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Top News Stories for Tuesday, February 10th 2026
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
in January 2025, many Americans have feared for the integrity of their nation's future elections. And not without reason. President Donald Trump made his contempt for democracy clear on January 6, 2021. Shortly after retaking office last year, he If concerns that Trump might unduly influence the 2026 midterms aren't new, however, they've grown markedly more plausible over the past two weeks. • Trump has said ...
Source: vox.com
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
Ghislaine Maxwell, the associate and former girlfriend of the late Jeffrey Epstein, has refused to answer questions before a United States House of Representatives committee, but indicated that she may testify in exchange for clemency. Maxwell, who was found guilty in 2021 for her role in helping Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls, invoked her Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination, lawmakers from ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong's prominent pro-democracy prisoner and media mogul, was sentenced to 20 years in prison under Beijing's sweeping national security law on Monday in a high-profile case that has dragged on for five years. Lai, the founder of the now-shuttered Apple Daily newspaper, was first arrested in August 2020 and found guilty late last year on two counts of foreign collusion and one count of seditious ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article First direct confirmation from DHS data that officials are wrongly stating administration's priority is those with criminal backgrounds A new internal Department of Homeland Security analysis obtained by CBS News confirms that the share of immigrants with violent criminal ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
Stand with a newsroom that doesn't flinch. Become a member and help keep fearless reporting independent. Already a member? LONDON (AP) — The leader of the Labour Party in Scotland, Anas Sarwar, called on Prime Minister Keir Starmer to resign Monday after revelations about the relationship between former British ambassador to Washington Peter Mandelson and the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein . With Starmer's ...
Source: huffpost.com
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
King Charles has 'profound concern' as British police assess if his brother passed sensitive reports to Jeffrey Epstein Reading Time: 3 minutes Britain's King Charles is ready to "support'' UK police examining claims that the former prince Andrew gave confidential information to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Buckingham Palace said on Monday. The statement came after Thames Valley Police said Monday that ...
Source: scmp.com
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
Venezuelan authorities on Sunday said they were seeking court approval to put prominent opposition politician Juan Pablo Guanipa under house arrest, shortly after he was seized by armed men in Caracas in what his son called a kidnapping. The incident came hours after Guanipa, a close ally of Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado , was released from jail after being held more than eight months on accusations ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
Feb. 9 (UPI) -- A rubber boat capsized in the Mediterranean Sea last week after taking on water, leaving 53 people migrating from North Africa presumed dead, a United Nations-affiliated migration organization said Monday. The boat capsized off the coast of Libya, north of the city Zuwara, on Friday while traveling along a migration route through the Central Mediterranean that has potentially claimed the lives of ...
Source: upi.com
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
– The Bhumjaithai Party of Prime Minister is on track to win the most seats in Thailand's general election, according to unofficial results released by the state Election Commission after about 94% of polling stations had reported Monday. It's the first decisive victory of a conservative party in Thailand in years. Sunday's election came against a backdrop of slow economic growth and heightened nationalist ...
Source: news4jax.com
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
Congressman Thomas Massie says commerce secretary 'has a lot to answer for' over ties to late convicted sex offender US House member Thomas Massie has called for the commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick – a fellow Republican – to resign over his ties to late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein . Massie, who co-authored a law mandating the release of the so-called Epstein files, appeared Sunday on CNN's ...
Source: theguardian.com