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11:05 AM ET, February 12, 2026

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Jordain Carney / Politico:
Senate Democrat aims to put members on record opposing Maxwell pardon  —  Sen. Jacky Rosen will introduce a resolution Thursday designed to put the Senate on record opposing the prospect of President Donald Trump granting a pardon or clemency to Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime associate …
Discussion: IJR
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
House Passes Strict Voter ID Bill, Amplifying Trump's Claims of Fraud
Wall Street Journal:
GOP-Led House Rejects Trump's Tariffs on Canada
Politico:   Next stop: Mexico
Matt Lavietes / NBC News:
Trump administration says it is ending its immigration surge in Minnesota  —  More than 4,000 undocumented immigrants have been apprehended since the operation began in November, according to the Department of Homeland Security.  — ADD NBC NEWS TO GOOGLE  —  Listen to this article with a free account
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Beret Leone / CBS News:
Border czar Tom Homan says Minnesota ICE surge is concluding  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  Border czar Tom Homan announced Thursday the surge of federal immigration officers in Minnesota is concluding, with a drawdown set to occur over the course of next week.
Steve Karnowski / Associated Press:
Federal authorities announce an end to the immigration crackdown in Minnesota
Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:
Meet the ‘Cabal’-Hating ‘Special Government Employee’ Involved in the Fulton County FBI Raid  —  The newly revealed White House employee says he is fighting ‘pure evil’  —  Clay Parikh does not want to talk about who he is working with inside the White House.
Discussion: CBS News, The Federalist and MS NOW
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Sean Morales-Doyle / New York Times:   Trump Can't Cancel Elections. He Could Undermine Them.
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
The less voters knew, the more they liked Trump in 2024.  Not Anymore  —  Two notes: First, this is a special article with insights from Strength In Number's recent polling with Verasight.  We just finished writing our February poll, and will publish the results in two weeks.
Discussion: The Bulwark
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
A year into Trump's term, voters say Biden was better … The White House has nine months to turn the ship around before a potential midterm wipeout for Republicans. … - Harvard CAPS/Harris (Jan. 28-29): Mark Penn's polling firm found that 51% of registered voters say Trump is doing …
Julie K. Brown / The Epstein Files:
Bondi's charade  —  Pam Bondi dropped the ball on the Epstein case a long time ago  —  Attorney General Pam Bondi appeared today before the House Judiciary Committee to answer questions about her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case files.  —  In her opening statement, Bondi said …
Discussion: Politico and Mediaite
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Brady Knox / Washington Examiner:
Democrats rip Bondi over handling of Epstein case in rowdy House hearing
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 …
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Sara Braun / The Guardian:
Gallup to stop tracking presidential approval ratings after 88 years
Discussion: Axios, NBC News and Althouse
New York Times:
Border Officials Are Said to Have Caused El Paso Closure by Firing Anti-Drone Laser  —  People familiar with the episode said the use of the technology was not coordinated with the Federal Aviation Administration.  Officials targeted what they thought was a drug cartel drone, but turned out to be a party balloon, they said.
Jonah E. Bromwich / New York Times:
U.S. Attorney Chosen to Replace Trump Pick Is Quickly Fired by White House  —  Federal judges had appointed Donald Kinsella, a veteran litigator, as top prosecutor in the Northern District of New York after the Trump administration's nominee was found to be serving unlawfully.
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Justice Democrats endorse Kat Abughazaleh in Illinois primary  —  Justice Democrats and the Peace, Accountability, and Leadership PAC, or PAL PAC, have jointly endorsed progressive influencer Kat Abughazaleh in the hotly contested Democratic primary to replace Rep. Jan Schakowsky in Illinois.
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Kevin Robillard / HuffPost:
The Money Line Dividing The Democratic Party
Discussion: NBC News
Paul Krugman:
Making America Stagnate Again  —  Deportations don't create jobs and will increase deaths of native-born Americans.  Who knew?  —  Yesterday's employment report was widely expected to be weak.  As it turned out, it was unexpectedly strong, with an estimated 130,000 jobs added.
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 …
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NBC News:
Lawmakers demand DOJ stop tracking lawmakers' Epstein files searches  —  Attorney General Pam Bondi brought a document referencing Rep. Pramila Jayapal's search history to a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday.  — ADD NBC NEWS TO GOOGLE  —  Listen to this article with a free account
David Gilbert / Wired:
Elon Musk's X Appears to Be Violating US Sanctions by Selling Premium Accounts to Iranian Leaders  —  While publicly supporting protesters in Iran, Elon Musk's X appears to have been selling premium accounts to regime officials.  Checkmarks were removed from certain accounts after a WIRED inquiry.
Nick Robins-Early / The Guardian:
Elon Musk posted about race almost every day in January  —  Many social media posts by Tesla CEO on his platform are indiscernible from those of white supremacists, say experts  —  Elon Musk's longtime fixation on a white racial majority is intensifying.  The richest man in the world posted …
NBC News:
Trump administration working to expand effort to strip citizenship from foreign-born Americans  —  U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officials focused on denaturalization were sent to offices nationwide, sources say.  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is dramatically expanding …
Discussion: The Independent and NewsMax.com
The Bulwark:
‘Zionism’ Is Splitting MAGA in Two  —  Except it's not really ‘Zionism’ per se.  —  Thirteen years ago today, Marco Rubio gave a cotton-mouthed GOP response to Barack Obama's 2013 State of the Union address, at one point awkwardly breaking his flow to lean out of frame for a quick drink of water.
David R. Lurie / Public Notice:
We are all passengers in Trump's death cab  —  Public Notice is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  💬 Subscribe to PN 💬  —  Nearly 13 months into Trump's second term, the most terrifying attribute of his regime is its utter contempt for the United States …
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 …
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 …
Lara Seligman / Wall Street Journal:
Two U.S. Navy Ships Collide in Waters Near South America  —  Two personnel report minor injuries after ship-to-ship refueling  —  Two people reported minor injuries Wednesday when a U.S. warship and a Navy supply vessel assigned to the military buildup in the Caribbean collided during a ship …
Wall Street Journal:
How a Pencil-Purchasing U.S. Bureaucrat Ended Up Shaking Hands With Putin  —  Josh Gruenbaum's brash style has shaken up the GSA, earned the trust of Jared Kushner and Trump's foreign policy team—and sparked a review of possible violations  —  In June, the White House budget office received …
AP-NORC:
About 6 in 10 think Trump has gone too far when it comes to deploying federal immigration agents in major U.S. cities.  —  Sixty percent of adults have an unfavorable view of Trump's handling of immigration. … In the wake of two fatal shootings of U.S. citizens by federal agents in Minnesota …
Zac Anderson / USA Today:
JD Vance says Olympians ‘not there to pop off about politics’  —  'You're not there to pop off about politics,' Vance said.  ‘So when Olympic athletes enter the political arena, they should expect some pushback.’  —  Vice President JD Vance warned United States Olympic athletes to expect …
Minyvonne Burke / NBC News:
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens  —  About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.  —  Listen to this article with a free account
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.
Bethany Mandel / New York Post:
The media need to stop gaslighting us about the reality of trans mass shooters  —  Another mass shooting, and another devastated community.  —  And once again, elites in the media class and public officials are so terrified of offending that they don't dare ask the obvious question …
Gil Duran / The Nerd Reich:
Palantir for Governor?  —  In December, Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale called for public hangings in the United States.  The Texas-based billionaire, a longtime associate of Peter Thiel, is a major Trump supporter who believes the 2020 election was stolen and the “deep state” …
Discussion: Politico, East Bay Times and Bloomberg
 
