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Reuters:
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.
Associated Press:
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 …
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Jack Detsch / Politico:
Top Trump official says no US ‘slush fund’ for far right in Europe
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Alayna Treene / CNN:
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 …
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Politico:
Republicans worry shutdown will overshadow Trump's State of the Union … “It doesn't exactly scream ‘a functioning GOP trifecta,’” said one House Republican granted anonymity to speak candidly. — Asked whether postponing the address was under discussion, a senior White House official said Friday, “Not as of yet.”
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Casey Wasserman Is Putting His Talent Agency Up for Sale After Epstein Fallout — Wasserman has said he ‘never had a personal or business relationship with Jeffrey Epstein’ and told staff he felt that he had ‘become a distraction’ to the firm's work — Casey Wasserman is putting …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
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.
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Kyla Guilfoil / NBC News:
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
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Steve Robinson / The Maine Wire:
EXCLUSIVE: Susan Collins Backs SAVE AMERICA ACT — But Won't Break Filibuster
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Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Ramping Up Election Attacks, Trump Does Not Let Reality Get in His Way
Ramping Up Election Attacks, Trump Does Not Let Reality Get in His Way
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New York Times:
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.
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KVOA-TV:
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.
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NewsNation:
3 detained as SWAT team searches property in Nancy Guthrie investigation — Thank you for signing up! — Missing Newsletter — Submit — (NewsNation) — A SWAT team from the Pima County, Arizona, Sheriff's Department swarmed a Tucson area house Friday evening as part of the ongoing search …
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Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
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
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Jonah E. Bromwich / New York Times:
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 …
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
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 …
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Chris Potter / 90.5 WESA:
Fetterman lone Democrat to support Homeland Security funding bill, as DHS shutdown looms
Fetterman lone Democrat to support Homeland Security funding bill, as DHS shutdown looms
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Christopher Lamb / CNN:
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” …
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Joe.My.God.
Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
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
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
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.
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Josephine Walker / Axios:
MAGA-land demands Epstein answers after Bondi's hearing
MAGA-land demands Epstein answers after Bondi's hearing
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Philip Oltermann / The Guardian:
‘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 …
CNN:
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 …
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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
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 …
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Newsweek
Stephen Robinson / Public Notice:
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.
Susan Haigh / Associated Press:
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 …
Reuters:
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 …
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Modern Diplomacy, The Japan Times and The Guardian
Mike Hixenbaugh / NBC News:
'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
Wired:
Social Security Workers Are Being Told to Hand Over Appointment Details to ICE — The recent request goes against decades of precedent and puts noncitizens at further risk of immigration enforcement actions. — Workers at the Social Security Administration have been told to share information …
NBC News:
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
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Victoria Albert / Wall Street Journal:
The Battles Inside Kristi Noem's DHS: Five Takeaways From the Journal's Investigation — Criticism of the Homeland Security secretary's tactics exploded during the Minnesota immigration enforcement surge — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has for months been the headline-grabbing …
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Politico:
ChatGPT cuts in action — Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook: Remaking Government, your guide to Donald Trump's unprecedented overhaul of the federal government — the key decisions, the critical characters and the power dynamics that are upending Washington and beyond.
