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8:50 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.
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GOV.UK:
Joint Statement by the UK, Sweden, France, Germany and The Netherlands on Alexei Navalny's death  —  Joint Statement by the UK, Sweden, France, Germany and The Netherlands on Alexei Navalny's death.  —  The UK, Sweden, France, Germany and The Netherlands are confident that Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a lethal toxin.
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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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
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.
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
Annabella Rosciglione / The Daily Beast:
MAGA Architect Plotted With Epstein Against Pope Francis  —  WTF  —  Steve Bannon wrote to Epstein that he wished to “take down” the Pope.  —  One of the leading figures behind Donald Trump's MAGA movement discussed opposition strategies with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein against Pope Francis.
Discussion: Raw Story, The Independent and CNN
Alexander Willis / Raw Story:
‘Buried at the Trump Golf Course’: Explosive FBI interview unearthed in Epstein files  —  An explosive allegation against President Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein has surfaced in the Justice Department's recent release of 3.5 million files, including disturbing details about a supposed body allegedly buried …
Politico:
‘South Texas will never be red again’: Home builders warn GOP over Trump's immigration raids … This story is based on eight interviews with home builders, lawmakers and others familiar with the meetings.  —  “I told [lawmakers] straight up: South Texas will never be red again,” …
NBC News:
Broken bones, burning eyes: How Trump's DHS deploys ‘less lethal’ weapons on protesters  —  Federal immigration officers have repeatedly used force in ways that appear to violate their own policies or general policing guidelines, NBC News found.  —  Listen to this article with a free account
Discussion: Breitbart
Jeremy Barr / The Guardian:
Peter Attia appears to be staying at CBS News despite Epstein communications  —  Staffers believe network has decided to retain Attia, who issued apology after inappropriate Epstein emails, as on-air analyst  —  Two weeks after a trove of files revealed extensive - and inappropriate …
Washington Post:
Researcher skeptical of ‘Havana syndrome’ tested secret weapon on himself  —  In 2024, a Norwegian researcher skeptical that pulsed-energy weapons could do damage to human brains built a device and tested it on himself.  It didn't go well.  —  Working in strict secrecy …
Discussion: NewsMax.com
 
 
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Brittany Gibson / Axios:
5 of the most-botched deportations of Trump 2.0
Michael Dorgan / Fox News:
Nancy Guthrie disappearance: Sheriff says no arrests, none remain in custody after major operation
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Colin Kalmbacher / Law & Crime:
‘The court can conceive of no circumstance’: Judge bars ‘warrantless’ immigration enforcement raids at churches to protect ‘religious freedom’
Discussion: Washington Times
Russell Contreras / Axios:
Fragmenting Latino vote now a wildcard in elections
Veronica Riccobene / The Lever:
The Compliance Officer Who Flagged Epstein — And Lost Her Job
New York Times:
Pam Bondi's ‘Cage Match’ and Trump's Fraying Coalition
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Disney sent a cease-and-desist letter to ByteDance, claiming it infringed on Disney's works to train its Seedance 2.0 video generation model without pay

Scott Shambaugh / The Shamblog:
A now-removed Ars Technica article, covering how an AI agent wrote a hit piece about an open source project maintainer, seems to have included AI hallucinations

Hollie Richardson / The Guardian:
A look at the growth of Belfast in Northern Ireland as a home for producing TV shows, following the success of the comedy Derry Girls

 
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