
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The Verge, Joe.My.God. and Bloomberg
Washington Post:
FDA won't review Moderna application for first mRNA-based flu vaccine — The decision, which shocked company officials, comes as the FDA says it will take a stricter approach to federal vaccine approvals. — The Food and Drug Administration has declined to review Moderna's application …
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The Guardian, NBC News, KFF Health News and STAT
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Lizzy Lawrence / STAT:
STAT+: Prasad overruled FDA staff to reject Moderna's flu vaccine application — WASHINGTON — Top Food and Drug Administration official Vinay Prasad overruled the agency's reviewers when he refused to accept Moderna's application for a new influenza vaccine, STAT has learned.
New York Times:
Bridge Owner Lobbied Administration Before Trump Blasted Competing Span to Canada — A Detroit billionaire met with Howard Lutnick, the commerce secretary, hours before President Trump said he would block the opening of a new bridge connecting Detroit to Canada, officials said.
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Josh Wingrove / Bloomberg:
Trump Privately Weighs Quitting USMCA Trade Pact He Signed
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Reuters
Liz Dye / Public Notice:
Trump tries and fails to extort Canada
Trump tries and fails to extort Canada
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Reuters, The Guardian, CNN, MLive.com, One America News Network, The Detroit News, Washington Post, Deseret News, Raw Story, Axios, New Republic, Washington Examiner, Newsweek, BizPac Review, Forbes and France 24
Stephen Fowler / NPR:
The FBI seizure of Georgia 2020 election ballots relies on debunked claims — ATLANTA — An FBI investigation of the 2020 election in Georgia's Fulton County was initiated by a lawyer working for the Trump administration who also aided President Trump's efforts to try to overturn that election years ago …
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Michael Isikoff / SpyTalk:
Gabbard's Claim of “Foreign” Interference in Georgia Election Takes a Hit
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Politico:
GOP revolt sinks effort to block votes on Trump's tariffs — House Speaker Mike Johnson's bid to block future votes on President Donald Trump's tariffs failed Tuesday after an internal GOP revolt. Three Republican lawmakers, Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Kevin Kiley of California and Don Bacon of Nebraska …
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
House Democrats plot barrage of anti-tariff votes
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Washington Examiner, Wall Street Journal, Roll Call, Washington Times, Deseret News and Townhall
FIRE:
FIRE sues Bondi, Noem for censoring Facebook group and app reporting ICE activity — The First Amendment protects the right to discuss, record, and criticize what law enforcement does in public. — The federal government strong-armed Apple and Facebook to remove ICE activity monitoring from company platforms.
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
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Newsweek, Raw Story and Editorial Board
Reuters:
Trump to direct Pentagon to buy coal to revive industry, Bloomberg News says — U.S. President Donald Trump is set to direct the Pentagon to use government funding and Pentagon contracts to sustain U.S. coal-fired power plants, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing a White House official.
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Bloomberg, The Japan Times and Inside Climate News
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Jennifer A Dlouhy / Bloomberg:
Trump to Direct Pentagon to Buy Coal Power in Revival Bid
Trump to Direct Pentagon to Buy Coal Power in Revival Bid
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Heatmap News, Associated Press, E&E News, MPR News and Common Dreams
Degenerate Art:
Building the camps — The warehouseification of detention and initial thoughts on stopping it. — More and more news reports are popping up, describing warehouses the administration is acquiring, with plans to convert them to detention facilities. ICE has spent nearly three-quarter …
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New York Sun and El País
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Fired Former Trump Prosecutor to Run for Congress in Virginia as a Democrat — J.P. Cooney, a former top deputy to the special counsel Jack Smith, who led two prosecutions of President Trump, plans to seek election to a newly drawn district in Northern and Central Virginia.
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Washington Post and Joe.My.God.
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
As of yesterday, members of Congress who sit on the House or Senate Judiciary Committees can see unredacted versions of the Epstein files the Department of Justice (DOJ) has already released. As Herb Scribner of Axios explained, the documents are available from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM on computers …
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The Hill, MeidasTouch News, RADAR, Daily Mail and Axios
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
U.S. payrolls rose by 130,000 in January, more than expected; unemployment rate at 4.3% — Job growth was stronger than expected to start 2026, providing some relief to concerns about the state of the U.S. labor market. — Nonfarm payrolls increased by 130,000 for January …
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Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Axios, Washington Examiner, CBS News, Courthouse News Service, NewsMax.com, MS NOW and Newsweek
Politico:
Canada's Muscular New Anti-Trump Strategy Debuts in Greenland … On Friday, Canada's consulate opened in the unassuming building, a permanent diplomatic outpost sharing modest digs with Iceland — previously one of the only countries with a formal presence in the territory.
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Bloomberg, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, Washington Examiner, Raw Story and NewsMax.com
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Makena Kelly / Wired:
Palantir CEO Alex Karp Recorded a Video About ICE for His Employees — In a video shared with Palantir employees, Alex Karp did not explain how ICE is utilizing the company's products. Instead, workers were told they can sign NDAs if they want detailed information.
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Whitney Curry Wimbish / American Prospect:
Progressive Win in New Jersey Hinged on Anti-ICE Organizing
Progressive Win in New Jersey Hinged on Anti-ICE Organizing
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Evan Bush / NBC News:
EPA to repeal its own conclusion that greenhouse gases warm the planet and threaten health — Known as the endangerment finding, the decision is the legal framework that allows the EPA to regulate emissions. Its reversal could upend many climate change policies. — Listen to this article with a free account
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Bill Hutchinson / ABC News:
Person detained for questioning in connection with Nancy Guthrie abduction: Official — Earlier Tuesday, the FBI released images of a masked figure. — LIVE — This image provided by the FBI Feb. 5, 2026, shows a missing person Nancy Guthrie. — FBI
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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 …
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Paul Krugman:
The Banality of MAGA Evil — Instead of criminal masterminds we got amoral, stupid grifters like Howard Lutnick … There's a longstanding tradition in American politics of what Richard Hofstadter famously called the paranoid style - a way of thinking that sees conspiracies lurking everywhere.
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Raw Story
CBC News:
10 dead, including suspect, in mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. — 6 victims found dead inside local high school, police say — 10 dead, including suspect, after mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. — Ten people are dead, including a suspect, after an active shooter incident in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., according to RCMP.
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