This Is What Destroying the Vaccine Market Looks Like  —  THE VACCINE MAKER MODERNA decided this past week to tell the world about bad news it had received from the federal government.  —  A potentially groundbreaking vaccine for seasonal flu that the Massachusetts-based company had developed …

‘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 …

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 …

Obama derides social media ‘clown show’ in first comments since Trump's racist video post  —  In a podcast appearance, the former president said that where there was once “decorum,” there now “doesn't seem to be any shame.”  —  Listen to this article with a free account

The backlash against Trump is showing up in hard data, not just polls  —  New data on protest activity shows organized anti-Trump actions are 4x the size they were in the president's first term.  Your weekly political data roundup for February 15, 2026.

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.

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 …

“I never want to see a child ever run away from our own government ever again” … Part of my theory of change is to share the words white men need to hear, spoken by white men.  This is because creating defections is crucial to stopping authoritarianism and democratic backsliding.

Massie says he's lost confidence in Pam Bondi after congressional hearing … During the hearing, Bondi repeatedly refused to answer questions about the Justice Department's release of millions of documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, instead resorting to ad hominem attacks on lawmakers who challenged her.

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.

What They Wanted From Jeffrey Epstein  —  Ro Khanna's congressional career has been an ongoing attempt to reconcile what others might see as irreconcilable.  He represents a swath of Silicon Valley that includes the headquarters of Nvidia and Intel.  He won his seat in 2016 with endorsements …

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 …

Trump told Netanyahu he would support Israeli strikes on Iran's ballistic missile program, sources say  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  President Trump told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting at Mar-a-Lago in December that the president would support Israeli strikes …

Trump's border czar says ‘small’ security force will remain in Minnesota after enforcement drawdown  —  White House border czar Tom Homan said Sunday that more than 1,000 immigration agents have left Minnesota's Twin Cities area and hundreds more will depart in the days ahead as part …