Rubio's speech to European allies takes softer tone but sticks to Trump's firm stance  —  U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio offered a reassuring message to America's allies on Saturday, striking a less aggressive but still firm tone about the administration's intent to reshape …

Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally.  It hasn't stopped.  —  Hundreds of judges around the country have ruled more than 4,400 times since October that President Donald Trump's administration is detaining immigrants unlawfully, a Reuters review of court records found.

Casey Wasserman to sell his agency amid Epstein controversy  —  Casey Wasserman, the veteran Hollywood talent agent who also chairs the LA28 Olympic committee, is selling his agency amid a growing controversy over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein and his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell.

Trump privately lashes out at GOP lawmakers over racist video blowback, sources say  —  Hours after refusing to apologize for a racist video posted to his Truth Social account, President Donald Trump hadn't let go.  —  He spent last weekend complaining to allies about Republicans who had condemned …

Three suspects detained, one dead according to Shadow Hills neighbor  —  TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) - A Shadow Hills resident tells News 4 Tucson that she witnessed three people being detained during a SWAT operation on Friday night.  According to an unconfirmed report by a neighbor, another person shot himself in the head.

Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts  —  The department has sent Google, Meta and other companies hundreds of subpoenas for information on accounts that track or comment on Immigration and Customs Enforcement, officials and tech workers said.

The future of Nebraska's ‘blue dot’ electoral vote becomes an issue in one key midterm race  —  Democrats are vying to flip their party's top House target, a Nebraska district where Kamala Harris won an electoral vote in 2024.  State Republicans want to change the law.  —  Listen to this article with a free account

Steve Bannon courted Epstein in his efforts to ‘take down’ Pope Francis  —  Steve Bannon, a former White House adviser to US President Donald Trump, discussed opposition strategies with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein against Pope Francis, with Bannon saying he hoped to “take down” …

Trump vows voter ID requirements for the midterms, ‘whether approved by Congress or not’  —  In social media posts on Friday, the president said that if Congress failed to approve legislation mandating voter ID, he would issue an executive order.  —  Listen to this article with a free account

ICE Agents Menaced Minnesota Protesters at Their Homes, Filings Say  —  Protesters in Minneapolis and St. Paul said in sworn statements that they were singled out by agents who demonstrated that they knew where they lived.  —  On a subzero Tuesday last month, Daniel Woo …

Trump Lashes Out as Epstein Files Fallout Grows and the Department of Homeland Security Shuts Down  —  Good morning, everyone.  Happy Saturday.  It is already a whirlwind.  Trump is lashing out at Republican allies in the Senate, the fallout from the Epstein files is intensifying …

At least half a dozen top Trump administration officials appear in the Jeffrey Epstein files  —  The degree to which each individual was connected to Epstein varies significantly, from a single email to years of communications.  — ADD NBC NEWS TO GOOGLE

Trump is clowning his evangelical base  —  This special Saturday edition of PN is made possible by paid subscribers.  Become one👇  —  🧠 Subscribe to PN 🧠  —  Donald Trump's approval rating hit a new low this month, but there's one group that still staunchly stands by him.

Why Did I Trust Jeff Bezos?  —  In June 2017, in one of those strange turns of life, I found myself at a dinner in a palazzo in Turin, Italy, sitting next to Jeff Bezos.  We had both been invited to speak at a conference convened by an Italian billionaire to discuss the future of newspapers …

New U.S. Boat Strike Kills 3 in the Caribbean  —  The attacks since early November had specifically targeted suspected drug smuggling boats in the Pacific Ocean.  —  A U.S. military strike killed three people and blew up a boat in the Caribbean Sea on Friday, the U.S. Southern Command said …

Bondi's Incompetence Is the Latest Insult for Epstein's Victims  —  The hearing in the House Judiciary Committee room this week offered a grim tableau of the state of American justice.  Sitting in the gallery were victims of Jeffrey Epstein, women who have waited decades for clarity and accountability.

‘The time of monsters’: everyone is quoting Gramsci - but what did he actually say?  —  Line handily sums up people's bewilderment at state of world, but it isn't quite what the Marxist thinker wrote  —  At a time when geopolitical certainties of old are crumbling away …

February 13, 2026  —  At midnight tonight, most of the agencies and services in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will run out of funding, as popular fury over the violence and lawlessness of federal agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the U.S. Border Patrol …

Judge Boasberg's Most Recent Decision  —  The plaintiffs in J.G.G. v. Trump are non-U.S. citizen Venezuelan nationals who were denied due process before the Trump administration deported them under the Alien Enemies Act in March 2025.  There is also a class of similarly situated individuals.

Kamala Harris Sold Her Email List to D.N.C., Then Paid Off Old 2024 Debts  —  The national party, which is nearly $100 million behind its G.O.P. counterpart, bought the list for $6.5 million.  —  The Democratic National Committee, which began 2026 in debt and nearly $100 million behind …

Pentagon may bar tuition aid for top universities in Hegseth's crackdown on ‘biased’ schools  —  Pete Hegseth Federal agencies US military Student life  —  Military officers could soon find dozens of top colleges and universities across the United States abruptly off limits for tuition assistance …

Nonprofit libraries ordered by State Department to stop processing passport applications  —  The U.S. State Department has ordered certain public libraries nationwide to cease processing passport applications, disrupting a long-standing service that librarians say their communities have come …

Exclusive: US military preparing for potentially weeks-long Iran operations  —  The U.S. military is preparing for the possibility of sustained, weeks-long operations against Iran if President Donald Trump orders an attack, two U.S. officials told Reuters, in what could become a far …

Pam Bondi's ‘Cage Match’ and Trump's Fraying Coalition  —  The round table reflects on a chaotic week of incompetence and meltdowns.  —  Attorney General Pam Bondi's combative testimony before the House Judiciary Committee this week offered a glimpse of what's happening inside the Republican Party: a full-scale meltdown.

The Compliance Officer Who Flagged Epstein — And Lost Her Job  —  An FBI interview reveals Deutsche Bank's internal warnings about Jeffrey Epstein and Jared Kushner — and alleged retaliation against the whistleblower. … The allegations come from an FBI interview report included …

'Even in Russia, they don't treat children like this': A family's nightmare in ICE detention  —  A Russian couple and their children sought asylum in the U.S. In a Texas detention center, they say they endured worms in the food and hourslong waits for medicine.  —  Listen to this article with a free account

Five months after Sen. Bill Cassidy asked RFK Jr. to testify, it still hasn't happened  —  Cassidy, a Louisiana Republican who now faces a MAHA challenger, was the key vote to confirm Kennedy despite his misgivings.  He said a hearing date is being “worked out.”  —  Listen to this article with a free account