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9:25 AM ET, February 15, 2026

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New York Times:
U.S. Deports Nine Migrants in Secret, Ignoring Legal Protections  —  Most had court orders protecting them from removal to their home countries, so they were sent to detention in Cameroon.  —  In a secret deportation arrangement, the Trump administration flew nine people …
Discussion: TalkLeft
Marco Rubio / United States Department of State:
Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the Munich Security Conference  —  SECRETARY RUBIO: Thank you very much.  We gather here today as members of a historic alliance, an alliance that saved and changed the world.  When this conference began in 1963, it was in a nation - actually, it was on a continent - that was divided against itself.
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump's Relentless Self-Promotion Fosters an American Cult of Personality  —  President Trump has engaged in a spree of self-aggrandizement unlike any of his predecessors, fostering a mythologized superhuman persona and making himself the inescapable force at home and around the world.
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GOV.UK:
Joint Statement by the UK, Sweden, France, Germany and The Netherlands on Alexei Navalny's death
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Andrea Mitchell / NBC News:
Marco Rubio seeks to heal divides with Europe as he rejects ‘end of the transatlantic era’
Felicia Schwartz / Politico:
Rubio calls on Europe to join Trump's new world order
Washington Post:
Trump claims victory on affordability as public anxieties persist  —  Advisers had been encouraging the president to sound more empathetic toward struggling Americans.  But as some bright spots emerge, the messaging has shifted.  —  The White House is declaring victory on turning around the economy …
Discussion: Raw Story and Politico
New York Times:
Republican State Legislators Rush to Limit Their Own Regulators  —  South Carolina's state legislature is one of 17, mainly in heavily Republican states, that is moving to handcuff state agencies at a moment of tectonic changes in energy, technology and finance.
Jonathan Cohn / The Bulwark:
This Is What Destroying the Vaccine Market Looks Like  —  A shocking move by RFK Jr.'s team has the industry spooked—for good reason.  —  THE VACCINE MAKER MODERNA decided this past week to tell the world about bad news it had received from the federal government.
Ankush Khardori / Politico:
‘Stunning’: Jeanine Pirro's Failure to Indict Democrats Is a Big Deal … The administration's use of the Justice Department to intimidate President Donald Trump's political opponents and stifle dissent reached a remarkable new low last week, when federal prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney's Office …
Discussion: Bloomberg
Julie K. Brown / The Epstein Files:
Eight years of Jeffrey Epstein coverage  —  The Miami Herald's original series, videos, timeline and more  —  I'm seeing that a lot of people around the world are digging into the Epstein Files and finally seeing what I've been seeing over the past eight years.
Paul Krugman:
Who Is Paying the Trump Tariffs?  —  A wonkish guide for the confused  —  WARNING: TODAY'S POST WILL BE EVEN WONKIER THAN USUAL  —  Until recently the question of who pays tariffs wasn't controversial among economists.  The overwhelming consensus was that under normal circumstances tariffs …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
The Rational League:
The SAVE Act and the Myth of a Voter Fraud Crisis  —  The Premise: A “Crisis” That Does Not Exist  —  The SAVE Act rests on a claim so frequently repeated that it has acquired the tone of common sense: that American elections are threatened by widespread voter impersonation and non-citizen voting …
Daniel Ruetenik / CBS News:
Trump insider Tom Barrack kept in regular contact with Jeffrey Epstein for years, files show  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  President Trump's longtime confidant Thomas Barrack, now serving as U.S. ambassador to Turkey and special envoy to Syria, was in regular, close contact with Jeffrey Epstein …
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
Six congressional primaries that explain where the country is headed  —  A handful of primaries show the tensions among Republicans and Democrats as both face major questions about their future.  —  In typical midterm election years, few party primaries garner much attention.
Fox News:
AG Pam Bondi announces ‘all’ Epstein files have been released, listing over 300 high-profile names  —  FIRST ON FOX - Attorney General Pam Bondi announced in a letter on Saturday that “all” Epstein files have been released consistent with Section 3 of the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
 
 
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Charles Homans / New York Times:
More Than Ever, Videos Expose the Truth. And Cloud It, Too.
NBC News:
Broken bones, burning eyes: How Trump's DHS deploys ‘less lethal’ weapons on protesters
Discussion: Breitbart
Alexander Willis / Raw Story:
‘Buried at the Trump Golf Course’: Explosive FBI interview unearthed in Epstein files
Jeremy Barr / The Guardian:
Peter Attia appears to be staying at CBS News despite Epstein communications
Brittany Gibson / Axios:
5 of the most-botched deportations of Trump 2.0
Washington Post:
Researcher skeptical of ‘Havana syndrome’ tested secret weapon on himself
Discussion: NewsMax.com
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Annabella Rosciglione / The Daily Beast:
MAGA Architect Plotted With Epstein Against Pope Francis
Discussion: Raw Story, The Independent and CNN
Politico:
‘South Texas will never be red again’: Home builders warn GOP over Trump's immigration raids
Michael Dorgan / Fox News:
Nancy Guthrie disappearance: Sheriff says no arrests, none remain in custody after major operation