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Saturday, Feb 14th, 2026 -
Washington — A partial government shutdown centered on the Department of Homeland Security began Saturday amid a stalemate over the Trump administration's controversial immigration enforcement policies. It's the second time in as many weeks that funding has lapsed for part of the government as Democrats and the White House remain at odds on restraints for federal immigration agents. DHS oversees ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Saturday, Feb 14th, 2026 -
When the Trump administration erased one of the nation's bedrock scientific principles on climate change this week, it set up a legal battle that's all but certain to hinge on the Supreme Court. And not for the first time. The scientific principle that was killed Thursday, the endangerment finding, which found that greenhouse gases endanger public health by heating up the world, itself resulted from a Supreme Court ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Saturday, Feb 14th, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... ICE's new "processing centers," like the one it is eyeing in a massive warehouse in east Orlando, would each hold up to 1,500 immigrant detainees for as long as a week before they are transferred to other facilities or deported, according to an outline of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's plan released by New Hampshire's governor. Homeland Security intends to ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Saturday, Feb 14th, 2026 -
On July 6, 2019, federal agents arrested Jeffrey Epstein aboard his private jet, which had just landed in New Jersey from a trip to Paris. At the same time, another set of FBI agents raided his mansion in Manhattan. They took photos of everything, from a taxidermied tiger in the library, to framed pictures of Epstein with Donald Trump, Pope John Paul II, and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman scattered across ...
Source: insider.com
Friday, Feb 13th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Former White House counsel to Barack Obama steps down saying she 'regrets ever knowing' billionaire pedophile, whom she once dubbed 'Uncle Jeffrey' and said she adored A top lawyer at Goldman Sachs and a former White House counsel to Barack Obama announced her resignation ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Friday, Feb 13th, 2026 -
The U.S. Department of Justice, citing evidence inconsistent with its earlier allegations, dropped felony charges against two men accused of assaulting a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent before the agent shot one of the men in the leg. U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen wrote in a brief Thursday filing that "newly discovered evidence" was found to be "materially inconsistent" with the government's allegations ...
Source: truthout.org
Friday, Feb 13th, 2026 -
The Justice Department sued Harvard University Friday for allegedly stonewalling on requests for applicant-level admissions data needed for its investigation of the school's compliance with federal civil rights laws. The lawsuit , filed in the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts, said the requested-but-withheld documents would help it ensure several Harvard schools are complying with the US Supreme ...
Source: news.bloomberglaw.com
Friday, Feb 13th, 2026 -
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Journalist and former CNN anchor Don Lemon pleaded not guilty on Friday to charges connected to his coverage of protests over federal immigration enforcement in Minnesota. During the brief, highly procedural hearing, Magistrate Judge Douglas L. Micko reminded Lemon of his constitutional rights and asked if he understood the charges against him. Lemon answered in the affirmative before the ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Feb 13th, 2026 -
Dubai has named a new chairman for DP World, one of the world's largest logistics companies, replacing the outgoing head who was named in the Jeffrey Epstein documents. The announcement by the government's Dubai Media Office did not specifically name Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem. However, it said that Essa Kazim was named DP World's chairman and Yuvraj Narayan was named group CEO. Those were positions held by Sulayem. ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Feb 13th, 2026 -
Unofficial results show BNP ahead in Bangladesh election The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) led by Tarique Rahman has won two-thirds majority in the South Asian country's historic elections – the first since the 2024 student-led uprising that ousted the previous Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina . The Election Commission (EC) on Friday released the latest results from the elections, showing that the BNP had ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Friday, Feb 13th, 2026 -
Home » » A federal judge in Washington, D.C. agreed to prevent the Pentagon from punishing Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly for his participation in a video where he urged troops to disobey unlawful demands. The judge granted the senator's request for a preliminary injunction against Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth, in a suit filed by Kelly accusing Hegseth of trying to penalize him for his political ...
Source: floridianpress.com
Friday, Feb 13th, 2026 -
Donald Trump has justified the US's decision to deploy another aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, to the Middle East, declaring "we'll need it" if a deal isn't struck with Iran. Donald Trump says regime change in Iran "would be the best thing that could happen" as a second US aircraft carrier is deployed to the Middle East. The US president made the remarks after visiting troops at Fort Bragg in North ...
Source: news.sky.com
Friday, Feb 13th, 2026 -
COLUMBUS, Ohio—Democratic gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton on Friday called for "immediate property tax relief" for Ohioans, saying recent efforts by the Republican-led legislature to ease homeowners' tax burden aren't enough. Acton, speaking at a Columbus union hall to accept the endorsement of the Ohio AFL-CIO, said she will put out details about her tax plan – and how to pay for it – later in ...
Source: cleveland.com
Friday, Feb 13th, 2026 -
Stand with a newsroom that doesn't flinch. Become a member and help keep fearless reporting independent. Already a member? BOSTON (AP) — A college student deported to Honduras while traveling for Thanksgiving in November must be returned to the United States within two weeks, a federal judge in Boston ruled Friday. U.S. District Judge Richard Stearns issued an order that required the return of 19-year-old ...
Source: huffpost.com
Friday, Feb 13th, 2026 -
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge has ordered the Department of Homeland Security to give immigrants detained in Minnesota access to attorneys immediately after they are taken into custody and before they are transferred out of state. U.S. District Judge Nancy Brasel issued the emergency restraining order Thursday, finding detainees at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building faced so many logistical ...
Source: apnews.com
Thursday, Feb 12th, 2026 -
US attorney general displayed records of Congress members' searches into Epstein files during House hearing Members of Congress are calling for investigations after discovering the Department of Justice created records of their research activities while they dug into files connected to Jeffrey Epstein . Photographs taken by Reuters during a congressional hearing on Wednesday showed the US attorney general, Pam ...
Source: theguardian.com