 
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Babak Dehghanpisheh / NBC News:
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New York Times:
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Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
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Discussion: The Week
New York Times:
ICE Is on a Dark Path. Congress Must Act Now.
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Kyrgyzstan moves to purge allies of ousted security chief
Media Matters for America:
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NBC News:
Canadian separatists optimistic after meetings with Trump officials
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Stephanie Liebergen / Scripps News:
Census data reveals growing financial struggles for seniors, renters and rural Americans
Emily Kennard / NOTUS:
Democrats Are Field-Testing New Ways to Talk About the Epstein Scandal
Discussion: The Japan Times
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Scoop: Dems eye protests at Trump's State of the Union
David Wallace-Wells / New York Times:
Affordability and the ‘Epstein Class’ Will Define American Politics
Discussion: New York Post
New York Times:
Trump Says He Will Now Invite Democrats to Governors' Meeting
 

 
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Alyssa Ray / The Wrap:
A CBS News producer quits, saying stories may now be evaluated “on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations”, causing self-censorship

Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
In a call, Tim Davie says the BBC plans to cut ~10% of its costs in the next three years, leading to job and programming cuts; 2025's operating costs hit £2B+

Michael Acton / Financial Times:
US FTC chair urges Tim Cook to review Apple News' terms and curation after a study claimed the app promoted “leftist outlets” and suppressed conservative ones

 
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